Moundsville, WV Gas-Fired Power Plant Project Back from the Dead

In August 2014, the Marshall County, WV board of commissioners voted to approve a plan to build a Marcellus Shale-powered electric plant in the county (see Marshall County Votes to Accept Gas-Powered Electric Plant). Moundsville Power, a company owned by developers from Buffalo, NY, sought to build a 549-megawatt plant costing (at that time) $615 million. It never happened due to opposition from the coal industry, which (at that time) had a stranglehold on the state (see Last Stand: Big Coal Tries to Block NatGas Electric Plant in WV). While the coal industry is still highly influential in WV, natural gas is seen as equally important. The long-dead Moundsville project has come roaring back to life under Gov. Patrick Morrisey and his "50 by '50" power plan (see WV Gov. Morrisey Wants 50 GW of PowerGen in State by 2050).

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