MORGANTOWN – West Virginia is poised to profit from a new energy future. The key is drawing, training and keeping the people to make it happen, a variety of experts said Wednesday during the fifth annual Focus Forward symposium, organized by the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative ...
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced on Tuesday that WVU will receive an $8 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance its rare earth elements extraction demonstration project. Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute ...
MORGANTOWN — In 2022, the state Legislature lifted the ban on construction of nuclear power plants. Part of the motivation was finding ways to repurpose coal-fired plants that have been or will be shuttered — to keep the power flowing and keep people working. Now, that idea is working ...
MORGANTOWN – FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison are asking the state Public Service Commission for more time to consider their possible purchase of the coal-fired Pleasants Power Station and closure of Fort Martin. “Due to the potential closure of Pleasants by June ...
MORGANTOWN — WVU professor Jamie Van Nostrand has been appointed to the chair of the Massachusetts Commonwealth Utilities Commission, which oversees the Department of Public Utilities. DPU oversees investor-owned electric power, natural gas, and water companies in Massachusetts; ...
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. EPA's Good Neighbor Plan released this week requires power plants in 22 states to further reduce emissions by 2027, and EPA projects the plan could lead to retirement of 13% of current national coal-fired generating capacity. The new rule will have a bearing on Mon ...
