MORGANTONW — The fate of the proposed Longview Power gas and solar plants is in the hands of the Public Service Commission. All the parties have filed their final arguments […]
Energy
House bill to promote Appalachian Storage Hub heads toward passage
MORGANTOWN — A bill to make a small effort to create an Appalachian Storage Hub for a petrochemical industry boom in West Virginia and the tristate area is on first […]
Senate bill would scale back steam coal severance tax break — at the expense of Murray Energy
MORGANTOWN — The Senate energy Committee on Tuesday passed a bill to scale back last year’s severance tax break for steam coal. Discussion revealed it would help five or six […]
Senate Energy OKs solar power program bill; House Energy stops work on its sister bill
CHARLESTON — The House solar energy bill took an unexpected twist on Thursday. After four hours of prior discussion and an aborted attempt to kill it, HB 4562 was taken […]
Solar energy bill powers two more hours of questioning in House Energy
MORGANTOWN — The House Energy Committee spent another two hours on Tuesday – bringing the total to four – exploring a bill intended to promote economic growth by drawing green-minded […]
Senate Energy punts lease bill, passes House well-capping bill
CHARLESTON – The Senate energy Committee punted a contentious bill intended to enable mineral owners to gain release from inactive leases so they can sign new ones. And after grilling […]
Solar energy program bill sparks contentious 2-hour House Energy meeting; more to come
CHARLESTON — The House Energy Committee spent a contentious two hours gnashing on a bill intended to draw green-minded manufacturers and high-tech firms with renewable energy portfolio goals into the […]
Supporters, opponents of new Longview Power plants give testimony at PSC hearing
CHARLESTON – Supporters and opponents of the two proposed new Longview Power plants met at Public Service Commission headquarters Thursday morning for an evidentiary hearing on the siting certificate requests […]
Bill to terminate inactive mineral leases pauses for haggling; tax credit bill for petrochemical industry scaled down to avoid budget hole
MORGANTOWN — The House and Senate energy committees took up complex natural gas-related bills on Tuesday. Senate Energy handled a bill pitting mineral owners against producers and after long debate […]
House Energy Committee revives two orphan gas well capping bills
MORGANTOWN — The House Energy Committee on Tuesday afternoon brought back to life two bills aimed at capping orphan gas wells around the state. One of them fell to a […]
