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Brandonville Solar seeks PSC OK for Preston solar project

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A company called Brandonville Solar has applied for a Public Service Commission siting certificate for a 100 megawatt solar project. The project would sit on 1,154 acres between Glade Run and Big Sandy Creek, about one mile northwest of ...

Hope Gas gets interim OK on a rate-hike request

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – An administrative law judge has given interim approval for one of three hope Gas rate-hike requests pending before the Public Service Commission. This one is Hope's 2025 Purchased Gas Application (PGA) case that accounts for Hope's costs to buy the ...

Mon Power/Potomac Edison explore building gas-fired power plant

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – FirstEnergy sisters Mon Power and Potomac Edison are exploring having a gas-fired power plant in service by 2031. And the Gas & OI Association of West Virginia is thrilled with the prospect. FirstEnergy first alluded to the possibility of ...

Federal judge dismisses Biafora case against Lake Lynn Generation

dbeard@dominionpost.com The Biafora family of businesses has suffered a setback in its court quest to seek damages from Lake Lynn Generation following the summer 2024 drought. Judge Thomas Kleeh, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia dismissed the case on ...

County expresses ‘strong opposition’ to MARL

BConley@DominionPost.com The Monongalia County Commission is making its thoughts on the Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link project known in Charleston. In letters addressed to both Gov. Patrick Morrisey and the West Virginia Public Service Commission, the county commission conveyed its ...