West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-17 - Government Of Public Service Districts › Section 150-17-2 - PROCEDURE FOR COUNTY PLANS

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1
				Within ninety (90) days of June 6, 19-8 6, each county commission shall
				determine whether the county will develop a county plan as required by West
				Virginia Code § 16-13A-lb, or whether the county will have the Public
				Service Commission staff" develop the plan with the county's assistance.
				Immediately after making such determination, the county commission shall notify
				the chairman of each public service-district in the county of its decision. The
				county plan shall be developed in accordance with these rules and provide the
				information herein required.
2.2
				Within fourteen (14) days after receiving the notice required by Rule 2.1, the
				chairman of each public - service district, or his designated representative,
				shall submit to the county commission and the Public Service Commission a
				Public Service District Profile, which shall contain general information about
				the size, location, history, personnel, operations, and finances of the
				district, and in which the district expresses its opinion regarding dissolution
				or consolidation or merger with other districts and which lists maj or strong
				areas and maj or problem areas of the district. The Public Service District
				Profile shall contain the information indicated in District Form A which is
				available in the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public Service
				Commission.
2.3 The county
				commission or Public Service Commission Staff -shall supply or obtain the
				specific information hereinafter required from the chairman,of each public
				service district or his designated representative. The county commission and
				public service district board(s) shall consult with each other in the
				development of the county plans prior to the submission of the plan to the
				Public Service Commission.
2.4 The
				public service district(s) within the county shall be consulted by and shall
				cooperate to the fullest "extent with the county commission and/or Public
				Service Commission Staff in providing information necessary to complete the
				county plans in accordance with these rules.
2.5 Upon completion of a county plan
				developed by the Public Service -Commission Staff, the plan shall be. submitted
				to the county commission for review and comment. The county commission shall
				solicit comments and recommendations from each active public service district
				as part of its review of. the plan. The county commission must submit to the
				Public Service Commission its final plan showing any modifications to the Staff
				plan within six (6) months of the date the plan is submitted to the county
				commission.
2.6 A plan developed
				by a county commission shall be submitted to the Public Service Commission
				within one (1) year of"the date that the county elects to develop the plan. The
				plan shall be made available to active public service districts for review and
				comment prior to submission of the plan to the Public Service Commission. At
				the time the plan is filed with the Public Service Commission the county
				commission shall submit any public service district comments or recommendations
				along with the plan.
2.7 In a case
				in which the county commission(s) or the Public Service Commission Staff
				believes it is feasible to develop a multi-county plan, such as in the case
				that two or more counties are served, or would be better served, by the same
				public service district, the county commission or Public Service Commission
				Staff shall request, by petition, that the Public Service Commission
				investigate the possibility of developing a multi-county plan. Such petition
				shall specifically state the benefits of a multi-county plan and why such a
				plan should be considered instead of a single county plan for each of the
				counties involved.