Public Service Commission
West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to public service districts [SB-522]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to public service districts
Sponsored by: Sen. John Unger
On 1st Reading on 02/11/2016
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Exempting motor vehicles engaged in nonemergency transport of Medicaid recipients from PSC permit requirements [SB-507]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Exempting motor vehicles engaged in nonemergency transport of Medicaid recipients from PSC permit requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch Carmichael
Chapter 162, Acts, Regular Session, 2016 on 05/13/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to additional duties of Public Service Commission [SB-498]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to additional duties of Public Service Commission
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Trump
Filed For Introduction on 02/03/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Limiting supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way [HB-4699]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
The purpose of this bill is to not allow the state to require a public service district to have a state engineer on site during the entire construction period of projects on state rights-of-way.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brent Boggs
Filed For Introduction on 02/23/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Enabling applicants for a certificate of convenience and necessity for a water, sewer, and/or storm water project to file complete applications without incurring the expense of an engineer’s preparation [HB-4698]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Real Estate ]
The purpose of this bill is to enable applicants for a certificate of convenience and necessity for a water, sewer, and/or storm water project to file complete applications without incurring the expense of an engineer’s preparation of final engineering design materials or obtaining interests in real property related to the project, and to direct an entity that has received a certificate of convenience and necessity to pursue a rate change through the appropriate process when post-project rates have increased above the rate previously approved by
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Espinosa
Filed For Introduction on 02/23/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Creating a mandatory grace period for the payment of water and sewer bills [HB-4665]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to require water and sewer facilities to give every customer a thirty-day grace period for payment of their bill before instituting a late fee.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Hartman
Filed For Introduction on 02/22/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to the information required to be included in support of an application to the Public Service Commission for a certificate of convenience and necessity for a water, sewer and/or stormwater service project [HB-4660]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to enable an applicant for a certificate of convenience and necessity for a water, sewer, and/or stormwater project to file a complete application without incurring the expense of an engineer’s final engineering design report, and obtaining interests in real property related to the project, and to direct an entity that has received a certificate of convenience and necessity to pursue a rate change through the appropriate process when post-project rates have increased above the rate previously approved by the Public Service
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Espinosa
Communicated To House on 03/12/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Prohibiting shifting future development costs onto existing public service district customers [HB-4584]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Water ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit increasing rates of existing public service district customers to provide for increased services for new customers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jill Upson
Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to public service districts [HB-4451]
[Community Development ]
[Elections ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that after the 2020 census, public service districts are to be combined into one district for each county and that the current system is to remain as is until 2022 when there will be only one public service district in a county. The members of the one public service district board are to be elected, one from each magisterial district in the county. Â
Sponsored by: Rep. Jill Upson
Filed For Introduction on 02/09/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Authorizing the Public Service Commission to approve expedited cost recovery of electric utility coal-fired boiler modernization and improvement projects [HB-4435]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Public Service Commission to approve expedited cost recovery of electric utility coal-fired boiler modernization and improvement projects.
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Marcum
Chapter 214, Acts, Regular Session, 2016 on 05/13/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Expanding the authority of motor carrier inspectors [HB-4416]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to extend the authority of law-enforcement officers to motor carrier inspectors when possession of a controlled substance, assault or battery is committed in the inspector's presence, and to expand the authority of inspectors to inspect vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Ambler
Filed For Introduction on 02/05/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Requiring the three commissioners of the Public Service Commission be elected from the three congressional districts for six-year terms [HB-2483]
[Elections ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the three commissioners of the Public Service Commission be elected from the three congressional districts for six‑year terms, beginning with the 2016 general election. Strike‑throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Longstreth
Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2016
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to appointment of Public Service Commissioners [HB-2238]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to appointment of Public Service Commissioners
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Hamilton
Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2016
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Alabama Regular Session 2015
Public Service Commission, regulation of pipelines for gas and hazardous liquids, penalties for violation of safety standards increased, Secs. 37-4-87, 37-4-96 am'd. [HB-61]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Public Service Commission, regulation of pipelines for gas and hazardous liquids, penalties for violation of safety standards increased, Secs. 37-4-87, 37-4-96 am'd.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Greer
Third Reading Passed on 06/04/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Land-Based Wind Generating Stations in Kent County [SB-938]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from taking final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a specified land-based wind generating station that will be wholly or partly located in Kent County until the County Commissioners of Kent County have approved the construction of the generating station.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 4/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/07/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Gas and Electricity - Smart Meters - Customer Rights and Required Reports [SB-9]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a utility company to give specified written notice to specified customers prior to deploying smart meters throughout all or a portion of the utility company's service territory; prohibiting a utility company from imposing any additional fee or charge on a specified customer who refuses installation of a smart meter or requests removal of a smart meter; requiring the Public Service Commission and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make specified reports regarding smart meters; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Offshore Wind - Application for Proposed Project - Evaluation and Approval [SB-899]
[Energy ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to evaluate the extent to which an applicant's plan for a specified proposed offshore wind project directly or indirectly encroaches on existing private, State, federal, or military infrastructure, resources, facilities, ranges, or operating environments; and prohibiting the Commission from approving an applicant's proposed offshore wind project unless the proposed offshore wind project will not impact specified restricted areas and a specified warning area in a specified manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Transportation Network Services and For-Hire Transportation [SB-868]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the establishment of transportation network services in the State; requiring specified motor vehicle insurance to be issued by specified insurers under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from operating a specified motor vehicle for hire under a specified permit unless the person holds a specified license issued by the Public Service Commission; authorizing the Commission to issue a permanent driver's license if the applicant submits a specified criminal background check; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 204 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Energy Efficiency Programs - Transferring Development to the Maryland Energy Administration [SB-826]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Transferring the development of energy efficiency and conservation programs and services from specified utilities to the Maryland Energy Administration; requiring the Administration to oversee energy efficiency and conservation programs and services; requiring specified utilities to implement specified programs developed by the Administration; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a specified customer charge; requiring the Commission to adopt specified regulations or orders on or before December 31, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/23/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Electric Companies - Vegetation Management [SB-747]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, in adopting specified vegetation management regulations, to require that an electric company's vegetation management program comply with the International Society of Arboriculture's Best Management Practices for Utility Pruning of Trees; and prohibiting an electric company from removing a tree on private property unless the tree is hazardous and the private property owner has consented to removal of the hazardous tree.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/18/2015