CHARLESTON, W. Va. — The Public Service Commission has scheduled ten public comment hearings regarding the pending Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power Company rate increase.
American Electric Power, which owns the two companies, has requested a $226 million, or approximately 17 percent, increase of rates and charges for their West Virginia customers and a revision of its depreciation rates.
The Commission has set an evidentiary hearing on these requestes for January 13 – 16, in Charleston.
The public hearings will take place:
· November 5, 2014, 1:00 pm, Bradshaw Community Center, Bradshaw
· November 5, 2014, 6:00 pm, Bradshaw Community Center, Bradshaw
· November 6, 2014, 1:00 pm, Mercer County Courthouse, Princeton
· November 6, 2014, 6:00 pm, Mercer County Courthouse, Princeton
· November 13, 2014, 1:00 pm, Cabell County Courthouse, Huntington
· November 13, 2014, 6:00 pm, Cabell County Courthouse, Huntington
· November 20, 2014, 1:00 pm, Ohio County Courthouse, City-County Complex, Wheeling
· November 20, 2014, 6:00 pm, Ohio County Courthouse, City-County Complex, Wheeling
· January 12, 2015, 1:00 pm, PSC Office, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston
· January 12, 2015, 6:00 pm, PSC Office, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston
AEP serves approximately 476,600 customers in Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne, and Wyoming Counties.
More information can be obtained from the PSC website by referencing Case Nos. 14-1151-E-D and 14-1152-E-42T.