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State lawmakers learned this week about a big shift in what generates the most severance taxes.
According to the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia, natural gas has produced more than coal in severance taxes in four of the past five years.
Historically, coal generated the bulk of severance taxes. But the advent of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, gave gas the advantage.
Charlie Burd, the association’s president, showed lawmakers that in 2022 and 2023, gas sent twice as much revenue into state coffers as coal.
“And you can see, for many years, coal produced more dollars to the general revenue fund than we did,” Burd said. “But in the last two or three years, that’s sort of shifted.”
West Virginia ranks fifth in gas production, accounting for 8% of gas produced nationwide.
Burd said the demand for gas is strong, with exports to other countries and the rise in data centers and advanced manufacturing.
Appalachian Power customers may be seeing another price hike, caregivers are under stress, particularly during the holidays, and a new mountain roller coaster is a destination for fun seekers in Mercer County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBroadband Equity, Access and Deployment funding (BEAD) will be used to connect more than 73,000 locations across West Virginia to reliable high speed internet services.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe West Virginia Chapter of Sierra Club has questioned the wisdom of federal loans to extend the lives of six West Virginia coal-fired power plants.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia’s buck firearm season runs for two weeks from Monday, Nov. 24 to Sunday, Dec. 7.
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