WV Bill Promoting New Gas-Fired Power Plants Debated in House

West Virginia Senate Bill (SB) 188, the Grid Stabilization and Security Act, is aimed at making WV more competitive with its neighbors--Pennsylvania and Ohio--with respect to siting more gas-fired power plants in the state. While there was a lot of early momentum to pass the bill, it came to a screeching halt early last week in the House of Delegates (see WV Bill Promoting New Gas-Fired Power Plants Suddenly Derailed). The state's powerful coal lobby does not like some of the language in the bill, which stalled progress. However, the measure is once again moving in the House. There was a vigorous debate yesterday in the House about whether or not to fold SB 188 into a similar House bill aimed at promoting more coal use in the state.

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