MORGANTOWN – Customers of FirstEnergy sisters Mon Power and Potomac Edison will see a tiny increase in their monthly bills – approved by the Public Service Commission to enable the companies to meet federal pollution control requirements at their coal-fired Fort Martin and Harrison power plants.
The average monthly rate increase for residential customers will be 39 cents – a 0.3% increase – from $137.43 to $137.82 for a customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month.
The charge is an Effluent Limitation Guideline Surcharge. The PSC says the companies filed the case on Aug. 1. 2025. This reflects an overall $5,150,294 increase in ELG rates.
They plan to modify the bottom ash removal systems at their Harrison and Fort Martin plants and to install a new flue gas desulfurization wastewater handling system at Fort Martin.
The PSC order approves a settlement endorsed by the companies, PSC staff, Consumer Advocate Division, and West Virginia Energy Users Group that was filed with the PSC on Nov. 17.
