CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 18 -- Appalachian Power issued the following news release: Appalachian Power representatives and the utility's affiliate, AEP West Virginia Transmission Co., Inc., have canceled the Alum Creek - Madison Transmission Line Rebuild Project open house to minimize health risks related to the coronavirus (COVID-19). The meeting was scheduled March 19 at Alum Creek Elementary School. In its place, company representatives invite landowners to a virtual open house at Ap  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 18 -- Appalachian Power issued the following news release: Appalachian Power is committed to the health and safety of our customers, communities and employees. We're closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic. While the days ahead may look different than what we're all used to, we don't anticipate any disruption in our ability to provide power to our customers. Billing and Financial Hardship We temporarily have suspended all service disconnections for non-paymen  more

NEW YORK, March 18 -- Davis Polk and Wardwell, a law firm, issued the following news: Davis Polk advised EdgeMarc Energy Holdings, LLC and its affiliates (together, "EdgeMarc") in connection with the sale of its Pennsylvania assets to KB OREO LLC (an affiliate of KeyBank, the secured lender under EdgeMarc's DIP credit facility) and in connection with its entry into a global settlement with KeyBank, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, and ETC Northeast Pipeline, LLC, a midstream servi  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 18 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: * * * - Patients required to call ETSU Health coronavirus hotline to pre-register * * * In an effort to increase testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Appalachian Highlands, ETSU Health has established a community testing site open to pre-screened and pre-registered patients. Beginning Tuesday, March 17, the ETSU Health testing site, located at 325 North State of Franklin, will b  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Richard Glick on a decision (Docket No. ER20-841-000) involving PJM Interconnection: I support the goal of mitigating the critical facilities identified pursuant to Reliability Standard CIP-014-2. As the Department of Energy explains in its comments in this proceeding, protecting against physical and cyber threats to critical infrastructure is a national pr  more

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, March 19 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- Franklin and Marshall College issued the following news: Paleontologists worldwide are excited by a Pennsylvania collector's discovery of fossil snails that confirm an evolutionary link to worms, predicted 25 years ago by molecular biologists. Among the oldest fossil molluscs, these marine snail shells are accompanied by impressions of clusters of bristles, inferred to have been attached to a pair of appendages, never before been seen   more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, March 18 -- Indiana Michigan Power, a unit of the American Electric Power, issued the following news release: High above Fort Wayne rests a sure sign of spring: The peregrine falcon nest on the roof of the city's tallest building has new additions. Two eggs were recently viewed in the nest atop Indiana Michigan Power Center via I&M's Falcon Cam at www.IndianaMichiganPower.com/FalconCam The identity of the parents has yet to be confirmed by a reading of the ID bands on the  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 15: * * * - Maine Statehood Day is Sunday, March 15th * * * In honor of Maine's 200th anniversary, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King authored a resolution that was passed by the U.S. Senate unanimously this week. Maine became our nation's 23rd state on March 15, 1820. "It is a pleasure to join my fellow Mainers in celebrating our bicentennial and the generations of people who have wr  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: In honor of Maine's 200th anniversary, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King authored a resolution that was passed by the U.S. Senate unanimously this week. Maine became our nation's 23rd state on March 15, 1820. "It is a pleasure to join my fellow Mainers in celebrating our bicentennial and the generations of people who have written an inspiring and remarkable history," said Senator Collins. "Our s  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, March 17 -- Southwestern Electric Power issued the following news release: Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, has reached a settlement agreement with all parties, including the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) Staff, the Alliance for Affordable Energy and Walmart, Inc., regarding SWEPCO's proposal to add 810 megawatts (MW) of wind energy. The settlement agreement is subject to final approval by the LPSC fol  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 17 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Yale University issued the following news release: Yale geologists have identified the deepest pieces of Earth's crust ever found in the United States or Canada -- in the rolling hills of northern Connecticut. Tiny bits of quartz and other minerals, inside garnet crystals, tell the story of a tectonic escalator ride that started 100 miles below Earth's surface, some 400 million years ago. The discovery, described in a study in the jou  more