RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has granted Appalachian Power a fuel rate that is lower than what the company sought. The request involves the portion of the monthly utility bill that recovers the cost of fuel used to generate electricity and potential credits against fuel expenses.

The company requested a fuel rate of 1.614 cents per kilowatt-hour (¢/kWh). The SCC approved 1.418 ¢/kWh. A residential customer using 1,000 kWh in a month will see a decrease of $1.96, or 2.7 percent on a monthly bill.

Appalachian customers have been paying higher interim rates since September 1, 2007. That is when the requested rate was allowed to go into effect on an interim basis pending an SCC decision.

The SCC’s final order issued on February 1, 2008, states the new fuel factor is effective for bills sent on or after February 4.

Appalachian Power also has pending before the SCC a request to recover a portion of the projected costs in conjunction with the planned construction of a clean-coal power plant in Mason County, West Virginia (case number PUE-2007-00068.)

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Case Number PUE-2007-00067