The bill was pushed hard by the PSC which regulates the electric utility industry. We'll have to wait and see. Implementation has been delayed until 2002. Alternative sources of energy . The prospect of deregulation of electricity production has stimulated consideration of alternative fuels.
Natural gas is the source for new quick-start power plants in numerous areas of West Virginia.
Nationally most new power plants are fueled by natural gas. While a cleaner fuel than coal, natural gas produces unwelcome nitrogen oxide. Co-firing , using coal and natural gas, is a likely outcome in West Virginia, too . And the state's coalbed methane, which is a source of danger, is easily recoverable but must be mixed with higher-BTU natural gas to upgrade its generation quality. Renewable sources of energy.