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Guest essay: West Virginia energy powers the country

by Steve Nelson Over the decade, only one competitive wholesale power plant has come online in West Virginia, with one other being transferred from its regulated status to an exempt wholesale generator. As older utility-owned plants have retired, these two independent power ...

Noteworthy commission projects of 2020

Be it an individual, a family, a business, an agency, a city, county, state or nation, 2020 can essentially be summed up in eight characters, COVID-19.  And while that’s certainly true for Monongalia County, there was some other stuff that happened, too.  But we might as ...

County finalizes 30-year agreement

Deal will result in $60.7 million for use within area With a capacity, albeit socially distanced, crowd in attendance, the Monongalia County Commission finalized a 30-year agreement with daughter companies of Longview Power on Wednesday, clearing the way for the company’s billion-dollar ...

Sierra Club chairman shares thoughts on PILT

James Kotcon, Conservation Committee Chairman for the West Virginia Sierra Club, deferred to the Great One when asked his thoughts on the pending 30-year payment in lieu of taxes agreement between the Monongalia County Board of Education, the Monongalia County Commission and daughter ...