dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – FirstEnergy sisters Mon Power and Potomac Edison have seen substantial growth in new net-metering customers during the past year – 30% and 32% respectively. The companies jointly […]
Environment
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visits NETL
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright toured the National Energy Technology Laboratory Morgantown campus on Tuesday, as part of his ongoing tour of all 17 Department of Energy […]
Stewartstown residents share opposition to MARL transmission line
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN– Stewartstown-area residents gathered at the community building Saturday afternoon to learn about and share their concerns about the NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic Resiliency Link project. “This is a […]
Lake Lynn Generation responds to public comments about lowering Cheat Lake during last summer’s drought
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Lake Lynn Generation has submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission responses to some public comments about its actions taken at Cheat Lake in response to last […]
Tree of Knowledge: Fairmont State receives Division of Forestry grant for planting project
FAIRMONT – Don’t call it “landscaping.” Fairmont State University last week received a grant from the West Virginia Division of Forestry, which it will use for a tree-planting project on […]
Hope Gas Morgantown pipeline makes progress: A visit to construction sites
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Hope Gas is making steady progress on its Morgantown Connector Project – a new 30-mile pipeline from Wadestown to Morgantown – and took The Dominion Post on […]
Four groups file federal challenge to state’s right to permit injection wells for carbon storage
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Surface Owners Rights Organization and three environmental groups have joined in a federal court challenge to the U.S. EPA granting West Virginia the right […]
Senate committee advances bill to promote coal and gas power over wind and solar
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Senate Energy Committee gave its blessing on Thursday to a bill aimed at incentivizing utility companies to invest in coal, natural gas and nuclear assets over […]
FirstEnergy looks ahead to replace West Virginia coal-fired power plants with gas fired
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – As Mon Power’s Fort Martin and Harrison power stations approach retirement age, parent company FirstEnergy is contemplating replacing them with combined-cycle plants fueled by natural gas. FirstEnergy […]
Senate committee moves bill to raise property tax on windmills
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A resurrected state Senate bill that would raise the property tax on windmills cleared the Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee on Monday, but not without bipartisan […]
