Relating to electric rates

HB 4745 prohibits West Virginia electric utilities from increasing customer rates to fund new transmission lines that transmit power to other states. This directly affects residential and business electricity ratepayers by preventing them from paying for these specific out-of-state transmission projects through higher bills. The bill amends state law to explicitly ban such rate increases, ensuring costs for building infrastructure exporting power are not passed to local customers. The measure focuses solely on preventing rate hikes for this purpose, without altering other aspects of electric rate regulation or utility funding.