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§ 56-576. Definitions - As used in this chapter: "Affiliate" means any person that...
§ 56-577. Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs - A. Retail competition for the purchase and sale of electric...
§ 56-577.1. Electric utilities; retail competition; pilot program - A. The Commission shall conduct a pilot program under which...
§ 56-578. Nondiscriminatory access to transmission and distribution system - A. All distributors shall have the obligation to connect any...
§ 56-579. Regional transmission entities - A. As set forth in § 56-577, each incumbent electric...
§ 56-580. Transmission and distribution of electric energy - A. Subject to the provisions of § 56-585.1, the Commission...
§ 56-581. Regulation of rates subject to Commission's jurisdiction - A. After the expiration or termination of capped rates except...
§ 56-581.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, cc. 888 and 933, cl. 2.
§ 56-582. Rate caps - A. The Commission shall establish capped rates, effective January 1,...
§ 56-583. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, cc. 888 and 933, cl. 2.
§ 56-584. Stranded costs - Just and reasonable net stranded costs, to the extent that...
§ 56-585. Default service - A. The Commission shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing,...
§ 56-585.1. Generation, distribution, and transmission rates after capped rates terminate or expire - A. During the first six months of 2009, the Commission...
§ 56-585.1:1. Transitional Rate Period: review of rates, terms and conditions for utility generation facilities - A. No biennial reviews of the rates, terms, and conditions...
§ 56-585.1:2. Pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 56-249.6 and 56-585.1: Each Phase...
§ 56-585.1:3. Pilot programs for community solar development - A. As used in this section: "Eligible generation facility" means...
§ 56-585.1:4. Development of solar and wind generation and energy storage capacity in the Commonwealth - A. Prior to January 1, 2024, (i) the construction or...
§ 56-585.1:5. Pilot program for underground transmission lines - A. There is hereby established a pilot program to further...
§ 56-585.1:6. Pilot Programs to deploy electric power storage batteries - A. The Commission shall establish pilot programs under which each...
§ 56-585.1:7. Pilot program for electric generation by public schools - A. The Commission shall require a Phase II Utility as...
§ 56-585.1:8. Pilot program for municipal net energy metering - A. As used in this section: "Host account" means the...
§ 56-585.1:9. Provision of broadband capacity to unserved areas of the Commonwealth - A. Each Phase I Utility and each Phase II Utility,...
§ 56-585.1:10. (Expires December 31, 2023) Pilot program for transmission facilities serving business parks - The Virginia Economic Development Partnership shall conduct a pilot program...
§ 56-585.1:11. Development of offshore wind capacity - A. As used in this section: "Advanced clean energy buyer"...
§ 56-585.1:12. Multi-family shared solar program - A. As used in this section: "Applicable bill credit rate"...
§ 56-585.1:13. Recovery of costs associated with investment in transportation electification - Beginning July 1, 2021, any approved costs of any investor-owned...
§ 56-585.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 1193 and 1194, cl. 3.
§ 56-585.3. Regulation of cooperative rates after rate caps - A. After the expiration or termination of capped rates, the...
§ 56-585.4. Net energy metering transition provisions for electric cooperatives - Distribution electric cooperatives subject to Article 1 (§ 56-231.15 et...
§ 56-585.5. Generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources - A. As used in this section: "Accelerated renewable energy buyer"...
§ 56-585.6. Universal service fee; Percentage of Income Payment Program and Fund - A. The Commission shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing,...
§ 56-585.7. On-bill tariff program; electric cooperatives - A. As used in this section: "Cooperative" means a utility...
§ 56-586. Emergency service provider - On and after January 1, 2001, if any supplier fails...
§ 56-586.1. Electric energy emergencies - A. As used in this section, "electric energy emergency" means...
§ 56-587. Licensure of retail electric energy suppliers and persons providing other competitive services - A. As a condition of doing business in the Commonwealth,...
§ 56-588. Licensing of aggregators - A. As a condition of doing business in the Commonwealth,...
§ 56-589. Municipal and state aggregation - A. Subject to the provisions of subdivision A 3 of...
§ 56-589.1. Energy generation by public school buildings and facilities - A. A school board of a school division located in...
§ 56-590. Divestiture, functional separation and other corporate relationships - A. The Commission shall not require any incumbent electric utility...
§ 56-591. Application of antitrust laws - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to exempt or...
§ 56-592. Consumer education and marketing practices - A. The Commission shall develop an electric energy consumer education...
§ 56-592.1. Consumer education program; scope and funding - A. The Commission shall establish and implement the consumer education...
§ 56-593. Retail customers' private right of action; marketing practices - A. No entity subject to this chapter shall use any...
§ 56-594. Net energy metering provisions - A. The Commission shall establish by regulation a program that...
§ 56-594.01. Net energy metering provisions for electric cooperative service territories - A. The Commission shall establish by regulation a program that...
§ 56-594.01:1. Local facilities usage charges; electric cooperatives - A. For the purpose of this section: "Electric cooperative" or...
§ 56-594.02. Solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation; power purchase agreements; pilot programs - A. The Commission shall conduct pilot programs under which a...
§ 56-594.1. Interconnection by farms - A. As used in this section, "eligible farm" means an...
§ 56-594.2. Small agricultural generators - A. As used in this section: "Small agricultural generating facility"...
§ 56-594.3. Shared solar programs - A. As used in this section: "Applicable bill credit rate"...
§ 56-595. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 885.
§ 56-596. Consideration of economic development; report - A. In all relevant proceedings pursuant to this Act, the...
§ 56-596.1. New generating facilities utilizing energy derived from sunlight and from wind; report - It is the objective of the General Assembly that the...
§ 56-596.2. Energy efficiency programs; financial assistance for low-income customers - A. Notwithstanding subsection G of § 56-580, or any other...
§ 56-596.2:1. Incentives for energy conservation measures and solar energy equipment - A. Each Phase I and Phase II Utility, as such...
§ 56-596.3. Electric generation, transmission, and distribution; report - The Commission shall submit a report and make recommendations to...
§ 56-596.4. Electric utilities; local reliability data - A. For the purposes of this section, "Phase II Utility"...