Curtis Tate
ReporterCurtis Tate is a reporter at WEKU. He spent four years at West Virginia Public Broadcasting and before that, 18 years as a reporter and copy editor for Gannett, Dow Jones and McClatchy. He has covered energy and the environment, transportation, travel, Congress and state government. He has won awards from the National Press Foundation and the New Jersey Press Association. Curtis is a Kentucky native and a graduate of the University of Kentucky.
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Customers of Kentucky Power and Wheeling Power will share the total cost of the cooling tower, subject to the approval of regulators in Kentucky and West Virginia. -
Under the settlement, KU electricity customers will see an average increase of $9 a month. LG&E electricity customers will see their bills go up $5 a month. -
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $175 million to seven coal plants in four states last week, including the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation plant in Cheshire, Ohio. -
Kentucky produced 2.3% more coal in the fourth quarter of last year than in the prior year, according to the state Energy and Environment Cabinet. -
The Ghent Generating Station in Carroll County will receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to install a pollution control system. -
In an interview with Eastern Standard, Kentucky Resources Council attorney Byron Gary said laws passed in 2023 make it more difficult for utilities to retire fossil fuel generation, such as coal and gas. -
Rev. Carol Wade says the time felt right for the event, from the ice and snow that’s affected life in central Kentucky to the recent violence and tensions across the nation and the world. -
A spending bill passed by Congress last week has funding for three major highway projects in Kentucky. The bill, which funds most of the government through the end of September, includes $90 million for road improvements. -
Nik Lee is a lifelong resident of Whitesburg. But the Appalshop filmmaker, like many of her neighbors, has seen the cost of her electric bill go up. -
Barr threw his support Thursday behind Ed Gallrein, who’s running against Congressman Thomas Massie in May’s Republican primary.
