Crews with Appalachian Power Company were out Thursday addressing sweeping power outages caused by severe thunderstorms across the southern coalfields. Appalachian Power Company (APCo) is working to restore power after severe thunderstorms and 60 mph wind gusts downed trees and power lines across southern West Virginia Thursday morning. Robert Fields | WVOW News CHARLESTON By 11:45 a.m., Appalachian Power says the total number of reported outages had climbed to approximately

Appalachian Power Company, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, is seeking public input on a transmission line rebuild project in Wayne County. Appalachian Power is planning to replace multiple miles of transmission line in Wayne County to address reliability issues that the company says have contributed to customer outages for years. Robert Fields | WVOW News CHARLESTON The company plans to rebuild approximately 18 miles of a 138-kilovolt transmission line as part of th

Appalachian Power says an appeal challenging a recent decision by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia could affect the stability of customer electric rates. Appalachian Power Company (APCo) says it will explore what legal avenues it can to fight an appeal filed last week challenging its $40 million rate hike and securitization plan. WVOW News CHARLESTON Appalachian Power said the state PSC's April 16 order approved an inflation-based rate adjustment totaling about

The West Virginia Department of Health issued an update last week on the transformer oil spill in Wyoming County that leaked into the Guyandotte watershed. Photo of transformer oil spill distributed to news outlets by the WVDEP Robert Fields | WVOW News CLEAR FORK The spill occurred in January at an Appalachian Power substation in the Clear Fork area just south of Oceana. Melting ice and snow in February accelerated the stream’s flow, resulting in what the WVDOH described a

American Electric Power subsidiary Appalachian Power Company has been working around the clock with the help of mutual assistance crews to restore power to customers across its three-state jurisdiction following the devastating effects of Winter Storm Fern. Robert Fields | WVOW News WEST VIRGINIA Crews with Appalachian Power have been working around the clock to restore power to thousands following the effects of Winter Storm Fern. As of Tuesday morning, less than 10,000 Ap

The WVDEP says testing has so far not shown contamination in the Town of Wayne's water system, but is still advising residents to avoid using their water while investigations continue into the leak from an AEP substation. Robert Fields | WVOW News TOWN OF WAYNE Residents in Wayne County were told not to drink, bathe or even cook with their tap water following an oil leak originating in the East Lynn area over the weekend. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protec

LOGAN Widespread wind and rain blamed for power outages in West Virginia Wednesday. According Appalachian Power, crews worked through...

WVOW News Storms knock out power in the Southern Coalfields Sunday night. Heavy rain and gusty winds Sunday night left hundreds in the...

WVOW News MAN Appalachian Power plans to do some upgrades to an aging set of transmission power lines in Logan County and residents in...