Feds reject sale of Pleasants Power Station

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected the proposed purchase of the plant by Monongahela Power Co. and Potomac Edison Co. in a decision issued Friday.

Mon Power’s 2015 Integrated Resource Plan, accepted by the West Virginia Public Service Commission, said Mon Power would have a capacity shortfall beginning in the winter peaking period of 2016 that was projected to exceed 700 MW by 2020 and 850 MW by 2027.