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  1. Coal-fired power plants in West Virginia to close due to regulations

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    Wed, 8 Feb 2012

    FirstEnergy Corp. on Feb. 8 said its Monongahela Power Co. subsidiary will be retiring three, older coal-fired power plants in West Virginia by Sept. 1, 2012.

  2. FirstEnergy closing 2,600 MW of coal-fired power generation

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    Thu, 26 Jan 2012

    FirstEnergy Corp. said its generation subsidiaries will retire six older coal-fired power plants, totaling 2,689 MW, by September 1, 2012. The plants are in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

  1. Local lock-and-dam sites eyed for hydroelectric generators

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    Sun, 25 Dec 2011

    An Illinois-based energy company wants to install a new breed of hydroelectric generators at four nearby lock-and-dam sites in the next two years that could crank out enough electricity to power nearly 30,000 homes. Hydro Green Energy LLC filed plans this week to install the first set of ...

  2. -FirstEnergy Solutions' Purchase Power Agreement Key to Development of Largest Solar Project in Maryland

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    Wed, 7 Dec 2011

    ENP Newswire - 07 December 2011 Release date- 01122011 - AKRON, Ohio - FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today announced that its FirstEnergy Solutions subsidiary has signed a long-term agreement to purchase the output from the Maryland Solar Farm, a green energy facility planned for Hagerstown, Md. ...

  3. -American Electric Power - Peifer to Oversee Ohio Valley Electric Corporation

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    Mon, 19 Dec 2011

    ENP Newswire - 19 December 2011 Release date- 15122011 - COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mark Peifer has been named vice president and assistant to the president of Ohio Valley Electric Corporation, effective Jan. 1, 2012, according to Nicholas K. Akins, president of OVEC and president and chief executive officer

  4. FirstEnergy Solutions' Purchase Power Agreement Key to Development of Largest Solar Project in Maryland

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    Fri, 2 Dec 2011

    FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today announced that its FirstEnergy Solutions subsidiary has signed a long-term agreement to purchase the output from the Maryland Solar Farm, a green energy facility planned for Hagerstown, Md. When the development is completed by Maryland Solar LLC, the facility will

  5. Carbon capture research funding awarded to B&W

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    Tue, 3 Jan 2012

    The Babcock & Wilcox Co. said its Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc. subsidiary has been selected to receive $2.8 million in financial assistance funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study chemical formulations to improve the performance of its Regenerable Solvent ...

  6. Emissions control technology to be built, supplied by URS

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    Wed, 18 Jan 2012

    URS Corp. was awarded a contract to engineer and furnish their trademarked SBS Injection technology for FirstEnergy’s Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia.

  7. Ohio Manufacturers' Association Endorses FirstEnergy Solutions

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    Thu, 1 Dec 2011

    The Ohio Manufacturers' Association (OMA) selected FirstEnergy Solutions as the exclusive electric supplier to the OMA Electric Savings Pool, an electric procurement program to help OMA members obtain the best price on electric generation. This savings program is a statewide offering that will ...

  8. POWER PLAY: POLITICS IN OHIO UTILITY OVERSIGHT; Closed-door talks common in rate cases; Critics argue practice shuts out 'little guy' such as small business

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    Mon, 19 Dec 2011

    The process that led to an American Electric Power rate increase approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio last week could be described as double-secret negotiations. Before official negotiations ever took place, behind-the-scenes conversations between AEP and the PUCO were used to put ...