The St. Clairsville Rec Center served as a sanctuary last weekend for residents unable to stay inside their homes because of the winter storm and subsequent power outages that knocked out power, and more importantly, heat, for 1,000s of residents in Belmont County and beyond.
The company is requesting an increase of $73 million in the amount collected for ENEC, and a continuation of the current VMP rates, to take effect Sept. 1
A strong weather system with rain and damaging winds blew across Appalachian Power’s service areas in waves Saturday, from afternoon through the night. By early Sunday morning more than 1200 customers in the Northern Panhandle were without electric service as a result of storm damage. As expected, outages are widespread across much of the company’s service area.