January 2nd, 2023 by WCBC Radio
Calls by West Virginia’s electric utilities over the Christmas weekend asking residents to conserve power during the record-breaking cold snap left Gov. Jim Justice seeing red. The company which manages the electric grid for West Virginia and 12 other states plus Washington, D.C., issued a call for customers in the service area to curtail non-essential use of electric in response to an increased load on the grid due to a blast of Arctic air plunging outdoor temperature below zero. Speaking during a virtual COVID-19 briefing with reporters from the State Capitol Building, Justice pointed to the Christmas weekend grid issues as the latest example of the need for the nation to have an all-of-the-above energy policy that continues to keep coal and natural gas power generation in the conversation…
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