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 West Virginia Economic Development Authority revealed the recipients, amount and terms of a loan it approved per a request from Gov. Jim Justice at a board meeting without divulging those details. The loan approval signs off on up to $66 million of support for seven economic development projects throughout West Virginia.
A reporter was dismissed after state officials complained the latest instance of political pressure on the station from Gov. Jim Justice's administration and some state legislators.