WV: Energy Policy
Federal funding reduces barriers to solar for WV schools, churches
Wayne County Schools and a church in Princeton have installed solar panels with help from the Inflation Reduction Act, local grants and solar …
West Virginia’s PSC faces lawsuit over coal-plant directive
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia is facing legal challenges for its 2021 directive that Appalachian Power increase the usage of three of…
WV green lights solar plant construction, advocates rally against rising utility bills
Residents in Nicholas and Clay counties could soon receive their electricity from a local solar plant, estimated to power around 90,000 homes in the …
Zombie mines continue to pose environmental, health threats to Appalachia
West Virginia and other Appalachian states are littered with hundreds of "zombie mines," abandoned mines neither producing coal nor undergoing reclama…
Reimagining WV coal country by building on state’s legacy as an energy provider
By Ramona Schindelheim for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for the WorkingNation-Public New…
Pressure mounts on WV’s utility regulator to preserve solar net-metering
Residents and advocacy groups will rally in Charleston this Saturday to protect net-metering for solar customers. Two of West Virginia's major …
Clean-energy sector manufacturing may jumpstart West Virginia’s economy
Manufacturers in West Virginia employ around 7% of the state's workforce, and advocates say the state's Appalachian region could bolster its economy …
New federal methane rules expected to improve WV air quality
The Environmental Protection Agency is clamping down on methane emissions, and environmental groups say West Virginians' health will benefit…
WV utilities propose slashing energy credit in half for customers with solar panels
Major utilities in West Virginia, Mon Power and Potomac Edison, want to reduce the credit their solar customers get for producing power the utilities …
Communities concerned about MVP pipeline water pollution, explosion risk
After a federal appeals court this week denied a request from a group of Virginia landowners to stop construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline on t…
West Virginians Could Face Higher Energy Bills Under Proposed Rate Hike
West Virginia residents' electricity rates have nearly doubled over the past decade - and may soon climb higher, under a nearly $650 million rate …
As Utility Cost Burden Increases, WV Counties Look to Community Solar
Interest in community solar is on the rise, as a greater share of West Virginians' household incomes go toward utility bills. Federal data show …