78651156-1.2Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Public Service CompaniesGeneral ProvisionsIn GeneralPersons not designated as public utility, public service corporation, etc1993, c. 265; 1999, c. 778; 2000, c. 994; 2003, c. 355; 2011, c. 408.Penley v. Island Creek Coal Co.Record No. 0666-88-3381 S.E.2d 2311989-06-06https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1340868/penley-v-island-creek-coal-co/ . . . § 65.1-56 and is inconsistent with Code § 65.1-56.1.[2] For the reasons that *233 follow we . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/56-1.2/56-1Definitions/56-1/56-232Public utility and schedules defined/56-232/56-265.1Definitions/56-265.1/56-265.13:1Short title/56-265.13:1//56-1.2/56/1/1/56-1.213.1-62055-248.456-265.4:6The 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:section1 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.section222