Public Service Commission Notice Of Filing and Evidentiary Hearing Mon Power and Potomac Edison
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON
CASE NO. 21-0857-E-CN
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY and
THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY,
public utilities
Petition for the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Environmental Compliance and Modernization, Upgrade, and Improvement Program and related Surcharge for Coal-fired Boilers at Electric Power Plants.
NOTICE OF FILING AND EVIDENTIARY HEARING
On December 17, 2021, Monongahela Power Company and The Potomac Edison Company (collectively, Companies) requested that the Commission approve an environmental compliance program to meet effluent limitation guidelines (ELG) at Ft. Martin and Harrison power stations, as described in the filing, and implementation
of an associated cost recovery Surcharge to recover costs. Details of the proposed project construction and proposed Surcharge can be found on the Commission’s website at http://www.psc.state.wv.us.
The ELG compliance plan is needed to comply with ELG rules issued by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and involve water treatment for bottom ash and flue gas desulfurization processes. The
proposed plan is needed for those power plants to operate beyond 2028. The incremental revenue increase due
to the Surcharge is estimated to be initially $6,545,986 in 2024 when the Surcharge begins and is expected to
total $26,154,891 by 2026 when all the installations are complete. The Surcharge is proposed to be reviewed
annually by the Commission beginning September 2024. The Surcharge estimated rates for 2024-2026 by rate
schedule are shown below:
Table 1
Rate 2024 ELG Surcharge 2025 ELG Surcharge 2026 ELG Surcharge
Schedule Class $ / kW-kVA $ / kWh $ / kW-kVA $ / kWh $ / kW-kVA $ / kWh
A &R Residential $ 0.00051 $ 0.00149 $ 0.00204
B & G General Svc $ 0.00052 $ 0.00151 $ 0.00209
C & E General Svc $ 0.16 $ 0.45 $ 0.63
CSH Church & School $ 0.00064 $ 0.00186 $ 0.00258
D, PH & AGS Large General Svc $ 0.19 $ 0.54 $ 0.75
K & PP Large Power Svc $ 0.111 $ 0.313 $ 0.427
Street Lighting St Lighting $ 0.00021 $ 0.00059 $ 0.00081
The average monthly bill impact for the various classes of customers is proposed to be changed as follows:
This matter is scheduled for an evidentiary hearing on June 1, 2022. The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m.
in the Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room at the Public Service Commission Building, 201 Brooks Street,
Charleston, West Virginia.
Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written petition to intervene no later than March 14, 2022. All
petitions to intervene should briefly state the reason for the request to intervene and comply with the rules on
intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Commission will receive public
comments until the beginning of the hearing. All written comments and petitions to intervene should state the
case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Acting Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Public Comments may also be filed online at http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/
onlinecomments/default.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link.
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY and
1c THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY
Total Rate Increase with Proposed Surcharge
Average Increase Average Increase Average Increase
Per Customer Per Customer Per Customer
2024 2025 2026
Residential $0.51 $1.49 $2.04
Commercial $1.63 $4.64 $6.36
Industrial $690.60 $1977.02 $2735.08
Streetlighting $0.47 $1.32 $1.82
Change Change Change
2024 2025 2026
Residential 0.5% 1.4% 2.0%
Commercial 0.5% 1.4% 1.9%
Industrial 0.4% 1.2% 1.7%
Streetlighting 0.1% 0.3% 0.4%
0.5% 1.3% 1.9%
