Appalachian Power

According to an AEP investor presentation last month, 19 percent of the company’s electricity will come from coal by 2032.

Appalachian Power and ACNR are in court in New York and Ohio over the coal supply issue. The lawsuits were revealed in testimony at the West Virginia Public Service Commission.

Appalachian Power failed to maintain an adequate supply of coal to run its plants this year and last year instead of purchasing more expensive power from the regional market, the office says in a filing.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is reviewing an electricity purchase agreement between Appalachian Power and Black Diamond Power that could see the power bills for customers in three counties go up.

Mon Power has asked the West Virginia Public Service Commission to recover nearly $184 million from its customers.

Appalachian Power told its Virginia customers last month that the solution to reducing their monthly bills is to increase renewable power and move away from coal and natural gas.

Last year, the price of natural gas and coal rose sharply worldwide. The company then had problems getting coal for its three West Virginia power plants.

Last Friday, the company filed a complaint in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan against American Consolidated Natural Resources.

Next week, the West Virginia Public Service Commission will hear Appalachian Power’s request to recover $297 million from ratepayers.

The company went back to the Virginia State Corporation Commission about a year after the body rejected its plan for the John Amos and Mountaineer power plants.