MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito made a series of stops in Morgantown on Thursday, visiting WVU Medicine facilities and Longview Power, and celebrating a milestone with broadband provider Breezeline. […]
Energy
Focus Forward symposium: As climate change goals drive energy transition, West Virginia can prepare workforce for a prosperous future
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s — and the nation’s — clean energy future is being driven by a number of factors, said Nathan Flesher, partner in the energy analysis and research […]
Focus Forward symposium: West Virginia ready to launch new energy future, and prosper
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia is poised to profit from a new energy future. The key is drawing, training and keeping the people to make it happen, a variety of experts […]
WVU gets $8M federal grant for rare earth elements demonstration project facility
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced on Tuesday that WVU will receive an $8 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance its rare earth elements […]
Capito sponsors ADVANCE Act to advance nuclear power, encourage repurposing of defunct coal plants
MORGANTOWN — In 2022, the state Legislature lifted the ban on construction of nuclear power plants. Part of the motivation was finding ways to repurpose coal-fired plants that have been […]
Mon Power seeks more time from PSC to consider Pleasants purchase; also requests temporary rate hike to cover interim costs
MORGANTOWN – FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison are asking the state Public Service Commission for more time to consider their possible purchase of the coal-fired Pleasants Power Station […]
WVU’s Jamie Van Nostrand appointed to post with Massachusetts state government
MORGANTOWN — WVU professor Jamie Van Nostrand has been appointed to the chair of the Massachusetts Commonwealth Utilities Commission, which oversees the Department of Public Utilities. DPU oversees investor-owned electric […]
New EPA Good Neighbor Plan could close 13% of nation’s coal-fired power capacity
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan released this week requires power plants in 22 states to further reduce emissions by 2027, and EPA projects the plan could lead […]
Capito talks Biden budget, EPA and energy, Medicare solvency with West Virginia press
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito talked with members of the West Virginia press on Thursday, covering the Biden budget, carbon sequestration, the Pleasants Power Station and Medicare. President Biden […]
Morgantown firm gets $1.27M federal contract to cap three abandoned gas wells
MORGANTOWN — A Morgantown company has been awarded a $1.27 million federal contract to plug an abandoned gas well at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, along with two […]
