West Virginia energy and electricity

The fact is the tax-inclusive Lower Atlantic regular-gasoline average for Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. A West Virginia tax repeal proposal concerns one state and one component of the regional price. It establishes no pump-price effect. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained West Virginia evidence context: Lower Atlantic regular gasoline price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

A BILL to repeal §11-14C-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to motor fuel excise tax; and removing taxes on gasoline. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ARTICLE 14C. MOTOR FUEL EXCISE TAX. §11-14C-5. Taxes levied; rate. [Repealed.]

The fact measures retail electricity revenue per kilowatthour across customer sectors. The electric-rate portion of the proposal concerns prices; natural gas charges are outside the measure. A proposed freeze does not establish actual prices. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained West Virginia evidence context: Average retail electricity price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

(b) One-year moratorium. – Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for a period of one year following the effective date of this section, the commission shall authorize no increase of rates charged by any electric or gas utility subject to its jurisdiction to any customer of any class, and shall, for the same one-year period, suspend and hold in abeyance cases for electric and gas rate increases which are pending before the commission on said effective date. The one-year moratorium on rate increases mandated by this section applies to any electric or gas utility rate increase, including, but not limited to: (1) Any general rate increase application filed pursuant to §24-2-1 et seq. of this code; (2) Any automatic adjustment mechanism or other rate adjustment authorized by this code or by commission order which would result in an increase in rates or other charges to utility customers during the pendency of the one-year moratorium; and (3) Any previously approved electric or gas utility rate increase that has not yet taken effect as of the effective date of this section. (c) Exceptions. – During the one-year moratorium on rate increases mandated by this section, the commission may, upon petition by an electric or natural gas utility, authorize an emergency rate increase otherwise subject to the moratorium if it is determined that such emergency rate is necessary to: (1) Ensure the continued provision of safe and adequate electric or gas service to the utility’s customers; or (2) Protect the utility from extreme financial hardship if such financial hardship is attributable solely to the moratorium on rate increases. Any emergency rate increase authorized pursuant to this subsection shall by limited to the minimum amount necessary to address the reason requiring the rate increase. The commission shall promulgate rules setting forth criteria for determination of the continued provision of safe and adequate utility service and of a utility’s extreme financial hardship within the meaning of this section. (d) Interim study. – During the one-year moratorium mandated by this section, the Joint Committee on Government and Finance shall cause a legislative interim study or studies to be conducted on utility management, rate design, and the causes of and potential legislative remedies for recent dramatic electric and natural gas utility rate increases shouldered by ratepayers in the state.

These describe the original enacted law provisions selected for this topic. Later amendments and current implementation require separate evidence.

• Section 22A-6-11: Repeal the Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety’s study of methane-detecting automatic shut-off devices on mining extraction equipment, including longwall shears and cutter heads. The board was to assess safety benefits and whether mandatory installation was warranted, and report recommendations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance by December 31, 2011. This was a study of possible requirements, not a general detector-installation mandate.
• Section 22A-6-12: Repeal the Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety’s study of expanding protections for whistleblowers and miners who refuse perceived unsafe underground work. The study addressed encouraging withdrawal from and reporting of unsafe conditions, investigating patterns of retribution, and recommending additional protections to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance by December 31, 2011. Repealing this study does not itself repeal all existing whistleblower protections.
• Section 22A-6-13: Repeal the Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety’s study of working or traveling in bleeder or gob areas of longwall panels and pillar sections with only one travelable entrance and exit. The study was to consider roof-control or other measures providing safety comparable to multiple-entry areas, and report implementation recommendations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance by December 31, 2012. The section was a study directive; its repeal does not establish changes to all mine roof-control rules or actual injury rates.

Coal mine board safety-study section repeals, directly concerning the coal sector. No electricity-price or coal-output effect is inferred.

Retained West Virginia evidence context: crime · reviewed policy context · health · reviewed policy context · income-taxes · reviewed policy context · housing-borrowing · reviewed policy context · energy · reviewed policy context · deficit-debt-interest · reviewed policy context · real-gdp · reviewed policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

HB 4067 changes agency reporting across workplace, cybersecurity, crime-victim, health, investment and housing programs. It repeals nine sections, including one-time studies and legislative proposals, annual reports, and the Diabetes Action Plan’s planning, tracking and implementation duties. It also removes the watershed report-and-award clause while retaining conditional bond and grant provisions. The final law contains eleven reenacted code bodies and nine section repeals.

These describe the original executive instrument provisions selected for this topic. Later amendments and current implementation require separate evidence.

• Reviewed provision 18: Abolish the Marcellus to Manufacturing Task Force. The order identifies its creation as EO1-11, February 15, 2011.

Entry18 abolishes the2011Marcellus to Manufacturing Task Force. Its fully read creating order addresses natural-gas conversion,processing,storage and infrastructure planning, without proving changes to energy production or prices.

Retained West Virginia evidence context: crime · reviewed policy context · health · reviewed policy context · income-taxes · reviewed policy context · education · reviewed policy context · energy · reviewed policy context · real-gdp · reviewed policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

On November 4, 2016, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin abolished the following bodies relevant to this topic: Marcellus to Manufacturing Task Force. The signed order lists eighteen entities in total.

These describe the original enacted law provisions selected for this topic. Later amendments and current implementation require separate evidence.

• Reviewed provision 11-13V-4: Retain historical additional coal 56 cents/ton, gas 4.7 cents/mcf and timber 2.78% taxes, one-time coal/gas measure and conditional PSC utility fuel-cost deferral. Redirect net receipts only with greater-than-$100 million December 1, 2015 shortfall during after February 29 before July 1, 2016. Terminate additional taxes July 1, 2016 or earlier governor order; prior liabilities survive.

11-13V-4 governs coal/gas severance taxes, conditional utility fuel-cost deferral and additional-tax termination; no actual utility bill or production outcome.

Retained West Virginia evidence context: health · reviewed policy context · income-taxes · reviewed policy context · energy · reviewed policy context · deficit-debt-interest · reviewed policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed 2016 SB419 on February 29, 2016, after passage effective February 26. The act ends specified personal-income-tax worker-compensation transfers, changes timber and additional severance-tax schedules, delays FY2016 retiree-health transfers, and authorizes conditional FY2016 and half-share FY2017 dedicated-revenue redirects.

These describe the original executive instrument provisions selected for this topic. Later amendments and current implementation require separate evidence.

• Reviewed provision 1: Redirect 11-13V-4 additional coal, natural-gas and timber severance-tax deposits to General Revenue during March 1–June 30, 2016. The act conditions this authority on a Budget Office December 1, 2015 shortfall greater than $100 million; this order does not change severance-tax rates.
• Reviewed provision 5: Direct the Secretary of Revenue to issue implementation instructions.

Paragraph1redirects receipts including additional coal and natural-gas severance taxes; it does not amend the tax rates or establish energy output/utility-price effects.

Retained West Virginia evidence context: income-taxes · reviewed policy context · energy · reviewed policy context · deficit-debt-interest · reviewed policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin redirected specified additional severance-tax, workers’ compensation surcharge and lottery receipts to General Revenue for March 1–June 30, 2016, using the conditional authority in signed SB419.