© 2024 West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Telling West Virginia's Story
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Power Companies File Settlement Agreement with PSC

Power Lines
Kreuzschnabel
/
wikimedia commons

Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power have filed a settlement agreement seeking to use tax reform funds to offset fuel and vegetation management costs, allowing customer rates to remain stable for two years.

The companies said in a news release that the agreement was filed Monday with the West Virginia Public Service Commission, which must approve the deal.

The settlement would offset $110 million in costs. The release said without the agreement, rates could have risen by as much as 11 percent.

Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power are units of American Electric Power Co.

The Associated Press is one of the largest and most trusted sources of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, international subscribers and commercial customers. AP is neither privately owned nor government-funded; instead, it's a not-for-profit news cooperative owned by its American newspaper and broadcast members.

WVPB is local news, education, music, and entertainment for West Virginia.
Your donation today will help keep us strong and vital.