PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF
WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 24-0854-E-42T
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY and
WHEELING POWER COMPANY
Rule 42T tariff filing to increase rates and charges.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS
Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power
Company (the Companies), public utilities, filed with the
Public Service Commission of West Virginia a tariff
containing increased rates, tolls and charges for
furnishing electric service to approximately
460,921 customers in their service territories 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. This filing is a
replacement of Case No. 24-0669-E-42T that was
dismissed by the Commission on September 18, 2024. The rates, tolls, and charges proposed in this filing are
in lieu of, and NOT in addition to, those proposed in the
dismissed Case No. 24-0669-E-42T.
The proposed increased rates and charges were
suspended by the Public Service Commission through
August 28, 2025, in an Order entered on November 21,
2024. If approved, the requested rates will produce
approximately $250,500,000 annually in additional
revenue, an increase of 14.12 percent. The average
increase for the various classes of customers will be
changed as follows:
($) MONTHLY INCREASE (%) INCREASE
Residential $27.15 16.16%
Commercial $57.09 14.04%
Industrial $32,385 11.63%
Resale N/A N/A
Other $1.33 12.01%
A residential customer using 1,000 kWh would
experience a monthly increase over current rates of
$23.74 or 13.54%.
Resale customers of Appalachian Power Company
include Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, City of
Radford, Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative, City of
Salem, Kingsport Power Company, Black Diamond
Power Company and Virginia Tech Electric.
Resale rates are subject to the jurisdiction of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and are not
affected by this West Virginia jurisdictional rate filing.
The increases shown are based on the averages of all
customers in the indicated class. 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
Commission in its review of this filing. Any increase
in rates and charges will not become effective until
authorized and approved by the Public Service
Commission.
The Commission will conduct an evidentiary hearing beginning at 9:30 a.m. on June 17, 2025, and continuing
through June 19, 2025, if necessary, in the Howard M.
Cunningham Hearing Room, Public Service
Commission of West Virginia, 201 Brooks Street,
Charleston, West Virginia.
The Public Service Commission will conduct a public comment hearing in this matter on June 17, 2025,
beginning at 5:30 p.m. The public comment hearing will
be held in person and virtually, allowing for interested persons to make a comment either telephonically, through the Microsoft Teams application from the
internet, or in-person at the Commission headquarters
at 201 Brooks Streets, Charleston, WV. Interested
persons intending to make a virtual public comment
should register with the Commission by 4:00 p.m. on
Monday, June 16, 2025.
Registration may be made by any of the following
methods:
(1) Through the Microsoft Teams meeting link located on the Commission’s website,
http://www.psc.state.wv.us under the “PSC Hot Topics” section located at the top of the homepage;
(2) By calling 304-340 – 0822 (Alexis Weimer) or
304-340 -0820(Andrew Gallagher); or
(3) By emailing
[email protected]@psc.state.wv.us.
The link for the Microsoft Teams meeting will also be in
a future press release from the Commission. Interested
persons wishing to comment in-person at the public
comment hearing should attend and sign up to speak
prior to 5:30 p.m. at the Public Service Commission,
Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room, 201 Brooks
Street, Charleston, West Virginia.
As an alternative to speaking at the public comment
hearing, written comments regarding this case may be
submitted by mail or hand delivery to Executive
Secretary, P. O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia
25323 or online at http://www.psc.state.wv.us by
clicking on “Submit A Comment” in the left column and
following the directions provided. All written comments
should be marked as pertaining to Case No. 24-0854
E-42T.
Interested persons should monitor the Commission’s
web docket and website because the public comment or
evidentiary hearing may be cancelled or changed for
good cause.
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY and WHEELING
POWER COMPANY
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