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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 507<\/a> and 681<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79770,"section_number":"45.2-1800","catch_line":" Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1800\/"},{"id":85807,"section_number":"45.2-1802","catch_line":" Division of Offshore Wind established","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1802\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":225075,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72701,"identifier":"45.2-1803","token":"45.2\/V\/18\/2\/45.2-1803","url":"\/45.2-1803\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1803\/","token":"45.2\/V\/18\/2\/45.2-1803","dublin_core":{"Title":" Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1803","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“Developer<\/span>” means any private developer<\/span> of an offshore wind energy project<\/span>.\n\t\t“Offshore wind energy project<\/span>” means a wind-powered electric energy facility, including tower, turbine, and associated equipment, located off the coast of the Commonwealth beyond the Commonwealth’s three-mile jurisdictional limit, and includes interests in land, improvements, and ancillary facilities.\n\t\t“Transmission study<\/span>” means a study to determine the potential interconnection options to accommodate multiple offshore wind energy projects<\/span> in the Hampton Roads region<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n DEFINITIONS (\u00a7 45.2-1803)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Developer” means any private developer of an offshore wind energy\nproject.\n\t\t“Offshore wind energy project” means a wind-powered electric\nenergy facility, including tower, turbine, and associated equipment, located off\nthe coast of the Commonwealth beyond the Commonwealth’s three-mile\njurisdictional limit, and includes interests in land, improvements, and\nancillary facilities.\n\t\t“Transmission study” means a study to determine the potential\ninterconnection options to accommodate multiple offshore wind energy projects in\nthe Hampton Roads region.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 507, 681, \u00a7 67-1200; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}