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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 807<\/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":[{"id":67321,"section_number":"56-15","catch_line":" Permits to place poles, wires, etc., in roads and streets in certain counties; charge therefor","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-15\/"},{"id":77234,"section_number":"56-17","catch_line":" Right of one public service corporation to cross the works of another; cost","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-17\/"},{"id":79586,"section_number":"56-259","catch_line":" Rights-of-way, etc., may be contracted for; location of easements of public service corporations","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-259\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76134,"section_number":"15.2-102","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-102\/"},{"id":63006,"section_number":"33.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-100\/"},{"id":56954,"section_number":"33.2-319","catch_line":"Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-319\/"},{"id":62779,"section_number":"33.2-324","catch_line":"Secondary state highway system; composition","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-324\/"},{"id":54611,"section_number":"56-49","catch_line":"Powers","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-49\/"},{"id":62210,"section_number":"56-576","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-576\/"}],"permalink":{"id":250939,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57707,"identifier":"56-614","token":"56\/29\/56-614","url":"\/56-614\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-614\/","token":"56\/29\/56-614","dublin_core":{"Title":" Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-614","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Distribution facilities<\/span>” includes poles and wires, or cables, or pipelines or other underground conduits by which a renewable generator<\/span> is able to (i) supply electricity generated at its renewable energy facility<\/span> to the electric distribution grid, (ii) distribute steam generated at its renewable energy facility<\/span> to customers, or (iii) supply landfill gas it collects to customers or a natural gas distribution or transmission pipeline.\n\t\t“Locality<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in \u00a7 15.2-102<\/a>.\n\t\t“Public highway” means, for purposes of computing the public rights-of-way use fee<\/span>, the centerline mileage of highways and streets that are part of the primary state highway system as defined in \u00a7 33.2-100<\/a>, the secondary state highway system as defined in \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-100<\/a> and 33.2-324<\/a>, the highways of those cities and certain towns defined in \u00a7 33.2-319<\/a>, and the highways and streets maintained and operated by counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary system of state highways under the provisions of \u00a7 11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932 and that have not elected to return.\n\t\t“Public rights-of-way use fee<\/span>” means the fee chargeable to a renewable generator<\/span> for the occupation and use of public streets, roads, highways, works, turnpikes, streets, avenues, and alleys in the Commonwealth by a locality<\/span> or the Commonwealth Transportation Board for a renewable generator<\/span> for its distribution facilities<\/span>.\n\t\t“Renewable energy facility<\/span>” means (i) an electrical generation facility that produces not more than 2 megawatts peak net power output to the distribution grid, which electricity is generated only from a renewable energy source<\/span>; (ii) a steam reduction facility with a rated capacity of not more than 5,000 mmBtus per hour that produces steam only from a renewable energy source<\/span>; or (iii) a solid waste management facility permitted by the Department of Environmental Quality from which landfill gas is transmitted or distributed off premises.\n\t\t“Renewable energy source<\/span>” means energy derived from any source specified in the definition of renewable energy in \u00a7 56-576<\/a>.\n\t\t“Renewable generator<\/span>” means a person<\/span> that (i) does not have the power of a public service corporation<\/span> to acquire rights-of-way, easements, or other interests in lands as provided in \u00a7 56-49<\/a> and (ii) operates a renewable energy facility<\/span>.\n\t\t“Restrictions or requirements concerning the use of the public rights-of-way<\/span>” includes permitting processes; requirements regarding notice, time, and location of excavations and repair work; enforcement of the statewide building code; and inspections but does not include any existing franchise fee or public rights-of-way use fee<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n DEFINITIONS (\u00a7 56-614)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Distribution facilities” includes poles and wires, or cables, or\npipelines or other underground conduits by which a renewable generator is able\nto (i) supply electricity generated at its renewable energy facility to the\nelectric distribution grid, (ii) distribute steam generated at its renewable\nenergy facility to customers, or (iii) supply landfill gas it collects to\ncustomers or a natural gas distribution or transmission pipeline.\n\t\t“Locality” means the same as that term is defined in \u00a7 15.2-102.\n\t\t“Public highway” means, for purposes of computing the public\nrights-of-way use fee, the centerline mileage of highways and streets that are\npart of the primary state highway system as defined in \u00a7 33.2-100, the\nsecondary state highway system as defined in \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-100 and 33.2-324, the\nhighways of those cities and certain towns defined in \u00a7 33.2-319, and the\nhighways and streets maintained and operated by counties that have withdrawn or\nelect to withdraw from the secondary system of state highways under the\nprovisions of \u00a7 11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932 and that have\nnot elected to return.\n\t\t“Public rights-of-way use fee” means the fee chargeable to a\nrenewable generator for the occupation and use of public streets, roads,\nhighways, works, turnpikes, streets, avenues, and alleys in the Commonwealth by\na locality or the Commonwealth Transportation Board for a renewable generator\nfor its distribution facilities.\n\t\t“Renewable energy facility” means (i) an electrical generation\nfacility that produces not more than 2 megawatts peak net power output to the\ndistribution grid, which electricity is generated only from a renewable energy\nsource; (ii) a steam reduction facility with a rated capacity of not more than\n5,000 mmBtus per hour that produces steam only from a renewable energy source;\nor (iii) a solid waste management facility permitted by the Department of\nEnvironmental Quality from which landfill gas is transmitted or distributed off\npremises.\n\t\t“Renewable energy source” means energy derived from any source\nspecified in the definition of renewable energy in \u00a7 56-576.\n\t\t“Renewable generator” means a person that (i) does not have the\npower of a public service corporation to acquire rights-of-way, easements, or\nother interests in lands as provided in \u00a7 56-49 and (ii) operates a renewable\nenergy facility.\n\t\t“Restrictions or requirements concerning the use of the public\nrights-of-way” includes permitting processes; requirements regarding\nnotice, time, and location of excavations and repair work; enforcement of the\nstatewide building code; and inspections but does not include any existing\nfranchise fee or public rights-of-way use fee.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 807, \u00a7 67-1100; 2021, Sp. 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