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Appalachian Power (West Virginia) LCP — EV fast-charging electricity cost

Appalachian Power LCP is the filed rate schedule ForgeAsset models for DC fast-charging sites in Appalachian Power territory in West Virginia. Energy prices at 5.2¢/kWh flat; the demand side bills $32.67/kW of monthly peak. For one reference Supercharger site held constant across the whole library, that works out to 74.4¢/kWh per dispensed kWh — rank 77 of 86 filed tariffs (1 = least expensive).

Modeled rates

Appalachian Power's large capacity power schedule for Charleston, Huntington, and Beckley: flat energy with the demand charge billed on a single 7 a.m.–9 p.m. weekday window — the off-peak-excess clause folds to exactly zero at fast-charging load — under an inert 60% ratchet. Figures fold Charleston's compounded municipal B&O and the state excise, the highest local fold among the served metros, so other cities bill slightly below these values. The ENEC rider resets 2026-09-01 with a filed decrease, and the library re-derives then. A fixed monthly service charge is not modeled.

The filed rate book for this territory records no EV-specific commercial rate, so the modeled cost is the standard schedule. Demand follows the model's conservative convention — 150 kW per stall billed every month, the worst-case coincident peak — so a site whose metered peak runs below that would see a lower demand line.

Source: Appalachian Power (West Virginia) filed rate schedule. Rates are digit-verified against the utility's own filed sheets and update within two weeks of any revision; derivations are on the methodology page.

What the reference site pays here

Reference site: 8 Tesla V4 stalls at 235 kWh/stall/day (57,183 kWh dispensed per month), a 150kW per-stall demand assumption, the model's default time-of-use mix, and a 12% loss gross-up — identical to the full utility ranking, where this tariff sits at position 77 of 86.

The rest of the West Virginia picture

The tariff is one layer. State taxes, incentives, clean-fuels programs, and the charging market shape the remainder — Tesla Supercharger ROI in West Virginia covers them, and the US Supercharger Economics Map shows every US Supercharger over utility territories colored by this same effective-cost derivation.

Appalachian Power (West Virginia) LCP — questions

What does Appalachian Power (West Virginia) charge for energy on LCP?

The modeled rates are 5.2¢/kWh flat. At the model's default time-of-use mix (30% peak, 45% off-peak, 25% super-off-peak) that blends to 5.2¢/kWh.

Does LCP carry a demand charge?

Yes: $32.67/kW of monthly peak. For a reference 8-stall site at 150 kW per stall that comes to about $39,203 per month.

What does electricity cost per kWh dispensed on this tariff?

For the reference site — 8 Tesla V4 stalls dispensing 235 kWh per stall per day, with a 12% loss gross-up — the all-in utility cost works out to 74.4¢/kWh per dispensed kWh, rank 77 of 86 tariffs in the library (1 = least expensive).

ForgeAsset is software, not investment, tax, or legal advice — outputs are model estimates from your inputs, not guarantees. Rates current as of research; verify current terms with the utility's filed schedule before committing capital.