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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 476<\/a> and 603<\/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. 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 2020, chapter 1190<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":84117,"section_number":"45.2-1706.1","catch_line":" Commonwealth Clean Energy Policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1706.1\/"},{"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":250865,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54490,"identifier":"56-598","token":"56\/24\/56-598","url":"\/56-598\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-598\/","token":"56\/24\/56-598","dublin_core":{"Title":" Contents of integrated resource plans","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-598","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An IRP<\/span> should:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Integrate, over the planning period, the electric utility<\/span>’s forecast of demand for electric generation supply with recommended plans to meet that forecasted demand and assure adequate and sufficient reliability of service, including:\n\t\t\ta. Generating electricity from generation facilities that it currently operates or intends to construct or purchase;\n\t\t\tb. Purchasing electricity from affiliates<\/span> and third parties;\n\t\t\tc. Reducing load growth and peak demand growth through cost-effective demand reduction programs; and\n\t\t\td. Utilizing energy storage facilities to help meet forecasted demand and assure adequate and sufficient reliability of service; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Identify a portfolio of electric generation supply resources, including purchased and self-generated electric power, that:\n\t\t\ta. Consistent with § 56-585.1<\/a>, is most likely to provide the electric generation supply needed to meet the forecasted demand, net of any reductions from demand side programs, so that the utility will continue to provide reliable service at reasonable prices over the long term; and\n\t\t\tb. Will consider low cost energy\/capacity available from short-term or spot market transactions, consistent with a reasonable assessment of risk with respect to both price and generation supply availability over the term of the plan; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Reflect a diversity of electric generation supply and cost-effective demand reduction contracts<\/span> and services so as to reduce the risks associated with an over-reliance on any particular fuel or type of generation demand and supply resources and be consistent with the Commonwealth’s energy policies as set forth in § 45.2-1706.1<\/a>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Include such additional information as the Commission<\/span> requests pertaining to how the electric utility<\/span> intends to meets its obligation to provide electric generation service for use by its retail customers<\/span> over the planning period. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n CONTENTS OF INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANS (\u00a7 56-598)\n\nAn IRP should:\n\n1. Integrate, over the planning period, the electric utility’s forecast of\ndemand for electric generation supply with recommended plans to meet that\nforecasted demand and assure adequate and sufficient reliability of service,\nincluding:\n\t\t\ta. Generating electricity from generation facilities that it currently\noperates or intends to construct or purchase;\n\t\t\tb. Purchasing electricity from affiliates and third parties;\n\t\t\tc. Reducing load growth and peak demand growth through cost-effective demand\nreduction programs; and\n\t\t\td. Utilizing energy storage facilities to help meet forecasted demand and\nassure adequate and sufficient reliability of service;\n\n2. Identify a portfolio of electric generation supply resources, including\npurchased and self-generated electric power, that:\n\t\t\ta. Consistent with § 56-585.1, is most likely to provide the electric\ngeneration supply needed to meet the forecasted demand, net of any reductions\nfrom demand side programs, so that the utility will continue to provide reliable\nservice at reasonable prices over the long term; and\n\t\t\tb. Will consider low cost energy\/capacity available from short-term or spot\nmarket transactions, consistent with a reasonable assessment of risk with\nrespect to both price and generation supply availability over the term of the\nplan;\n\n3. Reflect a diversity of electric generation supply and cost-effective demand\nreduction contracts and services so as to reduce the risks associated with an\nover-reliance on any particular fuel or type of generation demand and supply\nresources and be consistent with the Commonwealth’s energy policies as set\nforth in § 45.2-1706.1; and\n\n4. Include such additional information as the Commission requests pertaining to\nhow the electric utility intends to meets its obligation to provide electric\ngeneration service for use by its retail customers over the planning period.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, cc. 476, 603; 2020, c. 1190; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 327.","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}}