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More than 40,000 outages were reported in Appalachian Power’s West Virginia territory, primarily in the southern part of the state.
By early afternoon, Mercer County had the most outages, around 25,000.
Regionwide, the company had more than 250,000 outages across southern West Virginia, southwest Virginia and east Tennessee.
Appalachian Power said in an early afternoon update that 1,000 employees and contractors were involved in power restoration work.
Additional assistance was coming from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas, the company said.
Appalachian Power said restoration efforts in some areas could extend beyond Sunday.
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Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power have filed a notice of their intent to ask for another base rate increase. If approved, it could happen within 18 months of the last increase.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLawmakers in both West Virginia and Virginia have been looking at ways to make power bills more affordable, but their approaches are very different. We spoke with economists, politicians and ratepayers to learn why tensions between the two states may be driving up costs.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginian's electric rates have increased less than the national average as a whole, but regional breakdowns show a costly difference.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this episode of The Legislature Today, bills must be out of their respective committees by Sunday to be able to meet crossover day next Wednesday, and lawmakers are still working their way through next fiscal year’s budget. Also, we speak with Emmett Pepper, the policy director for Energy Efficient West Virginia, to learn about the Ratepayers Bill of Rights.
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