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In establishing such targets, the Commission shall seek to optimize energy efficiency and the health and safety benefits of utility energy efficiency programs.B\n\nIn advance of the effective date of such annual energy efficiency targets, the first of which shall be for 2025, the Commission shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing, initiate proceedings to establish such targets and the appropriate retail sales against which the energy efficiency targets will be measured. In setting such targets, the Commission shall consider the impact and savings of energy efficiency programs authorized by subdivision C 2 of § 10.1-1330. The Commission shall also consider federal loan guarantees, grant funds, and rebates made available pursuant to the federal Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169) or other similar federal legislation that facilitates energy efficiency projects.C\n\nFor the time period 2028 through 2030, the Commission shall review and, at its discretion, revise such minimum annual targets to ensure continued consistency with the provisions of this section. All savings from low-income energy efficiency programs shall be applied to the energy efficiency savings set forth in subsection B of § 56-596.2.D\n\nIn providing such low-income energy efficiency programs, Phase II Utilities shall make best efforts to coordinate such energy efficiency programs with any health and safety upgrades provided through energy efficiency programs authorized by subdivision C 2 of § 10.1-1330, when reasonably feasible to do so and at the utility’s sole discretion.E\n\nFor the purposes of this act, “Phase II Utility” has the same meaning as provided in subdivision A 1 of § 56-585.1.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253267,"text":"The Commission shall establish for Phase II Utilities annual energy efficiency savings targets for customers who are low-income, elderly, disabled, or veterans of military service to be achieved through utility energy efficiency programs (low-income energy efficiency savings programs) designed to benefit such customers, provided that each year’s target shall be measured by the total combined kilowatt-hour savings achieved by electric utility energy efficiency and demand response programs and measures installed for such customers in that program year, as well as savings still being achieved by measures and programs implemented for such customers in prior years, and that such annual targets shall be at least one percent of the average annual energy retail sales by that utility to those customers, to the extent that the potential exists and is reasonably achievable as determined by the Commission. 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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 728<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":74339,"section_number":"10.1-1330","catch_line":" Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1330\/"},{"id":67687,"section_number":"56-585.1","catch_line":"Generation, distribution, and transmission rates after capped rates terminate or expire","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-585.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":250839,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70146,"identifier":"56-596.2:2","token":"56\/23\/56-596.2_2","url":"\/56-596.2_2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-596.2_2\/","token":"56\/23\/56-596.2_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Expires January 1, 2031) Energy efficiency savings targets for certain customers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-596.2:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall establish for Phase II Utilities annual energy efficiency savings targets for customers who are low-income, elderly, disabled, or veterans of military service to be achieved through utility energy efficiency programs<\/span> (low-income energy efficiency savings programs) designed to benefit such customers, provided that each year’s target shall be measured by the total combined kilowatt-hour savings achieved by electric utility<\/span> energy efficiency and demand response<\/span> programs and measures installed for such customers in that program year, as well as savings still being achieved by measures and programs implemented for such customers in prior years, and that such annual targets shall be at least one percent of the average annual energy retail sales by that utility to those customers, to the extent that the potential exists and is reasonably achievable as determined by the Commission<\/span>. In establishing such targets, the Commission<\/span> shall seek to optimize energy efficiency and the health and safety benefits of utility energy efficiency programs<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In advance of the effective date of such annual energy efficiency targets, the first of which shall be for 2025, the Commission<\/span> shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing<\/span>, initiate proceedings to establish such targets and the appropriate retail sales against which the energy efficiency targets will be measured. In setting such targets, the Commission<\/span> shall consider the impact and savings of energy efficiency programs<\/span> authorized by subdivision C 2 of § 10.1-1330<\/a>. The Commission<\/span> shall also consider federal loan guarantees, grant funds, and rebates made available pursuant to the federal Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169) or other similar federal legislation that facilitates energy efficiency projects. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> For the time period 2028 through 2030, the Commission<\/span> shall review and, at its discretion, revise such minimum annual targets to ensure continued consistency with the provisions of this section. All savings from low-income energy efficiency programs<\/span> shall be applied to the energy efficiency savings set forth in subsection B of § 56-596.2<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> In providing such low-income energy efficiency programs<\/span>, Phase II Utilities shall make best efforts to coordinate such energy efficiency programs<\/span> with any health and safety upgrades provided through energy efficiency programs<\/span> authorized by subdivision C 2 of § 10.1-1330<\/a>, when reasonably feasible to do so and at the utility’s sole discretion. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> For the purposes of this act, “Phase II Utility<\/span>” has the same meaning as provided in subdivision A 1 of § 56-585.1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EXPIRES JANUARY 1, 2031) ENERGY EFFICIENCY SAVINGS TARGETS FOR CERTAIN\nCUSTOMERS (\u00a7 56-596.2:2)\n\nA. The Commission shall establish for Phase II Utilities annual energy\nefficiency savings targets for customers who are low-income, elderly, disabled,\nor veterans of military service to be achieved through utility energy efficiency\nprograms (low-income energy efficiency savings programs) designed to benefit\nsuch customers, provided that each year’s target shall be measured by the\ntotal combined kilowatt-hour savings achieved by electric utility energy\nefficiency and demand response programs and measures installed for such\ncustomers in that program year, as well as savings still being achieved by\nmeasures and programs implemented for such customers in prior years, and that\nsuch annual targets shall be at least one percent of the average annual energy\nretail sales by that utility to those customers, to the extent that the\npotential exists and is reasonably achievable as determined by the Commission.\nIn establishing such targets, the Commission shall seek to optimize energy\nefficiency and the health and safety benefits of utility energy efficiency\nprograms.\n\nB. In advance of the effective date of such annual energy efficiency targets,\nthe first of which shall be for 2025, the Commission shall, after notice and\nopportunity for hearing, initiate proceedings to establish such targets and the\nappropriate retail sales against which the energy efficiency targets will be\nmeasured. In setting such targets, the Commission shall consider the impact and\nsavings of energy efficiency programs authorized by subdivision C 2 of §\n10.1-1330. The Commission shall also consider federal loan guarantees, grant\nfunds, and rebates made available pursuant to the federal Inflation Reduction\nAct (P.L. 117-169) or other similar federal legislation that facilitates energy\nefficiency projects.\n\nC. For the time period 2028 through 2030, the Commission shall review and, at\nits discretion, revise such minimum annual targets to ensure continued\nconsistency with the provisions of this section. All savings from low-income\nenergy efficiency programs shall be applied to the energy efficiency savings set\nforth in subsection B of § 56-596.2.\n\nD. In providing such low-income energy efficiency programs, Phase II Utilities\nshall make best efforts to coordinate such energy efficiency programs with any\nhealth and safety upgrades provided through energy efficiency programs\nauthorized by subdivision C 2 of § 10.1-1330, when reasonably feasible to\ndo so and at the utility’s sole discretion.\n\nE. For the purposes of this act, “Phase II Utility” has the same\nmeaning as provided in subdivision A 1 of § 56-585.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 728.","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}}