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The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill raising a state cap on renewable energy capacity. House Bill 5528 also would remove a Dec. 31, 2025 sunset date on the state program allowing cost recovery from renewable energy facilities. The bill passed despite opposition from pro-coal, anti-renewable energy Republicans, including delegates Henry Dillon, R-Wayne, and Bill Ridenour, R-Jefferson.
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would create an economic and energy development board for southern West Virginia counties. The bill, Senate Bill 354, would create a 15-member board that includes representatives of economic development agencies in McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wayne and Wyoming counties and governor appointees from the private sector.
A panel of West Virginia lawmakers advanced a bill that would raise the cap on how much a renewable electric facility may generate. After hearing from Appalachian Power regulatory services director Randall Short about the company s contract with Nucor Steel, the House Energy and Manufacturing Committee approved House Bill 5528.
The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill, House Bill 5045, designed to help the state Department of Environmental Protection gain primary enforcement authority, or primacy, over wells to inject carbon dioxide into deep rock formations for long-term underground storage. The bill now goes before the Senate, in which another version of the bill has advanced.