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The Arrogance Is Astounding
Here is what AEP/FE filed today at the East Virginia SCC: With this Motion, PATH-VA requests that the date for filing these results be suspended indefinitely pending the outcome of the oral argument on...
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Ghiorzis Right on Target in East Virginia
Al and Irene Ghiorzi filed their response to AEP/FE’s motion to dismiss the East Virginia PATH application on March 4. Here is the link to their filing. As they have so often in the past, the...
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Webcast of East Virginia SCC PATH Hearing, March 17
Here is a link to the Webcast of the PATH hearing at the East Virginia SCC tomorrow. The hearing starts at 1:00 pm, so click on the link and listen to the fireworks. Hear AEP/FE lawyers try to explain...
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First Reports from March 17 East Virginia SCC Hearing — WV HCR 149 Is Right
I was not able to listen to the East Virginia SCC hearing yesterday, but I have gotten first hand reports from people who attended. Of course, AEP/FE lawyers resisted any suggestion that PJM had to...
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FirstEnergy Case in March 17 SCC Hearing
Here is a link to the transcript of the opening statement of Mr. Gary, FirstEnergy’s lawyer, at the March 17 hearing before the East Virginia SCC. Here’s Mr. Gary’s summary of his discussion of PJM’s...
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VA SCC Places Conditions on PATH Re-Application
East Virginia SCC Hearing Examiner Alexander Skirpan has done it right. This is a shining example of how the WV PSC should have handled PATH’s withdrawal. Here is a link to Mr. Skirpan’s decision. I...
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A Closer Look at Mr. Skirpan’s Ruling in East Virginia
I have finally had a chance to review SCC Hearing Examiner Alexander Skirpan’s recommendations and ruling in the East Virginia PATH case. You can view the entire ruling here. Mr. Skirpan’s...
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East Virginia SCC Orders Dismissal of PATH
On May 24, the East Virginia State Corporation Commission issued an order dismissing the PATH application in that state. Here is a link to the dismissal order. Unlike the WV PSC, the SCC placed...
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East Virginia’s Dominion Power Sees Plant Closings as Opportunity for Growth...
Unlike whiny AEP executives, Dominion Virginia Power sees their coal plant closings as an opportunity for business growth and diversification of their sources of power. Here is a news story about...
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Dominion Crushing Solar Producers in East VA
My great blogging colleague over in East Virginia, Ivy Main, has posted a great assessment of the Edison Electric Institute’s attack on solar power generation over at her blog Power for the People VA....
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East Virginia Illustrated
It is a convention here on The Power Line to refer to the state immediately to our east as East Virginia, largely for the benefit of those who haven’t quite wrapped their minds around the fact that...
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A Scared Dominion and Other Utilities Walk Out of East VA Solar Value Committee
East Virginia has a terrible record when it comes to renewable power. The state legislature allows electric companies to impose punitive “stand by” charges on renewable power producers. AEP’s...
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AEP Reaches Settlement in Mitchell Case at the WV PSC
Ken Ward reported in the Charleston Gazette yesterday that parties to the Mitchell power plant case at the WV PSC have come to an agreement about dumping the power plant onto rate payers in WV. Half...
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