MORGANTOWN — Morgantown-based Hope Gas announced on Tuesday that it has entered an agreement with Essential Utilities to purchase Peoples Gas WV. Peoples is a Pennsylvania-based energy company serving 740,000 […]
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PSC OK’s Mon Power/Potomac Edison rate hike settlement; requires companies to prepare report of possible Pleasants plant purchase
MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission has OK’d the modified rate hike for Mon Power and Potomac Edison that the companies agreed to in a December settlement that the […]
FirstEnergy offers safety tips for holiday drone pilots, and a new drone safety video game
MORGANTOWN — With the expectation that people will give and receive drones for Christmas, Mon Power’s parent company FirstEnergy offered safety tips for folks getting ready to fly their new […]
Form Energy will build 100-hour iron-air battery plant in Weirton; will create 750 jobs and advance energy generation
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday announced an economic development partnership that he said will help revitalize the city of Weirton and foster American energy independence. Massachusetts-based Form Energy […]
Mon Power/Potomac Edison reach settlement for rate hike half of what it asked of PSC; remainder deferred for 2023 filing
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power and Potomac Edison customers will see a rate hike come January, but only half of what the companies requested from the state Public Service Commission. The […]
Manchin permitting reform legislation fails again; tie vote keeps it from attaching to National Defense Authorization Act
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Joe Manchin is disappointed that his effort to pass permitting reform legislation again failed in the Senate. Manchin had hoped to attach his permitting reform legislation as […]
PJM and Mon Power prepare for increased energy demand during cold winter months
MORGANTOWN – As winter prepares to set in, PJM – which oversees the 13-state regional energy grid – and its member utilities and power suppliers are preparing to meet the […]
AG Morrisey leads multi-state brief in lawsuit against Biden Administration proposed national fuel economy standards
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading another multi-state effort against what it considers another Biden Administration end run on Congress to hasten its green energy goals. In […]
Parties in Mon Power rate hike proposal case trade critiques of each others’ ideas
MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission has received a new round of testimony regarding Mon Power and Potomac Edison’s request to raise customer power rates. It was a round […]
State PSC considers Mon Power/Potomac Edison rate hike request; residential bill would rise 9.6%
MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission is mulling a rate-hike request from Mon Power and Potomac Edison – FirstEnergy sister companies serving most of northern West Virginia along with […]
