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V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1147 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter IV - Net Energy Metering|§ 1147. Utilization of renewable technologies by electric utility

 (a) The utility shall develop a plan to minimize dependence on one fuel source and to ensure that the electric energy it sells to consumers is generated using a diverse range of fuels and technologies where feasible and cost effective, including renewable technologies. (b) Each electric utility shall develop and implement a ten-year implementation plan to increase the efficiency of its energy generation. The plan must include provisions for an increasing reliance upon renewable energies where they are available.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1148 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter IV - Net Energy Metering|§ 1148. Interconnection

 Interconnection, as it relates to this subchapter, must be done in accordance with the Utility’s adopted interconnection procedures. The Commission may take such action as is necessary to enforce this section.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1149 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter IV - Net Energy Metering|§ 1149. Expiration of program

 The net metering program expires January 1, 2025, for a customer-generator that has a generating capacity larger than 10 kilowatts residential.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1151 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter V - Research and Development|§ 1151. General goals of program

 (a) In order to achieve the purposes of this chapter, the Director shall conduct programs for energy research, development, demonstration and commercial application with the general goals of- (1) increasing the efficiency of all energy intensive sectors through conservation and improved technologies; (2) promoting diversity of energy supplies; (3) decreasing the dependency of the Virgin Islands on imported fossil fuel energy supplies; and (4) improving energy security of the Virgin Islands. (b) In carrying out this chapter, the Director shall implement programs and publish reports that provide for: (1) Energy efficiency for buildings, energy-consuming industries, and vehicles; (2) Electric energy generation, transmission and storage; and (3) Renewable energy technologies, including wind power, photovoltaics, solar thermal systems, geothermal energy, biomassed systems, hydrogen-fuelled systems, biofuels and hydropower. (c) In the preparation of the reports identified in subsection (b) the Director shall solicit input from industry, institutions of higher education, and other public sources.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1152 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter V - Research and Development|§ 1152. Reliance upon renewable energy technologies

 (a) The peak demanded generating capacity of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority must be derived from technologies utilizing renewable energy as defined in section 1101(f) of this title and as follows: 20% by January 1, 2015; 25% by January 1, 2020; and 30% by January 1, 2025; and the percentage thereafter must increase until a majority of the generating capacity of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority is derived from renewable or alternative energy technologies. (b) Deleted.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1153 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter V - Research and Development|§ 1153. Updating of Comprehensive Energy Plan of the Virgin Islands

 (a) The Governor of the Virgin Islands shall facilitate the establishment of the “Comprehensive Energy Plan of the Virgin Islands” as required by 48 U.S.C. 1492, in conjunction with the Secretary of [the] Interior and the United States Secretary of Energy. (b) The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority shall coordinate with the Governor the reduction of dependence on energy imports to the maximum extent feasible and the protection of power transmission and distribution lines from damage from hurricanes and shall apply for available federal grant monies to bury power transmission and distribution lines. The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority shall apply for the funds for feasibility studies and project implementation authorized by 48 U.S.C. 1492 and report to the Governor and the Legislature as to any local matching funds that may be required for the federal grants.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1154 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VI - Solar and Wind Energy Systems|§ 1154. Declaration of findings and policy

 The Legislature declares that it is in the public interest to develop and expand solar and wind energy systems to meet the present and future energy needs of the Virgin Islands. The owner of a solar or wind energy system would be permitted to negotiate for assurance of the continued access to the owner's energy source.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1155 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VI - Solar and Wind Energy Systems|§ 1155. Definitions

 (a) “Solar or Wind Energy Systems” means any system that converts, stores, collects protects, or distributes the energy of the sun or wind into mechanical, chemical or electrical energy to provide power generation for the heating of water, the heating of cooling of buildings or other structures, and other similar purpose. (b) “Small Wind Energy System” means a wind energy conversion system consisting of a wind turbine tower, and associated control or conversation electronics, which has rated capacity to be determined by regulation. (c) “Utility Scale Energy System” means a wind energy conversation system consisting of a wind turbine tower and associated control or conversation electronics which has rated capacity above small wind energy system, to be determined by regulation.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1156 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VI - Solar and Wind Energy Systems|§ 1156. Prohibited conveyances for solar and wind systems

 (a) Any covenant, condition, or restriction contained in any deed, contract, mortgage, security instrument, or other instrument pertaining to a conveyance, sale or transfer of real property or interest therein which prohibits or unreasonably limits the installation or use of a solar or wind energy shall be void and unenforceable. (b) A covenant, condition, or restriction is considered “unreasonable” for the purpose of this chapter if the covenant, condition or restriction increases the cost and expense of the solar or wind energy system to its owner or user, or it decreases its efficiency, or otherwise effectively discourages the installation or use of a solar or wind energy system.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1157 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VI - Solar and Wind Energy Systems|§ 1157. Energy system height limitation

 Notwithstanding the provisions of title 29 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, a tower used in a solar or wind energy system is limited in height only by regulations for small wind energy system and by FAA regulations for utility scale energy systems.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1161 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VII - Feed-in Tariff|§ 1161. Short title

 This subchapter may be cited as “The Feed-in Tariff Act”.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1162 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VII - Feed-in Tariff|§ 1162. Purpose

 The purpose of the Tariff established in section 1164 is to: (1) Allow all Virgin Islanders the opportunity to participate in renewable energy generation by requiring that the Utility purchase such energy at a fair and reasonable price; (2) Authorize the Commission to determine and set the rates at which energy shall be purchased from qualified owners under the power purchase agreements; (3) Protect against rising fuel costs; (4) Reduce residential and business consumers’ costs for electricity in the Territory; (5) Stabilize the Territory’s marketplace for renewable energy; (6) Assist the Territory in achieving its goal of 20% renewable energy portfolio by Year 2015 and increasing the percentage thereafter until a majority of the Utility’s generating capacity is derived from renewable or alternative energy technologies, thereby reducing dependency on fossil fuel; (7) Positively impact job creation and economic development in the Territory by allowing FIT participation from all renewable energy technologies; (8) Protect the Territory’s environment and natural resources by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing clean air benefits; and (9) Place the Territory in a cadre of advanced renewable energy innovators.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1163 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VII - Feed-in Tariff|§ 1163. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter: (a) “Adequate renewable energy development” means a rate of development necessary to accomplish the renewable energy objectives and standards in title 12 V.I.C., chapter 23. (b) “Avoided costs” means the incremental costs to an electric utility of electric energy which, but for the purchase from the qualified owner or qualified owners, such utility would generate itself or purchase from another source. (c) “Capacity” means the alternating current nameplate capacity of a renewable electricity generator. (d) “Commission” means the Public Services Commission, as established by title 3 V.I.C. section 273. (e) “Feed-in Tariff Program” or “FIT Program” means an energy supply policy established under section 1164 of this subchapter which offers a long-term guarantee of payment by the Utility to a qualified owner for the actual amount of electricity produced and fed into the grid. (f) “Qualified Owner” means the individual or entity that owns or leases the renewable electricity generator located or to be located on real property within the Territory which may be owned, leased or licensed by the Qualified Owner. (g) “Renewable energy” has the same meaning as established in section 1101(i) of this title. (h) “Renewable electricity generator” means a single generator that uses only one type of renewable energy. (i) “Solar photovoltaic system” has the same meaning as established in section 1101(n) of this title. (j) “Utility” means the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority or other regulated public utility that sells electrical power to the public in the Virgin Islands. (k) “Utility compliance costs” means all costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Utility to interconnect the renewable electricity generator to the Utility’s Grid, including but not limited to system upgrades; interconnection studies; design, engineering, construction costs; and the Commission’s costs for investigations pursuant to 30 V.I.C. § 25.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1164 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VII - Feed-in Tariff|§ 1164. Tariff established

 A tariff is established when a qualified owner enters into a power purchase agreement with the utility for renewable energy generation projects through grid interconnection. The utility purchases actual electrical energy generated by qualified owners’ projects at a percentage discount to the avoided cost of the Utility as set by the Commission.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1166 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VII - Feed-in Tariff|§ 1166. Limitations on aggregate renewable energy

 (a) A Utility shall enter into power purchase agreements pursuant to this subchapter with owners of renewable electricity generators until such time as the aggregate amount of renewable electricity generated or to be generated in that district by renewable electricity generators pursuant to this subchapter, and net metering systems, pursuant to subchapter IV, total: (1) On the Islands of St. Thomas, St. John and Water Island and other territorial offshore keys and islands, an aggregate capacity of 10 MWs; (2) On the Island of St. Croix an aggregate capacity of 5 MWs. (b) A Feed-in Tariff system operating pursuant to this subchapter must be greater than 10kw and smaller than 500kw of installed capacity, to allow as many entities as practicable to receive the benefits afforded by the FIT Program. (c) Power purchase agreements must be offered on a first-come, first-served basis until owner customer generators within each island have reached the aggregate capacity for that island.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1167 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VII - Feed-in Tariff|§ 1167. Meter installation and cost recovery

 (a) Meter installation. The utility shall supply, at no cost to the qualified owner, a meter or such other properly calibrated and tested device, as is needed to monitor and record the amount of power, in kilowatt hours, generated by the renewable electricity generator and delivered to the utility’s distribution system or grid. The utility shall remain liable for payments due to the qualified owner for periods during which any meter that is supplied by the utility is not functioning properly. Any discrepancy on the reading of the utility’s meter must be resolved by the Commission, if the discrepancy is not resolved by the utility and the qualified owner within 30 days after notice of the discrepancy by the qualified owner to the utility. (b) Cost recovery. The Commission shall require the utility to file rate schedules containing provisions for the automatic adjustment of charges for utility service in direct relation to the cost of electricity purchased from renewable electricity generators pursuant to the tariff established less than 30 V.I.C., sections 1 through 44 and all other costs required to comply with this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 1168 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 23 - Renewable and Alternative Energy|Subchapter VII - Feed-in Tariff|§ 1168. Alternative energy systems as chattel or real property

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no renewable electricity system, whether affixed to structures or improvements on real property or otherwise, may be deemed to be real property or a fixture of real property, and therefore may be conveyed or encumbered only as are other items of chattel. (b) For purposes of hazard, windstorm, flood, liability and other insurance purposes, solar energy and other renewable energy equipment must be considered, absent express exclusions, fixtures included in any policy of insurance which provides insurance coverage for the real property or improvements to which they are affixed. All insurers that expressly exclude solar energy and other renewable energy equipment shall offer a rider to other policies of insurance offered, for coverage of solar energy equipment at reasonable rates.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter I - Unfair Trade Practices|§ 101. Unfair trade practices prohibited

 No person shall engage in any deceptive or unconscionable trade practice in the sale, lease, rental or loan or in the offering for sale, lease, rental, or loan of any consumer goods or services, or in the collection of consumer debts.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter I - Unfair Trade Practices|§ 103. Regulations

 (a) The Director may adopt such rules and regulations, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 35 of Title 3 of this Code, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, including regulations defining specific deceptive or unconscionable trade practices. (b) Such rules and regulations may supplement but shall not be inconsistent with the rules, regulations and decisions of the Federal Trade Commission and the federal courts in interpreting the provisions of section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1)), the Uniform Commercial Code, and the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 105 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter I - Unfair Trade Practices|§ 105. Settlements

 (a) In lieu of instituting or continuing an action pursuant to this chapter, the Director may accept written assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice in violation of this chapter from the person or persons who have engaged in such acts or practices. Such assurance shall include a stipulation for voluntary payment by the violator of the costs of investigation by the Director and shall also include a stipulation for the restitution by the violator to consumers, of money, property or other things received from them in connection with a violation of this chapter, including money necessarily expended in the course of making and pursuing a complaint to the Director. All settlements shall be made a matter of public record. (b) If such stipulation applies to consumers who have been affected by the violator's practices but have not yet complained to the Director, the assurance must be approved by the court, which shall direct the minimum means by which potential claimants shall be notified of the stipulation. A consumer need not accept restitution pursuant to such a stipulation; however, his acceptance shall bar recovery of any other damages in any action by him against the defendant or defendants on account of the same acts or practices. (c) Violation of an assurance entered into pursuant to this section shall be treated as a violation of this chapter, and shall be subject to all penalties provided herein.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 106 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter I - Unfair Trade Practices|§ 106. Class actions

 (a) The Director may, in addition to other remedies provided in this chapter, bring a class action on behalf of consumers where appropriate for the actual damages caused by an act or practice declared by law or rule as violating this chapter. (b) On motion of the Director and without bond in action under this section, the court may make appropriate orders, including appointment of a receiver to reimburse consumers found to have been damaged, or to carry out a transaction in accordance with the consumer's reasonable expectations, or to strike or limit the application of unconscionable clauses of contracts to avoid an unconscionable result, or to grant other appropriate relief. The court may assess the expenses of a receiver against a merchant. (c) If a merchant shows by a preponderance of the evidence that a violation of this subchapter resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid the error, recovery under this section is limited to the amount, if any, by which the merchant was unjustly enriched by the violation. (d) If an act or practice that violates this chapter unjustly enriches a merchant and damages can be computed with reasonable certainty, damages recoverable on behalf of consumers who cannot be located with due diligence shall escheat to the Government of the United States Virgin Islands. (e) No action may be brought by the Director under this section more than two years after the occurrence of a violation of this chapter, or more than one year after the last payment in a consumer transaction involved in a violation of this chapter, whichever is later.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 107 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter I - Unfair Trade Practices|§ 107. Coordination with other agencies

 (a) If the Director receives a complaint or other information relating to noncompliance with this chapter by a merchant who is subject to other supervision or regulation by another department or agency of the Government, the Director shall inform the official or agency having that supervision. The Director may request information about such merchants from the official or agency. (b) The Director and any other governmental official or agency in the United States Virgin Islands having supervisory or regulatory authority over a merchant shall consult and assist each other in maintaining compliance with this chapter. Within the scope of their authority, they may jointly or separately make investigations, prosecute suit, and take other official action they consider appropriate.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 110 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter I - Unfair Trade Practices|§ 110. Permitted practices

 The provisions of this chapter shall be construed so as to supplement the rules, regulations, and decisions of the Federal Trade Commission and judicial interpretation of 15 U.S.C. sec. 45(a)(1), of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 120 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter II - Sales Advertising|§ 120. Definitions

 For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) “Advertisement” means any public offer of merchandise with the purpose of attracting the attention of the consumer, whether through the press, handbills or other publications, radio, television, or any other informative media. (2) “Merchandise” means any article of commerce usually sold directly to the consumer.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 121 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter II - Sales Advertising|§ 121. Prohibited practices

 The following specific acts or practices in the advertisement of merchandise to the consumer are prohibited: (1) The publication or distribution of advertisements in which merchandise is offered at a special price, making reference also to a regular price for the same merchandise, when the advertised regular price is not the one at which usually and ordinarily such article has been sold by the advertiser during the regular course of its business. (2) Making reference in any advertisement to list prices or prices suggested by the manufacturer or distributor of merchandise, except when such price is strictly the prevailing price in the marketing and sales of such merchandise to the consumer. (3) The advertisement of merchandise for sale at a price marked as a special one or at a price implicitly giving the impression of a savings in relation to a list price or a regular price of that merchandise, even though no other price is mentioned, if the price advertised as a special one is substantially similar to the price at which the merchandise is ordinarily and usually sold.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 122 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter II - Sales Advertising|§ 122. Enforcement

 The Consumer Services Administration shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter.