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2016 SESSION
16105311DBe 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 A. The Commission
shall post on its website the names, telephone numbers, and available
hyperlinks of suppliers of electric energy licensed to sell retail electric
energy pursuant to § 56-587, that (i) expressly state in their applications for
licensure, or for any renewal thereof, that they offer electric energy supplied
from renewable energy to retail customers in the Commonwealth as described in
subdivision A 5 of § 56-577 and (ii) request in any such applications that they
be identified on the Commission’s website as making such offers. Provided,
however, that by posting such information on its website, the Commission shall
not be deemed to provide any guarantees or assurances concerning the bona fides
of such offers or that any such offers are in conformance with the laws of the
Commonwealth.
B. 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 options to purchase
electric energy provided from 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 renewable
sources from the utility or other licensed supplier of electric energy. The
option shall be exercisable, at the customer's option, either via the company's
Internet website or toll-free telephone number the Commission website
described in subsection A. Each investor-owned electric utility shall also
feature available options for purchasing electric energy from renewable sources
offered by the utility prominently on its Internet site
website.