West Virginia, Trump's Coal State, Unanimously Passes Bill to Encourage Solar Energy
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Date: February 19, 2020 09:22AM
S.B. 583 creates a utility solar program. Under the bill, the state’s two power generators, American Electric Power and FirstEnergy, could each install up to 200 megawatts of solar capacity, in 50 megawatt increments, potentially creating a 2,500 percent increase in the state’s installed solar capacity.
The bill passed the upper chamber Friday, 31-0, with three members absent. It now heads to the House, where a version of the bill introduced in that chamber sparked considerable debate in the House Energy Committee.