{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-24-1-1c","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 24-1-1c","heading":"Legislative findings.","body":"The Legislature finds:\n(1) Helping retail electric customers invest in and install solar photovoltaic energy facilities of their choice on their properties is in the public interest;\n(2) Free-market financing may provide more customers with opportunities to install solar photovoltaic energy facilities;\n(3) Installation of solar photovoltaic energy facilities will stabilize long-term energy costs making the state more attractive for industry and commercial investment;\n(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\n(5) Individuals and entities which offer or receive these types of financing arrangements should not be considered or treated as public utilities.","path":["CHAPTER 24. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.","ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/24-1-1C/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:26:24Z","sha256":"cbe34ac51d15d78a02ef530cd00fae92b9a5c9bcc46c295747717d378a36bb72","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-24-1-1b","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-24-1-1d"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}