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§24-2-1. Jurisdiction of Commission; Waiver of Jurisdiction - NOTE: West Virginia Code 21-2-1 was amended by two bills...
§24-2-1a. Authority of Commission to Enter and Inspect Railroad Property - The commission or its duly authorized representatives are hereby authorized...
§24-2-1b. Additional Jurisdiction of Commission - (a) Effective July 1, 1988, in addition to all other...
§24-2-1c. Certificates of Need Required for Solid Waste Facilities - (a) Any person applying for a permit to construct, operate...
§24-2-1d. Future Electric Generating Capacity Requirements - (a) In order to maximize the use of electricity generated...
§24-2-1e. Rate Recovery for Construction of Electric Transmission Facilities - In order to encourage the construction of transmission facilities necessary...
§24-2-1f. Jurisdiction of Commission Over Solid Waste Facilities - Effective July 1, 1989, in addition to all other powers...
§24-2-1g. Rate Incentives for Utility Investment in Qualified Clean Coal and Clean Air Control Technology Facilities - (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the State...
§24-2-1h. Additional Powers and Duties of Commission to Control Flow of Solid Waste - (a) Upon the petition of any county or regional solid...
§24-2-1i. Commission Authorized to Issue Emergency Certificate of Need to Certain Commercial Solid Waste Facilities; Division of Environmental Protection to Modify Facility Permit; Criteria for Emergency Certificates - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article, or any provision...
§24-2-1j. Special Rates for Energy Intensive Industrial Consumers of Electric Power - (a) The Legislature hereby finds that: (1) West Virginia enjoys...
§24-2-1k. Natural Gas Infrastructure Expansion, Development, Improvement and Job Creation; Findings; Expedited Process; Requirements; Rulemaking - (a) The Legislature hereby finds that: (1) West Virginia is...
§24-2-1l. Modernization and Improvement of Coal-Fired Boilers at Electric Power Plants; Findings; Expedited Process; Requirements; Rulemaking - (a) The Legislature hereby finds that: (1) West Virginia is...
§24-2-1m. Commission Jurisdiction Does Not Extend to Materials Recovery Facilities, Mixed Waste Processing Facilities, and Certain Mixed Waste Processing and Resource Recovery Facilities - Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the jurisdiction of...
§24-2-1n. West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program - (a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Presently, West...
§24-2-1o. Renewable Energy Facilities Program - (a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) West Virginia...
§24-2-1p. Middle-Mile Fiber Broadband Infrastructure Expansion Program - (a) Legislative findings. The Legislature finds: (1) That access to...
§24-2-1q. Base Fuel Supply Requirements for Electric Grid Resiliency - Any coal-fired power plant owned by a public electric utility...
§24-2-2. General Power of Commission to Regulate Public Utilities - (a) The commission may investigate all rates, methods, and practices...
§24-2-3. General Power of Commission With Respect to Rates - (a) The commission may enforce, originate, establish, change, and promulgate...
§24-2-3a. Advance Notice of Filing of General Rate Case Required - All public utilities subject to the provisions of section four...
§24-2-3b. Transitional Suspension of Schedule; Legislative Findings; Procedure - The Legislature finds that in anticipation of the operative date...
§24-2-3c. Cessation of Jurisdiction Over Rates for Certain Services Subject to Competition - (a) Upon the application of any telephone utility, the commission...
§24-2-4. Procedure for Changing Rates - No public utility subject to this chapter, except those utilities...
§24-2-4a. Procedure for Changing Rates After June 30, 1981 - NOTE: West Virginia Code 24-2-4a was amended by two bills...
§24-2-4b. Procedures for Changing Rates of Electric and Natural Gas Cooperatives, Local Exchange Services of Telephone Cooperatives, and Municipally Operated Public Utilities - (a) The rates and charges of electric cooperatives, natural gas...
§24-2-4c. Rate Increases for Natural Gas Public Utilities Relating to Purchase of Natural Gas From Suppliers; Obtaining New Supplies of Natural Gas to Meet Obligations - (a) Before granting any rate increase to a natural gas...
§24-2-4d. Procedures for Intrastate Rail Carrier Rate-Making and Compliants - Inasmuch as the commission retains authority over intrastate rail rates...
§24-2-4e. Environmental Control Bonds - (a) Legislative findings. -- The Legislature hereby finds and declares:...
§24-2-4f. Consumer Rate Relief Bonds - (a) Legislative findings. - The Legislature hereby finds and declares...
§24-2-4g. Establishing the Value of Utility Assets in the Context of the Acquisition of a Utility or Utility Assets and Providing for the Combination or Allocation of Water and Wastewater Revenue Requirements - (a) The Legislature finds that: (1) Many West Virginia publicly...
§24-2-5. Supervision of Public Utilities Licensed by Municipalities, County Courts or Otherwise; Right to Enter Premises, Inspect and Correct Meters - The commission shall have general supervision of all public utilities...
§24-2-6. Power as to Connecting Telephone and Telegraph Services - Whenever, after hearing, upon notice, the Public Service Commission shall...
§24-2-7. Unreasonable, etc., Regulations, Practices and Services; Receivership; Procedures Respecting Receivership; Appointment and Compensation of Receiver; Liquidation - (a) Whenever, under the provisions of this chapter, the commission...
§24-2-8. System of Accounts to Be Kept by Public Utilities; Uniform Accounting System for Public Service Districts and Municipally Owned Public Utilities - (a) The commission may establish a system of accounts to...
§24-2-9. Information Concerning Rates, etc., of Public Utilities May Be Required and Published by Commission - The commission may at any time require persons, firms, companies,...
§24-2-10. Power to Subpoena Witnesses, Take Testimony and Administer Oaths; Contempt; Self-Incrimination - The commission shall have power, either as a commission or...
§24-2-11. Requirements for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - (a) A public utility, person or corporation other than a...
§24-2-11a. Requirement for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Before Beginning Construction of High Voltage Transmission Line; Contents of Application; Notice; Hearing; Criteria for Granting or Denying Certificate; Regulations - (a) No public utility, person or corporation may begin construction...
§24-2-11b. Continuing Prudence Reviews - (a) If, in granting a certificate of convenience and necessity...
§24-2-11c. Siting Certificates for Certain Electric Generating Facilities or Material Modifications Thereof - (a) Notice of an application for a siting certificate required...
§24-2-11d. Revocation of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity; Acquisition of Facilities by Capable Public Utility - (a) In addition to the powers conferred by section seven,...
§24-2-12. What Acts May Not Be Done Without Consent of Commission; Consent in Advance of Exemption of Transactions; When Sale, etc., of Franchises, Mergers, etc., Void - Unless the consent and approval of the Public Service Commission...
§24-2-12a. Issuance of Stock; Requirement of Applying to Commission for Orders Authorizing Issuance; Hearing and Investigation on Application; Order; When Issuance Is Void - The power of public utilities to issue stocks and stock...
§24-2-13. Enforcement of Federal Acts - In addition to all other powers and duties conferred upon...
§24-2-14. Reports Required to Be Filed by Generating Electric Utilities; Contents; Powers of Commission to Obtain Information; Availability to the Public; Certain Studies Required - (a) On a monthly basis and within thirty days of...
§24-2-15. Automatic Adjustment Clauses or Fuel Adjustment Clauses Prohibited - The commission shall not enforce, originate, continue, establish, change or...
§24-2-16. Anticompetitive Clauses in Natural Gas Contracts Prohibited - (a) Unenforceable clauses: Any provision of any contract for the...
§24-2-17. Registry of Electric Customers on Life Support Systems; Notification Prior to Scheduled Outages; Priority of Service Restoration; Limitation of Liability; Life Support Defined - (a) In addition to all other powers and duties conferred...
§24-2-18. Legislative Findings on Electric Service; Jurisdictionof the Commission to Determine Public Interest Inpermitting Retail Access to Competitive Power Supply Markets; Participation of Interested Parties; Development of Deregulation Plan; Legi... - (a) The Legislature hereby finds that: (1) Electric service is...
§24-2-19. Integrated Resource Planning Required - (a) Not later than March 31, 2015, the Public Service...
§24-2-20. Direct Use of Natural Gas - (a) The Legislature hereby finds that: (1) Consumers of natural...
§24-2-21. Required Notice for Power Plant Closure or Sale - (a) The Legislature hereby finds that: (1) Coal-fired power plants...