OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 25-0626-E-PC
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY and
WHEELING POWER COMPANY
Petition for Consent and Approval of Cost Recovery for a Purchased Power Agreement and a Purchase and Sale Agreement for Renewable Energy and a Purchase and Sale Agreement for Renewable Energy Storage.
NOTICE OF FILING AND EVIDENTIARY HEARING
On July 16, 2025, Appalachian Power Company (APCo) and Wheeling Power Company (WPCo) (together, the Companies) filed a Petition with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Commission) seeking the recovery of future costs associated with APCo's agreements to purchase renewable energy resources from the Collier Solar facility, Livingston Wind facility, and the Wythe battery energy storage system (BESS). The Companies' Petition is on file with and available for public inspection at the Commission's offices, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, WV 25301, and at the Commission's website, www.psc.state.wv.us.
The Commission has set an evidentiary hearing in the matter for December 16, 2025, starting at 9:30 am, to be held in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room at the Commission's offices, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, WV 25301. Interested persons should monitor the Commission's web docket and website because the evidentiary hearing may be cancelled for good cause.
The purchase of the aforementioned renewable energy products can be expected to have an ultimate impact on the Companies' West Virginia retail rates at some point in the future. The Companies do not expect these transactions to lead to any significant increase in customer rates. Rather, the Companies project that the transactions will reduce customer rates over the lives of the facilities.
The Companies have a Renewable Power Plus (RPP) Tariff to be offered on a voluntary basis to all customers in addition to the Companies' standard tariff offerings. It is anticipated that, over time, the costs of the proposed renewable facilities will be offset by the customers subscribing to the RPP Tariff, special contract revenues, and the cost of service benefits produced by the facilities.
The costs of the renewable energy PPA and PSAs are proposed to be recovered in ENEC rates.
The renewable facilities have varying in-service dates, but the Companies project that rates would increase by approximately $21.2 million, on an aggregate basis after offsets, during a hypothetical first year that assumes all three facilities are in service, as shown in the tables below. Such rates will likely be phased in as of the commercial operation date for the Livingston wind facility and the Wythe BESS and the date of the Companies' annual ENEC for Collier Solar facility. The estimated rate increase in the hypothetical "Year 1" for each of the Companies' tariff classes is shown in the table below. By way of example, the Companies estimate that a residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month would experience a net monthly increase of $1.57 in the first year that all three facilities are operating.
The increases shown herein are based on 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 among the various classes of customers are only a proposal and are subject to change (increases or decreases) by the Commission in its review of the Companies' filing.
Anyone desiring to intervene in the matter should file a written petition to intervene on or before October 30, 2025. All requests to intervene should briefly state the reason for the request and comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Commission will receive public comments until the beginning of the hearing. All written comments and requests to intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, WV 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