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SENATE BILL NO. 745 Offered January 22, 2016 A BILL to amend and reenact § 56-245.1:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electric utilities; notice of renewable power options. ---------- Patron-- Wagner ---------- Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 56-245.1:2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 56-245.1:2. Customers to be notified of renewable power options.

Beginning January 1, 2009, at At least once each calendar quarter, each investor-owned electric utility in the Commonwealth shall include in or on the customer bills a notice directing them to a toll-free telephone number or Internet website that will provide information on the all options available to purchase electric energy both provided from renewable energy sources by the utility and 100 percent renewable energy sources from the utility or from any supplier of electric energy licensed to sell retail electric energy within the applicable service territory, pursuant to subdivision A 5 of § 56-577. The notice shall include instructions for purchasing electric energy from both renewable sources provided by the utility and 100 percent renewable energy sources from the utility or other licensed supplier of electric energy, as well as information on each type and approximate percentage of renewable resource used to fulfill each option's electricity generation and the location of each generating source. The option shall be exercisable, at the customer's option, either via the company's Internet website or toll-free telephone number. Each investor-owned electric utility shall also feature available options for purchasing electric energy from both renewable sources and 100 percent renewable energy sources prominently on its Internet site website.