By Mike Tony
Supporters and opponents of FirstEnergy utilities’ rate hike proposal of $36 million and potentially more to keep the coal-fired Pleasants Power Station open for 12 months sounded off on the plan at a West Virginia Public Service Commission hearing Thursday.
The PSC’s public comment hearing at its Charleston building reflected a virtually even split that had already emerged in over 1,100 written comments filed with the agency on the proposal.
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Opponents condemned coal-fired plants’ adverse climate effects and pointed out the increasingly uneconomic financial picture for the plant as coal-fired power generation dwindles throughout most states besides West Virginia.
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