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Lawmakers Hear What Went Wrong With The Grid Last Month
State lawmakers got more information Thursday about the electric power grid problems during Christmas weekend. The regional transmission operator that includes West Virginia, 12 other states and the District of Columbia experienced high demand and high generation failures from Dec. 23-25.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCoal Industry Opposes Natural Gas Pipeline State Leaders Support
Coal Association President Chris Hamilton said the 300-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline would displace coal-fired electricity generation in North Carolina.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPleasants Power Station Workers Say They'll Testify To Save Plant
A northern West Virginia power plant is scheduled to shut down at the end of May, but the plant’s employees have spoken in favor of preventing that.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPSC Chair: State Narrowly Avoided Christmas Weekend Power Failure
Charlotte Lane said about 40 percent of the natural gas fired power plants in PJM failed that weekend.
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Utilities Could Pay Up To $2 Billion In Fines Over Christmas Outages
As much as 57,000 megawatts of electricity went down in PJM on Christmas Eve, as an Arctic blast sent temperatures in much of the country down to zero or below.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDecember Weather Strained The Power Grid. Here's What Failed
In PJM and elsewhere, the strain was mostly a failure of natural gas and coal plants.
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