dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Public Service Commission has set dates for testimony and evidentiary hearings for two Hope Gas cases. One is for its annual Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program […]
Energy and Environment
Transmission project session draws crowd in Kingwood
KINGWOOD – About 60 people attended Valley Link North Transmission Project open house at the Kingwood Civic Center on Tuesday evening. The room at the civic center was set up […]
Proposed FirstEnergy gas-fired power plant draws universal opposition at public hearing
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Not a single person spoke in support of the Maidsville Energy Center – a proposed new 1,200 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine plant by FirstEnergy sisters Mon […]
‘This is going to be a multi-day event’: Parkersburg warehouse fire compromises air quality
From staff reports PARKERSBURG – A fire at a warehouse complex early Sunday morning sent a thick plume of black smoke into the air all day long, forcing firefighters from […]
PSC receives words of support for proposed Maidsville Energy Center
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Letters and testimony supporting the Mon Power/Potomac Edison plan to build a combined cycle gas plant at their Fort Martin site were received by the Public Service […]
Public hearing set for Mon County energy projects
DPNews@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has scheduled a virtual and in-person public comment hearing for July into construction of a $2.48 billion gas-electric generation plant […]
Fourth MARL hearing draws 100 in Kingwood
KINGWOOD – Approximately 100 people showed up at the Kingwood Civic Center Thursday evening for the fourth West Virginia Public Service Commission hearing concerning the MARL project. Four individuals asked […]
City, county, state: MARL opposition cuts across political lines
MORGANTOWN – “Hold on to this photo,” Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom joked Wednesday evening outside the Mon County Center. “It may never happen again.” Regardless of what comes […]
An estimated 250 people turn out for PSC public hearing on MARL
MORGANTOWN – There was a lot said about the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link power transmission project Wednesday evening. A lot. An estimated 250 people turned up at the Mon County Center […]
A look at FirstEnergy’s planned gas-fired plant and Fort Martin
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Dominion Post visited FirstEnergy’s Fort Martin site recently to talk about its proposed new 1,200 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine plant and tour its coal-fired plant. […]
