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In 2022, West Virginia had a total summer capacity of 15,021 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 56,665 GWh. [2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 85.6% coal, 6.9% natural gas, 4% wind, 3.1% hydroelectric, and 0.3% petroleum. [1]
West Virginia's area codes (red area) Area codes 304 and 681 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the entirety of the U.S. state of West Virginia . The numbering plan area was established in October 1947 with area code 304, as one of the eighty-six original North American area codes .
Massey Energy Company was a coal extractor in the United States with substantial operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia. By revenue, it was the fourth largest producer of coal in the United States and the largest coal producer in Central Appalachia . [ 3 ]
Part of Beech Ridge Wind Farm as seen from Trout, West Virginia, USA. The Beech Ridge Wind Farm in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, is a 100 MW generating facility with 67 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines. [1]
Pleasants Power Station is a 1.3-gigawatt (1,300 MW) coal power plant located near Belmont, West Virginia in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The plant is owned by Energy Harbor and began operations in 1979. The power plant was the site of the Willow Island disaster in 1978. [1]
Phil Moye, a spokesman for AEP, said the energy generated at the John Amos Plant is enough to power about 2 million homes. [6] The plant employs around 300 people with a payroll of $27.1 million dollars. [4] A retirement analysis is to be conducted at Amos with a report due in 2022.
Harrison Power Station is a 1.9-gigawatt (1,984 MW) coal-fired electricity-generating power station located in Haywood, West Virginia, owned and operated by FirstEnergy. It has one of the tallest chimneys in the world 1,001 feet (305 m), built in 1994. [1] [2]
In the 2014 elections, the West Virginia Republican Party made major gains in West Virginia, capturing one of its two Senate seats, all of its congressional House seats for the first time since 1921, and gained control of both the West Virginia House of Delegates and the West Virginia Senate for the first time in 80 years. [9]