West Virginia

Summary West Virginia utilities do not currently have any customer energy efficiency programs in place, although some are pending. Recent progress has been made for energy efficiency and demand side management programs as a result of a 2008 decision of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.

In Case No. 06-0033-E-CN, the Public Service Commission (PSC) of West Virginia severed the creation of a Demand Side Management/Energy Efficiency Task Force from another final Commission order, Case No. 06-0033-E-CS, relating to the construction of an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle electric generating unit proposed by American Electric Power.

As a result, the Task Force has been able to move forward and craft a set of demand-side management and energy efficiency programs for residential and non-residential customers. The specific details of the programs, which will be operated by American Electric Power, are still under consideration and will eventually be filed with the PSC.

In a recently approved power purchasing agreement with a wind power company (Case No. 08-1600-E-PC), AEP d/b/a Appalachian Power Company laid out some of its plans for peak demand side management. The petition included the utility’s plan to save 27 MW in the winter and 84 MW in the summer of 2008/2009. In total, the plan aims to save 2,452 MW of winter peak demand and 5,461 MW of summer peak demand between the years 2009-2018. This would result in an average of 3% savings for winter peak demand and 2% savings for summer peak demand.

Additionally, as part of a settlement involving the construction and operation of the West Virginia segments of a 500 kV electric transmission line proposed by Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company (TrAIL), the PSC ordered TrAIL to contribute $2,500,000, over five years, to the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity for an expansion of the current energy efficiency program in the counties traversed by TrAIL and to contribute the same amount over the same time frame to the State, designated to fund low income energy assistance programs. The contributions begin in 2009.

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In 2007, there was no funding for utility energy efficiency programs in West Virginia.

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Not in place.

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Not in place.

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None in place.

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Currently, energy efficiency is not utilized as a resource in utility planning.

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• Public Service Commission of West Virginia
• West Virginia State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency

Last Updated 08/19/2009

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