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W.Va. PSC Staff: Electricity Reliability Unreasonable

W.Va. PSC Staff: Electricity Reliability Unreasonable

By Curtis Johnson

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia state regulators argue Appalachian Power’s reliability is unreasonable.

That argument comes as the West Virginia Public Service Commission considers a request from Appalachian Power and sister company Wheeling Power to change measuring sticks for how electric reliability is measured.

Op/Ed: An energy policy that can help small businesses

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Legalizing solar power purchase agreements is a "smart policy" that would give West Virginia businesses and nonprofits more choices to secure the future of our state’s economy, write Marten Jenkins of Natural Capital Investment Fund and Gat Caperton of Gat Creek/Caperton Furniture Works in an op/ed published in The (Beckley) Register-Herald.

Read the full op/ed here.

Opinion: Energy freedom in W.Va. starts with power purchase agreements

Charles Town Mayor Scott Rogers makes the case in The (Martinsburg) Journal that Power Purchase Agreements are needed in West Virginia.

“The time is now for the people to encourage and challenge their lawmakers to move forward with this innovative policy option.”

Thanks, Mayor Rogers, for supporting the #PPAs4WV campaign and advocating for energy freedom in West Virginia.

Read the Opinion piece.