Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Mar. 19, 2025

Senate Energy Chair Seeks Recusal On Bill Mon Power Opposes

Sen. Chris Rose, a Monongalia County Republican, will ask Senate President Randy Smith to recuse himself from Senate Bill 505. The Energy committee approved this bill last week, and Rose is one of its co-sponsors.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Mar. 17, 2025

Sierra Club, PSC Reach Settlement Over Coal Plant Operations

Appalachian Power has told state lawmakers that its three plants – John Amos, Mountaineer and Mitchell – operate close to the average in PJM.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Mar. 13, 2025

PSC Chair To Senate Committee On Bill: We Already Do That

The Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee passed a bill that would encourage, though not require the PSC to favor fossil fuel and nuclear energy over renewables.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Nov. 06, 2024

PSC Lawyers Ask Court For Dismissal Of Sierra Club Lawsuit

Lawyers for PSC Commissioners Charlotte Lane, Bill Raney and Renee Larrick say the Sierra Club lacks standing to sue the commission over a 2021 directive affecting Appalachian Power coal plants.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Oct. 01, 2024

Could This Coal Plant Run On Gas? Yes, Executive Testifies

Appalachian Power is at least considering a conversion of two West Virginia power plants from coal to natural gas.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, May. 17, 2024

PSC Chair: EPA Rules Would Threaten W.Va. Power Plant Upgrades

PSC Chair Charlotte Lane said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules would jeopardize hundreds of millions of dollars of investments in the state’s coal fleet.

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