West Virginia House Bill 4635

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-01-21 - To House Energy and Public Works
Pending: House Energy and Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to establish certain requirements relating to requests for rate adjustments from public electric utilities; limiting the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission over rate adjustment requests by public utilities to hearing the request and making recommendations to the Legislature; requiring electric utility rate adjustments be approved by the Legislature; and requiring electrical utilities which operate coal fired electrical generation facilities shall maintain an average minimum rate of generation

To require Public Service Commission to hear requests for rate adjustments from public electrical utilities and issue a recommendation to legislature

Del. Henry Dillon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-21	House	To House Energy and Public Works
2026-01-21	House	Introduced in House
2026-01-21	House	To Energy and Public Works
2026-01-21	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	1	1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4635&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4635%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4635