The chair of the Kentucky Public Service Commission asked Kentucky Power executives to explain to electricity customers why they need to pay for a coal plant in West Virginia.

Kentucky Power is seeking approval to charge its electricity customers for maintaining its half of the Mitchell power plant beyond 2028.

The Kentucky PSC already approved a surcharge for the company and will soon consider a rate increase on top of the Mitchell case.

PSC Chair Angie Hatton previously represented eastern Kentucky in the state legislature. She asked Tanner Wolffram, Kentucky Power's director of regulatory services, what electricity customers would get in return for paying more.

"I understand you need capacity, Hatton said. "That's not disputed at all. But where's the bright spot? Show, tell me, tell

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