Curtis Tate

The chair of the Kentucky Public Service Commission asked Kentucky Power executives to explain to electricity customers why they need to pay for a coal plant in West Virginia.

Kentucky Power has reached a settlement agreement with the state’s attorney general over a power plant in West Virginia. Not everyone is on board, though.

Kentucky utility regulators could approve a rate increase for Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities customers. They’ve approved new power plants to meet the electricity demands of data centers. Customers may not have known about the hidden cost they’re paying for two coal plants.

Public anger is growing over rising electricity prices nationwide. In West Virginia, Appalachian Power customers have been paying hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden costs.

A second plaintiff has joined a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s cuts to a program that screens coal miners for black lung.

The cost to generate electricity from coal has increased faster than the rate of inflation, a new report found.

Hundreds of people worked at the mine that had millions of tons of coal.

With President Donald Trump back in office, fossil fuels are again at the forefront of the nation’s energy policy. Trump posted on social media this week calling for more energy production with “beautiful, clean coal,” prompting interactions from West Virginia’s governor and senior senator. But those ambitions are far from certain, even in the nation’s most coal-reliant state.

As a major producer of coal for foreign and domestic use, West Virginia coal producers look at potential Chinese tariffs with concern.