Public Service Commission
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Requiring Department of Human Services to notify PSC that person is eligible for discount on utility bills [SB-604]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Human Services to notify the Public Service Commission that a utility customer is eligible for discounts on their utility bills and to require the Commission to order that the utility apply the discount without requiring the customer to apply for it.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph David Garcia
Committee Substitute Reported, But First To Finance on 03/11/2025
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Requiring the three Commissioners of the State Public Service Commission to be elected positions [HB-2896]
[Elections ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that Commissioners to the Public Service Commission be an elected position; to establish that during the general election in 2026 three commissioners be elected to the Public Service Commission to a term of four years; to modify ballot to include commissioners; to provide that the Governor fill a vacancy in the office of commissioner for the unexpired term; and to establish requirements for the commissioners.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Elliott Pritt
Filed For Introduction on 02/24/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Requiring PSC modify processes regarding trash hauling rates [HB-2800]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
The purpose of this bill relates generally to Public Service Commission's jurisdiction over the collection fees charged by private commercial carriers of solid waste in West Virginia border counties. The bill requires a commission survey of fees in those counties; establishment of maximum rate for solid waste collection and transportation; and allows carriers of solid waste to adjust their rates up to the maximum rate with notice to customers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary G. Howell
To House Energy And Public Works on 03/11/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects. [HB-2742]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge
Approved By Governor 4/25/2025 on 04/25/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to the members of the Public Service Commission [HB-2769]
[Elections ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to create greater accountability and public input in the operations of the Public Service Commission; to remove the appointment process so Commission members are elected by non-partisan elections; revising the removal process in Commission to allow citizens to initiate removal for malfeasance and conflicts of interest; providing for reduced rates for qualifying low-income customers; and providing an accessible and more transparent method for consumers to participate in the utility ratemaking process.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Pushkin
Filed For Introduction on 02/21/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating generally to Underground Facilities Damage prevention [HB-2736]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
The purpose of this bill generally relates to Underground Facilities Damage prevention.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge
To Energy, Industry, And Mining on 03/29/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Change the requirement for posting public notices at the state and federal level for PSDs. [HB-2616]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
The purpose of this bill is to permit public service districts to include notices of alleged federal and state violations in one publication.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Elliott Pritt
Filed For Introduction on 02/19/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Revising ethical standards for the public service commission [HB-2555]
[Ethics ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
The purpose of this bill is to enhance transparency and accountability of the Public Service Commission, and to shift the duties of the commission towards a greater focus of assuring affordable utility rates; and to assure that it is held to the highest ethical standard in its decision-making process, including assuring impartiality by applying the State Code of Judicial Ethics to the Commission. The bill redefines what is deemed in the public interest by providing greater weight be given to affordability of electrical utility rates; requiring commissioners
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Sponsored by: Rep. Evan Paul Hansen
Filed For Introduction on 02/18/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Eliminate net metering in WV [HB-2568]
[Energy ]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate net metering of public utilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Wayne Toney
Filed For Introduction on 02/18/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Establishing a community solar program for subscribers to gain credits against their utility bills [HB-2419]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a community solar program where subscribers can purchase an interest in a solar facility and use credits against their electric utility costs; establishing parameters and conditions for the program; and provide for administration and rulemaking by the Public Service Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Evan Paul Hansen
Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Creating the WV Energy Efficiency Jobs Creation Act [HB-2418]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide the Public Service Commission the authority to require electric utilities to develop and implement plans for the efficient use, conservation and reduction of electricity usage. The bill sets forth goals to achieve electricity savings. The bill also requires electric utilities to submit plans for reaching those goals. The bill also provides for a self-direct option for large electricity customers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Evan Paul Hansen
Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Subscription Eligibility [SB-1022]
[Energy ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a certain LMI subscriber to hold a subscription to a community solar energy generating system located in a different electric service territory from the one in which the LMI subscriber resides; providing that a certain LMI subscriber shall receive the same bill credit value as an LMI subscriber who resides in a certain electric service territory; and requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a process for exchanging community solar bill credits between systems located in different electric service areas.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl W. Jackson
Hearing Canceled on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Network Companies - Itemized Receipts and Operator Data Reporting [SB-1018]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a transportation network company to provide an operator and a passenger an itemized digital receipt that contains certain information as soon as practicable after the operator provides transportation network services to the passenger; requiring a transportation network company to report, on or before February 1 each year, certain information to the Public Service Commission; and requiring the Commission, by March 1 each year, to submit the compiled information to certain committees of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Requiring utility work and road paving coordination [SB-1]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
The purpose of this bill is to require all paving projects to be approved by the Public Service Commission in order to prevent the digging up of newly paved roads for planned utility projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Puertas Rucker
Approved By Governor 4/24/2025 on 04/24/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Preventing public water and sewer utilities from prohibiting customer from constructing, installing, or maintaining connection to public utility [SB-273]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to prevent public water and sewer utilities from prohibiting a customer from constructing, installing, or maintaining a connection or other infrastructure necessary for the customer to connect to the public utility to receive service if certain requirements are met.
Sponsored by: Sen. Patrick Stephen Martin
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
Telecommunications Amendments [SB-269]
[Telecommunications ]
Telecommunications Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne A. Harper
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/19/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to county or city sewer projects for privately owned sewers that are newly installed [HB-2181]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a county or municipality from charging, a private landowner with a private sanitary sewer system, fees based on the county or municipality sanitary sewer system; or for improvements for construction of, a county or municipal sanitary sewer system; or being required to connect to a county or municipality sanitary sewer system, or being charged a fee for the county or municipal sanitary sewer system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Kenneth Horst
To House Energy And Public Works on 03/12/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Establishing reporting requirements for utilities that are members of a regional transmission organization [HB-2128]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to require that each public utility that is a member of a regional transmission organization submit information relating to the utility's or an affiliate's votes at a regional transmission organization meeting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Evan Paul Hansen
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) [SB-998]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Environmental Impact Analysis and Existing Burden Report [HB-1406]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to include with the application a certain environmental impact analysis and, if applicable, a certain existing burden report; altering certain notice requirements; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity unless the application includes a final environmental impact assessment and, if applicable, a final existing burden report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana M. Fennell
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025