Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:51 AM EDT2013-05-22 09:51:12 GMT
An electrical fire destroyed a home in Harrison County Tuesday night. The Harrison County 911 Center said it started just after 12:15 a.m. on Locust Street in Salem. It said the fire appears to be suspicious.
Fire destroys a home in Salem just after 12:15 a.m. Tuesday night.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 3:51 AM EDT2013-05-22 07:51:48 GMT
Our warmest day of the next week pushes temperatures towards 90 degrees in some places. With the daytime heating, an afternoon/evening thunderstorm exists for the area. The cold front begins to push through
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:25 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:25:44 GMT
Directors were re-elected and shareholder measures on executive pay and corporate governance failed, while demonstrators outside protested labor practices, Mon Power's purchase of Harrison plant.
Directors were re-elected and shareholder measures on executive pay and corporate governance failed, while demonstrators outside protested labor practices, Mon Power's purchase of Harrison plant.
Monday, May 20 2013 12:48 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:48:08 GMT
Following May 17 rebuttal testimony and a coming hearing on Mon Power's bid to buy Harrison power station, the PSC will decide if a billion-dollar coal plant is the best answer to future power demand.
Following May 17 rebuttal testimony and a coming hearing on Mon Power's bid to buy Harrison power station, the PSC will decide if a billion-dollar coal plant is the best answer to future power demand.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:36 AM EDT2013-05-20 15:36:01 GMT
A new report from the American Chemistry Council says expansion in shale gas plays are driving investments in chemical manufacturing to the tune of bout $71.7 billion in investments, including in West
A new report from the American Chemistry Council says expansion in shale gas plays are driving investments in chemical manufacturing to the tune of bout $71.7 billion in investments, including in West Virginia.
Monday, May 20 2013 9:56 AM EDT2013-05-20 13:56:57 GMT
Remember the Miners, a West Virginia campaign dedicated to honoring fallen coal miners and the sacrifices miners make for U.S. energy, is kicking off the Coal Club. The Coal Club proceeds will be used to fund the Remember
Remember the Miners, a West Virginia campaign dedicated to honoring fallen coal miners and the sacrifices miners make for U.S. energy, is kicking off the Coal Club.
Increasing tax credits and transitioning the state vehicles to use natural gas and propane are among recommendations issued Feb. 21 by the Governor's Natural Gas Vehicle Task Force.
"We have the opportunity to reinvest in our own economy, provide drivers with lower costs at the pump as well as support the establishment of more good-paying jobs for West Virginians — all by using a clean burning energy source harvested right here at home," said Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on receiving the report.
Tomblin established the 21-member board of public and private industry experts in June 2012 to come up with recommendations for increasing the use of the state's growing natural gas production as a transportation fuel.
The task force identified a chicken-and-egg problem inherent in transitioning to any new fuel.
"Infrastructure developers want to see demand by numerous vehicles needing the fuel, but the would-be purchasers of the vehicles require the infrastructure in place first," the report reads.
Other challenges, are identified as well, including the need to tax natural gas as a motor fuel in the same way that gasoline is taxed in order to maintain the state Department of Transportation road fund.
Among the task force's 16 recommendations:
Priority consideration for infrastructure development should be in counties with greatest vehicle fleet concentrations: Berkeley, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Harrison, Jefferson, Kanawha, Logan, Marion, Mercer, Monongalia, Ohio, Putnam, Raleigh, Wayne and Wood counties.
Private retailers can afford to develop infrastructure where there are high populations, willing partners requiring fuel, access to natural gas and level sites with constant flows of traffic.
To convert state fleets, state agencies should be directed to assess opportunities to transition segments of their fleets to natural gas vehicles and develop eight-year implementation plans. A target rate of conversion could be one quarter of the state's fleet, or nearly 2,000 vehicles, within four years.
The state should add bi-fuel vehicles to the fleet to balance supply and demand during the transition.
The Department of Education's definition of alternative fuels for school buses should add propane and compressed natural gas.
The community and technical college system can help by preparing natural gas vehicle-trained technicians.
Tax incentives on compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas or propane vehicles should be continued for private sector purchases.
A commercial alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure tax credit of 20 percent up to $400,000 should be offered.
Excise taxes on natural gas used in motor vehicles should be imposed on the basis of energy content, or gasoline gallon equivalents, to help maintain the road fund.
The task force also recommended that a transition team be formed to monitor technology and economic issues and make further recommendations.
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