CHARLESTON — With the West Virginia Legislature expected to tackle electric utility issues during the next 60-day regular session in January, lawmakers received a crash course on how the electric utility market works this week.

Members of the Joint Committee on Energy and Public Works received presentations Monday on the differences between a regulated and deregulated electric utility market as part of November legislative interim meetings at Pipestem Resort State Park in Summers County.

Arnie Quinn is the senior vice president of Regulatory Policy for Texas-based Vistra Corp., a retail electricity and power generation company.

West Virginia is one of 12 states and Washington, D.C., which are part of PJM Interconnection, a regional electric transmission organization that operates a comp

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