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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80480</law_id><section_number>56-249.1</section_number><catch_line>Commission may require transfer of gas, water or electricity by one utility to another; compensation</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="3">Powers of Commission in Relation to Service</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may require a public utility to transfer to another public utility of like business, gas, water or electricity, whenever the public health, welfare or safety shall be found to so require; provided, however, that the transferring public utility shall be compensated, at a <span class="dictionary">rate</span> fixed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, for all such deliveries by the receiving public utility.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 358.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
