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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61620</law_id><section_number>56-245.1:2</section_number><catch_line>Customers to be notified of renewable power options</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="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Heat, Light, Power, Water and Other Utility Companies Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Services, Rates, Charges, Etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall post on its website the names, telephone numbers, and available hyperlinks of suppliers of electric energy licensed to sell retail electric energy pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Licensure of retail electric energy suppliers and persons providing other competitive services" href="/56-587/">56-587</a>, that (i) expressly state in their applications for licensure, or for any renewal thereof, that they offer electric energy supplied from renewable energy to retail customers in the Commonwealth as described in subdivision A 5 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs" href="/56-577/">56-577</a> and (ii) request in any such applications that they be identified on the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s website as making such offers. Provided, however, that by posting such information on its website, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall not be deemed to provide any guarantees or assurances concerning the bona fides of such offers or that any such offers are in conformance with the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-224966" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-245.1_2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> At least once each calendar quarter, each investor-owned electric utility in the Commonwealth shall include in or on the customer bills a notice directing them to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> website described in subsection A. Each investor-owned electric utility shall also feature available options for purchasing electric energy from renewable sources offered by the utility prominently on its website. <a id="paragraph-224967" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-245.1_2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2008, c. 518; 2016, cc. 248, 259.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
