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If, from any rural territory not now being served, application be made to the Commission<\/span> by a group of five or more persons<\/span>, natural or artificial, to require an extension of electric service to such territory, the Commission<\/span> shall, if necessary to accomplish the purposes sought, fix a time for hearing<\/span> such application, on such terms and conditions as the Commission<\/span> may prescribe, and, if it be established to the satisfaction of the Commission<\/span> that a proper guaranteed revenue for a sufficient number of years will accrue to any company<\/span> which may be required to construct the desired extension, and that a reasonable investment will accrue to the company<\/span> constructing such extension, then the Commission<\/span> is hereby authorized and empowered to require the nearest or most advantageously located electric utility company<\/span> to such territory to construct such extension to such point or points in such territory and to serve such customer or customers therein, as in its judgment<\/span> is right and proper.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXTENSION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO TERRITORY NOT BEING SERVED (\u00a7 56-255)\n\nIf, from any rural territory not now being served, application be made to the\nCommission by a group of five or more persons, natural or artificial, to require\nan extension of electric service to such territory, the Commission shall, if\nnecessary to accomplish the purposes sought, fix a time for hearing such\napplication, on such terms and conditions as the Commission may prescribe, and,\nif it be established to the satisfaction of the Commission that a proper\nguaranteed revenue for a sufficient number of years will accrue to any company\nwhich may be required to construct the desired extension, and that a reasonable\ninvestment will accrue to the company constructing such extension, then the\nCommission is hereby authorized and empowered to require the nearest or most\nadvantageously located electric utility company to such territory to construct\nsuch extension to such point or points in such territory and to serve such\ncustomer or customers therein, as in its judgment is right and proper.\n\nHISTORY: 1936, p. 1056; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 4057(24).","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}}