(a) If, in granting a certificate of convenience and necessity for the construction of an electric utility generating plant, a facility to comply with the federal Clean Air Act, as amended, or transmission line, the commission determines that the completion date for such plant or line is more than one year from the date of the order granting the certificate, the commission may require that such construction project or projects be subject to a continuing prudence review pursuant to this section.
(b) If the commission determines that continuation of a certificate subject to a continuing prudence review is not warranted or that the certificate should be amended, it may rescind or modify its authorization for construction.
(c) The commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as it determines are necessary for the administration of this section. The commission shall specify, either by rule or for a specific certificated project, the frequency of each prudence review, the rate-making treatment to be afforded partially completed projects, and such other terms and conditions as it determines are reasonable.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 24. Public Service Commission
Article 2. Powers and Duties of Public Service Commission
§24-2-1. Jurisdiction of Commission; Waiver of Jurisdiction
§24-2-1a. Authority of Commission to Enter and Inspect Railroad Property
§24-2-1b. Additional Jurisdiction of Commission
§24-2-1c. Certificates of Need Required for Solid Waste Facilities
§24-2-1d. Future Electric Generating Capacity Requirements
§24-2-1e. Rate Recovery for Construction of Electric Transmission Facilities
§24-2-1f. Jurisdiction of Commission Over Solid Waste Facilities
§24-2-1h. Additional Powers and Duties of Commission to Control Flow of Solid Waste
§24-2-1j. Special Rates for Energy Intensive Industrial Consumers of Electric Power
§24-2-1n. West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program
§24-2-1o. Renewable Energy Facilities Program
§24-2-1p. Middle-Mile Fiber Broadband Infrastructure Expansion Program
§24-2-1q. Base Fuel Supply Requirements for Electric Grid Resiliency
§24-2-2. General Power of Commission to Regulate Public Utilities
§24-2-3. General Power of Commission With Respect to Rates
§24-2-3a. Advance Notice of Filing of General Rate Case Required
§24-2-3b. Transitional Suspension of Schedule; Legislative Findings; Procedure
§24-2-3c. Cessation of Jurisdiction Over Rates for Certain Services Subject to Competition
§24-2-4. Procedure for Changing Rates
§24-2-4a. Procedure for Changing Rates After June 30, 1981
§24-2-4d. Procedures for Intrastate Rail Carrier Rate-Making and Compliants
§24-2-4e. Environmental Control Bonds
§24-2-4f. Consumer Rate Relief Bonds
§24-2-6. Power as to Connecting Telephone and Telegraph Services
§24-2-11. Requirements for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
§24-2-11b. Continuing Prudence Reviews
§24-2-13. Enforcement of Federal Acts
§24-2-15. Automatic Adjustment Clauses or Fuel Adjustment Clauses Prohibited
§24-2-16. Anticompetitive Clauses in Natural Gas Contracts Prohibited
§24-2-19. Integrated Resource Planning Required