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When reviewing your electric bill, it's important to understand the difference between Appalachian Power Company's (APCo's) electricity rates and your own energy usage.
Electric rates, approved by the Public Service Commission (PSC) of West Virginia, represent the price you pay for electricity per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Energy usage, on the other hand, refers to the amount of electricity it takes to power your home. Your level of energy usage directly affects your monthly bill and can increase during periods of extreme weather, higher occupancy or increased usage of electrical appliances and equipment.
The chart shows examples of what a typical residential customer using 1,000 and 2,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month would pay. By managing both your consumption and understanding rate structures, you can better control your monthly energy costs.
(Effective: September 1, 2026)
We want to keep you informed about upcoming changes to your electricity rate, which are reviewed by the PSC of West Virginia. A complete list of all our cases and full details can be found on the PSC's website.
On February 18, 2026, we filed an application for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to construct a mechanical draft cooling tower at our Mitchell Power Plant, which supplies 1,560 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. If approved as filed, it would've resulted in an estimated monthly bill increase of $1.22 for an average West Virginia residential customer. However, these costs will be reduced by a $51 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Securitization is a financing tool that helps us keep your rates reasonable. Our Securitization filing securitizes a total of $2.6 billion, pending adjustments from the PSC, including $1.7 billion in John E. Amos and Mountaineer plant balances, $237 million in Coal Combustion Residuals and Effluent Limitation Guideline costs, $158 million in deferred storm expenses and $492 million in Expanded Net Energy Cost (ENEC) under-recovery.
We recognize that increases in electric rates can create hardship for families and businesses, especially at a time when you see higher costs for almost everything you purchase. We offer several programs, services and rebates to help control your energy usage and lower your monthly bills.
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Energy Efficiency programs in West Virginia offer residential customers an online energy check-up, a FREE home energy assessment, discounts on LED lighting, rebates on appliances and home improvements and low-income weatherization assistance. The programs can help you save money on energy costs and help reduce the overall energy demand on our electric grid.
This rate schedule is available to customers of APCo West Virginia, which is registered to do business in West Virginia as American Electric Power.
These rates became effective on July 1, 2026.
Appalachian Power also offers the following spreadsheet as an easier way to calculate your bill.
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