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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76998</law_id><section_number>1-208.1</section_number><catch_line>Carbon-free energy; clean energy</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Common Law and Rules of Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Rules of Construction and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Carbon-free energy</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">clean energy</span>&#x201D; includes electric energy generated from a source that does not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during the process of generating the electric energy, including electric energy generated by the conversion of sunlight, wind, falling water, wave <span class="dictionary">motion</span>, tides, geothermal, <span class="dictionary">fusion energy</span>, or nuclear energy. <a id="paragraph-276352" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/1-208.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">fusion energy</span>&#x201D; means the energy generated through the process of fusing together atomic nuclei. <a id="paragraph-276353" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/1-208.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 811; 2025, cc. 140, 154.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
