                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 REIMBURSEMENT FOR RELOCATION COSTS (§ 56-618)

A. Renewable generators shall be reimbursed 100 percent of the eligible cost of
relocating distribution facilities installed in the public rights-of-way, for
the first three years after the completion of the installation, that are
incurred at the direction of a locality that imposes by ordinance the public
rights-of-way use fee or the Department of Transportation in any public
rights-of-way in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA7; 56-458 and 56-462. For the fourth
through sixth year after the completion of the installation, the renewable
generator shall be reimbursed 50 percent of the eligible cost for the relocation
of facilities installed in the public rights-of-way. Beginning in the seventh
year, the renewable generators shall be responsible for the cost of relocating
facilities installed in the public rights-of-way. Such reimbursement shall be
received from either (i) the locality that granted the permit or franchise to
use such right-of-way or (ii) the Commonwealth Transportation Board if the road
or street is in the primary state highway system or the secondary state highway
system.

B. The amount of relocation reimbursement in any fiscal year to be reimbursed
under this section shall not exceed the amount of public rights-of-way use fees
received by that locality or the Department of Transportation from the renewable
generator required to relocate its distribution facilities.

HISTORY: 2009, c. 807, § 67-1104; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.