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Code of Virginia
Title 56. Public Service Companies
Chapter 24. Electric Utility Integrated Resource Planning
7/6/2026

§ 56-597. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

"Advanced conductors" means high-temperature low-sag hardware technology that can conduct electricity across transmission lines and that demonstrates enhanced performance over traditional conductor products. "Advanced conductors" includes aluminum conductor composite core, aluminum conductor steel supported, aluminum conductor composite reinforced, thermal-resistant aluminum alloy conductor, and any similar technologies.

"Affiliate" means a person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with an electric utility.

"Electric utility" means any investor-owned public utility that provides electric energy for use by retail customers.

"Grid-enhancing technologies" means a set of technologies that maximize the transmission of electricity across the electric distribution and transmission 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.

"Integrated resource plan"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 and transmission and distribution infrastructure over the ensuing 20 years to promote reasonable prices, reliable service, energy independence, and environmental responsibility.

"Phase I Utility" and "Phase II Utility" have the same meanings as provided in subdivision A 1 of § 56-585.1.

"Retail customer" 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.

"Surplus interconnection service" means any unused or unnecessary portion of interconnection service capacity at a point of interconnection established in an interconnection agreement such that if such surplus interconnection service is utilized, the total amount of interconnection service capacity at such point of interconnection remains the same.

2008, cc. 476, 603; 2023, cc. 749, 776; 2024, c. 532; 2025, c. 551; 2026, cc. 607, 608.

The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.