Monongahela Power Co rate case: 5.6% approved in West Virginia

1. May 2026Filed with the commission as docket 26-0508-E-42T
2. Jul 2026Commission approved 5.6% (asked: 13%)
3. Aug 2026New rates on bills

Mon Power and Potomac Edison filed together on May 15, 2026 for a $188.4 million base-rate increase, which would have raised the average residential bill $17.89 a month, or 13%. On July 31 the West Virginia PSC instead approved the companies' alternative two-step plan: $37.9 million from August 1, 2026 and $37.6 million from June 1, 2027. The average residential bill goes from $137.86 to $145.52 (5.6%), and the companies agreed not to file another base rate case before April 1, 2028.