In its annual report, the Public Service Commission’s consumer advocate compares electricity rates in West Virginia cities to cities in surrounding states.Last year, electric power rates in Charleston, Huntington, Beckley, Bluefield and Wheeling were higher than rates in Lexington, Kentucky, Columbus, Ohio, Richmond, Virginia, and Baltimore.Only Pittsburgh had higher rates than those cities in West Virginia.According to filings in recent weeks, residential customers of Appalachian Power paid 12 percent more in January 2023 than a year earlier and 7.
