{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-24-2a-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 24-2A-4","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article, the term:\n(a) \"Billing cycle\" shall mean a period of time during the course of which a utility either bills for or measures, by meter- reading or any other means, the usage of its utility services by all of its customers a single time. A utility may elect whether it wishes to determine its billing cycles by date of measurement or by date of billing. A utility which employs twelve billing cycles per year shall be deemed to employ monthly billing cycles. A utility which employs more or fewer than twelve billing cycles per year shall be deemed to employ nonmonthly billing cycles. For a utility employing monthly billing cycles, a billing cycle identified by the name of a particular calendar month must include at least twelve days of that calendar month.\n(b) \"Billing month\" shall have two meanings:\n(1) As applied to a utility employing nonmonthly billing cycles and to its customers, a particular \"billing month\" shall mean the calendar month to which that billing month correlates under section one of this article.\n(2) As applied to a utility employing monthly billing cycles and to its customers, a particular \"billing month\" shall mean the period of customer usage reflected on any bill which, in the case of a utility with billing-date billing cycles, is issued during that particular monthly billing cycle, or for which, in the case of a utility with measurement- date billing cycles, the measurement of usage is made during that particular monthly billing cycle.","path":["CHAPTER 24. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.","ARTICLE 2A. REDUCED RATES FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF ELECTRICITY AND GAS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/24-2A-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:26:26Z","sha256":"7bc4dd7bdd7ab3b5f45717713811228afbd1f28ab4767d6450c45fbb7007348e","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-24-2a-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-24-2a-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}