Poll: Majority of West Virginia Voters Favor Candidates Focused on Grid Reliability

Poll: Majority of West Virginia Voters Favor Candidates Focused on Grid Reliability Survey finds strong statewide support for modernizing electric grid Survey Results The People Have Spoken. Now It’s Time for Policymakers to Listen. NEWS RELEASEApril 20, 2026 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A majority of West Virginia voters say they are more likely to support state […]

Former Senate President Craig Blair Takes Helm of Energy Coalition

Former Senate President Craig Blair Takes Helm of Energy Coalition “West Virginia Won’t Be Bullied into a Weak Grid Unequal to an America First Economy” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 18, 2025 Charleston, West Virginia – West Virginians for Reliable and Affordable Energy, a coalition focused on strengthening the state’s electric grid, has appointed former Senate President […]

Why we can’t skip on the power lines

Op-Ed by Craig Blair: Why we can't skip on the power lines

Why we can’t skip on the power lines Published in The Exponent Telegram,October 24, 2025 By Craig Blair, Executive Director, West Virginians for Reliable and Affordable Energy Most of us flip a switch and expect the lights to come on. But the energy that powers your home, car, phone, gas pumps, and grocery store checkout […]

It’s Time to Power Up West Virginia’s Future

West Virginia's Future

It’s Time to Power Up West Virginia’s Future Published in the Wheeling Intelligencer, December 27, 2025, by Craig Blair, Executive Director, West Virginians for Reliable and Affordable Energy Nearly a century ago, our grandparents built the transmission lines that lit up West Virginia’s farms, homes, and towns. Their grit and vision pulled us out of […]