West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB2742: Relating to creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects.
Status: Passed both chambers, April 25, 2025
The purpose of this bill is to create a limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects.
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §24-2-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects. ARTICLE 2. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. §24-2-11. Requirements for certificate of public convenience and necessity. (a) A public utility, person, or corporation other than a political subdivision of the state providing water or sewer services and having at least 4,500 customers and annual gross combined revenues of $3 million or more may not begin.
From the enrolled text, April 11, 2025:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §24-2-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects. ARTICLE 2. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. §24-2-11. Requirements for certificate of public convenience and necessity. (a) A public utility, person, or corporation other than a political subdivision of the state providing water or sewer services and having at least 4,500 customers and annual gross combined revenues of $3 million or more may not begin the construction of any plant, equipment, property, or facility for furnishing to the public any of the services enumerated in §24-2-1 of this code, nor apply for, nor obtain any franchise, license, or permit from any municipality or other governmental agency, except ordinary extensions of existing systems in the usual course of business, unless and until it shall obtain from the Public Service Commission a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction franchise, license, or permit: Provided, That the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be waived for projects that have been reviewed and determined to be technically feasible and approved by the Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council. (b) Upon the filing of any application for the certificate, and after …