Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act
This is Chapter 23 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act.” It is part of Title 56, titled “Public Service Companies.” It’s comprised of the following 30 sections.
- § 56-576
- Definitions
- § 56-577
- Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs
- § 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- Repealed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- Repealed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
- § 56-585.2
- Sale of electricity from renewable sources through a renewable energy portfolio standard program
- § 56-585.3
- Regulation of cooperative rates after rate caps
- § 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
- § 56-590
- 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
- § 56-594.1
- Interconnection by farms
- § 56-595
- Repealed
- § 56-596
- Consideration of economic development; report