Energy Reporter

Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets. Reid recently received a fellowship from MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative.

Reid Frazier

Settlement Requires Coal Plants to Get Permits With Tighter Pollution Controls

Reid Frazier·January 12, 2018

The settlement, filed in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, pertains to 10 coal-fired power plants around the state that have been operating on expired water pollution permits for years — in one case for 17 years.

Energy Pollution

Federal Commission Kills Trump’s Plan to Save Coal Plants

Reid Frazier·January 9, 2018

President Trump’s Energy Secretary Rick Perry argued the rule could have protected the grid from power shortages during man-made or natural disasters. But critics said it was simply a bail out plan for coal.

Economy Energy Politics

Who Will Pay for Trump’s Plan to Bail Out Coal?

Reid Frazier·January 4, 2018

On the campaign trail Donald Trump vowed to save coal mining jobs. But he never said he'd have us pay the bill to save them.

Economy Energy Politics Your Environment Update

Power Grid Bracing for ‘Bomb Cyclone’, Bitter Cold

Reid Frazier·January 3, 2018

The region’s grid operator says it’s better prepared to deal with the coming winter misery because of the Polar Vortex of 2014.

Energy

U.S. Steel agrees to allow fracking at steel mill

Reid Frazier·December 27, 2017

Pennsylvania’s oldest working steel mill -Edgar Thomson - could soon have a new type of industrial activity on-site: fracking.

Energy

Coke Plant Agrees to $1.5 Million Penalty for Air Pollution in Western Pa. Community

Reid Frazier·December 20, 2017

In a settlement filed Wednesday in federal court in Pittsburgh, ArcelorMittal agreed to pay $1.5 million to state and federal regulators, and donate $300,000 to a local charity to implement clean air programs.

Pollution