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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 382; in 2014, chapters 467<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75556,"section_number":"56-265.2","catch_line":"Certificate of convenience and necessity required for acquisition, etc., of new facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.2\/"},{"id":59749,"section_number":"56-265.4:1","catch_line":"Furnishing of electric public utility service or provision of facilities therefor by municipal corporations and other governmental bodies","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.4_1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55350,"section_number":"56-265.4:4","catch_line":"Certificate to operate as a telephone utility","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.4_4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249149,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64018,"identifier":"56-265.4","token":"56\/10.1\/56-265.4","url":"\/56-265.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-265.4\/","token":"56\/10.1\/56-265.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificate to operate in territory of another certificate holder","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-265.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as provided in \u00a7 56-265.4:4<\/a>, no certificate shall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate in the territory of any holder of a certificate unless and until it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Commission<\/span> that the service rendered by such certificate holder in such territory is inadequate to the requirements of the public necessity and convenience; and if the Commission<\/span> shall be of opinion<\/span> that the service rendered by such certificate holder in such territory is in any respect inadequate to the requirements of the public necessity and convenience, such certificate holder shall be given reasonable time and opportunity to remedy such inadequacy before any certificate shall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate in such territory. For the purposes of this section, the transportation of natural gas by pipeline, without providing service to end users within the territory, shall not be considered operating in the territory of another certificate holder.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATE TO OPERATE IN TERRITORY OF ANOTHER CERTIFICATE HOLDER (\u00a7 56-265.4)\n\nExcept as provided in \u00a7 56-265.4:4, no certificate shall be granted to an\napplicant proposing to operate in the territory of any holder of a certificate\nunless and until it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Commission that\nthe service rendered by such certificate holder in such territory is inadequate\nto the requirements of the public necessity and convenience; and if the\nCommission shall be of opinion that the service rendered by such certificate\nholder in such territory is in any respect inadequate to the requirements of the\npublic necessity and convenience, such certificate holder shall be given\nreasonable time and opportunity to remedy such inadequacy before any certificate\nshall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate in such territory. For the\npurposes of this section, the transportation of natural gas by pipeline, without\nproviding service to end users within the territory, shall not be considered\noperating in the territory of another certificate holder.\n\nHISTORY: 1950, p. 600; 1984, c. 382; 2014, cc. 467, 507.","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}}