West Virginia House Bill 2892 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-20 - To House Government Organization
Pending: House Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit public utilities from terminating or disconnecting services during a state of emergency declared by executive order; to create a duty to restore service; to require public utility to enter into deferred payment agreement with residential customer during state of emergency; to prohibit public utility from disconnecting service for 180 days providing notice to residential customer; and to establish right of public utilities to recover funds owed in normal course following the state of emergency.

Relating to the Disconnection of Residential Utility during a State of Emergency

Del. Kayla Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-20	House	To House Government Organization
2023-01-20	House	Introduced in House
2023-01-20	House	To Government Organization then Judiciary
2023-01-20	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	9	1	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2892&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2892%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2892