MORGANTOWN — Legislators took a dive Monday morning into a different realm of green energy: battery storage. This isn’t batteries for your Chevy Volt. It’s grid-level storage that can support […]
Tag: solar power
Solar project approved if companies can prove customers
West Virginia’s Public Service Commission conditionally approved a $102 million solar energy proposal across five counties, but commissioners want assurances that energy customers are truly lined up to limit costs […]
Solar program robs from the poor, gives to the rich
Rooftop solar has a role to play in fighting climate change. But placing solar panels on every rooftop is an inefficient way to meet California’s clean energy goals and reduce […]
Guest essay: The moral argument for ‘building back better’
by Sister Ellen Dunn Last month, Pope Francis launched a global initiative that integrates faith and environmental sustainability. It entails a seven-year journey for Catholic institutions and is named after […]
Mon Power/Potomac Edison plan five solar plants to produce 50 mw of power; largest would be in Mon County
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power and Potomac Energy — subsidiaries of FirstEnergy, have applied to the state Public Service Commission to build five solar power plants that would generate a combined […]
Clean energy jobs on brownfield sites
by Mark Walter The Build Back Better budget reconciliation bill that Congress is now debating is the best opportunity in a generation to pass climate policy that will reverse the […]
Guest essay: West Virginians are building the power plants of the 21st century
by Dan Conant Hard work and resilience are woven into the fabric of West Virginia. It’s in our blood. Our muscle and our mountains powered our nation through an industrial […]
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 […]
A look at bills considered, passed by state Legislature
Jan. 2 Legislative leaders shared their visions for the 2020 session before it started Jan. 8. A pandemic was not in view. Among their goals: Ending the tax on business […]
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 […]
