Most speakers during a public hearing in the WV House of Delegates Friday morning for a bill that would bar community air monitoring data in 3rd-party lawsuits voiced opposition to the legislation.
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West Virginia Public Energy Authority executive director Nicholas Preservati and spokespeople in Gov. Jim Justice s administration all gave different answers when asked who the board s environmental representative is. The Public Energy Authority also faced fresh lawmaker scrutiny over its plan not to provide legal notice of petition processes to decommission or deconstruct a fossil fuel-fired plant under Senate Bill 609, which requires PEA approval to take those actions.
The Mining Mutual Insurance Company created by West Virginia Senate Bill 1 of 2022 with $50 million of taxpayer money to support coal mine operators has been "a little bit more" active in providing bonds than its head expected. The company was created to limit the state s liability for mine reclamation cleanup, but critics say it doesn t address that liability.
The Public Service Commission signed off on allowing the utilities to recoup $321.1 million from customers over the next decade. The decision will cost the average residential ratepayer using 1,000 kilowatts of power per month an extra $2.50 monthly for 10 years.