CODE OF VIRGINIA

HEIGHT OF ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION LINES OVER AGRICULTURAL LAND (§ 56-256.1)

Unless placement at a greater height is required pursuant to § 56-466 or other
applicable law, any electric distribution line that is installed, either as a
new line or as a replacement for an existing line, on or after July 1, 2018, by
or for an electric utility upon or over land upon which agricultural operations,
as defined in § 3.2-300, are conducted shall be placed at a height that is not
less than the minimum height requirement that applies to the placement of
electric distribution lines above road crossings.

HISTORY: 2018, c. 354.