Public Service Commission
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Best Available Technology Requirement [HB-1045]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations that establish safety standards and practices applicable to the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of gas pipelines; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations that require a gas transmission company to use best available technology to monitor the condition and safety of gas pipelines; requiring the Commission to adopt specified federal safety regulations as minimum standards for regulations adopted under the Act; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Electricity - Consumer Relations - Smart Meters [HB-1038]
Requiring an electric company to give specified written notice to specified customers before installing smart meters on a customer's premises under specified circumstances; specifying the contents of a specified notice; establishing a process by which a specified customer shall be deemed to have given permission to an electric company to install a smart meter; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Safety Reporting Requirements [HB-1028]
Requiring a gas transmission company to submit a specified report on the state of its gas pipelines to the Public Service Commission and to an owner of real property on which the gas pipeline is located or adjacent to or contiguous to real property on which the gas pipeline is located; requiring a report under the Act to include specified information; requiring the Commission to make specified reports available to the public, including by publication on the Commission Web site; etc.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Permitting certain municipalities opt into rate regulation by PSC [SB-566]
Permitting certain municipalities opt into rate regulation by PSC
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Increasing special license fee paid by pipeline companies to PSC [SB-463]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of special license fees paid by pipeline companies to the Public Service Commission. The bill increases the total amount to be collected via the special license fees from $315,000 per year to $400,000 per year.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Increasing civil penalties imposed by PSC for pipeline safety violations [SB-192]
The purpose of this bill is to increase civil penalties for pipeline safety violations to make West Virginia law consistent with federal law. Moreover, the bill clarifies that civil penalties collected by the Public Service Commission are to be submitted to the Treasurer for deposit into the General Revenue Fund.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring PSC annually report on broadband markets [SB-127]
The purpose of this bill is to expand the charge of the Public Service Commission to include reporting to the Legislature on the rates, service and availability of broadband markets throughout the state.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Authorizing PSC promulgate rules establishing capacity improvement fee requirements [SB-102]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Public Service Commission to require capital improvement fees that include an affordable housing rate differential.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring the Public Service Commission to include additional information in its annual report [HB-3115]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to include additional information in its annual report
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring the three commissioners of the Public Service Commission be elected from the three congressional districts for six-year terms [HB-3008]
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 2014 general election.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to alternative fuel initiatives [HB-2925]
The purpose of this bill is to require the Public Service Commission to authorize natural gas utility companies to invest in natural gas compression equipment to be installed in residential property for compressed natural gas fueling of automobiles. It further provides that the Public Service Commission may not make rates for the sale and use of compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating generally to consumer rate relief bonds [HB-2858]
The purpose of this bill is to correct an internal reference to clarify that the rate adjustment mechanism under subsection (k) is the exception to the states pledge not to reduce, alter or impair consumer rate relief charges until all amounts to be paid to an assignee or financing party are paid or performed in full.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring electric utilities to implement integrated resource plans [HB-2803]
The purpose of this bill is to require electric utilities to develop and implement integrated resource plans.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Increasing the amount of special license fees paid by pipeline companies [HB-2722]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of special license fees paid by pipeline companies to the Public Service Commission. The bill increases the total amount to be collected via the special license fees from $315,000 per year to $400,000 per year.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Increasing civil penalties imposed by the Public Service Commission for pipeline safety violations [HB-2505]
The purpose of this bill is to increase civil penalties for pipeline safety violations to make West Virginia law consistent with federal law. Moreover, the bill clarifies that civil penalties collected by the Public Service Commission are to be submitted to the Treasurer for deposit into the General Revenue Fund.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Stopping accelerated rate recovery because of adverse effects of constructing transmission facilities and revising the definition of need [HB-2358]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit accelerated rates of recovery for the construction of electric transmission facilities if the construction results in certain adverse effects. The bill requires an application by a utility for a certificate of need to include a statement of the impact of greenhouse emissions and an analysis of alternatives to the transmission line to be constructed. The bill requires the commission, when approving an application, to determine whether the line strikes an acceptable balance among competing interests. The bill
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
West Virginia Energy Efficiency Act [HB-2323]
West Virginia Energy Efficiency Act
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to interconnection and net-metering of customer-generators of renewable energy [HB-2176]
Relating to interconnection and net-metering of customer-generators of renewable energy
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Providing for removal and election of Public Service Commissioners [HB-2042]
Providing for removal and election of Public Service Commissioners
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Alabama Regular Session 2013
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. [SB-435]
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.