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§ 56-1. Definitions - Whenever used in this title, unless the context requires a...
§ 56-1.1. Designation as public service corporation - The State Corporation Commission may designate a business enterprise operating...
§ 56-1.2. Persons, localities, and school boards not designated as public utility, public service corporation, etc. - The terms public utility, public service corporation, or public service...
§ 56-1.2:1. Retail sale of electricity in connection with the provision of electric vehicle charging service - A. The provision of electric vehicle charging service by a...
§ 56-1.3. Regulation of Voice-over-Internet protocol service - Notwithstanding any provision of law, except § 58.1-1730, to the...
§ 56-2. Public service corporations, etc., governed by provisions of this title - Every public service corporation heretofore or hereafter incorporated and authorized...
§ 56-3. Expenses prior to organization - The expenses incurred prior to the organization of any public...
§ 56-4. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1954, c. 188.
§ 56-5. Triple damages for injury to property of public service corporation - Any person who shall wilfully destroy, injure, or obstruct any...
§ 56-5.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 35.
§ 56-6. Remedies of persons aggrieved by public service corporation's violation of law - Any person or corporation aggrieved by anything done or omitted...
§ 56-7. Common law, etc., remedies not altered or abridged - Nothing contained in this title shall in any way abridge...
§ 56-8. Repeal of charter - The charter of every public service corporation heretofore or hereafter...
§ 56-8.1. Free services to members of General Assembly and others prohibited - No public service corporation doing business in this Commonwealth shall...
§ 56-8.2. Appeals in rate cases - Any public service corporation which is required by law to...
§ 56-9. Sale of public service corporation under deed of trust; how purchaser may form new corporation - If a sale be made under a deed of trust...
§ 56-10. Effect of such sale; date for meeting of stockholders - The corporation created by or in consequence of such sale...
§ 56-11. Debts and claims against corporation so sold - The debts due to and by, and claims against, the...
§ 56-12. Works and property sold under court decree subject to provisions of three preceding sections - The works and property of a public service corporation sold...
§ 56-13. Effect of dissolution of public service corporation - When any public service corporation shall expire or be dissolved,...
§ 56-14. Streets, etc., of city or town not to be occupied without its consent; compensation - No public service corporation, cold storage, compressed air, viaduct, conduit,...
§ 56-15. (Effective until October 1, 2021) Permits to place poles, wires, etc., in roads and streets in certain counties; charge therefor - A. The governing body of Albemarle County, Chesterfield County, Henrico...
§ 56-15. Permits to place poles, wires, etc., in roads and streets in certain counties; charge therefor - A. The governing body of Albemarle County, Chesterfield County, Henrico...
§ 56-16. Wagonways to be constructed across roads, railroads, canals, and other works; enforcement - For the purpose of this section, "wagonway" means a vehicular...
§ 56-16.1. Telephone, telegraph or electric power lines crossing railroads - A. If a telephone, telegraph or electric power company desires...
§ 56-16.2. Public utility lines crossing railroads - A. As used in this section: "Municipality" means a city,...
§ 56-17. Right of one public service corporation to cross the works of another; cost - If any public service corporation deems it necessary in the...
§ 56-18. Submission of plans for such crossing - Before any such work as is mentioned in § 56-17...
§ 56-19. Contest by company whose works are crossed - Any company whose works are to be crossed under the...
§ 56-20. Payment for damage occasioned by crossing works of public service corporations - If any such crossing as is provided for in §§...
§ 56-21. When work on crossing works of public service corporation to proceed; no injunction to be awarded - Upon the failure of the company desiring to make any...
§ 56-22. Change of course of railroad, etc., to avoid crossings - If any public service corporation desires that the course of...
§ 56-23. Crossing of highway by public service corporation - If any public service corporation deems it necessary in the...
§ 56-24. Effect of crossing on highway - Such crossing shall be so located, constructed and operated as...
§ 56-25. Manner of construction of crossing - Such crossing shall be supported by such permanent and proper...
§ 56-26. Cost of crossing - The cost of any such crossing, its appliances and apparatus,...
§ 56-27. Applications required for crossings - Before the work is commenced upon any such crossing, the...
§ 56-28. Contest by county or Commissioner of Highways - The board of supervisors or other governing body aforesaid or...
§ 56-29. Change of course of highway to avoid crossings - If any public service corporation desires that the course of...
§ 56-30. Payment of damages occasioned by crossing highway - If any such crossing or change as is provided for...
§ 56-31. When work of crossing highway to proceed - Upon failure of the company desiring to make any crossing...
§ 56-32. Limitation on crossing rights if altering, closing or obstructing highway or stream involved - No state highway or county road or stream, or watercourse,...
§ 56-33. Duty of corporation whose wires cross other works - Every corporation, association, person, or partnership erecting or maintaining any...
§ 56-34. General Assembly may require connections between public service corporations - The General Assembly reserves the right to provide for connecting...
§ 56-35. Regulation of public service companies - The Commission shall have the power, and be charged with...
§ 56-36. Inspection of books and documents; special reports; rules and regulations to prevent unjust discrimination - The Commission shall also have the right at all times...
§ 56-37. Regulation of services performed under municipal or county franchise - Nothing in § 56-36 shall impair the right which has...
§ 56-38. Adjustment of claims and controversies - Upon the request of the parties interested, it shall be...
§ 56-39. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, c. 647.
§ 56-40. Reduction of rates and charges - The Commission, in the exercise of its discretion, may permit...
§ 56-41. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 39.
§ 56-41.1. Rates and charges for use of poles by telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone associations and small investor-owned telephone utilities - A. The General Assembly has determined that the joint use...
§ 56-42. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 39.
§ 56-43. Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties - Upon the complaint and application of the mayor or council...
§ 56-44. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, cc. 114 and 157.
§ 56-46.1. Commission to consider environmental, economic and improvements in service reliability factors in approving construction of electrical utility facilities; approval required for construction of certain electrical transmission lines; notice... - A. Whenever the Commission is required to approve the construction...
§ 56-46.2. Construction of electrical transmission lines - The construction of all overhead electrical transmission lines shall adhere...
§ 56-46.3. Foreign utility companies; penalties - A. The provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act...