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Defenders of President Obama's energy policies will say this past week's decision by Monongahela Power's parent company, FirstEnergy Corp., to close the Willow Island Power Station and two other aging coal-fired power plants in the state has more to do with their age than regulations.

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The closings of six coal-burning power plants operated by FirstEnergy Corp. could end up bringing higher electricity rates to much of northern Ohio several years from now, the state's utility regulators said.

Ohio based FirstEnergy Corporation announces it will close three coal fired power plants in West Virginia by this fall.

First Energy's Bay Shore facility No.3 is seen in Toledo. View More Photos >> FirstEnergy closing 6 coal-fired power plants January 27,2012 05:00 AM GMT Bob Downing Beacon Journal Publishing Co.

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TOLEDO, OHIO: Utility regulators say the closings of six coal-burning power plants could end up bringing higher electricity rates to much of northern Ohio.

Akron, OH, February 8, 2012 - FirstEnergy Corp. announced that its Monongahela Power Company subsidiary will be retiring three older coal-fired power plants located in West Virginia by September 1, 2012.

ST. MARYS, W.Va.- The Willow Island Power Station in Pleasants County is one of three aging coal-fired power plants in West Virginia that will be shut down later this year, FirstEnergy Corp.

On the heels of January's announced coal plant retirements in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland, this week we received another announcement from FirstEnergy that it would retire three more of its coal-fired power plants in West Virginia.

Shutting down old coal plants is good for greenhouse gas and other pollution, but may prove difficult for local economies Last month, when FirstEnergy Corp.

Kim Leonard is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-380-5606 or via e-mail. The Albright, Willow Island and Rivesville power stations will be closed, rather than upgraded to meet the Environmental Protection Agency's recently finalized Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and other environmental regulations, the company ... (more)

Three aging coal-fired power plants in West Virginia owned by FirstEnergy Corp. will be shut down later this year.

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President Obama yesterday nominated John Norris to a second term on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for a term ending June 30, 2017 FirstEnergy coal plant closures seen driving up prices in PJM capacity market FirstEnergy coal plant closures could drive up prices for the Northern Ohio region by 60% in the next PJM capacity market auction, ... (more)

AP Photo/Amy Sancetta The stacks from the FirstEnergy Corp. coal-fired power plant are seen rising above a row of homes in Eastlake is seen on Thursday.

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Environmentalists and charter fishing captains expect Lake Erie's fish population to climb with the closing of coal-burning units at a power plant near the mouth of the lake's biggest tributary.