Hope Gas unveiled its new headquarters office Monday in Morgantown. Joined by Gov. Jim Justice and other dignitaries and community leaders, Hope Gas celebrated the job growth and economic development opportunities the energy industry offers to West Virginia. Hope Gas also announced more ...
CHARLESTON — A new possibility has arisen for the Pleasants Power Station, a coal-fired power plant that has been moving toward closure. “We’ve got to make sure a deal is solidified. It’s getting closer, but not a completed deal,” said Pleasants County Commissioner Jay Powell in ...
MORGANTOWN — A bill to create a new state agency designed to promote energy development projects in the coalfields is on its way to the House floor after clearing the Government Organization Committee Monday afternoon. The West Virginia Coal Association did not lend its support to the ...
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is continuing to push for permitting reform language for projects like the Mountain Valley Pipeline after the proposed policies were left out of a broader spending bill. Manchin is urging senators to support amending the policies to streamline the permitting of ...
For months now, West Virginia’s severance tax collections for energy production — primarily coal and natural gas — have been running way ahead of estimates. The state finished the fiscal year June 30 with $769 million in severance tax revenue, 233% ahead of estimates. The state has ...
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Joe Manchin went to bat Tuesday for his permitting reform bill during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol and on the Senate floor. The bill – he called it the Energy Independence and Security Act – will be in senators' hands on Wednesday, he said, which gives a ...