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Several environmental activists were arrested Friday after blocking the road leading to the headquarters for Alpha Natural Resources to protest the coal producer's mining practices.
Several environmental activists were arrested Friday after blocking the road leading to the headquarters for Alpha Natural Resources to protest the coal producer's mining practices.
Friday, May 24 2013 1:56 PM EDT2013-05-24 17:56:48 GMT
West Virginia joins Kansas and Montana in states that have filed briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Environmental Protection Agency gas emissions rules.
West Virginia joins Kansas and Montana in states that have filed briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Environmental Protection Agency gas emissions rules.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:49 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:49:21 GMT
FAIRMONT, WV – The Community and Technical College System of West Virginia (WVCTCS) will announce the launch of the Appalachian Petroleum Technology Training Center at the Robert H. Mollohan Center at
The Community and Technical College System of West Virginia (WVCTCS) will announce the launch of the Appalachian Petroleum Technology Training Center at the Robert H. Mollohan Center at the I-79 Technology Park.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:13 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:13:02 GMT
The document offers best practices for the process used by pipeline companies to install pipelines under highways, railroads and bodies of water in instances where trenching is not feasible.
The document offers best practices for the process used by pipeline companies to install pipelines under highways, railroads and bodies of water in instances where trenching is not feasible.
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued an order Dec. 17 reducing the Expanded Net Energy Cost rates for Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) and Potomac Edison Company (PE) customers by more than $65 million, effective Jan. 1, 2013.
A residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month will experience a decrease on their monthly bill of approximately $4.80. Average residential use is about 1,200 kWh.
Mon Power and PE asked the commission not to implement the rate decrease pending the outcome of a separate matter -- the proposed transfer of ownership of about 80 percent of ownership of the Harrison power station to Mon Power -- that may cause rates to increase.
The commission instead decided that, in consideration of the challenging economic circumstances that West Virginia ratepayers have faced in recent years, the continuing and escalating annual rate increases over the last six years and the onset of the winter heating season, that it was in the public interest to lower the electric rates of Mon Power and PE as soon as possible.
Mon Power and PE serve approximately 520,000 customers in thirty-seven West Virginia counties.
More information may be obtained by accessing the Commission website, www.psc.state.wv.us, and referencing case number 12-1238-E-GI
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