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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54473</law_id><section_number>56-596.4</section_number><catch_line>Electric utilities; local reliability data</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="23">Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For the purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Phase II Utility</span>&#x201D; has the same meaning as provided in subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Generation, distribution, and transmission rates after capped rates terminate or expire" href="/56-585.1/">56-585.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-199940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-596.4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon request of a locality located within the service territory of a <span class="dictionary">Phase II Utility</span>, a <span class="dictionary">Phase II Utility</span> shall provide local reliability data within 30 days of such request. The data provided to the locality shall be limited in scope to the particular locality that made the request. Such data provided by the utility shall include standard reliability metrics used in accordance with industry-recognized electric reliability standards (IEEE 1366), including data from the System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), the System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI), the Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI), and the Customer Average Interruption Frequency Index (CAIFI). The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall include in the report required pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Electric generation, transmission, and distribution; report" href="/56-596.3/">56-596.3</a> such industry standard reliability metrics for each <span class="dictionary">Phase II Utility</span> and a description of any infrastructure investments made by each <span class="dictionary">Phase II Utility</span> to improve electric service reliability over the relevant reporting period. <a id="paragraph-199941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-596.4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2022, c. 653.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
