Cheat Lake ⁽³⁾

After two years of controversy, federal scrutiny, and community backlash over deteriorating conditions at Cheat Lake Park & Trail, the company operating Cheat Lake and its hydroelectric dam is now set to be acquired by an American investment firm whose co-founder recently resigned after being tied to Jeffrey Epstein. Apollo Funds announced that it has agreed to purchase Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, the operator of…

This is Part 2 of the Cheat Lake series. Read Part 1 here for how Eagle Creek Renewable Energy executives are proposing to charge Mountaineers an "entry fee" for the Cheat Lake Park & Trail located on Morgans Run Road. A local group calling itself Save Cheat Lake has filed a 39-page complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), accusing Eagle Creek Renewable Energy—the…

You may have heard about the controversy surrounding Cheat Lake back in 2023. A Canadian company called Ontario Power Generation recently purchased the Cheat Lake hydroelectric dam located at the top of Monongalia County off Morgan Runs Road. The dam was built in 1925 using water from the Cheat River to create the man-made Cheat Lake. The government seized some residents' homes and farmland to make…