§ 56-1.3. Regulation of Voice-over-Internet protocol service
Notwithstanding any provision of law, except § 58.1-1730, to the contrary: 1. “Telecommunications service” and “telephone service” shall not include the provision of Voice-over-Internet protocol service for purposes of regulation by the Commission. 2. The Commission shall not have jurisdiction with respect to the regulation of Voice-over-Internet protocol service, including but not limited to the […]
§ 56-2. Public service corporations, etc., governed by provisions of this title
Every public service corporation heretofore or hereafter incorporated and authorized to construct, maintain, or operate, in this Commonwealth, any work of public service, and every association, person, or partnership constructing, maintaining, or operating any such work, shall be governed by the provisions of this title and Title 13.1, so far as they apply to such […]
§ 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 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 […]
§ 56-1.1. Designation as public service corporation
The State Corporation Commission may designate a business enterprise operating as a telephone or telecommunications company to be a public service corporation when, upon appropriate inquiry and public hearing, the Commission determines that the enterprise is engaged in any of the public utility services described in § 56-1. However, this section shall not apply to […]
§ 56-1. Definitions
Whenever used in this title, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Broadband connection,” for purposes of this section, means a connection where transmission speeds exceed 200 kilobits per second in at least one direction. “Commission” means the State Corporation Commission. “Corporation” or “company” includes all corporations created by acts of the General Assembly of […]