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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69790</law_id><section_number>56-577.1</section_number><catch_line>Electric utilities; retail competition; pilot program</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>56-249.6:1</reference><reference>56-249.6:2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="23">Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall conduct a pilot program under which two or more nonresidential customers that, as of February 25, 2019, had filed applications seeking to aggregate their load pursuant to subdivision A 4 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs" href="/56-577/">56-577</a> within the service territory of a Phase II Utility, as that term is defined in subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Generation, distribution, and transmission rates after capped rates terminate or expire" href="/56-585.1/">56-585.1</a>, shall be permitted to purchase electric energy from any <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> of electric energy licensed to sell electric energy within the Commonwealth, subject to the following terms, conditions, and restrictions: <a id="paragraph-252217" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-577.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A pilot program shall be conducted within the certified service territory of the Phase II Utility in which such nonresidential customers are located. <a id="paragraph-252218" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-577.1/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The aggregated load participating in the pilot program shall not exceed 200 megawatts. <a id="paragraph-252219" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-577.1/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> All customers participating in the pilot program shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of subdivision A 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs" href="/56-577/">56-577</a>, with participation in this pilot program being deemed to satisfy subdivision A 4 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs" href="/56-577/">56-577</a> and with the load set forth in each application being treated as a single, individual customer for purposes of said subdivision, and shall submit an annual report to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> by March 31 each year to demonstrate that, for the preceding calendar year, such load continued to meet the demand limitations of subdivision A 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Schedule for transition to retail competition; Commission authority; exemptions; pilot programs" href="/56-577/">56-577</a>. <a id="paragraph-252220" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-577.1/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall review the pilot program established pursuant to subsection A in 2022. <a id="paragraph-252221" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-577.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 796.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
