Volume 9, Issue 7 Welcome to our seventh issue of Currents 2025. In this issue, we look at the changing tides for coal, the new NEPA procedures, West Virginians desire for lower cost energy, southwestern Virginia's newest...more
7/25/2025
/ Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Data Centers ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Natural Gas ,
NEPA ,
Nuclear Power ,
Offshore Wind ,
Oil & Gas ,
Solar Energy ,
Wind Power
The 2025 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature concluded at midnight on April 12. As the dust settled, it became clear that Governor Patrick Morrisey was able to get the majority of his agenda enacted into law,...more
4/17/2025
/ Data Centers ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Oil & Gas ,
State and Local Government ,
State Budgets ,
State Legislatures ,
Tax Reform
Cross Over Day at the West Virginia Legislature separates the living bills from those that are most likely dead for the session. At the conclusion of the floor sessions on April 2, all bills have to be out of their house of...more
4/8/2025
/ Energy Policy ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
New Legislation ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pending Legislation ,
Physicians ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
State Budgets ,
State Legislatures
The West Virginia Legislature has completed one-third of its 60-day regular session, and there are several bills of interest wending their way through the process.
For this legislative session, the Spilman Thomas &...more