Code of Virginia
Chapter 23 - Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act
§ 56-585.1:2. Pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 56-249.6 and 56-585.1:
Each Phase I and II Utility shall conduct a pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for low income, elderly, and disabled individuals in their respective service territories in the Commonwealth. Each pilot program shall be funded by the utility and shall commence September 1, 2015. Each Phase I Utility shall continue such pilot program at no less than the existing levels of funding as of July 1, 2018, for each year that the utility provides such service. Each Phase II Utility shall continue such pilot program at no less than $13 million for each year the utility is providing such service. The funding for the pilot programs established pursuant hereto for energy assistance and weatherization for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals in the service territory in the Commonwealth of each respective utility shall continue until the earlier of amendment or repeal of this section or July 1, 2028. Each such utility shall report on the status of its pilot program, including the number of individuals served thereby, to the Governor, the State Corporation Commission, and the Chairman of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor by July 1, 2016, and each year thereafter.
2015, c. 6; 2018, c. 296.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 56 - Public Service Companies

Chapter 23 - Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act

§ 56-576. Definitions

§ 56-577. Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs

§ 56-577.1. Electric utilities; retail competition; pilot program

§ 56-578. Nondiscriminatory access to transmission and distribution system

§ 56-579. Regional transmission entities

§ 56-580. Transmission and distribution of electric energy

§ 56-581. Regulation of rates subject to Commission's jurisdiction

§ 56-581.1. Repealed

§ 56-582. Rate caps

§ 56-583. Repealed

§ 56-584. Stranded costs

§ 56-585. Default service

§ 56-585.1. Generation, distribution, and transmission rates after capped rates terminate or expire

§ 56-585.1:1. Transitional Rate Period: review of rates, terms and conditions for utility generation facilities

§ 56-585.1:2. Pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization

§ 56-585.1:3. Pilot programs for community solar development

§ 56-585.1:4. Development of solar and wind generation and energy storage capacity in the Commonwealth

§ 56-585.1:5. Pilot program for underground transmission lines

§ 56-585.1:6. Pilot Programs to deploy electric power storage batteries

§ 56-585.1:7. Pilot program for electric generation by public schools

§ 56-585.1:8. Pilot program for municipal net energy metering

§ 56-585.1:9. Provision of broadband capacity to unserved areas of the Commonwealth

§ 56-585.1:10. (Expires December 31, 2023) Pilot program for transmission facilities serving business parks

§ 56-585.1:11. Development of offshore wind capacity

§ 56-585.1:12. Multi-family shared solar program

§ 56-585.1:13. Recovery of costs associated with investment in transportation electification

§ 56-585.2. Repealed

§ 56-585.3. Regulation of cooperative rates after rate caps

§ 56-585.4. Net energy metering transition provisions for electric cooperatives

§ 56-585.5. Generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources

§ 56-585.6. Universal service fee; Percentage of Income Payment Program and Fund

§ 56-585.7. On-bill tariff program; electric cooperatives

§ 56-586. Emergency service provider

§ 56-586.1. Electric energy emergencies

§ 56-587. Licensure of retail electric energy suppliers and persons providing other competitive services

§ 56-588. Licensing of aggregators

§ 56-589. Municipal and state aggregation

§ 56-589.1. Energy generation by public school buildings and facilities

§ 56-590. Divestiture, functional separation and other corporate relationships

§ 56-591. Application of antitrust laws

§ 56-592. Consumer education and marketing practices

§ 56-592.1. Consumer education program; scope and funding

§ 56-593. Retail customers' private right of action; marketing practices

§ 56-594. Net energy metering provisions

§ 56-594.01. Net energy metering provisions for electric cooperative service territories

§ 56-594.01:1. Local facilities usage charges; electric cooperatives

§ 56-594.02. Solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation; power purchase agreements; pilot programs

§ 56-594.1. Interconnection by farms

§ 56-594.2. Small agricultural generators

§ 56-594.3. Shared solar programs

§ 56-595. Repealed

§ 56-596. Consideration of economic development; report

§ 56-596.1. New generating facilities utilizing energy derived from sunlight and from wind; report

§ 56-596.2. Energy efficiency programs; financial assistance for low-income customers

§ 56-596.2:1. Incentives for energy conservation measures and solar energy equipment

§ 56-596.3. Electric generation, transmission, and distribution; report

§ 56-596.4. Electric utilities; local reliability data