                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RATE INCREASES IN CERTAIN MONTHS PROHIBITED; PHASE I UTILITY (§ 56-596.5)

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the rates for electric generation
and distribution services by a Phase I Utility, as defined in subdivision A 1 of
&#xA7; 56-585.1, shall not be increased during the months of November through
February.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the months of November
through February, no new rate adjustment clause shall be applied to a Phase I
Utility&#8217;s residential customers&#8217; bills and no existing rate
adjustment clause applicable to such customers&#8217; bills shall be increased.
The Commission&#8217;s final order regarding any petition for a rate adjustment
clause that results in an increase to residential customer rates, including any
petition filed pursuant to subdivision A 4, 5, or 6 of &#xA7; 56-585.1 or &#xA7;
56-585.1:15, 56-585.5, or 56-585.6, issued between September 1 and December 31
shall direct that the applicable rate adjustment clause be applied to
customers&#8217; bills beginning on March 1 of the following year.

HISTORY: 2025, cc. 497, 597.