| WV | HB5475 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to have members of the Public Service Commission be elected to six-year terms from three divisions in nonpartisan elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
Motion to table the motion to discharge from committee (Roll No. 348) |
| WV | SB981 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to impose a one-year moratorium on approval of certain public utility rate increases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
Removed from calendar by Rules Committee |
| WV | HB5648 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow a more consumer-oriented approach to the setting of public utility rates by the Public Service Commission by prioritizing the interests of utility service customers; providing protections to certain disabled rate-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
Motion to table motion to discharge from committee adopted (Roll No. 230) |
| WV | HB5574 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enhance transparency and accountability of the Public Service Commission, and to shift the duties of the commission towards a greater focus of assuring affordable utility rates; and to assure that it is held to the high...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB776 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that Public Service Districts in West Virginia operate with greater transparency, accountability, and efficiency under the enhanced oversight of the Public Service Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5202 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to extend access to loan and grant funding from the Water Development Authority to non-governmental public utilities for assistance with distressed public water systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | HB5187 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create greater accountability and public input in the operations of the Public Service Commission; to remove the appointment process so Commission members are elected by non-partisan elections; revising the removal proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB656 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to implement certain ethics reforms at the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. The bill requires financial disclosures made by commission members to be made available online; requires commission members to act in f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4896 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that Commissioners to the Public Service Commission be an elected position; to establish that during the general election in 2026 three commissioners be elected to the Public Service Commission to a term of four...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4635 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB550 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to have members of the Public Service Commission be elected to six-year terms through statewide, nonpartisan elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB535 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to impose a one-year moratorium on utility rate increases pending a study on reducing utility rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-20
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| WV | SB461 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission to holding hearings on rate adjustment requests by all utilities, to make recommendations to the Legislature, and to permit all utility rate adjustments to be veto...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4389 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Public Service Commission to prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the Joint Committee on Government and Finance relating to the effects of a performance-based rate making system on West Virginia r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To House Energy and Public Works Committee |
| WV | SB119 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to have members of the Public Service Commission be elected to six-year terms through state-wide, nonpartisan elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB211 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission to holding hearings on rate adjustment requests by public electrical utilities, to make recommendations to the Legislature, and to require that electric utility ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
