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
The Commission has set an evidentiary
hearing on these requests for January 13 – 16, in 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
