Perennial environmental priorities like boosting funding for gas and oil well remediation and establishing community solar in West Virginia failed in the state s 2024 regular legislative session. West Virginia environmentalists did celebrate blocking legislation they opposed that would have barred use of community air monitoring data in third-party lawsuits.
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed, on Feb. 28, 2024, a bill that would establish wind setback requirements. House Bill 4784 s provisions were welcomed by an industry representative after the House Judiciary Committee relaxed those requirements.
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Solar advocate-backed bills that would codify community solar and net metering measures aimed at benefiting participants who look to lower their electric bills have stalled in the West Virginia legislative session. Energy bills favoring utilities, meanwhile, have advanced.
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill raising a state cap on renewable energy capacity. House Bill 5528 also would remove a Dec. 31, 2025 sunset date on the state program allowing cost recovery from renewable energy facilities. The bill passed despite opposition from pro-coal, anti-renewable energy Republicans, including delegates Henry Dillon, R-Wayne, and Bill Ridenour, R-Jefferson.