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Feds Approve State To Issue Permits For Carbon Storage Wells

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week approved West Virginia’s application to permit what are known as Class VI wells. This will enable the injection and underground storage of carbon dio...

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Compromise Proposed In PSC Case Involving Data Centers

Google opposes a proposed change in how Appalachian Power treats customers that use a lot of electricity, but there may be a compromise.

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High Coal Stockpiles, Lower Production Forecast For 2025

About 138 million tons of coal – a year’s production in Appalachia – is sitting in stockpiles at power plants across the country.

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Appalachian Power Outlines Options For 2 W.Va. Coal Plants

Appalachian Power said it can convert two of its coal-burning plants in West Virginia to 40 percent gas by 2030, 100 percent gas by 2030, or shut both down by 2032.

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