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The Commission shall make a determination of whether the customers’ facilities are located within a territory for which a certificate has been granted, or, as of the time of the Commission’s receipt of the notice provided hereunder, within any area, territory, or jurisdiction served by a municipal corporation that provided gas distribution service as of January 1, 1992, and shall prohibit the furnishing of gas service to any facility so located. The Commission shall provide notice of such plans to furnish gas service to all public utilities providing gas service in the Commonwealth. Within sixty days of such notice, any public utility so notified may make application to the Commission to provide such service. If an application is filed, the Commission shall determine, after a public hearing, which company shall furnish the gas service.B\n\nIn the event a gas utility is issued a certificate to serve the area where customers to whom service is being provided pursuant to this section are located, the gas utility shall have the right, subject to existing contracts regarding gas service to such customers and to the gas utility’s effective transportation tariff, to acquire any facilities installed to serve such customers, at a price to be mutually agreed upon, or if not so agreed, at a price to be determined by the Commission.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217565,"text":"Any company desiring to make an exempt sale, transmission or service under subdivision (b) (4) of § 56-265.1 shall notify the Commission of its plans for furnishing such gas service. 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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 488 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 1990 \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 1992, chapter 476.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85772,"section_number":"56-265.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85772,"section_number":"56-265.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59368,"identifier":"56-265.4:5","token":"56\/10.1\/56-265.4_5","url":"\/56-265.4_5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-265.4_5\/","token":"56\/10.1\/56-265.4_5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Furnishing gas service to commercial and industrial customers in an area not certificated for public utility gas service","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-265.4:5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any company<\/span> desiring to make an exempt sale, transmission or service under subdivision (b) (4) of § 56-265.1<\/a> shall notify the Commission<\/span> of its plans for furnishing such gas service. The Commission<\/span> shall make a determination of whether the customers’ facilities are located within a territory for which a certificate has been granted, or, as of the time of the Commission<\/span>’s receipt of the notice provided hereunder, within any area, territory, or jurisdiction<\/span> served by a municipal corporation<\/span> that provided gas distribution service as of January 1, 1992, and shall prohibit the furnishing of gas service to any facility so located. The Commission<\/span> shall provide notice of such plans to furnish gas service to all public utilities providing gas service in the Commonwealth. Within sixty days of such notice, any public utility<\/span> so notified may make application to the Commission<\/span> to provide such service. If an application is filed, the Commission<\/span> shall determine, after a public hearing<\/span>, which company<\/span> shall furnish the gas service. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In the event a gas utility is issued a certificate to serve the area where customers to whom service is being provided pursuant to this section are located, the gas utility shall have the right, subject to existing contracts<\/span> regarding gas service to such customers and to the gas utility’s effective transportation tariff, to acquire any facilities installed to serve such customers, at a price to be mutually agreed upon, or if not so agreed, at a price to be determined by the Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFURNISHING GAS SERVICE TO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS IN AN AREA NOT\nCERTIFICATED FOR PUBLIC UTILITY GAS SERVICE (\u00a7 56-265.4:5)\n\nA. Any company desiring to make an exempt sale, transmission or service under\nsubdivision (b) (4) of § 56-265.1 shall notify the Commission of its plans\nfor furnishing such gas service. The Commission shall make a determination of\nwhether the customers’ facilities are located within a territory for which\na certificate has been granted, or, as of the time of the Commission’s\nreceipt of the notice provided hereunder, within any area, territory, or\njurisdiction served by a municipal corporation that provided gas distribution\nservice as of January 1, 1992, and shall prohibit the furnishing of gas service\nto any facility so located. The Commission shall provide notice of such plans to\nfurnish gas service to all public utilities providing gas service in the\nCommonwealth. Within sixty days of such notice, any public utility so notified\nmay make application to the Commission to provide such service. If an\napplication is filed, the Commission shall determine, after a public hearing,\nwhich company shall furnish the gas service.\n\nB. In the event a gas utility is issued a certificate to serve the area where\ncustomers to whom service is being provided pursuant to this section are\nlocated, the gas utility shall have the right, subject to existing contracts\nregarding gas service to such customers and to the gas utility’s effective\ntransportation tariff, to acquire any facilities installed to serve such\ncustomers, at a price to be mutually agreed upon, or if not so agreed, at a\nprice to be determined by the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 488; 1992, c. 476.","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}}