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August 12, 2019 | 2:23 PM

Bruce Mansfield power plant to shutter early

FirstEnergy moves up closure from 2021 to November
By Reid Frazier
Little Blue Run coal ash pond, on the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border.
November 29, 2018 | 12:41 AM

Leaky coal ash pond seeks new pollution permit from DEP

Permit will cover 16 newly discovered seeps coming out of Little Blue Run
By Reid Frazier
The Bruce Mansfield Power Plant burns coal to generate electricity in Beaver County.
Updated: 2018-08-29 21:28:43

FirstEnergy to close Bruce Mansfield, state’s largest coal-fired power plant

The company says there is still time for a federal bailout to save its struggling coal plants
By Reid Frazier
Towers carry electricity from the Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
April 30, 2018 | 4:52 PM

PJM will study ‘fuel security’ of electric grid as natural gas use rises

By Reid Frazier
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a cap-and-trade program intended to cut carbon emissions from the power sector.
April 13, 2018 | 6:38 AM

FirstEnergy: If feds don’t help us, more power plants will close. Trump’s thinking about it

By Reid Frazier
Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant in Shippingport, Pa., which was retired early in November 2019.
March 6, 2018 | 5:40 PM

Fatal gas leak at Pittsburgh-area power plant draws OSHA fines

By Reid Frazier
August 30, 2017 | 1:57 PM

Two dead and four injured at Pittsburgh area coal plant

By Reid Frazier
November 13, 2013 | 12:58 PM

Vulnerability of electric grid spurs upgrades and warnings

By Laura Legere
November 19, 2012 | 4:30 PM

As Part Of Agreement, Beaver County Pushes Energy Supplier

By Scott Detrow
July 30, 2012 | 3:28 PM

DEP Orders Shut Down of Country's Largest Coal Ash Pond

By Susan Phillips