Dan Conant News Today

On this West Virginia Morning, solar is expanding in West Virginia, thanks to shifts in federal and state policies. Curtis Tate spoke recently with Dan Conant, founder and CEO of Solar Holler, about solar growth in the Mountain State. Also, in this show, a patient at Sharpe Hospital has filed a lawsuit against the facility, its CEO and state health officials. Emily Rice has more.

West Virginia U.S. Senate candidates’ campaigns have netted over $4 million in contributions in the 2024 election cycle, with most of that collected by Gov. Jim Justice and Rep. Alex

Gov. Jim Justices U.S. Senate race campaign led all others in fundraising through March, fueled by heavy support from the fossil fuel industry and state auto dealers. Campaigns for the Senate raised over $4 million through March.

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The West Virginia Public Service Commission has approved rate increases for Mon Power and Potomac Edison that will raise the average monthly bill for a residential customer by over $14. The PSC also approved an agreement solar energy advocates and the utilities proposed shaping the future of net metering for customers.

FAIRMONT — Solar energy users who sell energy back to the energy grid maintained by FirstEnergy Corp. will no longer have their sale price cut by half.

Two major energy companies, Mon Power and Potomac Edison, have come to an agreement over the proposed change in net-metering rate. This change is for clients who use solar panels

FirstEnergy utilities and solar advocates have reached an agreement over the utilities net metering plan for customers that generate their own electricity. The deal proposed to the West Virginia Public Service Commission by Mon Power, Potomac Edison and groups including solar installer Solar Holler would resolve what has been an especially intense rate case-based dispute.

As someone who lives in rural Wood County, I experience frequent power outages. That means worrying about whether my freezer is going to thaw or if my blood sug

Solar advocates, led by Solar Holler founder and CEO Dan Conant, are fighting a plan by FirstEnergy utilities Mon Power and Potomac Edison to change the structure of net metering in West Virginia. They say the plan would short-change customers who generate their own electricity, but the utilities and others, including the state Public Service Commission Consumer Advocate Division, say non-solar customers are subsidizing solar customers under the current setup.