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Notice of Filing and Hearing – Appalachian Power/Wheeling Power

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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 Programs.
  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 19-20, 2024, in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room at the Commission’s offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. Anyone desiring to intervene and act as a party in this case should file a Petition to Intervene within ten days following the date of this publication, complying with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. 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

BCR 06/07/24