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Introduced Version House Bill 4149 History

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H. B. 4149


(By Delegates Doyle, Mahan, Perdue and Hatfield)
[Introduced January 21, 2010; referred to the
Committee on Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business then the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §24-2-1j, relating to the Public Service Commission; and authorizing incentives for energy conversation by electric utilities through installation of voltage regulation devices.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §24-2-1j, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
§24-2-1j. Incentives for energy conversation through voltage regulation.

(a) For purposes of this section, "voltage regulation device' means voltage regulation technologies which raise or lower voltage dynamically and are ninety-nine percent or more efficient across at least ninety percent of the electric load curve.
(b) Electric utilities may recover the capital and operating costs and earn a fifteen percent rate of return in the utility's rate bases on investments and installations of voltage regulation devices.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize electric utilities to install voltage regulation devices for energy conversation and to recover the capital and operating costs, together with a fifteen percent rate of return on investments and installation of the devices.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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