MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has approved Mon Power’s proposal to stop buying electricity from Morgantown Energy Associates as of Jan. 1 – with conditions. The chief condition […]
Energy
Shale roads: How gas producers handle the wear and tear
MORGANTOWN — It’s early November and a mini-parade of heavy equipment is churning up Sellers Road in Tyler County. The nearly 6.25-mile stretch running along Middle Island Creek near Middlebourne […]
At PSC hearing, coal company seeks delay to end of Mon Power-Morgantown Energy Associates power-supply contract
MORGANTOWN — The decision to approve Mon Power’s plan to stop buying electricity from Morgantown Energy Associates’ Beechurst Avenue plant lie in the hands of the Public Service Commission, following […]
Morgantown Energy Associates supports plan to end power generation
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Energy Associates voiced support for the plan to deactivate its coal-fired power generators in a recent filing with the Public Service Commission. In a separate filing in […]
Longview Plans to Expand
Officials seek to build $1.1B facility MAIDSVILLE — Right now there are just wild flowers on the empty land next to the Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, just north of […]
PSC: Mon Power must create timeline for testimony, exhibits for plan to end Morgantown Energy Associates contract
MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has given Mon Power until Oct. 22 to come up with a proposed scheduling order for the PSC to review Mon Power’s plan […]
Morgantown Energy Associates plant to be deactivated Jan. 1
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Energy Associates plant on Beechurst Avenue will be deactivated effective Jan. 1, 2020, according to PJM Interconnect. While MEA will go off the power grid, it […]
Soaking Up Some Rays
Andy Cockburn’s electric bill last month was $5. That covered all the appliances, all the electronics and everything else plugged in at the 2,600-square-foot ranch house the retired WVU professor […]
Energy efficiency jobs increase in W.Va.
West Virginia is outpacing the nation and all but one of its neighbors in job growth in the energy efficiency field. But in terms of actual numbers of jobs, it […]
DEP OKs construction permit for coal-to-liquids plant in Mason County
MORGANTOWN — The state Department of Environmental Protection has greenlighted construction of a coal-to-liquids plant in Mason County. Domestic Synthetic Fuels says its plant will employ direct coal-to-liquids technology to […]
