Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 3/22/22. This past Fall, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear a case challenging the authority of the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The case was initiated by the State of West Virginia and members of the coal industry and follows the controversy over the “Clean Power … Read more
Charleston’s East End celebrates energy efficiency WOWKTV, March 2, 2015 Less than a week after Appalachian Power hit its record high of electricity demand, Charleston, WV residents were celebrating neighborhood efforts in energy efficiency. The latest winning blocks of the ongoing E4 (Energy Efficiency on the East End) competition — a block-by-block competition to see … Read more
West Virginia: First State to Repeal Renewable Energy Law Lisa Markowski for Zondits Coal-rich West Virginia is following in the footsteps of Florida, Ohio, and Indiana by striking down legislation supporting clean energy. Earlier this week West Virginia’s Democratic governor, Earl Ray Tomblin, signed a bill to repeal a 2009 law that required utilities in that … Read more
A study of average annual electric rates by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that West Virginians paid the sixth-lowest residential electric rates in the country for 2013, the Public Service Commission reports.