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WV SB902

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brian Helton

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Mandates all electric utility generators and generating units in West Virginia operate at a 69% capacity factor until 2040 to lower residential electric rates and maintain regional employment levels

  • Requires every electric generating plant to maintain a 45-day base fuel supply on-site, continuously consumed and replenished based on the 69% capacity factor operation

  • Prohibits utilities from using securitization funds to cease operations, close, or disassemble any electric generating unit, and bars decommissioning without Public Service Commission or Public Energy Authority approval

  • Requires utilities to submit supplemental information to Integrated Resource Plans within 90 days detailing plans to operate each plant through 2040, including upgrade schedules and cost estimates

  • Directs the Public Service Commission to evaluate PJM capacity auctions, coordinate state generating unit participation, review economic dispatch criteria for coal plants, and promulgate rules ensuring equitable market treatment for coal-fired power plants

Legislative Description

Securing WV baseload coal generation and ratepayer protection

Public Service Commission

Last Action

To Energy, Industry, and Mining

3/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Energy, Industry and Mining3/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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