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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 20. Public Utilities And Telecommunications
Agency 5. State Corporation Commission
Chapter 315. Regulations Governing Net Energy Metering
11/7/2024

20VAC5-315-30. Company notification.

A. A prospective agricultural net metering customer, a prospective net metering customer, or a prospective small agricultural generator (hereinafter referred to as "customer") shall submit a completed commission-approved notification form to the electric distribution company and, if different from the electric distribution company, to the energy service provider, according to the time limits in this subsection. If the electric distribution company or energy service provider has an electronic notification submittal system in place that captures identical information and implements the same process flow as the commission-approved form then such electronic system shall be acceptable for use in place of the commission-approved form for the purposes of this section.

If the prospective customer has contracted with another person to own or operate, or both, the generator, then the notice will include detailed, current, and accurate contact information for the owner or operator, or both, including without limitation, the name and title of one or more individuals responsible for the interconnection and operation of the generator, a telephone number, a physical street address other than a post office box, a fax number, and an email address for each such person.

1. A residential customer shall notify its supplier prior to starting any construction or installation of an electrical generating facility, or adding capacity to an existing electrical generating facility. The residential customer shall receive approval from the electric distribution company prior to interconnecting the new or expanded electrical generating facility. The electric distribution company shall have 30 days from the date of notification to determine whether the requirements contained in 20VAC5-315-40 have been met. The date of notification shall be considered to be the third day following the mailing of the notification form by the prospective customer.

2. A nonresidential customer shall notify its supplier prior to starting any construction or installation of an electrical generating facility or adding capacity to an existing electrical generating facility. The nonresidential customer shall receive approval from the electric distribution company prior to interconnecting the new or expanded electrical generating facility. The electric distribution company shall have 60 days from the date of notification to determine whether the requirements contained in 20VAC5-315-40 have been met. The date of notification shall be considered to be the third day following the mailing of the notification form by the prospective customer.

B. Thirty-one days after the date of notification for a residential customer, and 61 days after the date of notification for a nonresidential customer, the prospective customer may interconnect and begin operation of the generating facility unless the electric distribution company or the energy service provider requests a waiver of this requirement under the provisions of 20VAC5-315-80 prior to the 31st or 61st day, respectively. In cases where the electric distribution company or energy service provider requests a waiver, a copy of the request for waiver must be mailed simultaneously by the requesting party to the prospective customer and to the commission's Division of Public Utility Regulation.

C. The electric distribution company shall file with the commission's Division of Public Utility Regulation a copy of each completed notification form within 30 days of final interconnection.

Statutory Authority

§§ 12.1-13 and 56-594 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 20, eff. May 25, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 21, Issue 18, eff. April 26, 2005; Volume 23, Issue 3, eff. September 26, 2006; Volume 30, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2014; Volume 32, Issue 9, eff. December 28, 2015; Volume 34, Issue 13, eff. February 1, 2018; Volume 36, Issue 14, eff. March 1, 2020.

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