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CASE NO. 23-0831-E-P

APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY and WHEELING POWER COMPANY,
Public utilities
Application to increase Environmental Compliance
Surcharge Rates Currently in Effect
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES WITH
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE

NOTICE is hereby given that Appalachian Power
Company and Wheeling Power Company, public
utilities, (the Companies) filed on October 20, 2023, with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, an
application to update their Environmental Compliance Surcharge (ECS) rates. If approved, the increased rates will apply to electric service to approximately 462,328 customers in cities, towns, villages, unincorporated municipalities, and rural areas in the counties of Boone, Brooke, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne, Wetzel, and
Wyoming.
The proposed increased ECS rates will produce
approximately $37.2 million annually in additional
revenue, an increase in total revenue of 1.88%. If
approved, the average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows:

$) INCREASE (%) INCREASE
Residential $ 2.84 1.68%
Commercial $ 7.61 1.81%
Industrial $4,795.68 1.94%
Special Contract $16,213.55 3.21%
Other $ 0.03 0.18%

The increases shown are based on averages of all
customers in the indicated class. Each class may
receive an increase or decrease greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. Furthermore, the requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to change (increases or decreases) by the Public Service

Excludes Special Contract customers that are billed standard tariff rates.

Commission in its review of this application. By Order
issued November 22, 2023, the Commission suspended the January 1, 2024 proposed effective date of the ECS rate increase, and any increase in rates and charges will not become effective until authorized and approved by the Commission. The Commission has adopted the
following procedural schedule

Deadline for intervention 30 days from publication of notice

Deadline for discovery requests 4:00 p.m. Monday, January 8, 2024

Deadline for discovery responses and objections: 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Staff and intervenor direct testimony: 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Rebuttal testimony from all parties: 4:00 p.m. Thursday, February 15, 2024

Agreed order of witnesses: 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Public Comment Hearing (virtual and in-person)
Instructions on how to participate virtually will be in a
future press release and on the PSC website: 5:30 p.m., February 29, 2024, in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room, Public Service Commission, 201 Brooks St., Charleston, WV

Evidentiary Hearing: 9:30 a.m. Thursday,
February 29. 2024
The Commission may cancel the: in Howard M.
Cunningham
evidentiary hearing for good Hearing Room,
Public Service
cause shown. Interested Commission, 201 Brooks St.,
persons should the Commission Charleston, WV
webdocket.

Anyone desiring to protest should file a written or
electronic protest at any time. Anyone desiring to
intervene should file a written petition to intervene within thirty days, unless otherwise modified by Commission order. Failure to timely intervene can affect your right to participate in future proceedings, Requests to intervene must comply with the Commission rules on intervention. All protests or requests to intervene should briefly state the reason for the protest or intervention and be
addressed to Executive Secretary, Public Service
Commission of West Virginia, P. 0. Box 812, 201 Brooks St., Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Protests may be filed on line through the Commission website using the “Submit a Comment” link or may be mailed or hand-delivered to the Executive Secretary at the
address above.

A copy of the proposed rates is available on the
Commission website https://www.psc.state.us and may be viewed at the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.

APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY and WHEELING POWER COMPANY

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NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT/PROPOSED OPERATING PERMIT RENEWAL
Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and the state Air Pollution Control Act requires that all major sources and certain minor sources have a permit to operate which states all requirements (e.g. emission limitations, monitoring requirements, etc.) established by regulations promulgated under the aforementioned programs. The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has determined that the draft/proposed permit renewal referenced herein meets this requirement.
The DAQ is providing notice to the general public of its preliminary determination to issue an operating permit renewal to the following company for operation of the referenced natural gas compressor station:

Appalachia Midstream Services, L.L.C.
Battle Run Compressor
Plant ID No.:
03-54-069-00107
297 Windmill Truckers Road
Valley Grove, WV 26060

This notice solicits comments from the public and affected state(s) concerning the above preliminary determination and provides an opportunity for such parties to review the basis for the proposed approval and the “draft” permit renewal This notice also solicits comments from the U.S. EPA concerning the same preliminary determination and provides an opportunity for the U.S. EPA to concurrently review the basis for the proposed approval as a “proposed” permit.
All written comments submitted by the public and affected state(s) pursuant to this notice must be received by the DAQ within thirty (30) days of the date of publication of this notice. Under concurrent review, written comments submitted by the U.S. EPA must be received by the DAQ within forty-five (45) days from the date of publication of this notice or from the date the U.S. EPA receives this draft/proposed permit renewal whichever is later. In the event the 30th/45th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the comment period will be extended until 5:00 p.m. on the following regularly scheduled business day. The public shall have 135 days from the date of publication of this notice to file petitions for concurrently reviewed permits. Upon notice by the U.S. EPA to the DAQ, prior to the end of the 45 day notice period, the U.S. EPA may choose to hold the 30 day comment period on the draft permit and the 45 day comment period on the proposed permit sequentially. During the public comment period any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit and, if no public hearing has been scheduled, may request a public hearing. A request for a public hearing shall be in writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing. The Director of the DAQ shall grant such a request for a hearing if she concludes that a public hearing is appropriate. Any public hearing shall be held in the general area in which the facility is located, after 30 day notice is given. The DAQ will consider all written comments prior to final action on the permit.
Copies of the Permit Application, DAQ Fact Sheet, and Draft/Proposed Permit Renewal may be downloaded from the DAQ’s web site at:

https://dep.wv.gov/daq/
permitting/titlevpermits/
Pages/default.aspx.

Comments and questions concerning this matter should be addressed to:

WV Department of
Environmental Protection
Division of Air Quality
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Contact: Fredrick Tipane
(304) 414-1910
[email protected]
Int. Dec. 6, 2023