§ 56-594. Net energy metering provisions
A. The Commission shall establish by regulation a program that affords eligible customer-generators the opportunity to participate in net energy metering, and a program, to begin no later than July 1, 2014, for customers of investor-owned utilities and to begin no later than July 1, 2015, and to end July 1, 2019, for customers of […]
§ 56-594.01. Net energy metering provisions for electric cooperative service territories
A. The Commission shall establish by regulation a program that affords eligible customer-generators the opportunity to participate in net energy metering in the service territory of each electric cooperative, which program shall commence on the later of July 1, 2019, or the effective date of such regulations. Such regulations shall be similar to existing regulations […]
§ 56-594.01:1. Local facilities usage charges; electric cooperatives
A. For the purpose of this section: “Electric cooperative” or “cooperative” means a utility formed under or subject to Chapter 9.1 (§ 56-231.15 et seq.) and subject to regulation as to rates and service by the Commission. “Customer” means a customer interconnected to facilities of an electric cooperative pursuant to 20VAC5-314, generating or interconnected for […]
§ 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 person that owns or operates a solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation facility located on premises owned or leased by an eligible customer-generator, as defined in § 56-594, shall be permitted to sell the electricity generated from such facility exclusively to such eligible customer-generator under a […]
§ 56-591. Application of antitrust laws
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to exempt or immunize from punishment or prosecution, conduct violative of federal antitrust laws, or the antitrust laws of this Commonwealth. 1999, c. 411.
§ 56-592. Consumer education and marketing practices
A. The Commission shall develop an electric energy consumer education program designed to provide the following information to retail customers: 1. Information regarding energy conservation, energy efficiency, demand-side management, demand response, and renewable energy; 2. Information concerning demand-side management and demand response programs offered in the Commonwealth to retail customers; 3. Information regarding the matters […]
§ 56-592.1. Consumer education program; scope and funding
A. The Commission shall establish and implement the consumer education program developed pursuant to subsection A of § 56-592. In establishing such a program, the Commission shall take into account the findings and recommendations of the subgroup on Information/Consumer Education that was established in conjunction with the Commission’s proceeding in Case PUE-2007-00049, that implemented the […]
§ 56-593. Retail customers’ private right of action; marketing practices
A. No entity subject to this chapter shall use any deception, fraud, false pretense, misrepresentation, or any deceptive or unfair practices in providing, distributing or marketing electric service. B. 1. Any person who suffers loss (i) as the result of marketing practices, including telemarketing practices, engaged in by any public service company, licensed supplier, aggregator […]
§ 56-588. Licensing of aggregators
A. As a condition of doing business in the Commonwealth, each person seeking to act as an aggregator within this Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2002, shall obtain a license from the Commission to do so. The license shall authorize that person to act as an aggregator until the license expires or is otherwise […]
§ 56-589. Municipal and state aggregation
A. Subject to the provisions of subdivision A 3 of § 56-577, counties, cities, and towns (hereafter municipalities) and other political subdivisions of the Commonwealth may, at their election and upon authorization by majority votes of their governing bodies, aggregate electrical energy and demand requirements for the purpose of negotiating the purchase of electrical energy […]