Virginia regulators question if utility overhaul law violates US Constitution

Utility Dive: Appalachian Power last summer asked regulators to approve a rate adjustment clause to recover costs associated with acquiring the Beech Ridge wind farm in Virginia and Hardin facility in Ohio. Regulators have rejected the request but used the order to open up discussion of other issues.

At the time, regulators wrote that APCo didn't need the capacity and energy from those sources, finding it "neither reasonable nor prudent" to allow the utility to recover those costs from consumers.

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