LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, FOR APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM CASE NO. PUR-2024-00001 On January 23, 2024, Appalachian Power Company (“APCo” or “Company”) completed the filing with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) of an application (“Application”) pursuant to § 56-580 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”), the Utility Facilities Act, and the Commission’s Filing Requirements in Support of Applications for Authority to Construct and Operate an Electric Generating Facility, for approval to construct and operate a battery energy storage system (“BESS”) project along its Glade-Whitetop distribution circuit (“Project”). In support of its Application, the Company states that the Project will be composed of two separate BESS sites connected to the Glade-Whitetop 34.5 kilovolt distribution circuit in southwestern Virginia, with a total rating of 7.5 megawatts (capacity) and 30 megawatt-hours (energy). The Company states that one site ...