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Provided, however, that by posting such information on its website, the Commission shall not be deemed to provide any guarantees or assurances concerning the bona fides of such offers or that any such offers are in conformance with the laws of the Commonwealth.B\n\nAt least once each calendar quarter, each investor-owned electric utility in the Commonwealth shall include in or on the customer bills a notice directing them to the Commission website described in subsection A. 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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 518<\/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. 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 2016, chapters 248<\/a> and 259<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79838,"section_number":"56-577","catch_line":"Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-577\/"},{"id":63919,"section_number":"56-587","catch_line":"Licensure of retail electric energy suppliers and persons providing other competitive services","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-587\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248917,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61620,"identifier":"56-245.1:2","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-245.1_2","url":"\/56-245.1_2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-245.1_2\/","token":"56\/10\/2\/56-245.1_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Customers to be notified of renewable power options","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-245.1:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall post on its website the names, telephone numbers, and available hyperlinks of suppliers of electric energy licensed to sell retail electric energy pursuant to § 56-587<\/a>, that (i) expressly state in their applications for licensure, or for any renewal thereof, that they offer electric energy supplied from renewable energy to retail customers in the Commonwealth as described in subdivision A 5 of § 56-577<\/a> and (ii) request in any such applications that they be identified on the Commission<\/span>’s website as making such offers. Provided, however, that by posting such information on its website, the Commission<\/span> shall not be deemed to provide any guarantees or assurances concerning the bona fides of such offers or that any such offers are in conformance with the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> At least once each calendar quarter, each investor-owned electric utility in the Commonwealth shall include in or on the customer bills a notice directing them to the Commission<\/span> website described in subsection A. Each investor-owned electric utility shall also feature available options for purchasing electric energy from renewable sources offered by the utility prominently on its website. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCUSTOMERS TO BE NOTIFIED OF RENEWABLE POWER OPTIONS (\u00a7 56-245.1:2)\n\nA. The Commission shall post on its website the names, telephone numbers, and\navailable hyperlinks of suppliers of electric energy licensed to sell retail\nelectric energy pursuant to § 56-587, that (i) expressly state in their\napplications for licensure, or for any renewal thereof, that they offer electric\nenergy supplied from renewable energy to retail customers in the Commonwealth as\ndescribed in subdivision A 5 of § 56-577 and (ii) request in any such\napplications that they be identified on the Commission’s website as making\nsuch offers. Provided, however, that by posting such information on its website,\nthe Commission shall not be deemed to provide any guarantees or assurances\nconcerning the bona fides of such offers or that any such offers are in\nconformance with the laws of the Commonwealth.\n\nB. At least once each calendar quarter, each investor-owned electric utility in\nthe Commonwealth shall include in or on the customer bills a notice directing\nthem to the Commission website described in subsection A. Each investor-owned\nelectric utility shall also feature available options for purchasing electric\nenergy from renewable sources offered by the utility prominently on its website.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, c. 518; 2016, cc. 248, 259.","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}}