HB2865 S GOV AMT #1 3-3

Stephan  7502

The Committee on Government Organization moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2865— A Bill to amend and reenact §24-2H-4, §24-2H-5, §24-2H-6, and §24-2H-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to clarifying that the Public Service Commission may enter an order in a distressed or failing utility case requiring corrective measures up to and including an acquisition by an acquiring utility; providing the Commission shall provide the list of potentially unstable water and wastewater utilities to the West Virginia Rural Water Association; providing the Commission staff shall publish annually, by hyperlink, the list of potentially unstable water and wastewater utilities on the commission’s homepage; providing that eligibility of a utility to receive state grant funding and federal grant funding in a similar manner as the distressed utility is a factor in determining whether a utility is a capable proximate utility; providing that petitions filed with the commission include factual data supporting the justification for the utility to be considered as a distressed or failing utility; providing that high water loss or unaccounted for water cannot be the sole evidence of a distressed or failing utility; and clarifying that an acquiring utility becomes such only after approval of the necessary operating agreement.

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