PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO.
24-0611-E-T-PW
APPALACHIAN POWER
COMPANY and
WHEELING POWER
COMPANY,
Application for approval
for revisions to
Schedules LCP and IP.
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING
On July 18, 2024,
Appalachian Power
Company (APCo) and
Wheeling Power
Company
(WPCo) (jointly the
Companies), filed an
Application for Approval of
Revisions to their
Schedules
LCP and IP (Tariff Sheet Nos.
14 and 15, respectively)
(hereinafter the
Application)
pursuant to W. Va. Code § 24 2-4a.
The Companies proposed to add new language to the “Special Terms and Conditions” section of
each Schedule. The
new language is:
The following terms and
conditions apply to Customers over 200 MW:
Contracts will be made for an
initial period of twenty (20)
years and shall remain in effect thereafter unless
cancelled or modified
pursuant to the terms
hereunder.
Either party shall give at least five years’ written
notice to the other of the
intention to discontinue
service under the terms of this Schedule. Such notice
shall not reduce the
twenty-year initial term. In the event of a permanent closure by the customer occurring after the first five (5) years of the initial
contract term, the
customer may exit the
contract by providing a
one-time payment equal
to five (5) years of
minimum billing under this Schedule.
The customer shall give at
least five (5) years’ written
notice to the Company of the intention to reduce the
contract capacity specified in the contract, but any
contract capacity changes
may be implemented with
less than five (5) years’
notice with mutual
agreement. Such notice
shall not reduce the
maximum contract
capacity established
during the term of the
contract by more than 20
percent, except by mutual
agreement.
Such notice shall not be
given during the first five
(5) years of the initial
contract term.
In addition to the
Measurement and
Determination of Demand and Energy provisions, the customer’s monthly billing demand shall in no event
be less than 90 percent of the greater of (a) the
customer’s on-peak
contract capacity or (b) the customer’s highest
previously established
monthly billing demand
during the past I1 months or (c) the customer’s
maximum demand
created during the billing
month.
The customer shall
provide collateral in a form acceptable to the
Company based upon the
creditworthiness of the
customer. The amount of collateral provided shall be equal to 24 times the
customer’s previous
maximum monthly
non-fuel bill. During the
first year of the contract,
the maximum expected
bill for the year shall be used. The amount of
collateral to be provided
will be recomputed
annually, and updated if
the recomputed value is
10 percent greater than
the current amount held.
According to the
Application, the
Companies do not
propose any change in
rates. [1] Further, the
proposed revisions to
Schedules LCP and IP
would not apply to current customers; only to “certain potential large new
customers.” In addition,
the Companies stated that the proposed revisions
would not impose an
incremental rate burden
on any of the Companies’ West Virginia Retail
Customers.
The Application is on file with and available for
public inspection at the
Commission, 201 Brooks
Street, in Charleston,
West Virginia, and is
available online at the
Commission website
(www.psc.state.wv.us).
The Commission
schedules this matter for
evidentiary hearing to be held on January 22, 2025, at 9:30, a.m., continuing, if necessary, on January 23, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., to be held in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing
Room, Commission
Headquarters, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West
Virginia. Interested
persons should be able to view the evidentiary
hearing via an internet
livestream. The
Commission website,
www.psc.state.wv.
us,contains links to “Case Information,” “Submit a
Comment,” and
“Commission Webcast.”
Anyone desiring to
intervene should file a
written petition to
intervene no later than
4:00 p.m., November 13, 2024. Failure to timely
intervene may affect your
right to participate in the
proceeding. All requests to intervene should briefly
state the reason for the
request to intervene and
comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure.
The Commission will
receive public comments and protests until the
beginning of the hearing. All written comments,
protests and requests to intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Public comments may also be filed online at http://www.psc.state.
wv.us/scripts/
onlinecomments/
default.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link.
Appalachian Power
Company and Wheeling Power
Company
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