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Appalachian Power is seeking proposals for renewable energy as its parent company, American Electric Power, eyes its goal of reaching net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2045. The electric utility has issued three requests for proposals for wind, solar, battery energy storage systems, and renewable energy certificates.
Regardless of whether the rule stands or falls, the standards it sets could happen anyway.
West Virginia had the highest percentage of customers without electric power by a wide margin Wednesday afternoon, and the state has endured disproportionately lengthy and frequent power outages in recent years. The problem has been especially pervasive in Appalachian Power service territory.
HUNTINGTON — Much of the metro valley in West Virginia experienced rough winds, rain and tornado warnings Tuesday, with many areas reporting power outages and some reporting building damage and
Gov. Jim Justice vetoed House Bill 5528, which would have raised e cap on how much capacity a renewable electric facility may generate and removed a sunset date on a state program designed to promote utility-scale renewable power Justice approved in 2020. Justice claimed it would hurt the coal industry and drawing the ire of advocates of a new energy status quo in a state anachronistically dependent on coal.