| West Virginia regulators have approved a $96.9 million rate increase for Mon Power and Potomac Edison to cover their utilities' fuel and other costs.
The Public Service Commission also approved a separate rate hike of nearly $36.7 million to cover the cost of the First Energy subsidiaries' vegetation management system.
Both rate increases will be effective Jan. 1.
Mon Power and Potomac Edison said Wednesday in a news release that the rate increases will add about $9 to the monthly bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
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