RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) will hold a public hearing on October 1, 2009 on a request by Appalachian Power Company to increase its surcharge to recover environmental compliance and transmission and distribution system reliability costs (E&R costs).

The company seeks to implement the increased surcharge beginning January 1, 2010. As proposed by the company, the monthly bill of a typical residential customer would increase by approximately 3.5 percent.

A public hearing on the request is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 1, 2009. 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 24, 2009. 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-2009-00039.

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-2009-00039.

The SCC also is considering a request by Appalachian Power to increase the portion of the electric bill that pays for the fuel used to generate electricity. The case number in that proceeding is PUE-2009-00038.

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Case PUE-2009-00039 – Application of Appalachian Power Company for Recovery of Environmental and Reliability Costs