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PacificCorp delayed publishing the results of a study into the viability of its coal-fired fleet, a subject fraught with variables that include technology advances and environmental costs.

Hurdles to a proposal to turn the San Juan Generating Station into a successful carbon-capture experiment “are likely to kill the project before it ever gets off the ground.”

“Each of these announcements has brought ever greater uncertainty to a region that produced more than 40 percent of U.S. coal in 2018—and uncertainty to the utilities that rely on that coal.”

"Our plans have not changed and will not change," said an energy executive in remarks that distill an industrywide consensus.

As Appalachian communities absorb job losses and shrinking tax bases, “risk-taking philanthropic capital” is crucial to the sustenance of new enterprises.

Blackhawk’s filing follows that of Blackjewel, which drew condemnation for bouncing checks to workers. “No Kentuckian should be treated this way,” the state attorney general said.

“Unemployment, addiction and the environmental catastrophes left behind by the fossil fuel industry have also already made it starkly clear to many in the region that the economy needs to change,” writes the author.

Solar Holler, based in Huntington, has drawn former residents back to the state to work for the company, whose customers include homeowners who simply want more affordable electricity bills.

Enchant Energy Corp. “has an alluring name” but its business model isn’t workable and its pitch to retrofit the failing San Juan Generating Station appears to be self-serving.

“The devastating impact to coal miners and the community of Gillette with the abandonment and hollowing out of the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte coal mines by an unscrupulous operator must be addressed.”