Forget watching that National Football League Divisional playoff game between Philadelphia and New York Sunday afternoon. Instead, get into a real spectator sport close to home, right in West Virginia s capitol. The Legislature s Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary is sponsoring a public hearing on restructuring the state s electric industry.
People have plenty of questions because of so-called deregulation problems elsewhere.
This hearing should help inform legislators and the public about a West Virginia plan that avoids such problems while setting a future course for increased jobs in the state s energy sector and prosperity for all our citizens. The Legislature accepted a PSC plan to restructure the electric industry last year, but delayed a start date until it could enact tax law changes necessary for state and local governments. Six units totaling approx.