MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday announced an economic development partnership that he said will help revitalize the city of Weirton and foster American energy independence. Massachusetts-based Form Energy […]
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Mon Power/Potomac Edison reach settlement for rate hike half of what it asked of PSC; remainder deferred for 2023 filing
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power and Potomac Edison customers will see a rate hike come January, but only half of what the companies requested from the state Public Service Commission. The […]
Manchin permitting reform legislation fails again; tie vote keeps it from attaching to National Defense Authorization Act
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Joe Manchin is disappointed that his effort to pass permitting reform legislation again failed in the Senate. Manchin had hoped to attach his permitting reform legislation as […]
PJM and Mon Power prepare for increased energy demand during cold winter months
MORGANTOWN – As winter prepares to set in, PJM – which oversees the 13-state regional energy grid – and its member utilities and power suppliers are preparing to meet the […]
AG Morrisey leads multi-state brief in lawsuit against Biden Administration proposed national fuel economy standards
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading another multi-state effort against what it considers another Biden Administration end run on Congress to hasten its green energy goals. In […]
Parties in Mon Power rate hike proposal case trade critiques of each others’ ideas
MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission has received a new round of testimony regarding Mon Power and Potomac Edison’s request to raise customer power rates. It was a round […]
State PSC considers Mon Power/Potomac Edison rate hike request; residential bill would rise 9.6%
MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission is mulling a rate-hike request from Mon Power and Potomac Edison – FirstEnergy sister companies serving most of northern West Virginia along with […]
A look at federally funded gas well plugging, and a visit to a Diversified Energy plugging site
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia has 15,655 total abandoned wells – about 6,300 considered orphaned. That doesn’t include wells at or near the end of the useful lives on land leased […]
AAA: Thanksgiving will see more travelers than 2021, but highest holiday gas prices on record
MORGANTOWN – With the pandemic on the wane, more people will be traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday than in 2021, according to AAA. But they’ll be paying more to do […]
Deskins to legislators: Fluctuating natural gas prices affect budget surpluses, prices expected to fall
MORGANTOWN – One of the factors that helped sink Amendment 2, with its associated plan to reimburse counties for lost property taxes from state budget surpluses, is the certainty – […]
