Jim Kotcon, energy committee chair with the Sierra Club West Virginia Chapter, says the plan should reduce the amount of electricity produced by coal in the state to between 70 and 80 percent, which he sees as a start toward energy diversity.

"There are already plans for more wind energy, new natural gas-fired power plants and so on," he says. "I think that's good for West Virginia."

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