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The West Virginia House of Delegates Finance Committee approved a bill, House Bill 4971, which would limit property tax on critical materials, a designation for minerals the United States Department of Energy has deemed essential to energy technology but prone to supply chain disruption. HB 4971 would provide that property tax assessments of critical materials manufacturing equipment would be its salvage value, defined as up to 5% of its fair market value.

The West Virginia House of Delegates Energy and Manufacturing Committee approved a bill, on Feb. 14, 2024, that would allow a tax credit for operating environmental pollution control equipment at coal-fired plants. House Bill 5522 would apply to electric utility-controlled plants.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Friday that would increase the monetary penalty for operators who fail to make timely royalty payments

The West Virginia House of Delegates Energy and Manufacturing Committee advanced legislation in House Bill 5045 designed to help the Department of Environmental Protection obtain primacy over underground carbon dioxide injection wells. The DEPs pursuit of primacy over the federal Class VI program has divided environmentalists who say the agency isnt prepared for the responsibility and carbon sequestration and blue hydrogen proponents who say it would ease permitting and foster economic growth ...

A subpanel of members of the West Virginia Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee will work with stakeholders on a bill targeting nonpayment of gas and oil royalties. The bill, Senate Bill 235, would set a penalty for nonpayment of royalties under oil and natural gas leases during production from conventional vertical wells.

A subpanel of members of the West Virginia Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee will work with stakeholders on a bill targeting nonpayment of gas and oil royalties. The bill, Senate Bill 235, would set a penalty for nonpayment of royalties under oil and natural gas leases during production from conventional vertical wells.

The state House Energy and Manufacturing Committee on, on Jan. 16, 2024, approved House Bill 4292, which would set a penalty for nonpayment of royalties under oil and natural gas leases during production from conventional vertical wells, making drillers liable for three times the market value of the extracted minerals for which payment is due.

Robert Akers passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Terre Haute Tribune Star on 2023-10-24.

Legislation that would allow West Virginia to take over regulation of certain radioactive materials from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission failed in the special legislative session that ended Tuesday night.

The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation that would allow the state to take over regulation of certain radioactive materials from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.