When it comes to the Pleasants Power Station, so far there have only been two options — neither of them good. Either Mon Power/Potomac Edison buys the plant and jacks up the prices for ratepayers to do so (and possibly close Fort Martin), or Energy Transmission & Environmental ...
“So when the company makes money the profit all goes to the stockholders and management, but when they lose money (by not investing in new tech) they want bailout cash from ‘the little people?’ I don’t think so.” The anonymous comment above, submitted to the Public Service ...
Also unfair to MonPower consumers by Jim Kotcon The Pleasants power plant is a 43-year-old, 1,300-MW, coal-fired power plant in Pleasants County. MonPower’s parent company, FirstEnergy, tried to dump this unprofitable dinosaur onto MonPower customers in 2017. FirstEnergy argued ...
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 – 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 state Public Service Commission has OK'd the modified rate hike for Mon Power and Potomac Edison that the companies agreed to in a December settlement that the companies reached with various interested parties. Last August, the companies asked for a hike that would have ...