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Following May 17 rebuttal testimony and a coming hearing on Mon Power's bid to buy Harrison power station, the PSC will decide if a billion-dollar coal plant is the best answer to future power demand.
Following May 17 rebuttal testimony and a coming hearing on Mon Power's bid to buy Harrison power station, the PSC will decide if a billion-dollar coal plant is the best answer to future power demand.
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A new report from the American Chemistry Council says expansion in shale gas plays are driving investments in chemical manufacturing to the tune of bout $71.7 billion in investments, including in West
A new report from the American Chemistry Council says expansion in shale gas plays are driving investments in chemical manufacturing to the tune of bout $71.7 billion in investments, including in West Virginia.
Monday, May 20 2013 9:56 AM EDT2013-05-20 13:56:57 GMT
Remember the Miners, a West Virginia campaign dedicated to honoring fallen coal miners and the sacrifices miners make for U.S. energy, is kicking off the Coal Club. The Coal Club proceeds will be used to fund the Remember
Remember the Miners, a West Virginia campaign dedicated to honoring fallen coal miners and the sacrifices miners make for U.S. energy, is kicking off the Coal Club.
Monday, May 20 2013 8:58 AM EDT2013-05-20 12:58:30 GMT
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, a newspaper reported.
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to state records obtained by a newspaper.
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued an order Dec. 17 reducing the Expanded Net Energy Cost rates for Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) and Potomac Edison Company (PE) customers by more than $65 million, effective Jan. 1, 2013.
A residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month will experience a decrease on their monthly bill of approximately $4.80. Average residential use is about 1,200 kWh.
Mon Power and PE asked the commission not to implement the rate decrease pending the outcome of a separate matter -- the proposed transfer of ownership of about 80 percent of ownership of the Harrison power station to Mon Power -- that may cause rates to increase.
The commission instead decided that, in consideration of the challenging economic circumstances that West Virginia ratepayers have faced in recent years, the continuing and escalating annual rate increases over the last six years and the onset of the winter heating season, that it was in the public interest to lower the electric rates of Mon Power and PE as soon as possible.
Mon Power and PE serve approximately 520,000 customers in thirty-seven West Virginia counties.
More information may be obtained by accessing the Commission website, www.psc.state.wv.us, and referencing case number 12-1238-E-GI
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