Article 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Section 24-2-1 - Jurisdiction of commission; waiver of jurisdiction
Section 24-2-1a - Authority of commission to enter and inspect railroad property
Section 24-2-1b - Additional jurisdiction of commission
Section 24-2-1c - Certificates of need required for solid waste facilities
Section 24-2-1d - Future electric generating capacity requirements
Section 24-2-1e - Rate recovery for construction of electric transmission facilities
Section 24-2-1f - Jurisdiction of commission over solid waste facilities
Section 24-2-1g - Rate incentives for utility investment in qualified clean coal and clean air control technology facilities
Section 24-2-1h - Additional powers and duties of commission to control flow of solid waste
Section 24-2-1i - Commission authorized to issue emergency certificate of need to certain commercial solid waste facilities; division of environmental protection to modify facility permit; criteria for emergency certificates
Section 24-2-1j - Special rates for energy intensive industrial consumers of electric power
Section 24-2-1k - Natural gas infrastructure expansion, development, improvement and job creation; findings; expedited process; requirements; rulemaking
Section 24-2-1l - Modernization and improvement of coal-fired boilers at electric power plants; findings; expedited process; requirements; rulemaking
Section 24-2-1m - Commission jurisdiction does not extend to materials recovery facilities, mixed waste processing facilities, and certain mixed waste processing and resource recovery facilities
Section 24-2-1n - West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program
Section 24-2-1o - Renewable energy facilities program
Section 24-2-1p - Middle-mile fiber Broadband Infrastructure Expansion Program.
Section 24-2-1q - Base fuel supply requirements for electric grid resiliency
Section 24-2-1r - Authority of commission to adopt and enforce water hydrant practices
Section 24-2-2 - General power of commission to regulate public utilities
Section 24-2-3 - General power of commission with respect to rates
Section 24-2-3a - Advance notice of filing of general rate case required
Section 24-2-3b - Transitional suspension of schedule; legislative findings; procedure
Section 24-2-3c - Cessation of jurisdiction over rates for certain services subject to competition
Section 24-2-4 - Procedure for changing rates
Section 24-2-4a - Procedure for changing rates after June 30, 1981
Section 24-2-4b - Procedures for changing rates of electric and natural gas cooperatives, local exchange services of telephone cooperatives, and municipally operated public utilities
Section 24-2-4c - Rate increases for natural gas public utilities relating to purchase of natural gas from suppliers; obtaining new supplies of natural gas to meet obligations
Section 24-2-4d - Procedures for intrastate rail carrier rate-making and compliants
Section 24-2-4e - Environmental control bonds
Section 24-2-4f - Consumer rate relief bonds
Section 24-2-4g - Establishing the value of utility assets in the context of the acquisition of a utility or utility assets and providing for the combination or allocation of water and wastewater revenue requirements
Section 24-2-4h - Utility consumer rate relief bonds
Section 24-2-5 - Supervision of public utilities licensed by municipalities, county courts or otherwise; right to enter premises, inspect and correct meters
Section 24-2-6 - Power as to connecting telephone and telegraph services
Section 24-2-7 - Unreasonable, etc., regulations, practices and services; receivership; procedures respecting receivership; appointment and compensation of receiver; liquidation
Section 24-2-8 - System of accounts to be kept by public utilities; uniform accounting system for public service districts and municipally owned public utilities
Section 24-2-9 - Information concerning rates, etc., of public utilities may be required and published by commission
Section 24-2-10 - Power to subpoena witnesses, take testimony and administer oaths; contempt; self-incrimination
Section 24-2-11 - Requirements for certificate of public convenience and necessity
Section 24-2-11a - Requirement for certificate of public convenience and necessity before beginning construction of high voltage transmission line; contents of application; notice; hearing; criteria for granting or denying certificate; regulations
Section 24-2-11b - Continuing prudence reviews
Section 24-2-11c - Siting certificates for certain electric generating facilities or material modifications thereof
Section 24-2-11d - Revocation of certificate of public convenience and necessity; acquisition of facilities by capable public utility
Section 24-2-12 - What acts may not be done without consent of commission; consent in advance of exemption of transactions; when sale, etc., of franchises, mergers, etc., void
Section 24-2-12a - Issuance of stock; requirement of applying to commission for orders authorizing issuance; hearing and investigation on application; order; when issuance is void
Section 24-2-13 - Enforcement of federal acts
Section 24-2-14 - Reports required to be filed by generating electric utilities; contents; powers of commission to obtain information; availability to the public; certain studies required
Section 24-2-15 - Automatic adjustment clauses or fuel adjustment clauses prohibited
Section 24-2-16 - Anticompetitive clauses in natural gas contracts prohibited
Section 24-2-17 - Registry of electric customers on life support systems; notification prior to scheduled outages; priority of service restoration; limitation of liability; life support defined
Section 24-2-18 - Legislative findings on electric service; jurisdiction of the commission to determine public interest in permitting retail access to competitive power supply markets; participation of interested parties; development of deregulation plan; legislative approval or rejection of plan; certain reports required or permitted; continuing jurisdiction
Section 24-2-19 - Integrated Resource Planning Required
Section 24-2-20 - Direct use of natural gas
Section 24-2-21 - Required notice for power plant closure or sale
Section 24-2-21a - Commission authority required when closing an electric generating plant and circumstances of closure in another jurisdiction