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FirstEnergy Progressing on WV Transmission Line to Support Shale Development

FirstEnergy Progressing on WV Transmission Line to Support Shale Development

Crews have begun raising steel poles for a new FirstEnergy Corp. transmission line designed to serve the needs of unconventional shale development in West Virginia.

April 28, 2016

FERC Blocks Ohio Income Guarantee For Uncompetitive Coal, Nuclear Plants

FERC has stepped in to block a pair of controversial Ohio power purchase agreements (PPA) designed to keep currently uneconomic coal and nuclear generating units owned by FirstEnergy Corp. and American Electric Power Co. (AEP) in operation.

April 28, 2016

Dynegy Counters AEP, FirstEnergy Deals, Offering More NatGas-Fired Capacity

Dynegy Inc. on Tuesday again lashed out at American Electric Power Co. and FirstEnergy Corp.’s proposed power purchase agreements with Ohio regulators, offering an alternative and saying it could save the state’s consumers billions of dollars by providing power at lower costs and building more natural gas-fired power plants.

January 14, 2016

PUC Asks Why Closing Plants Didn’t Make Natgas Switch

As FirstEnergy Corp. prepares to deactivate two coal-fired power plants in southwestern Pennsylvania, the heart of the Marcellus Shale, the commissioner of the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) is asking lawmakers and company officials why more consideration wasn’t given to switching the plants’ source fuel to natural gas.

October 8, 2013

PUC Questions Closing Plants Instead of Switching to Natgas

Two coal-fired power plants owned by FirstEnergy in southwestern Pennsylvania are scheduled to be closed on Wednesday.

October 8, 2013
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