                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026) DEFINITIONS (§ 56-597)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Advanced conductors&#8221; means high-temperature low-sag hardware
technology that can conduct electricity across transmission lines and that
demonstrates enhanced performance over traditional conductor products.
&#8220;Advanced conductors&#8221; includes aluminum conductor composite core,
aluminum conductor steel supported, aluminum conductor composite reinforced,
thermal-resistant aluminum alloy conductor, and any similar technologies.
		&#8220;Affiliate&#8221; means a person that controls, is controlled by, or is
under common control with an electric utility.
		&#8220;Electric utility&#8221; means any investor-owned public utility that
provides electric energy for use by retail customers, except investor-owned
utilities subject to the provisions of § 56-585.8.
		&#8220;Grid-enhancing technologies&#8221; means a set of technologies that
maximize the transmission of electricity across the electric distribution grid
in a manner that ensures grid reliability and safeguards the cybersecurity and
physical security of the electric distribution grid, including storage as a
transmission asset, dynamic line rating, power flow control, and topology
optimization.
		&#8220;Integrated resource plan&#8221; or &#8220;IRP&#8221; means a document
developed by an electric utility that provides a forecast of its load
obligations and a plan to meet those obligations by supply side and demand side
resources over the ensuing 15 years to promote reasonable prices, reliable
service, energy independence, and environmental responsibility.
		&#8220;Retail customer&#8221; means any person that purchases retail electric
energy for its own consumption at one or more metering points or non-metered
points of delivery located in the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 2008, cc. 476, 603; 2023, cc. 749, 776; 2024, c. 532; 2025, c. 551.