February 08, 2012 FIRSTENERGY TO SHUTTER WEST VIRGINIA COAL PLANTS ON MATS COST CONCERNS

February 08, 2012

FIRSTENERGY TO SHUTTER WEST VIRGINIA COAL PLANTS ON MATS COST CONCERNS
Just two weeks after FirstEnergy Corp. said it would close more than 2 GW of six older coal-fired power plants Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland by September, the Akron, Ohio–based company today said it would retire three more plants in West Virginia. The company cited “high costs” to implement the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) recently finalized Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). Read More »