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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 125 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. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1979, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87031,"section_number":"56-249.4","catch_line":"How reports shall be filed; reports open to public; rules and regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-249.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":248973,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74508,"identifier":"56-249.3","token":"56\/10\/3\/56-249.3","url":"\/56-249.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-249.3\/","token":"56\/10\/3\/56-249.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain electric utilities to file reports in relation to fuel transactions, fuel purchases, fuel adjustment clauses, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-249.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span> shall require that public electric utilities, owning and operating generating facilities, or privately owned utilities purchasing power at wholesale for retail sales within this State, file monthly with the Commission<\/span> for its review such information as it may deem necessary, which may include the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The various types of fuels received such as coal, oil, nuclear fuel or natural gas; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The following information on fossil fuels:\n\t\t\ta. The supplier of the fossil fuel, the cost in cents per MBTU of the fuel, with a notation of whether the fuel was contracted for, purchased on the spot market or purchased from an affiliate of the electric utility;\n\t\t\tb. The quantities of the various types of fossil fuels received stated in tons of coal, barrels of oil, millions of cubic feet of natural gas;\n\t\t\tc. The average BTU content per pound, gallon or cubic foot received, whichever is applicable;\n\t\t\td. The average sulfur and ash content, where applicable, of the fuel received; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Total demurrage charges incurred at each generating plant; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Total cost of transportation incurred at each generating plant; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The quantity of fuel consumed by each generation unit in the generating plant; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> The average cost of the fossil and nuclear fuel in cents per MBTU’s consumed at each plant with and without handling charges; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> The monthly net heat rate<\/span> expressed in BTU’s per kilowatt-hour for each generating unit; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> The kilowatt-hour output delivered into the system on a monthly basis; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> The monthly net kilowatt-hour interchange; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> The monthly system kilowatt-hour sales. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO FILE REPORTS IN RELATION TO FUEL TRANSACTIONS,\nFUEL PURCHASES, FUEL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES, ETC (\u00a7 56-249.3)\n\nThe Commission shall require that public electric utilities, owning and\noperating generating facilities, or privately owned utilities purchasing power\nat wholesale for retail sales within this State, file monthly with the\nCommission for its review such information as it may deem necessary, which may\ninclude the following:\n\n1. The various types of fuels received such as coal, oil, nuclear fuel or\nnatural gas;\n\n2. The following information on fossil fuels:\n\t\t\ta. The supplier of the fossil fuel, the cost in cents per MBTU of the fuel,\nwith a notation of whether the fuel was contracted for, purchased on the spot\nmarket or purchased from an affiliate of the electric utility;\n\t\t\tb. The quantities of the various types of fossil fuels received stated in\ntons of coal, barrels of oil, millions of cubic feet of natural gas;\n\t\t\tc. The average BTU content per pound, gallon or cubic foot received,\nwhichever is applicable;\n\t\t\td. The average sulfur and ash content, where applicable, of the fuel\nreceived;\n\n3. Total demurrage charges incurred at each generating plant;\n\n4. Total cost of transportation incurred at each generating plant;\n\n5. The quantity of fuel consumed by each generation unit in the generating\nplant;\n\n6. The average cost of the fossil and nuclear fuel in cents per MBTU’s\nconsumed at each plant with and without handling charges;\n\n7. The monthly net heat rate expressed in BTU’s per kilowatt-hour for each\ngenerating unit;\n\n8. The kilowatt-hour output delivered into the system on a monthly basis;\n\n9. The monthly net kilowatt-hour interchange; and\n\n10. The monthly system kilowatt-hour sales.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 125; 1979, c. 617.","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}}