The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has given Appalachian Power the "go ahead" of recovering higher fuel costs from customers prior to a  scheduled a public hearing in September. The increase takes effect on an interim basis September 1.

APCo says the increase is necessary to cover the higher costs of fuel used to generate electricity. As filed, the company seeks to raise its current fuel rate from 1.418 cents per kilowatt-hour (¢/kWh) to 2.255¢/kwh. Under the interim rate, an average residential customer using 1,000 kWh in a month will see an increase of $8.37 on a monthly bill, or 11.7 percent. A final rate will be set upon completion of the proceeding.

The public hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 23, 2008. It will be held in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, in downtown Richmond. Any person wishing to comment at the hearing should arrive early and notify the SCC bailiff.

The SCC intends to webcast the audio portion of the hearing via the Internet. Instructions can be found on the SCC website at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

Written comments on the proposals must be submitted by September 16, 2008. All correspondence should be sent to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118, and refer to case number PUE-2008-00067.

Interested persons desiring to submit comments electronically may do so at the SCC’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Click on the PUBLIC COMMENTS/NOTICES link and then the SUBMIT COMMENTS button for case number PUE-2008-00067.

The company has two other rate requests pending before the SCC. An increase to base rates is being considered in case number PUE-2008-00046. An adjustment to the surcharge for recovering environmental and reliability expenses is being considered in case number PUE-2008-00045

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