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Every public utility shall file with, and as a part of, such schedules, copies of all rules and regulations that in any manner affect the rates charged or to be charged.B\n\nThe Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for (i) any retail telephone service classified by the Commission to be competitive and (ii) any other retail telephone service not found by the Commission prior to January 1, 2011, to be a basic local exchange telephone service.C\n\nAs of July 1, 2013, the Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for any or all retail telephone services.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":218634,"text":"Unless the Commission determines otherwise, every public utility shall be required to file with the Commission and to keep open to public inspection schedules showing rates and charges, either for itself, or joint rates and charges between itself and any other public utility. Every public utility shall file with, and as a part of, such schedules, copies of all rules and regulations that in any manner affect the rates charged or to be charged.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":218635,"text":"The Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for (i) any retail telephone service classified by the Commission to be competitive and (ii) any other retail telephone service not found by the Commission prior to January 1, 2011, to be a basic local exchange telephone service.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":218636,"text":"As of July 1, 2013, the Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for any or all retail telephone services.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14465,"edition_id":1,"name":"Services, Rates, Charges, Etc","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13238,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:13","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:13","permalink":{"id":248755,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14465,"identifier":"2","token":"56\/10\/2","url":"\/56\/10\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13238,"edition_id":1,"name":"Heat, Light, Power, Water and Other Utility Companies Generally","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12881,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:30","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:30","permalink":{"id":248721,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13238,"identifier":"10","token":"56\/10","url":"\/56\/10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12881,"edition_id":1,"name":"Public Service Companies","identifier":"56","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":248473,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12881,"identifier":"56","token":"56","url":"\/56\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":87361,"structure_id":14465,"section_number":"56-234","catch_line":"Duty to furnish adequate service at reasonable and uniform rates","url":"\/56-234\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-234","metadata":false},{"id":74382,"structure_id":14465,"section_number":"56-234.1","catch_line":"Liability to customer for violation of duty to determine and charge lowest rate applicable","url":"\/56-234.1\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-234.1","metadata":false},{"id":56457,"structure_id":14465,"section_number":"56-234.2","catch_line":"Review of rates","url":"\/56-234.2\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-234.2","metadata":false},{"id":78493,"structure_id":14465,"section_number":"56-234.3","catch_line":"Approval of expenditures for and monitoring of new generation facilities and projected operation programs of electric utilities","url":"\/56-234.3\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-234.3","metadata":false},{"id":72152,"structure_id":14465,"section_number":"56-234.4","catch_line":"Authority to investigate utility operations to determine efficiency","url":"\/56-234.4\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-234.4","metadata":false},{"id":84236,"structure_id":14465,"section_number":"56-234.5","catch_line":"Required disclosure by certain officers and directors of certain utilities","url":"\/56-234.5\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-234.5","metadata":false},{"id":77453,"structure_id":14465,"section_number":"56-235","catch_line":"When Commission may fix rates, schedules, etc.; 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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 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0738\">738<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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":57569,"section_number":"56-237","catch_line":"How changes in rates effected; notice required; changes to be indicated on schedules","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-237\/"},{"id":67487,"section_number":"56-237.2","catch_line":"Public hearings on protests or objections to rate changes","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-237.2\/"},{"id":80068,"section_number":"56-238","catch_line":"Suspension of proposed rates, etc.; investigation; effectiveness of rates pending investigation and subject to bond; fixing reasonable rates, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-238\/"},{"id":64527,"section_number":"56-240","catch_line":"Proposed rates, etc., or changes thereof, not suspended effective subject to later change by Commission; refund or credit; appeal; investor-owned public utilities required to show increase complies with \u00a7 56-235.2","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-240\/"},{"id":83780,"section_number":"56-250","catch_line":"Commission may authorize action by public utility in time of emergency or shortage; plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-250\/"},{"id":59777,"section_number":"56-265.13:7","catch_line":"Regulation by State Corporation Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.13_7\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":248845,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59697,"identifier":"56-236","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-236","url":"\/56-236\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-236\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-236","dublin_core":{"Title":"Public utilities required to file schedules of rates and charges; rules and regulations; when detariffing of telephone services to be permitted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-236","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> determines otherwise, every public utility shall be required to file with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> and to keep open to public inspection <span class=\"dictionary\">schedules<\/span> showing <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span> and charges, either for itself, or joint <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span> and charges between itself and any other public utility. Every public utility shall file with, and as a part of, such <span class=\"dictionary\">schedules<\/span>, copies of all rules and regulations that in any manner affect the <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span> charged or to be charged. <a id=\"paragraph-218634\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/56-236\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall permit, but may not <span class=\"dictionary\">mandate<\/span>, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span> for (i) any retail telephone service classified by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> to be competitive and (ii) any other retail telephone service not found by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> prior to January 1, 2011, to be a basic <span class=\"dictionary\">local exchange telephone service<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-218635\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/56-236\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> As of July 1, 2013, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall permit, but may not <span class=\"dictionary\">mandate<\/span>, the detariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or <span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span> for any or all retail telephone services. <a id=\"paragraph-218636\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/56-236\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC UTILITIES REQUIRED TO FILE SCHEDULES OF RATES AND CHARGES; RULES AND\nREGULATIONS; WHEN DETARIFFING OF TELEPHONE SERVICES TO BE PERMITTED (\u00a7 56-236)\n\nA. Unless the Commission determines otherwise, every public utility shall be\nrequired to file with the Commission and to keep open to public inspection\nschedules showing rates and charges, either for itself, or joint rates and\ncharges between itself and any other public utility. Every public utility shall\nfile with, and as a part of, such schedules, copies of all rules and regulations\nthat in any manner affect the rates charged or to be charged.\n\nB. The Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the detariffing of any or\nall terms, conditions, or rates for (i) any retail telephone service classified\nby the Commission to be competitive and (ii) any other retail telephone service\nnot found by the Commission prior to January 1, 2011, to be a basic local\nexchange telephone service.\n\nC. As of July 1, 2013, the Commission shall permit, but may not mandate, the\ndetariffing of any or all terms, conditions, or rates for any or all retail\ntelephone services.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4066; 1918, p. 674; 1924, p. 538; 1927, p. 123; 2011, cc.\n738, 740.","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}}