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.
FirstEnergy has cited West Virginia energy policy as a key obstacle causing it to abandon its greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030. The utility says its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2030 from a 2019 baseline depended on a “meaningful reduction in operation” at its Harrison and Fort Martin power stations that hasn t materialized.
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