MORGANTOWN – Mon Power/Potomac Edison and the state Public Service Commission have tentatively agreed to an accounting firm to perform a “Focused Management Audit” in connection with the companies' recent rate-hike requests, and in connection with what PSC chair Charlotte Lane has ...
CHARLESTON — The Public Service Commission of West Virginia granted formal approval Monday for the acquisition of a smaller central West Virginia gas utility and its merger into Hope Gas Inc. For $37 million, Hope will acquire Peoples Gas WV LLC, which has 12,917 customers in 15 counties, many of which are served by Hope, a Morgantown-based utility. Peoples’ base rates are lower than Hope’s and will continue at that level until Hope files a rate case with the commission. However, Hope will apply a surcharge currently in effect for its pipeline replacement and expansion ...
The Levels Arcade team is excited to welcome the community back to a new-and-improved setup after today’s grand-opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony. Formerly Starport Arcade and Pub, Levels Arcade is a refreshed, updated take on its 228 Walnut St. location. Although it has maintained ...
MORGANTOWN – With the sale of Pleasants Power Station to California-based Omnis Fuel Technologies completed, Mon Power and Potomac Edison informed the Public Service Commission on Thursday that they have stopped their evaluation of a potential Pleasants purchase. The companies had been ...
The head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is concerned about issues with patterns of mine safety violations. Chris Williamson, the head of MSHA for the Biden Administration, recently talked about those worries in a conference call with stakeholders. “Last year the agency issued a ‘pattern of violations’ notice to a mine for the first time in eight years and we recently ran a screening and a second mine has been placed on a ‘pattern of violations’ notice,” said Williamson. Williamson vowed the agency will use all of the tools at its disposal to make ...
MORGANTOWN — It was publicly announced last week that the West Virginia Division of Highways plans to build a bridge across the Monongahela River in the next 28 months. The literal structure, estimated to be in the neighborhood of $70 million, is also a bridge in the figurative ...
