                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATE TO OPERATE IN TERRITORY OF ANOTHER CERTIFICATE HOLDER (§ 56-265.4)

Except as provided in § 56-265.4:4, no certificate shall be granted to an
applicant proposing to operate in the territory of any holder of a certificate
unless and until it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Commission that
the service rendered by such certificate holder in such territory is inadequate
to the requirements of the public necessity and convenience; and if the
Commission shall be of opinion that the service rendered by such certificate
holder in such territory is in any respect inadequate to the requirements of the
public necessity and convenience, such certificate holder shall be given
reasonable time and opportunity to remedy such inadequacy before any certificate
shall be granted to an applicant proposing to operate in such territory. For the
purposes of this section, the transportation of natural gas by pipeline, without
providing service to end users within the territory, shall not be considered
operating in the territory of another certificate holder.

HISTORY: 1950, p. 600; 1984, c. 382; 2014, cc. 467, 507.