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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 939<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapters 1191<\/a> and 1192<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224921,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74963,"identifier":"45.2-1705","token":"45.2\/V\/17\/3\/45.2-1705","url":"\/45.2-1705\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1705\/","token":"45.2\/V\/17\/3\/45.2-1705","dublin_core":{"Title":" Legislative findings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1705","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The General Assembly hereby finds that:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Energy is essential to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth and to the Commonwealth’s economy; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The government of the Commonwealth should facilitate the availability and delivery of reliable and adequate supplies of energy to industrial, commercial, and residential users at reasonable costs so that such users and the Commonwealth’s economy are able to be productive; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The Commonwealth would benefit from articulating clear objectives pertaining to energy issues<\/span>, adopting an energy policy that advances such objectives, and establishing a procedure for measuring the implementation of such policy; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Climate change is an urgent and pressing challenge for the Commonwealth. Swift decarbonization and a transition to clean energy are required to meet the urgency of the challenge; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The Commonwealth will benefit from being a leader in deploying a low-carbon energy economy. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS (\u00a7 45.2-1705)\n\nThe General Assembly hereby finds that:\n\n1. Energy is essential to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the\nCommonwealth and to the Commonwealth’s economy;\n\n2. The government of the Commonwealth should facilitate the availability and\ndelivery of reliable and adequate supplies of energy to industrial, commercial,\nand residential users at reasonable costs so that such users and the\nCommonwealth’s economy are able to be productive;\n\n3. The Commonwealth would benefit from articulating clear objectives pertaining\nto energy issues, adopting an energy policy that advances such objectives, and\nestablishing a procedure for measuring the implementation of such policy;\n\n4. Climate change is an urgent and pressing challenge for the Commonwealth.\nSwift decarbonization and a transition to clean energy are required to meet the\nurgency of the challenge; and\n\n5. The Commonwealth will benefit from being a leader in deploying a low-carbon\nenergy economy.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 939, \u00a7 67-100; 2020, cc. 1191, 1192; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}