MORGANTOWN — The state Senate passed its version of the TikTok ban bill on Wednesday and sent it over to the House, where its bill awaits Judiciary Committee review. The TikTok bill was among several the Senate sent across the Capitol on Wednesday. Both TikTok bills originated as ...
MORGANTOWN – A bill working its way through the Senate could more than double the number of oil and gas well inspectors working across the state. SB 448 proposes three means of raising money for the chronically underfunded Office of Oil and Gas to pay for more inspectors. OO&G relies ...
MORGANTOWN — A severance-tax investment fund once considered a great hope for the state is now heading for the dustbin. SB 444 will formally terminate the Future Fund. The Senate approved the bill on Tuesday and sent it to the House. Talk of a Future Fund began back in 2011 as the ...
MORGANTOWN – The winter storm of Dec. 23-25 produced an unexpectedly high demand for electricity. Despite the surprise, PJM , the 13-state power grid organization – thought it had plenty of reserve on hand. But the power suppliers failed to deliver, leading to forced outages. Natural ...
MORGANTOWN – The “frenemy” status of the coal and natural gas industries was evident in Wednesday's debate of a Senate bill designed to promote natural gas power generation projects in the state. SB 188 is the Grid Stabilization and Security Act, deliberated at length by the Senate ...
MORGANTOWN — A Senate bill to allow for carbon sequestration under state lands cleared the House on Thursday and will return to the Senate. SB 162 allows the Division of Natural Resources, with approval of the Commerce secretary, to lease state-owned pore spaces underlying state forests, ...
