Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power customers will continue to have access to energy efficiency and demand-response programs but spending will be reduced while benefits are modified, according to a settlement approved by Public Service Commission of West Virginia on Wednesday, Oct. 9.
The settlement reduced the programs to $3.225 million annually, from the proposed $9.1 million. The programs retained in the settlement relate to low-income families hit hardest by recent rate increases.
“We’re encouraged by the settlement since the programs weren’t cut completely,” said Emmett Pepper, executive director of Energy Efficient West Virginia, one of the parties in the PSC case. “The spending reduction, however, is disappointing since fully funded EE programs give consumers – especially families and small businesses on tight budgets – more control over energy bills, create jobs that spur economic growth, and improve the health of both people and buildings.”
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EEWV member donates LED lighting to Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College (EWVCTC) recently installed the quad-pin LED bulbs designed specifically for a type of fixture commonly found in schools, hotels, and office buildings. “By replacing the 32-watt inefficient, mercury-filled fluorescent bulb with a more attractive 14-watt LED, Eastern should see its electricity bill decrease by almost half,” said Xavier Walter (center in photo), Outreach and Development Director of Energy Efficient West Virginia (EEWV). Walter helped facilitate the donation from ZLED Lighting, based in Mount Laurel, NJ.
help a mother of three cut energy costs
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Nov. 5, 2017 - Max Garland, Charleston Gazette-Mail - PSC staffer proposes putting AEP energy efficiency program on hiatus
Oct. 19, 2017 - Dan Heyman, Public News Service - Pleasants Power Station Sale Dubbed "Corporate Welfare"
Oct. 4, 2017 - Conor Griffith, The (Clarksburg) Exponent-Telegram - Future of energy in Mountain State focus at W.Va. Energy Expo; solar, natural gas and coal experts weigh in
Sept. 11, 2017 - Alex Wiederspiel, WV Metro News - PSC to hear third time from public on Pleasants Power Station purchase
March 15, 2017 - Staff reports - Groups trying to block sale of Pleasants Power plant to Mon Power, Potomac Edison
March 7, 2017 - Jim Ross, The State Journal - First Energy Files for Pleasants Power Station Transfer
Jan. 3, 2017 - Austin Weiford, The (Clarksburg) Exponent-Telegram - Mon Power customers will see increase in bill of about 1.9 percent
Dec. 21, 2016 - Andrew Brown - Charleston Gazette "First Energy Looks to Shuffle Pleasants Plant"
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