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Powers and Duties of Public Service Commission

W. Va. Code § 24-2-1— Jurisdiction of commission; waiver of jurisdiction
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1a— Authority of commission to enter and inspect railroad property
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1b— Additional jurisdiction of commission
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1c— Certificates of need required for solid waste facilities
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1d— Future electric generating capacity requirements
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1e— Rate recovery for construction of electric transmission facilities
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1f— Jurisdiction of commission over solid waste facilities
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1g— Rate incentives for utility investment in qualified clean coal and clean air control technology facilities
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1h— Additional powers and duties of commission to control flow of solid waste
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1j— Special rates for energy intensive industrial consumers of electric power
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1k— Natural gas infrastructure expansion, development, improvement and job creation; findings; expedited process; requirements; rulemaking
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1l— Modernization and improvement of coal-fired boilers at electric power plants; findings; expedited process; requirements; rulemaking
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1n— West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1o— Renewable energy facilities program
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1p— Middle-Mile Fiber Broadband Infrastructure Expansion Program
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1q— Base fuel coal supply requirements for electric grid resiliency
W. Va. Code § 24-2-1r— Authority of commission to adopt and enforce water hydrant practices
W. Va. Code § 24-2-2— General power of commission to regulate public utilities
W. Va. Code § 24-2-3— General power of commission with respect to rates
W. Va. Code § 24-2-3a— Advance notice of filing of general rate case required
W. Va. Code § 24-2-3b— Transitional suspension of schedule; legislative findings; procedure
W. Va. Code § 24-2-3c— Cessation of jurisdiction over rates for certain services subject to competition
W. Va. Code § 24-2-4— Procedure for changing rates
W. Va. Code § 24-2-4a— Procedure for changing rates after June 30, 1981
W. Va. Code § 24-2-4b— Procedures for changing rates of electric and natural gas cooperatives, local exchange services of telephone cooperatives, and municipally operated public utilities
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 24-2-4d— Procedures for intrastate rail carrier rate-making and compliants
W. Va. Code § 24-2-4e— Environmental control bonds
W. Va. Code § 24-2-4f— Consumer rate relief bonds
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 24-2-4h— Utility consumer rate relief bonds
W. Va. Code § 24-2-5— Supervision of public utilities licensed by municipalities, county courts or otherwise; right to enter premises, inspect and correct meters
W. Va. Code § 24-2-6— Power as to connecting telephone and telegraph services
W. Va. Code § 24-2-7— Unreasonable, etc., regulations, practices and services; receivership; procedures respecting receivership; appointment and compensation of receiver; liquidation
W. Va. Code § 24-2-8— System of accounts to be kept by public utilities; uniform accounting system for public service districts and municipally owned public utilities
W. Va. Code § 24-2-9— Information concerning rates, etc., of public utilities may be required and published by commission
W. Va. Code § 24-2-10— Power to subpoena witnesses, take testimony and administer oaths; contempt; self-incrimination
W. Va. Code § 24-2-11— Requirements for certificate of public convenience and necessity
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 24-2-11b— Continuing prudence reviews
W. Va. Code § 24-2-11c— Siting certificates for certain electric generating facilities or material modifications thereof
W. Va. Code § 24-2-11d— Revocation of certificate of public convenience and necessity; acquisition of facilities by capable public utility
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 24-2-13— Enforcement of federal acts
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 24-2-15— Certain Automatic adjustment clauses, price indexes or fuel adjustment
W. Va. Code § 24-2-16— Anticompetitive clauses in natural gas contracts prohibited
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 24-2-18— Legislative findings on electric service; jurisdictionof the commission to determine public interest inpermitting 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
W. Va. Code § 24-2-19— Integrated Resource Planning Required
W. Va. Code § 24-2-20— Direct use of natural gas
W. Va. Code § 24-2-21— Required notice for power plant closure or sale
W. Va. Code § 24-2-21a— Commission authority required when closing an electric generating plant and circumstances of closure in another jurisdiction
W. Va. Code § 24-2-22— Service outage communication plans