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A recent article (“Lewiston Democrats in turmoil as election season begins,” July 28) cited the allegations of three former Lewiston Democratic Committee officers that Vice Chair Safiya Khalid was the target of racial abuse at the committee’s July 22 meeting.
I attended that meeting. I can attest that at no time did attendees engage in such bigoted behavior against Khalid. Indeed, she was encouraged and welcome to run for any office, including chair.
Since the outgoing chair had convened the whole committee only once before July 22 in the last 15 months, there was heated discussion at the meeting over how the officer elections should proceed.
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Rep. David McKinley, R-1, blasted the Kentucky Public Service Commission s Thursday vote that calls for closing the coal-fired Mitchell Power Plant in Marshall County in 2028.TWV FILE PHOTO
WHEELINGÂ â U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley, R-1, blasted the Kentucky Public Service Commission for its Thursday decision to deny Appalachian Power a rate increase in the Bluegrass State.
Appalachian Power, which co-owns the coal-fired Mitchell Power Plant in Moundsville, West Viriginia, with Wheeling Power had sought rate increases in Kentucky and West Virginia. As proposed, the rate hikes would generate between $286 million and $317 million needed to install environmentally-mandated equipment on its coal-fired power plants.
The future of two coal-fired power plants in West Virginia, which produce nearly two-thirds of the electricity sold by Appalachian Power Co., could soon be determined by Virginia regulators.
Appalachian is asking the State Corporation Commission to approve a rate increase to pay for environmental improvements to its Amos and Mountaineer plants, at a cost of $2.50 a month for its average residential customer.
Upgrading the plantsâ coal ash disposal methods to meet requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would allow them to remain in operation until 2040, the utility says.
But the Sierra Club is asking the SCC to deny the rate increase, which could force the plants to close by 2028.