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The state's utilities commission, which sets electricity rates, has pressed power producers to use their coal-fired power plants more despite the high cost. It also sits on abundant resources of natural gas, the nation's largest producer of electricity, but uses little in the state. Keywords: photo-commission; leder; environment; wsjfinance; Energy; Coal Mining; Electricity/Gas Utilities; Electric Power Generation; Renewable Energy Generation; Machinery EN photo-commission leder environment wsjfinance Energy Coal Mining Electricity/Gas Utilities Electric Power Generation Renewable Energy Generation Machinery N.PAG N.PAG 1 09/06/23 20230905 NES 230905 Berkshire Hathaway teamed with West Virginia's Republican lawmakers to launch a solar-powered project, helped by federal IRA incentives RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. - No state is more reliant on coal for electricity than West Virginia. [Extracted from the article]

The investigation focused on the former president's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election WASHINGTON - The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol voted to refer former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department for four potential criminal charges, culminating its 18-month probe. Over nine previous public hearings this year, the committee laid out its case that Mr. Trump launched a campaign to reverse the election results and, in his efforts, summoned supporters to Washington and incited them to storm the Capitol. [Extracted from the article]

Subpoena requests former president appear Nov. 14 for deposition testimony in Washington or by videoconference. [Extracted from the article]

The U.S. is racing to catch up to China in mining and refining the metal - and Piedmont Lithium is at the leading edge of those efforts. Piedmont is betting government support, demand from electric-car makers and a solid supply of raw materials close at hand can make its processing plants profitable. Rich veins Piedmont got its start more than a decade ago, when Mr. Leatherman heard about a boom in lithium prices at a conference in Toronto. "We're going to build a big business here", said Chief Executive Keith Phillips, a former mining banker for firms such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. Piedmont's U.S.-listed shares recently hit $80, up from $11 before the company unveiled the Tesla deal. [Extracted from the article]

Under the rule, which regulators implemented as a way to encourage retailers to sell their service to more consumers, utilities became responsible for collecting unpaid residential customer bills. Consumers who are paying more for power through retail electricity suppliers still rely on the same power grid and usually the same power plants that customers of the regulated utility use. A 2019 analysis commissioned by the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel looked at one month of retail supplier bills in select communities in which people of color made up more than half the population. In those communities, the poorest households - families that got assistance from the state for their electric bills known as "hardship customers" - paid premiums on their bills that were on average nearly 50% higher than other customers for retail providers. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: kwexclusive; chartlos; Electricity/Gas Utilities; Electric Utilities; Utilities; Regulation/Government Policy; Marketing; Pricing; Corporate/Industrial News; Deregulation EN kwexclusive chartlos Electricity/Gas Utilities Electric Utilities Utilities Regulation/Government Policy Marketing Pricing Corporate/Industrial News Deregulation N.PAG N.PAG 1 03/02/21 20210225 NES 210225 Competition in the electricity-supply business promised reliable power at a more affordable cost Texas's deregulated electricity market left millions in the dark last week. From 2004 through 2019, the annual rate for electricity from Texas's traditional utilities was 8% lower, on average, than the nationwide average rate, while the rates of retail providers averaged 13% higher than the nationwide rate, according to the Journal's analysis. [Extracted from the article]