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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 454<\/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":75233,"section_number":"56-232","catch_line":"Public utility and schedules defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-232\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248741,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59566,"identifier":"56-232.3","token":"56\/10\/1\/56-232.3","url":"\/56-232.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-232.3\/","token":"56\/10\/1\/56-232.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of service by certain gas distribution companies to federal, state and local governmental facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-232.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 56-232<\/a>, the Commission<\/span> shall regulate, to the same extent as it regulates other public utility service, the utility service furnished to any federal, state or local governmental facility by a natural gas distribution company<\/span> for which a service area has been determined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission<\/span>, or its predecessor, under Section 717(f)(1) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. \u00a7 717 et seq.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF SERVICE BY CERTAIN GAS DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES TO FEDERAL, STATE\nAND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES (\u00a7 56-232.3)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 56-232, the Commission shall regulate, to\nthe same extent as it regulates other public utility service, the utility\nservice furnished to any federal, state or local governmental facility by a\nnatural gas distribution company for which a service area has been determined by\nthe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or its predecessor, under Section\n717(f)(1) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. \u00a7 717 et seq.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 454.","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}}