The West Virginia Public Service Commission published a column from its chairman, Charlotte Lane, on June 26 titled, “Happy Birthday, America.” What starts off as a festive nod to Independence Day, though, quickly turns into an embrace of West Virginia’s coal dependence.

Lane signals support for President Donald Trump and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey's administrations being “committed to promoting coal as a domestic energy source” before acknowledging that “the resurrection of coal may take a little time as we work through new incentives from Washington and at the local level.”

CHARLESTON — Results from a new survey show that West Virginians are ready to declare their independence from higher electric rates, fossil fuels, and utility regulators. And a proposed bill of rights could help ratepayers secure their rights.

Representatives of West Virginians for Energy Freedom held a conference call Tuesday afternoon to go over the results of a survey conducted by Echelon Insights with 500 registered voters in the state between March 29 and April 1 regarding their perceptions about electric rates and energy.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – On this week’s episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, our guests join Rick Johnson to discuss [other topics and…] the findings from an energy poll in West Virginia.