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Such regulations shall allow the electric utility to recover all of the costs that are identified by the electric utility and determined by the Commission to be related to the provision of the stand-by service, including but not limited to the costs of transformers and other equipment required to provide stand-by service and the costs of capacity and generation, including but not limited to fuel costs.B\n\nWithin 90 days following the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection A, each public utility providing electric service in the Commonwealth shall submit a plan setting forth how the utility will comply with the regulations if it does not already have stand-by provisions approved by the Commission that comply with the regulations. 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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 745<\/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":62210,"section_number":"56-576","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-576\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248801,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80899,"identifier":"56-235.1:1","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-235.1_1","url":"\/56-235.1_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-235.1_1\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-235.1_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rates for stand-by electric service at renewable cogeneration facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-235.1:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall adopt regulations pursuant to its rules of practice and procedure that require an electric utility to provide a rate<\/span> for stand-by service to customers that operate a cogeneration facility in the Commonwealth that generates renewable energy, as defined in § 56-576<\/a>. Such regulations shall allow the electric utility to recover all of the costs that are identified by the electric utility and determined by the Commission<\/span> to be related to the provision of the stand-by service, including but not limited to the costs of transformers and other equipment required to provide stand-by service and the costs of capacity and generation, including but not limited to fuel costs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Within 90 days following the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection A, each public utility providing electric service in the Commonwealth shall submit a plan setting forth how the utility will comply with the regulations if it does not already have stand-by provisions approved by the Commission<\/span> that comply with the regulations. The Commission<\/span> shall, after notice and the opportunity for hearing<\/span>, determine whether a utility’s plan complies with the regulations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRATES FOR STAND-BY ELECTRIC SERVICE AT RENEWABLE COGENERATION FACILITIES (\u00a7\n56-235.1:1)\n\nA. The Commission shall adopt regulations pursuant to its rules of practice and\nprocedure that require an electric utility to provide a rate for stand-by\nservice to customers that operate a cogeneration facility in the Commonwealth\nthat generates renewable energy, as defined in § 56-576. Such regulations\nshall allow the electric utility to recover all of the costs that are identified\nby the electric utility and determined by the Commission to be related to the\nprovision of the stand-by service, including but not limited to the costs of\ntransformers and other equipment required to provide stand-by service and the\ncosts of capacity and generation, including but not limited to fuel costs.\n\nB. Within 90 days following the effective date of the regulations adopted\npursuant to subsection A, each public utility providing electric service in the\nCommonwealth shall submit a plan setting forth how the utility will comply with\nthe regulations if it does not already have stand-by provisions approved by the\nCommission that comply with the regulations. The Commission shall, after notice\nand the opportunity for hearing, determine whether a utility’s plan\ncomplies with the regulations.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 745.","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}}