Bill > HB2287

This bill aims to encourage the development of solar energy projects on formerly mined land in West Virginia. It allows owners or operators of eligible solar projects to sell electricity directly to large energy consumers, such as commercial, industrial, and manufacturing entities, as well as institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations, without being regulated as a public utility. The bill also authorizes wheeling agreements, which allow large energy consumers to have the electrical output transmitted or wheeled over the transmission and/or distribution system of one or more transmitting utilities, subject to certain rates and conditions set by the Public Service Commission. The bill also includes provisions to restrict cost assignment and recovery for electric utilities, and to exempt eligible solar projects from being considered public utilities. Additionally, the bill grants the Public Service Commission the authority to promulgate rules to administer the issuance and tracking of renewable energy certificates for each megawatt-hour of renewable electricity generated by eligible solar projects.

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