West Virginia CHAPTER 24. — PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
- CHAPTER 24. — PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
- ARTICLE 1. — GENERAL PROVISIONS.
- §24-1-1. — Legislative purpose and policy; plan for internal reorganization; promulgation of plan as rule; cooperation with joint committee on government and finance.
- §24-1-1a. — Supplemental rule for reorganization; certain reports to be made to the Legislature; filing of such rule and reports and the procedure therefor.
- §24-1-1b. — Supplemental rule for reorganization.
- §24-1-2. — Definitions.
- §24-1-3. — Commission continued; membership; chairman; compensation.
- §24-1-4. — Appointment, duties and compensation of secretary and other employees; hearings generally; outside employment by certain employees prohibited.
- §24-1-5. — Seal to be adopted; collection and disposition of fees.
- §24-1-6. — Office of commission; time and place of hearings; number of commissioners required for taking action.
- §24-1-7. — Rules of procedure; commission not bound by rules of evidence or pleadings; inscription on, use of and judicial notice of seal.
- §24-1-8. — Legal counsel for the commission.
- §24-1-9. — Recommended decision by hearing commissioner, hearing examiner or panel.
- §24-1-10. — Continuation of 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.
- §24-2-1g. — Rate incentives for utility investment in qualified clean coal and clean air control technology facilities.
- §24-2-1h. — Additional powers and duties of commission to control flow of solid waste.
- §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.
- §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.
- §24-2-4b. — Procedures for changing rates of electric and natural gas cooperatives, local exchange services of telephone cooperatives and municipally operated public utilities.
- §24-2-4c. — Rate increases for natural gas public utilities relating to purchase of natural gas from suppliers.
- §24-2-4d. — Procedures for intrastate rail carrier rate-making and compliants.
- §24-2-4e. — Environmental control bonds.
- §24-2-5. — Supervision of public utilities licensed by municipalities, county courts or otherwise; right to enter premises, inspect and correct meters.
- §24-2-6. — Power as to connecting telephone and telegraph services.
- §24-2-7. — Unreasonable, etc., regulations, practices and services; receivership; procedures respecting receivership; appointment and compensation of receiver; liquidation.
- §24-2-8. — System of accounts to be kept by public utilities; uniform accounting system for public service districts and municipally owned public utilities.
- §24-2-9. — Information concerning rates, etc., of public utilities may be required and published by commission.
- §24-2-10. — Power to subpoena witnesses, take testimony and administer oaths; contempt; self-incrimination.
- §24-2-11. — Requirements for certificate of public convenience and necessity.
- §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.
- §24-2-11b. — Continuing prudence reviews.
- §24-2-11c. — Siting certificates for certain electric generating facilities or material modifications thereof.
- §24-2-11d. — Revocation of certificate of public convenience and necessity; acquisition of facilities by capable public utility.
- §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.
- §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.
- §24-2-13. — Enforcement of federal acts.
- §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.
- §24-2-15. — Automatic adjustment clauses or fuel adjustment clauses prohibited.
- §24-2-16. — Anticompetitive clauses in natural gas contracts prohibited.
- §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.
- §24-2-18. — Legislative findings on electric service; jurisdiction of the commission to determine public interest in permitting retail access to competitive power supply markets; participation of interested parties; development of deregulation plan; legislative approval or rejection of plan; certain reports required or permitted; continuing jurisdiction.
- ARTICLE 2A. — REDUCED RATES FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF ELECTRICITY AND GAS.
- §24-2A-1. — Special rates for gas and electric utility customers receiving Social Security Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Aid to Families with Dependent Children--Unemployed (AFDC-U) or food stamps.
- §24-2A-2. — Recovery of revenue deficiencies.
- §24-2A-3. — Limitation on and exemption from local business and occupation or privilege taxes and local public utility excise taxes.
- §24-2A-4. — Definitions.
- ARTICLE 2B. — TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RATE INCREASES.
- §24-2B-1. — Temporary suspension of rate increases.
- §24-2B-2. — Emergency rate increase; financial hardship procedure.
- ARTICLE 2C. — REDUCED RATES FOR CERTAIN LOW-INCOME RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF TELEPHONE SERVICE.
- §24-2C-1. — Legislative findings; utilities subject to public service commission to file new rates.
- §24-2C-2. — Tel-assistance; definitions.
- §24-2C-3. — Monthly rate set by public service commission; prohibited and permissible charges.
- §24-2C-4. — Availability of tel-assistance service; determination of eligibility; promulgation of rules.
- §24-2C-5. — Recovery of revenue deficiencies.
- ARTICLE 2D. — ALTERNATIVE FUEL INITIATIVES.
- §24-2D-1. — Legislative findings.
- §24-2D-2. — Incentives for use of alternative fuels in new technologies.
- §24-2D-3. — Limitation on commission jurisdiction over sales by nonutilities of alternative fuel for certain purposes.
- ARTICLE 2E. — REQUIREMENTS FOR PHONE SERVICE SALES.
- §24-2E-1. — Transfer of phone service providers.
- §24-2E-2. — Telephone services agreements.
- ARTICLE 3. — DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS OF COMMISSION.
- §24-3-1. — Adequate facilities; safety appliances; reasonable rates; railroad switch connections; discontinuing service.
- §24-3-1a. — Definitions; telemetry systems required.
- §24-3-1b. — Locomotive power units; helper units; one person crew prohibited; engineer requirement; restrictions on selection of crew; definitions; promulgation of rules.
- §24-3-2. — Discrimination prohibited.
- §24-3-3. — Connecting carriers generally; sharing use of terminals; discrimination by railroad main lines against tap, etc., lines.
- §24-3-3a. — Gas utility pipelines declared as common carriers; commission approval of certain transportation.
- §24-3-3b. — Access to privately owned railroad track and adjoining facilities.
- §24-3-4. — Free transportation and passes; reduced rates; exchange of services and privileges.
- §24-3-5. — Schedule of rates to be filed with commission.
- §24-3-6. — Special license fee;"public service commission fund."
- §24-3-7. — Permit to abandon service; certificate; hearing upon intervention by consumer advocate; alternative service.
- §24-3-8. — Deposits.
- §24-3-9. — Easement and right-of-way.
- §24-3-10. — Termination of water service for delinquent sewer bills.
- ARTICLE 4. — VIOLATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR ORDERS OF COMMISSION.
- §24-4-1. — General penalties for violating provisions of this chapter.
- §24-4-2. — Penalty for falsifying, destroying or altering entries and for making false statements.
- §24-4-3. — Additional penalties for violating certain orders of commission.
- §24-4-4. — Penalty for violating orders of commission for which no other penalty is provided.
- §24-4-5. — Violation of commission's orders as contempt punishable by commission.
- §24-4-6. — Procedure before commission as to violations.
- §24-4-7. — Damages recoverable for violations.
- §24-4-8. — What constitutes separate violation.
- ARTICLE 5. — REVIEW OF COMMISSION'S ACTION.
- §24-5-1. — Review of final orders of commission.
- ARTICLE 6. — LOCAL EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
- §24-6-1. — Legislative findings.
- §24-6-1a. — Municipal emergency telephone systems.
- §24-6-2. — Definitions.
- §24-6-3. — Adoption of emergency telephone system plan.
- §24-6-4. — Creation of emergency telephone systems.
- §24-6-5. — Enhanced emergency telephone system requirements.
- §24-6-6. — Enhanced emergency telephone system proposed requirement.
- §24-6-6a. — Alternate procedure for proposal by the department of public safety.
- §24-6-6b. — Wireless enhanced 911 fee.
- §24-6-7. — Resolution of conflicts.
- §24-6-8. — Limitation of liability.
- §24-6-9. — Prohibitions and penalty.
- §24-6-10. — Prohibition against using "911" in company name.
- §24-6-11. — Confidentiality of proprietary information.
- §24-6-12. — Dispatching of towing services for emergency towing of vehicles; exceptions.
- §24-6-13. — Confidentiality of certain calls to county answering points and records; retention of records.
- §24-6-14. — Notification of mining accidents.
- ARTICLE 7. — HEADQUARTERS.
- §24-7-1. — Legislative findings; commission authorized to acquire headquarters.
- §24-7-2. — Exclusive authority for purchase of headquarters.
- §24-7-3. — Management and control of public service commission headquarters building.
- §24-7-4. — Legislative findings; authority to acquire further properties.
- ARTICLE 8. — 211 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SYSTEM.
- §24-8-1. — Legislative findings.
- §24-8-2. — Rule-making authority.