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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 555<\/a> and 556<\/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 2023, chapters 720<\/a> and 721<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76574,"section_number":"22.1-350","catch_line":"Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium created; region defined; governing board","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-350\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224979,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57550,"identifier":"45.2-1717","token":"45.2\/V\/17\/6\/45.2-1717","url":"\/45.2-1717\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1717\/","token":"45.2\/V\/17\/6\/45.2-1717","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Effective until July 1, 2029) Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1717","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority<\/span>” means the Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority<\/span> established pursuant to this article.\n\t\t“Coal mine methane<\/span>” means methane gas captured and produced from an underground gob area associated with a mined-out coal seam that would otherwise escape into the atmosphere.\n\t\t“Developer<\/span>” means any private developer<\/span> of an energy development project<\/span>.\n\t\t“Energy development project<\/span>” means any activity that generates, produces, or stores energy, any energy efficiency system, and any supporting ancillary activities located within Southwest Virginia and includes interests in land, improvements, and ancillary facilities and research, development, commercialization, and deployment activities designated by the Authority<\/span> to the nonprofit collaborative<\/span>.\n\t\t“Nonprofit collaborative<\/span>” means a multi-site nonprofit innovative energy technology testbed established as a collaborative effort of the Department<\/span> of Energy, the Authority<\/span>, and the Authority<\/span>’s business partners to support the Authority<\/span>’s purpose through energy technology research, development, commercialization, and deployment.\n\t\t“Southwest Virginia” means the region of the Commonwealth designated as Southwest Virginia in \u00a7 22.1-350<\/a>.\n\t\t“Southwest Virginia Energy Park<\/span>” means the nonprofit collaborative<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2029) DEFINITIONS (\u00a7 45.2-1717)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority” means the Southwest Virginia Energy Research and\nDevelopment Authority established pursuant to this article.\n\t\t“Coal mine methane” means methane gas captured and produced from\nan underground gob area associated with a mined-out coal seam that would\notherwise escape into the atmosphere.\n\t\t“Developer” means any private developer of an energy development\nproject.\n\t\t“Energy development project” means any activity that generates,\nproduces, or stores energy, any energy efficiency system, and any supporting\nancillary activities located within Southwest Virginia and includes interests in\nland, improvements, and ancillary facilities and research, development,\ncommercialization, and deployment activities designated by the Authority to the\nnonprofit collaborative.\n\t\t“Nonprofit collaborative” means a multi-site nonprofit innovative\nenergy technology testbed established as a collaborative effort of the\nDepartment of Energy, the Authority, and the Authority’s business partners\nto support the Authority’s purpose through energy technology research,\ndevelopment, commercialization, and deployment.\n\t\t“Southwest Virginia” means the region of the Commonwealth\ndesignated as Southwest Virginia in \u00a7 22.1-350.\n\t\t“Southwest Virginia Energy Park” means the nonprofit\ncollaborative.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, cc. 555, 556, \u00a7 67-1600; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387; 2023, cc.\n720, 721.","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}}