Report critical of proposed sale of Harrison power station
CLARKSBURG — A report from The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis contends that proposals by FirstEnergy and American Electric Power to sell coal-fired plants to their West Virginia...
View ArticleU.S. coal industry braces for EPA emissions crackdown
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (Reuters) – “The Environmental Protection Agency is due to unveil next week the first batch of regulations under President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan – a …...
View ArticleNew EPA Rules Are a Boon for Fossil Fuel Industry
By Jessica Desvarieux, TheRealNews.com – BALTIMORE – “Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency presented new rules to regulate emissions from existing coal power plants, which are the...
View ArticleStudy Sees FirstEnergy Corp. Trying to Reverse Its Slide Through Regulatory...
Company’s Financial Spiral Deepens; Coal-Based Business Model Falters; Plans Call for Broad Public Subsidies and Rate Increases in New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia CLEVELAND, Ohio — A...
View ArticleReport: FirstEnergy Seeks a Subsidized Turnaround
FirstEnergy: A Major Utility Seeks a Subsidized Turnaround (pdf) By Tom Sanzillo, Director of Finance and Cathy Kunkel, Fellow Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
View Article‘Showdown in Coal Country’; More Trouble at Arch, FirstEnergy and Peabody;...
VICE NEWS IS OUT THIS WEEK WITH A REVEALING MINI-DOCUMENTARY on West Virginia’s coal industry, framed by the heated race between an incumbent Democratic congressman and his Republican challenger. The...
View ArticleMore Hurdles for U.S. Coal Producers; Additional Detail From Paducah; Massey...
THE EMISSIONS-CONTROL AGREEMENT SIGNED THIS WEEK BY THE U.S. AND CHINA stands to affect ambitious plans coal producers have in place for building export-driven operations in the Powder River Basin …...
View ArticleKunkel: Major Utilities Continue to Look to Government-Regulated Operations...
By Cathy Kunkel Utility companies continue to look for ways to grow their regulated operations as a way to shift financial risks to customers. The strategy was on stark display … Continue Reading →
View ArticleEditorial From Appalachia; 5 Things About Adani-Australia; U.S. Solar Boom
THE CHARLESTON (W.V.) GAZETTE IS OUT WITH A REMARKABLE EDITORIAL this week conceding that the state would do well to move beyond coal. The editorial notes that while “most West … Continue Reading →
View ArticleKunkel: ‘Reforms’ Across PJM’s 13-State Market Are Costly and Regressive
By Cathy Kunkel — Last week, the board of PJM — the regional transmission organization that controls the wholesale electricity markets in all or parts of 13 mid-Atlantic and Midwest … Continue Reading →
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