MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Energy Users Group – a coalition of 12 industrial power customers across the state that use large amounts of electricity – are concerned that Mon […]
Energy and Environment
Richard Mine AMD plant will include rare earth element extraction project
MORGANTOWN — Work on the Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant continues to forge ahead, with a new addition enabled by research at WVU. Right now, the most prominent […]
EPA responds to letter from WVMA and other groups about foot dragging on state oversight of carbon capture project permit applications
MORGANTOWN – The U.S. EPA recently responded to a letter from the West Virginia Manufacturers Association joined with seven other business and industry groups from five states to urge the […]
Falcons take up residence at Mon Power’s Harrison Power Station, curb pigeon population
MORGANTOWN – One late-winter morning, Mon Power Technical Services Manager Ed Murphy went up in Harrison Power Station’s stack to routinely inspect operations. He came back to the office with […]
NETL contractor wins award for technology transfer advances
MORGANTOWN — A NETL contractor has received the Federal Laboratory Consortium Mid-Atlantic region’s “Best in Region” award for his work that has significantly reduced the complexity of transferring the lab’s […]
If Pleasants stays open, Fort Martin may close: Local legislators, officials offer some thoughts
MORGANTOWN – During the debate on whether or not Mon Power and Potomac Edison should buy Pleasants Power State and keep it running, what’s not been discussed much is the […]
Capito promotes permitting reform, Mountain Valley Pipeline completion during talk with West Virginia press
MORGANTOWN — Permitting reform remains alive and well in the U.S. Senate, despite two previous failed bills. “Permitting reform is front and center on my agenda,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito […]
PSC OKs Mon Power pursuing letter of intent to keep Pleasants open; surcharge depends on PSC approval of LOI
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power may continue pursuing a letter of intent with Energy Transition & Environmental Management to keep the Pleasants Power Station open in order to continue evaluating the […]
NETL employs new geospatial mapping technology to locate orphan gas wells
MORGANTOWN – National Energy Technology Laboratory is embracing a new technology called geospatial mapping to locate hard-to-find orphaned oil and gas wells. “Finding the location and characterizing these orphaned wells […]
A look at public comments for and against Mon Power’s possible purchase of Pleasants Power Station
MORGANTOWN — While Thursday’s public comment hearing on Mon Power’s proposed interim solution drew just seven people, the public is actually far more interested. The plan involves keeping Pleasants Power […]
