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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 874<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62015,"section_number":"56-231.50:1","catch_line":"Separation of regulated and unregulated businesses","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-231.50_1\/"},{"id":87361,"section_number":"56-234","catch_line":"Duty to furnish adequate service at reasonable and uniform rates","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-234\/"},{"id":67793,"section_number":"56-245","catch_line":"Temporary increase in rates","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-245\/"},{"id":86344,"section_number":"56-247","catch_line":"Commission may change regulations, measurements, practices, services, or acts","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-247\/"},{"id":69021,"section_number":"56-249","catch_line":"Reports by utilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-249\/"},{"id":55635,"section_number":"56-249.6","catch_line":"Recovery of fuel and purchased power costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-249.6\/"}],"permalink":{"id":251481,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77460,"identifier":"56-231.50","token":"56\/9.1\/2\/56-231.50","url":"\/56-231.50\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-231.50\/","token":"56\/9.1\/2\/56-231.50","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation by State Corporation Commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-231.50","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The regulated utility services<\/span> and operations of any cooperative<\/span> organized under this article shall be subject to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commission<\/span> in the same manner and to the same extent as are all other providers of such regulated utility services<\/span> under the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth; but with regard to sales of energy<\/span> at wholesale, no cooperative<\/span> shall be subject to the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 56-234<\/a> through 56-245<\/a>, 56-247<\/a> and 56-249<\/a> through 56-249.6<\/a>. With regard to business activities which are not regulated utility services<\/span>, no cooperative<\/span> shall be subject to the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 56-234<\/a> through 56-245<\/a> and 56-249<\/a> through 56-249.6<\/a>. All other business activities of a cooperative<\/span> and its affiliates<\/span> shall be subject to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commission<\/span> to the extent provided by \u00a7 56-231.50:1<\/a> and any other applicable laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION BY STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION (\u00a7 56-231.50)\n\nThe regulated utility services and operations of any cooperative organized under\nthis article shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission in the same\nmanner and to the same extent as are all other providers of such regulated\nutility services under the laws of this Commonwealth; but with regard to sales\nof energy at wholesale, no cooperative shall be subject to the provisions of\n\u00a7\u00a7 56-234 through 56-245, 56-247 and 56-249 through 56-249.6. With regard to\nbusiness activities which are not regulated utility services, no cooperative\nshall be subject to the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 56-234 through 56-245 and 56-249\nthrough 56-249.6. All other business activities of a cooperative and its\naffiliates shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission to the extent\nprovided by \u00a7 56-231.50:1 and any other applicable laws of this Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 874.","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}}