MetroNews: Public weighs in on keeping power plant operational — and at what cost

By Brad McElhinny

Members of the public weighed in on the fate of the Pleasants Power Station near Belmont, which is set to be closed June 1 unless an alternative comes through.

Sally Roberts Wilson, a Morgantown resident, said she appeared at the public hearing as a Monongahela Power customer. She said the effect on rates would not be fair.

“I’m concerned that we will be saddled with the financial liabilities of this aged facility and its coal ash pond,” she said. “If this were a sound investment, private industry would not have rejected it.”

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