MORGANTOWN – Part of the city was hit by a power outage Tuesday afternoon. The Mon Power outage page showed 1,941 of 49,869 customers without power. A call to the […]
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FirstEnergy looks ahead to replace West Virginia coal-fired power plants with gas fired
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – As Mon Power’s Fort Martin and Harrison power stations approach retirement age, parent company FirstEnergy is contemplating replacing them with combined-cycle plants fueled by natural gas. FirstEnergy […]
Power returns to Morgantown after New Year’s Eve storm
MORGANTOWN – Electric power had returned to Morgantown and the surrounding area Thursday afternoon following Tuesday afternoon’s New Years Eve storm that took down trees and power lines. At 4 […]
FirstEnergy customers will see some fee changes as company moved to third-party payment processing
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Some FirstEnergy customers will see a new small fee when they pay their bills online. Others will see a decrease in an accustomed fee. This stems from […]
AS tour of Mon Power’s Rivesville solar site
By David Bearddbeard@dominionpost.com RIVESVILLE – Mon Power and Potomac Edison have their second utility-scale solar site online in this small coal town north of Fairmont. The 27-acre site sits on […]
PSC orders utilities and cable companies to provide outage alerts via text and email
MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has ordered all utilities and cable companies — except motor carriers — to have in place a process to notify customers of planned […]
Appalachian Power, Wheeling Power see solar net-metering customer growth
MORGANTOWN – We recently reported on the significant growth of net-metering customers for FirstEnergy’s West Virginia sisters Mon Power and Potomac Edison. AEP’s West Virginia sisters Appalachian Power (APCo) and […]
Mon Power sees solar net-metering customers grow by 50% since 2021
MORGANTOWN — While the number of net-metering customers remains a minute portion of Mon Power’s customer base, the number of households generating their own power has grown by 50% since […]
PSC wraps up coal-cost task force investigation, order utilities to pursue energy efficiency programs for customers
MORGANTOWN – Concluding a task force investigation that began in 2022, the state Public Service Commission has ordered the state’s four electric utilities to “continue to pursue all reasonable fuel […]
PJM, Mon Power respond to U.S. DOE power grid assessment for mid-Atlantic region
MORGANTOWN – Last week, it was reported that as part of a national power grid assessment, the U.S. Department of Energy identified the mid-Atlantic region – including Monongalia, Preston and […]
