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The utility stressed challenges to retiring its two coal-fired plants by 2030, including future resource adequacy concerns, changing market conditions and energy policy in West Virginia.

Mon Power and Potomac Edison begin projects to improve wastewater treatment process at coal plants

FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun construction on projects aimed at improving the wastewater treatment process at two coal-fired power plants in West Virginia.

California company wants to revive West Virginia coal plant with hydrogen

Omnis Global Technologies has reportedly signed a letter of intent to purchase Pleasants Power Station and run it on hydrogen, a plan some analysts call “unprecedented and untested.”

What’s next in Ohio corruption probe after guilty verdicts?

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated last week with guilty verdicts for ex-House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, the former head of the Republican Party. But the state’s attorney general said it’s “only the beginning of accountability” for the now-tainted $1 billion bailout of two aging

Energy Harbor plans fossil fuel exit by end of 2023

Energy Harbor plans to sell or deactivate the remaining coal-fired units at two of its plants in route to becoming 100% carbon-free by the end of next year.

FirstEnergy coal plants seek OK for environmental compliance work

Mon Power and Potomac Edison are seeking approval for $142 million in wastewater treatment projects at the companies’ two coal-fired power plants.