MORGANTOWN – NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic has updated its MidAtlantic Resiliency Link Project application to the Public Service Commission.
The supplemental “Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Relief” includes improvements suggested by PSC staff and the Consumer Advocate Division: more precise and understandable location references for the proposed route; and projected rate impacts for the customers of the four major electric utilities in the state.
The rate charts in the filing and in the proposed public notice show higher than originally projected increases in the prior chart for Mon Power and Potomac Edison customers.
New charts show projected impacts for Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power customers.
New projected rate increases – compared to current rates – for Mon Power and Potomac Edison residential customers for each year from 2026 through 2036: 2026, 14 cents; 2027, 40 cents; 2028, 54 cents; 2029, 70 cents; 2030, 79 cents; 2031, 84 cents; 2032, $1.12; 2033, $1.08; 2034, $1.05; 2035, $1.03; 2036, $1.02.
The new charts add projected rate increases for commercial and industrial customers of those companies.
Projected rate increases – compared to current rates – for Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power residential customers for each year from 2026 through 2036: 2026, 1 cent; 2027, 3 cents; 2028, 4 cents; 2029, 7 cents; 2030, 10 cents; 2031, 13 cents; 2032, 17 cents; 2033 through 2036, 18 cents.
The chart also includes projected rate increases for commercial and industrial customers.
A NextEra witness noted, “Other municipal electric utilities and electric cooperatives in West Virginia that procure generation from these utilities as resale customers will experience rate impacts as well.”
Kaitlin McCormick, spokesperson for the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link, told The Dominion Post, “We updated the retail rate impact to reflect PJM’s cost allocation and ensure transparency. We are committed to keeping stakeholders and the public informed and engaged throughout this process. The MidAtlantic Resiliency Link means a stronger, more reliable grid — and better value — for West Virginians.”
As previously reported, about 58.9 miles of the 107.5-mile MARL line would cross West Virginia: 5.9 miles across Monongalia County, 15.8 across Preston, 10.9 across Mineral and 26.2 across Hampshire.
The current cost estimate for MARL is $1.167 billion. Of this, the current cost estimate for the West Virginia Portions is $482,706,000. These estimates include siting, engineering, construction, financing, administration, and legal costs.
Letters of protest against the proposed line filed with the PSC stood at 3,906 as of Thursday afternoon; letters of support at 40.
