Mountaineer Gas Company Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Program Filing for 2027

The Potomac Edison Company’s application seeks a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to rebuild the Messick Road-Ridgeley 138-kilovolt transmission line in Allegany County, Maryland. The proceeding is an en banc evidentiary hearing.

The hearing concerns Idaho Power’s petition to evaluate its Class Cost-of-Service methodology, consider alternative Class Cost-of-Service studies, and determine cost-of-service considerations for new large-load customers. Parties may present proposals, witnesses, testimony, and exhibits, with questions following presentations and witness testimony. The public may listen to or watch the proceedings.

The proceeding concerns large-load customer regulations and tariffs interconnecting to the electric system servicing Maryland.

En banc legislative-style hearing in Case PC72 concerning large load customer regulations and tariffs interconnecting to the electric system serving Maryland.

Case No. PC72 concerns large load customer regulations and tariffs for customers interconnecting to the electric system serving Maryland. The legislative-style hearing is before the Commission en banc.

Docket No. 26-2666-01 concerns Corix Utah City Heating and Cooling LLC’s application to establish a thermal tariff, including rates and terms of service. Parties must have their witnesses present and prepared to testify.

Docket 26-035-20 concerns PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power’s application for approval and report of the sale of the Washington Service Area and an accounting order. Parties must have their witnesses in attendance and prepared to testify. The scheduling order establishes testimony, intervention, and discovery deadlines, and requires parties to supplement discovery responses when new, different, or corrected information becomes available.

The agenda covers economic development, recent business expansions, and the future of energy production and costs. Sessions address women's experiences and challenges in manufacturing; the 2026 General Election and its potential effects on the 2027 legislative session and WVMA legislative agenda; and Helsing, an autonomous systems manufacturer based in Berkeley County. Other discussions cover long-term employer-employee relationships and retaining a multigenerational workforce; moving a new plant from prototype to full-scale production, including permitting, supply-chain challenges, and workforce development; and West Virginia University's NSF RETI grant, an industrial energy innovation hub focused on grid management, storage, cybersecurity, and reliability, along with programs from the WVU Industrial Extension. A final energy-sector discussion examines policy and public opinion on maintaining versus pursuing new markets and the effects of an anti-growth stance on development and economic growth in West Virginia.

A contested evidentiary hearing on Otterdale Mill Road Md PV LLC's application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a 3.0 MW solar photovoltaic generating facility in Carroll County.