PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 24-0332-E-P
APPALACHIAN POWER
COMPANY and
WHEELING
POWER COMPANY
Petition for Review of
EE/DR
Programs, approval of the
continuation of those programs, and authorization of an increase in EE/DR
Rider Rates.
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING
On April 1, 2024,
Appalachian Power
Company and Wheeling
Power Company filed a
petition to initiate the 2024 Energy Efficiency and
Demand Response
(EE/DR) review
proceeding. The
Companies propose:
1. That the frequency of
EE/DR review be altered
from every two years to
every three years.
2. That the Low-Income
Weatherization and Low
Income Multifamily
programs continue to
operate unmodified.
3. That the Home
Performance and Peak
Reduction programs
continue to operate with
modifications.
4. That the Beneficial
Electrification Pilot
Program be terminated
and replaced with a new
Beneficial Electrification
Program.
5. The establishment of
budgets for each program
and appropriate rates to
recover those costs.
6. New EE/DR rates,
effective January 1, 2025,
and for the next three rate
years, of 0.001853 cents
per kilowatt hour for
residential customers
and 0.000225 cents per
kilowatt-hour for
commercial and industrial
customers.
The Commission set a
procedural schedule,
including an evidentiary
hearing to begin at 9:30
a.m. August 20, 2024, in
the Howard M.
Cunningham Hearing
Room at the
Commission’s offices at
201 Brooks Street,
Charleston, West Virginia.
Anyone desiring
to protest should file a
written protest as soon as
possible, although
protests will be
accepted throughout the
pendency of this
proceeding.
All written protests should
briefly state the reason for the protest. All protests
and Petitions to Intervene
should state the case
name and number and be
addressed to the
Executive Secretary of the
Public Service
Commission at
201 Brooks Street,
Charleston, West Virginia 25301.
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY & WHEELING POWER COMPANY
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