CHARLESTON – Supporters and opponents of the two proposed new Longview Power plants met at Public Service Commission headquarters Thursday morning for an evidentiary hearing on the siting certificate requests […]
Energy and Environment
Bill to terminate inactive mineral leases pauses for haggling; tax credit bill for petrochemical industry scaled down to avoid budget hole
MORGANTOWN — The House and Senate energy committees took up complex natural gas-related bills on Tuesday. Senate Energy handled a bill pitting mineral owners against producers and after long debate […]
House Energy Committee revives two orphan gas well capping bills
MORGANTOWN — The House Energy Committee on Tuesday afternoon brought back to life two bills aimed at capping orphan gas wells around the state. One of them fell to a […]
Supporters, opponents fill room for PSC hearing on two proposed new Longview Power plants
MORGANTOWN — More than 75 people jammed the Monongalia County Commission chamber Monday evening for a public comment hearing on the proposed new Longview Power plants – one gas-fired, one […]
Green groups protest proposed new Longview Power plants
MORGANTOWN — Some members of the green community assembled on the Courthouse Square Monday afternoon to protest the proposed construction of two new Longview Power plants – one gas-fired, one […]
PSC approves Mon Power proposal to stop buying electricity from Morgantown Energy Associates — with conditions
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 […]
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 […]
