Richmond, VA Today the Sierra Club filed the expert testimony of Rachel Wilson of Synapse Energy Economics with the State Corporation Commission (SCC) opposing Appalachian Power Company’s (APCo) request to charge ratepayers to maintain the Amos and Mountaineer coal plants in West Virginia through 2040 rather than investing in more cost-effective clean energy. According to Ms. Wilson’s testimony, APCo’s insistence on keeping both coal plants running through 2040 could cost ratepayers up to $1.1 billion more than if the utility were to retire the Amos plant or $670 million if they retired both in 2028 and replace them with clean energy resources and storage. APCo’s proposed expensive rate increase comes at a time when Virginia’s families and businesses are reeling from a global pandemic and already overburdened with utility bills. In 2020, the Commonwealth was ranked as one of the top 10 states with the highest average electricity bills in the
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All-Out-Assault on remaining power outages By
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Matt Daley of EDS (Emergency Disaster Services)
WAYNE, W.Va. Challenges continued to mount Saturday for thousands of workers trying to gain the upper hand on power outages in a six-county region in West Virginia hard hit in separate ice storms during the past two weeks.
Appalachian Power Company reported more than 40,000 customers remained without power Saturday afternoon in Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam, Jackson and Mason counties. More than 9,000 customers had service restored Friday.
The power company has more than 3,200 workers on the job. Many of them are staying in portable housing at the Huntington Mall parking lot which has turned into a small city.
Virginia utility monopolies donated over $1.2 million to deciding SenatorsÂ
Richmond â In a chaotic and abbreviated meeting, the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee failed to advance a suite of electricity rate reform bills that would have strengthened consumer protection measures for all utility customers and prevented Dominion Energy from pocketing overcharges from its customers. Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company have contributed over $1.2 million to the eight Senators who voted against a bill introduced by Delegate Dan Helmer (Fairfax) that would have allowed the State Corporation Commission to adjust future rates up or down to reflect a utilityâs cost of service and rate of return.Â