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The West Virginia Public Service Commission issued a misleading press release regarding an audit it ordered of lobbying expenses among the FirstEnergy utilities that serve West Virginia, Mon Power and Potomac Edison. The PSC highlighted testimony from Mon Power and Potomac Edison executive Raymond Valdes that omitted the limited scope of the audit and a concession by the companies that costs related to an Ohio bribery scheme may have had an impact in West Virginia.

The West Virginia Public Service Commission issued a misleading press release regarding an audit it ordered of lobbying expenses among the FirstEnergy utilities that serve West Virginia, Mon Power and Potomac Edison. The PSC highlighted testimony from Mon Power and Potomac Edison executive Raymond Valdes that omitted the limited scope of the audit and a concession by the companies that costs related to an Ohio bribery scheme may have had an impact in West Virginia.

The swelling surcharge is for vegetation management. Parent company FirstEnergy says will increase the monthly bill for an average residential customer by $2.47. That increase, for use of 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month, will come via a surcharge adjustment effective Jan. 1, 2024. The PSC order approved a roughly $16.9 million revenue increase over a two-year period for a 1% increase in total rates.

FirstEnergy has conceded possible West Virginia ratepayer effects from what is believed to be the largest bribery scheme in Ohio history.

After years of hearings, depositions and court filings, some of the biggest investors in Akron-based FirstEnergy are still accusing the company of stonewalling their demands for information related to a massive bribery scandal that’s already sent two to federal prison.