WVU Today James Wood, director of the Energy Institute at West Virginia University, will offer testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works at 10 a.m. today. […]
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Dominion Energy offers tips to help customers save money on bills
Newsroom@DominionPost.com In anticipation of extreme cold weather returning next week, Dominion Energy West Virginia is asking its customers to voluntarily turn down thermostats and lower the setting on water heaters […]
DEP to cut more than third of its staff
MORGANTOWN – Significant revenue shortfalls have led the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Oil and Gas to cut more than a third of its staff – including inspectors. […]
Help for those facing power shutoffs, notices
by Olivia MurrayOMurray@DominionPost.com Several Morgantown residents claim to have received termination notices regarding their electric service through Mon Power, while others report that their power, or that of someone they […]
W.Va. lawmakers, Sierra Club comment on Biden’s slate of climate orders
MORGANTOWN – Among the torrent of executive actions that have poured out of President Biden’s office during his first 10 days are five on climate change. The Dominion Post asked […]
Fed court vacates Trump EPA ACE Rule, replacement for Clean Power Plan; various West Virginia leaders react
MORGANTOWN – President Biden has been undoing many Trump-era environmental measures with executive orders. But on Tuesday a D.C. Federal circuit court – with two Obama-appointees and one Trump appointee […]
Noteworthy commission projects of 2020
Be it an individual, a family, a business, an agency, a city, county, state or nation, 2020 can essentially be summed up in eight characters, COVID-19. And while that’s certainly […]
A look at bills considered, passed by state Legislature
Jan. 2 Legislative leaders shared their visions for the 2020 session before it started Jan. 8. A pandemic was not in view. Among their goals: Ending the tax on business […]
Natural gas organizations IOGA and WVONGA will merge into GO-WV
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s two major oil and natural gas associations will soon be one. The West Virginia Independent Oil and Gas Association (IOGA) and the West Virginia Oil and […]
Mon Power agrees with green groups to postpone Fort Martin, Harrison upgrades in power rate settlement approved by PSC
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power and its FirstEnergy sister Potomac Edison have agreed with a number of green energy groups to set aside plans to upgrade the coal-fired boilers at their […]
