West Virginia Code — 24
Browse 72 sections in division 24 of the West Virginia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 24-1-1. 24-1-1. Legislative purpose and policy; plan for internal reorganization; promulgation of plan as rule; cooperation with Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
- § 24-1-2. 24-1-2. Definitions.
- § 24-1-3. 24-1-3. Commission continued; membership; chairman; compensation; quorum.
- § 24-1-4. 24-1-4. Appointment, duties and compensation of secretary and other employees; hearings generally; public comment; outside employment by certain employees prohibited.
- § 24-1-5. 24-1-5. Seal to be adopted; collection and disposition of fees.
- § 24-1-6. 24-1-6. Office of commission; time and place of hearings; number of commissioners required for taking action.
- § 24-1-7. 24-1-7. Rules of procedure; commission not bound by rules of evidence or pleadings; inscription on, use of and judicial notice of seal.
- § 24-1-8. 24-1-8. Legal counsel for the commission.
- § 24-1-9. 24-1-9. Recommended decision by hearing commissioner, hearing examiner or panel.
- § 24-1-10. 24-1-10.
- § 24-2-1. 24-2-1. Jurisdiction of commission; waiver of jurisdiction.
- § 24-2-2. 24-2-2. General power of commission to regulate public utilities.
- § 24-2-3. 24-2-3. General power of commission with respect to rates.
- § 24-2-4. 24-2-4. Procedure for changing rates.
- § 24-2-5. 24-2-5. Supervision of public utilities licensed by municipalities, county courts or otherwise; right to enter premises, inspect and correct meters.
- § 24-2-6. 24-2-6. Power as to connecting telephone and telegraph services.
- § 24-2-7. 24-2-7. Unreasonable, etc., regulations, practices and services; receivership; procedures respecting receivership; appointment and compensation of receiver; liquidation.
- § 24-2-8. 24-2-8. System of accounts to be kept by public utilities; uniform accounting system for public service districts and municipally owned public utilities.
- § 24-2-9. 24-2-9. Information concerning rates, etc., of public utilities may be required and published by commission.
- § 24-2-10. 24-2-10. Power to subpoena witnesses, take testimony and administer oaths; contempt; self-incrimination.
- § 24-2-11. 24-2-11. Requirements for certificate of public convenience and necessity.
- § 24-2-12. 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.
- § 24-2-13. 24-2-13. Enforcement of federal acts.
- § 24-2-14. 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.
- § 24-2-15. 24-2-15. Certain Automatic adjustment clauses, price indexes or fuel adjustment.
- § 24-2-16. 24-2-16. Anticompetitive clauses in natural gas contracts prohibited.
- § 24-2-17. 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.
- § 24-2-18. 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.
- § 24-2-19. 24-2-19. Integrated Resource Planning Required.
- § 24-2-20. 24-2-20. Direct use of natural gas.
- § 24-2-21. 24-2-21. Required notice for power plant closure or sale.
- § 24-2-22. 24-2-22. Service outage communication plans.
- § 24-3-1. 24-3-1. Adequate facilities; safety appliances; reasonable rates; railroad switch connections; discontinuing service.
- § 24-3-2. 24-3-2. Discrimination prohibited.
- § 24-3-3. 24-3-3. Connecting carriers generally; sharing use of terminals; discrimination by railroad main lines against tap, etc., lines.
- § 24-3-4. 24-3-4. Free transportation and passes; reduced rates; exchange of services and privileges.
- § 24-3-5. 24-3-5. Schedule of rates to be filed with commission.
- § 24-3-6. 24-3-6. Special license fee;"Public Service Commission fund."
- § 24-3-7. 24-3-7. Permit to abandon service; certificate; hearing upon intervention by consumer advocate; alternative service; recouping costs of converting customers.
- § 24-3-8. 24-3-8. Deposits; interest.
- § 24-3-9. 24-3-9. Easement and right-of-way.
- § 24-3-10. 24-3-10. Termination of water service for delinquent sewer or stormwater bills.
- § 24-4-1. 24-4-1. General penalties for violating provisions of this chapter.
- § 24-4-2. 24-4-2. Penalty for falsifying, destroying or altering entries and for making false statements.
- § 24-4-3. 24-4-3. Additional penalties for violating certain orders of commission.
- § 24-4-4. 24-4-4. Penalty for violating orders of commission for which no other penalty is provided.
- § 24-4-5. 24-4-5. Violation of commission's orders as contempt punishable by commission.
- § 24-4-6. 24-4-6. Procedure before commission as to violations.
- § 24-4-7. 24-4-7. Damages recoverable for violations.
- § 24-4-8. 24-4-8. What constitutes separate violation.
- § 24-5-1. 24-5-1. Review of final orders of commission.
- § 24-6-1. 24-6-1. Legislative findings.
- § 24-6-2. 24-6-2. Definitions.
- § 24-6-3. 24-6-3. Adoption of emergency telephone system plan.
- § 24-6-4. 24-6-4. Creation of emergency telephone systems.
- § 24-6-5. 24-6-5. Enhanced emergency telephone system requirements.
- § 24-6-6. 24-6-6. Enhanced emergency telephone system proposed requirement.
- § 24-6-7. 24-6-7. Resolution of conflicts.
- § 24-6-8. 24-6-8. Limitation of liability.
- § 24-6-9. 24-6-9. Prohibitions and penalty.
- § 24-6-10. 24-6-10. Prohibition against using "911" in company name.
- § 24-6-11. 24-6-11. Confidentiality of proprietary information.
- § 24-6-12. 24-6-12. Dispatching of towing services for emergency towing of vehicles; exceptions.
- § 24-6-13. 24-6-13. Confidentiality of certain calls to county answering points and records; retention of records.
- § 24-6-14. 24-6-14. Notification of mining accidents.
- § 24-6-15. 24-6-15. Commission to implement NG911 in West Virginia.
- § 24-7-1. 24-7-1. Legislative findings; commission authorized to acquire headquarters.
- § 24-7-2. 24-7-2. Exclusive authority for purchase of headquarters.
- § 24-7-3. 24-7-3. Management and control of Public Service Commission headquarters building.
- § 24-7-4. 24-7-4. Legislative findings; authority to acquire further properties.
- § 24-8-1. 24-8-1. Legislative findings.
- § 24-8-2. 24-8-2. Rule-making authority.