CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONS NOT DESIGNATED AS PUBLIC UTILITY, PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION, ETC (§
56-1.2)

The terms public utility, public service corporation, or public service company,
as used in Chapters 1 (§ 56-1 et seq.), 10 (§ 56-232 et seq.), 10.1 (§
56-265.1 et seq.), and 10.2:1 (§ 56-265.13:1 et seq.) of this title, shall not
refer to:

   1.  Any person who owns or operates property and provides electricity, natural
   gas, water, or sewer service to residents or tenants on the property, provided
   that (i) the electricity, natural gas, water or sewer service provided to the
   residents or tenants is purchased by the person from a public utility, public
   service corporation, public service company, or person licensed by the
   Commission as a competitive provider of energy services, or a county, city or
   town, or other publicly regulated political subdivision or public body, (ii)
   the person or his agent charges to the resident or tenant on the property only
   that portion of the person’s utility charges for the electricity,
   natural gas, water, or sewer service which is attributable to usage by the
   resident or tenant on the property, and additional service charges permitted
   by § 55-226.2, and (iii) the person maintains three years’ billing
   records for such charges; or

   2.  Any person who is not a public service corporation and who provides
   electric vehicle charging service at retail. The ownership or operation of a
   facility at which electric vehicle charging service is sold, and the selling
   of electric vehicle charging service from that facility, does not render the
   person a public utility, public service corporation, or public service company
   as used in Chapters 1 (§ 56-1 et seq.), 10 (§ 56-232 et seq.), 10.1 (§
   56-265.1 et seq.), and 10.2:1 (§ 56-265.13:1 et seq.) solely because of that
   sale, ownership, or operation.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 265; 1999, c. 778; 2000, c. 994; 2003, c. 355; 2011, c. 408.