CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission has scheduled an evidentiary hearing for next June on Appalachian Power Company’s request for a 14 percent increase in its base rate that could up the average customer’s power bill by $24 a month.
Energy Efficient West Virginia Policy Director Emmett Pepper, who is also a member of Charleston City Council, has reviewed the proposal. He said the utility said it could spread out the increase over a number of years.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission has set a mid-June evidentiary hearing date in a big power company rate case, and commissioners approved a major regional grocery store chain’s request to intervene because of how its costs could be affected.
A Letter to the Editor from
Jim Kotcon, Chair
WV Chapter of Sierra Club
Thank you for David Beard’s article regarding the Dec. 9 testimony from PJM to the WV Legislature regarding the reliability of our electric grid. It is certainly true that rising electricity demands, especially from large “data centers,” combined with closing existing electric generating plants creates concern about the reliability of our electric grid.
By Ryan Kennedy
Behind-the-meter solar for homes, businesses, and communities comes with numerous benefits, said a paper from Stanford engineering professor Mark Jacobson.projects can generally be placed in two buckets: they are either large utility-scale ground mounted projects connected to the grid, or they are smaller, distributed projects, typically 20 MW in capacity or less.
