Public Service Commission
West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Creating a mandatory grace period for the payment of water and sewer bills [HB-4665]
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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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Telecommunications Law - Modernization [SB-577]
Providing that a telephone company is not required to file with the Public Service Commission a specified tariff schedule except under specified circumstances; limiting the type of services in which a telephone company may not establish a new rate under specified circumstances; allowing a telephone company to discontinue or abandon a specified service under specified circumstances; providing that a specified prior authorization is not required for specified transactions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Restrictions After Service [SB-54]
Prohibiting an individual from receiving financial benefit, that is not otherwise generally available to the public as a customer of a public service company, from public service companies, persons, or entities until at least 1 year has passed after the individual left service with the Public Service Commission as a commissioner; applying the Act to an individual who serves as a commissioner of the Public Service Commission on or after January 1, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating System Program [SB-481]
Establishing a Program on community solar energy generating systems under the authority of the Public Service Commission; providing for the structure and operation of the Program, including the generation of electricity and allocation of costs to system subscribers; authorizing an electric company to submit a petition to own and operate a community solar energy generating system to the Commission; authorizing the Commission to approve a petition if the Commission makes a specified determination; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Electricity - Construction of Overhead Transmission Lines [SB-460]
Altering the scope of persons who may apply to begin construction of a new overhead transmission line for electricity under specified circumstances to include an electric company or a person who is or will be subject to regulation as a public utility by an officer or an agency of the United States; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a specified overhead transmission line to an applicant other than an electric company under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 174 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating System Program [SB-398]
Establishing a pilot program on community solar energy generating systems under the authority of the Public Service Commission; providing for the structure and operation of the program, including the generation of electricity and allocation of costs to subscribers to the community solar energy generating system; requiring the Commission to limit the program so that the Commission may conduct a meaningful study of the program's results; requiring the Commission to adopt specified regulations on or before May 15, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 346 on 05/12/2015