PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON
CASE NO.
24-0351-PSWD-DU
HUNDRED-LITTLETON PUBLIC SERVICE
DISTRICT
Petition for determination
that Hundred-Littleton
Public Service District is a
distressed or failing utility
under W.Va. Code
§24-2H-6(a).
NOTICE OF HEARING
On April 10, 2024, the
United States Department
of Agriculture-Rural
Development filed a
proceeding seeking
Commission review of the
Hundred Littleton Public
Service District (HLPSD) under the Distressed and
Failing Utilities
Improvement Act,
W.Va. Code §24-2H-1 et
seq.
The Commission referred
the proceeding to its
Division of Administrative
Law Judges for hearing
and public comment.
Commission Staff
subsequently
recommended the
Commission direct
Mannington Public
Service District enter into an administrative services
agreement with HLPSD.
The City of New
Martinsville,
the City of Mannington,
Clay
Battelle Public Service
District,
Grandview-Doolin Public
Service District and
Mannington Public
Service
District have been
designated as potential
capable proximate utilities that could assume the
operation or ownership of
HLPSD if necessary.
This matter has been
scheduled for public
comment and an
evidentiary hearing on
October 30, 2024, at
10:30a.m., at the Hundred Public Library, US Route
250, Hundred, West
Virginia.
The public hearing shall
be conducted to receive
comment from interested
individuals, including
comment regarding
options available to bring
the potential distressed or
failing utility into
compliance with
statutory and regulatory
standards. At the
evidentiary hearing, the
Commission shall
receive evidence to
determine (i) if the utility is a distressed or failing
utility, (ii) whether a
capable proximate utility
should acquire or manage HLPSD or (iii) if there is a reasonable alternative
disposition.
HUNDRED-LITTLETON PUBLIC SERVICE
DISTRICT
16133