To require Public Service Commission to hear requests for rate adjustments from public electrical utilities and issue a recommendation to legislature

HB 4635 requires West Virginia's Public Service Commission to hold hearings on rate adjustment requests from public electric utilities and issue recommendations to the legislature. The bill shifts final approval authority for utility rate changes from the Commission to the state legislature, ending the Commission's prior power to approve such adjustments. It also directly affects coal-fired electricity generators by mandating they maintain a minimum average rate of electricity production. This bill applies specifically to public electric utilities, particularly those operating coal-fired facilities, and changes the process for approving rate increases.