November 14th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

West Virginia has secured nearly $4.2 billion in private-sector energy investments and more than 4,200 new jobs all within the past four weeks. Projects with First Energy, Bidell, Blackstone, and Ergon will extend coal plant life, build natural gas plants, along with other investments in the state. Of the $4.2 billion in investments, only $1 million comes from state funds. Governor Patrick Morrisey said West Virginia will be dominant in energy…

   

“Allowing west Virginia to serve as the “battery” of the East Coast, providing the energy resources that PJM needs, but also that the country needs in order to compete with China for data supremacy. That energy demand is off the charts and West Virginia is going to fulfill that demand.”