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Read. Follow. Verify.House Bill 5626 Establishes Future Test Year Data and Cost Recovery Rules for Public Utilities
Last action · February 20, 2026: Markup DiscussionSponsor: Clay Riley
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to establishing rates for and recovering costs of by public utilities
Utility customers and regulated public utilities face modified procedures for how projected costs, revenues, and s are calculated during rate-setting proceedings before the Public Service Commission.
- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia regulates rates, charges, and services of public utilities operating within the state. context
- Delegate Riley introduced House Bill 5626 during the 2026 Regular Session, referring it to the Committee on Energy and Public Works. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public utilities
Public utilities are granted the option to submit future test year data and must incorporate written reports on utility management, rate design, and conservation into general rate case applications.
Public Service Commission
The commission is required to rely on future test year submitted data in rate cases when elected by a utility and must promulgate rules to evaluate projections.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
5 actions- Feb 20, 2026HouseMarkup Discussion
- Feb 16, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Energy and Public Works
- Feb 16, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Feb 16, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Energy and Public Works
- Feb 16, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
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Adoption of Future Test Year Methodologies
The bill shifts rate-setting mechanisms by explicitly defining and institutionalizing the elective use of future test year data for public utilities.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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