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A coal waste plant at risk of shutting down in West Virginia is hoping to stay open through state proceedings.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the Grant Town Power Plant’s owner, American Bituminous Power Partners, has teetered on the verge of bankruptcy, according to company filings.
In May, the state Public Service Commission denied the company’s proposal to increase its electric energy purchase agreement with FirstEnergy company Mon Power from $34.25 per megawatt hour to $40 per megawatt hour, which would have bumped up customer rates, so it could have a better chance at staying open.
But the PSC kept the company’s EEPA rate the same to allow American Bituminous an opportunity to continue operating while renegotiating its business structure.
Environmental activists have appealed, saying the PSC’s order contained “legal errors.”
The commission will be chaired by Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby with members to be announced in the coming weeks.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe population in Appalachia’s coal-producing counties has declined since the boom of the 1950s. As the coal industry mechanized and shrunk, jobs went away, and young people did, too. Now, a series of population estimates shows things might get even worse.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA two-man rescue team found the body of mine foreman Steve Lipscomb, 42, of Elkview, in the Rolling Thunder coal mine in Nicholas County Thursday morning. An around the clock search and rescue operation has been in motion since Saturday.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPresident Donald Trump points to what he calls “soaring” crime to justify deploying federal agents and National Guard troops to some American cities. Us & Them checks with an expert who reviews our nation’s crime data and sees inconsistent reporting and declines in major crime categories. This comes at a time when a poll shows the public is more worried about scams and school shootings than street crime.
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