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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAmerican Electric Power, FirstEnergy and Dominion Power told members of the legislature that they’d maintain their coal assets in West Virginia. In the future, though, they said they would not be building new coal plants.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAbout 138 million tons of coal – a year’s production in Appalachia – is sitting in stockpiles at power plants across the country.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA wind farm in Grant County can now increase the height of its turbines as part of a broader effort to make the site more efficient.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFor a decade, Mary Anne Hitt led the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe state Public Service Commission, tasked with regulating public utilities, is getting an earful about Appalachian Power’s proposal to raise rates.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIf AEP does not comply with the wastewater treatment rule, it would have to shut down the John Amos and Mountaineer power plants in 2034.
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