W. Va. Code § 24-1-1C
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§24-1-1c. Legislative findings.
Official statutory text
The Legislature finds:
(1) Helping retail electric customers invest in and install solar photovoltaic energy facilities of their choice on their properties is in the public interest;
(2) Free-market financing may provide more customers with opportunities to install solar photovoltaic energy facilities;
(3) Installation of solar photovoltaic energy facilities will stabilize long-term energy costs making the state more attractive for industry and commercial investment;
(4) Financing arrangements, including those in which payments are based on the performance and output of the solar photovoltaic energy facility installed on the property of a retail electric customer, will help reduce or eliminate upfront costs involved in the investments and installation by the customers; and
(5) Individuals and entities which offer or receive these types of financing arrangements should not be considered or treated as public utilities.
(1) Helping retail electric customers invest in and install solar photovoltaic energy facilities of their choice on their properties is in the public interest;
(2) Free-market financing may provide more customers with opportunities to install solar photovoltaic energy facilities;
(3) Installation of solar photovoltaic energy facilities will stabilize long-term energy costs making the state more attractive for industry and commercial investment;
(4) Financing arrangements, including those in which payments are based on the performance and output of the solar photovoltaic energy facility installed on the property of a retail electric customer, will help reduce or eliminate upfront costs involved in the investments and installation by the customers; and
(5) Individuals and entities which offer or receive these types of financing arrangements should not be considered or treated as public utilities.
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