On the recordJune 13, 2017
The cost of electricity in West Virginia has gone up because 90 percent of our power was coming from coal and the overreach of regulation from the Obama Administration drove the price through the sky.
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Manchin blames regulatory overreach for rising electricity costs in West Virginia.
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