The United States Environmental Protection Agency s new rule designed to slash carbon emissions from fossil fuel-fired plants gives wide latitude to power plant unit operators and states to make adjustments to support electric grid reliability. Despite that flexibility, West Virginia is co-leading a federal lawsuit challenging the rule under Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, claiming in part the agency is stepping beyond its regulatory authority.
West Virginia politician and industry concerns with United States Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking to curb power plant emissions have a poor track record that looms large as critics go after a new round of power plant rules from the EPA. Critics say an EPA move to strengthen carbon pollution standards threatens grid reliability, but similar arguments have proven wrong in the past.
West Virginia leaders, including Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, blasted new rules to curb emissions from fossil fuel-fired plants released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA and public health advocates see the rules as a major climate and health boon.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission has scheduled public comment and evidentiary hearings on a $37.2 million rate increase requested by American Electric Power utilities Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power for their three coal-fired power plants in the state. A public comment hearing is slated for Feb. 29, and an evidentiary hearing is scheduled to start the same day.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission has scheduled public comment and evidentiary hearings on a $37.2 million rate increase requested by American Electric Power utilities Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power for their three coal-fired power plants in the state. A public comment hearing is slated for Feb. 29, and an evidentiary hearing is scheduled to start the same day.