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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 › Section 20VAC5-315-10 - Applicability and scope

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This regulation is promulgated pursuant to the provisions of
				  §§
									56-594,
				  56-594.01,
				  and
				  56-594.2
				  of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act (§
									56-576 et
				  seq. of the Code of Virginia). This chapter establishes requirements intended
				  to facilitate net energy metering for customers owning and operating, or
				  contracting with persons to own or operate, or both, electrical generators that
				  use specific types of renewable energy as the total fuel source. This chapter
				  will standardize the interconnection requirements for such facilities and will
				  govern the metering, billing, payment, and contract requirements between net
				  metering customers, electric distribution companies, and energy service
				  providers. Agricultural net metering customers are subject to the same
				  provisions as nonagricultural net metering customers unless otherwise
				  specified. On or after July 1, 2019, interconnection of eligible agricultural
				  customer-generators shall cease for member-owned electric cooperatives only,
				  and such facilities shall interconnect solely as small agricultural generators.
				  For member-owned electric cooperatives, agricultural net metering customers
				  whose agricultural renewable fuel generators were interconnected before July 1,
				  2019, may continue to participate in net energy metering for a period not to
				  exceed 25 years from the date of their agricultural renewable fuel generator's
				  original interconnection.
This chapter also establishes requirements for the
				  interconnection of small agricultural generators. Small agricultural generators
				  or agricultural renewable fuel generators may elect to interconnect as a net
				  metering customer or as small agricultural generators pursuant to
				  20VAC5-315-75,
				  but not both. Existing eligible agricultural renewable fuel generators may
				  elect to become small agricultural generators, but may not revert to being an
				  agricultural renewable fuel generator after such election.
Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13
					 and
					 56-594
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 315 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING NET ENERGY METERING › Section 20VAC5-315-30 - Company notification

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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.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 315 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING NET ENERGY METERING › Section 20VAC5-315-60 - Liability insurance

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A customer operating a generating facility with an
				  alternating current capacity not exceeding 10 kilowatts shall maintain
				  homeowners, commercial, or other insurance providing coverage in the amount of
				  at least $100,000 for the liability of the insured against loss arising out of
				  the operation of the facility, and for a generating facility with an
				  alternating current capacity exceeding 10 kilowatts such coverage shall be in
				  the amount of at least $300,000. Customers shall not be required to obtain
				  liability insurance with limits higher than that which is stated in this
				  section; nor shall such customers be required to purchase additional liability
				  insurance where the customer's existing insurance policy provides coverage
				  against loss arising out of the operation of an electrical generating facility
				  by virtue of not explicitly excluding coverage for such loss.
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-594 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 315 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING NET ENERGY METERING › Section 20VAC5-315-70 - Additional controls and tests

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An eligible customer-generator's electrical generating
				  system, and each electrical generating system of an eligible agricultural
				  customer-generator, shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards
				  established by the National Electrical Code, the Institute of Electrical and
				  Electronics Engineers, and accredited testing laboratories such as Underwriters
				  Laboratories. Beyond the requirements set forth in this chapter, and to insure
				  public safety, power quality, and reliability of the supplier's electric
				  distribution system, an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural
				  customer-generator whose electrical generating system meets those standards and
				  rules shall bear all reasonable costs of equipment required for the
				  interconnection to the supplier's electric distribution system, including
				  costs, if any, to (i) install additional controls and (ii) perform additional
				  tests.
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-594 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 315 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING NET ENERGY METERING › Section 20VAC5-315-75 - Interconnection of small agricultural generators

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A small agricultural generator electing to interconnect
				  pursuant to this section shall enter into a power purchase agreement with its
				  supplier to sell all of the electricity generated from its small agricultural
				  generating facility. The customer's supplier shall be obligated by the power
				  purchase agreement to purchase the electricity generated at a price equal to a
				  rate agreed upon by the parties that is not less than the utility's
				  commission-approved avoided cost tariff for energy and capacity.
Small agricultural generators with renewable energy
				  certificates or other environmental attributes generated by the small
				  agricultural generating facility shall have the rights described in
				  20VAC5-315-50.
Small agricultural generators shall abide by the small
				  generator interconnection process described in 20VAC5-314. Such customer shall
				  be responsible for all costs associated with any interconnection or engineering
				  studies that may be required prior to interconnection.
Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13
					 and
					 56-594
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 315 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING NET ENERGY METERING › Section 20VAC5-315-80 - Request for waivers

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Any request for a waiver of any of the provisions of this
				  chapter shall be considered by the Virginia State Corporation Commission on a
				  case-by-case basis, and may be granted upon such terms and conditions as the
				  commission may impose.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 56-594 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 315 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING NET ENERGY METERING › Form - FORMS (20VAC5-315)

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Agricultural
				  Net Metering or Net Metering Interconnection Notification, Form NMIN (eff.
				  3/2020)
Self-Certification
				  for Registration as a Third-Party Requirements Power Purchase Agreement
				  Registered Provider, Form PPAR (eff. 3/2020)
Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13
					 and
					 56-594
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 315 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING NET ENERGY METERING › Section - DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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1547, IEEE Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources
				  with Electric Power Systems, July 2003, The Institute of Electrical and
				  Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Rider G, Renewable Energy Program, Virginia Electric and
				  Power Company, January 1, 2009.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 316 - Regulations Governing Exemptions for Large General Services Customers under Section 56-585.1 A 5 c of the Code of Virginia (Repealed) › Section 20VAC5-316-10

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Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13
					 and
					 56-585.1
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 316 - Regulations Governing Exemptions for Large General Services Customers under Section 56-585.1 A 5 c of the Code of Virginia (Repealed) › Section 20VAC5-316-20

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Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13
					 and
					 56-585.1
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 316 - Regulations Governing Exemptions for Large General Services Customers under Section 56-585.1 A 5 c of the Code of Virginia (Repealed) › Section 20VAC5-316-30

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Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13
					 and
					 56-585.1
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 316 - Regulations Governing Exemptions for Large General Services Customers under Section 56-585.1 A 5 c of the Code of Virginia (Repealed) › Section 20VAC5-316-40

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Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13
					 and
					 56-585.1
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 316 - Regulations Governing Exemptions for Large General Services Customers under Section 56-585.1 A 5 c of the Code of Virginia (Repealed) › Section 20VAC5-316-50

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Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13
					 and
					 56-585.1
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 317 - RATES FOR STANDBY SERVICE FURNISHED TO CERTAIN RENEWABLE COGENERATION FACILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 56-235.1:1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA › Section 20VAC5-317-10 - Applicability and scope

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This chapter is promulgated pursuant to the provisions of §
				  56-235.1:1 of the Code of Virginia. It is applicable to (i) Virginia's electric
				  utilities ("utilities" or "utility") subject to the provisions of § 56-235.1:1
				  and (ii) utilities' customers that operate cogeneration facilities that
				  generate renewable energy, as that term is defined in § 56-576 of the Code of
				  Virginia, and desire to obtain standby service from
				  utilities.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 56-235.1:1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 317 - RATES FOR STANDBY SERVICE FURNISHED TO CERTAIN RENEWABLE COGENERATION FACILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 56-235.1:1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA › Section 20VAC5-317-20 - Duty to provide rate for standby service

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Every utility subject to the provisions of § 56-235.1:1 of
				  the Code of Virginia shall provide a rate for standby service to customers in
				  its certificated territory that operate a cogeneration facility in the
				  Commonwealth that generates renewable energy as defined in § 56-576 of the Code
				  of Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 56-235.1:1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 317 - RATES FOR STANDBY SERVICE FURNISHED TO CERTAIN RENEWABLE COGENERATION FACILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 56-235.1:1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA › Section 20VAC5-317-30 - Costs to be recovered in standby rates

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Costs to be recovered in utility rates for standby service
				  provided to cogeneration facilities generating renewable energy shall include,
				  but are not limited to, the following:
1. Customer charges , including, but not
				limited to, metering charges to recover utility costs associated with metering
				facilities, meter reading (where appropriate), processing, communication
				equipment (where appropriate), and administration.
2. Distribution service charges to recover
				utility costs associated with distribution facilities including, but not
				limited to, the costs of transformers and other distribution equipment
				necessary to provide standby service.
3. Transmission service charges to recover
				utility costs (i) for transmission services provided to the utility by the
				regional transmission entity of which the utility is a member, as determined
				under applicable rates, terms, and conditions approved by the Federal Energy
				Regulatory Commission and (ii) charged to the utility that are associated with
				demand response programs approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
				and administered by the regional transmission entity of which the utility is a
				member.
4. Electricity supply
				service charges to recover (i) utility fixed costs and nonfuel-related
				operating and maintenance expenses associated with investments in generating
				units and (ii) capacity payments associated with power purchases including, but
				not limited to, a return on the undepreciated generating unit investments,
				associated income taxes, depreciation expenses, operations and maintenance
				expenses, and property taxes.
5.
				Fuel charges to recover utility fuel costs including purchased power
				costs.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 56-235.1:1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 317 - RATES FOR STANDBY SERVICE FURNISHED TO CERTAIN RENEWABLE COGENERATION FACILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 56-235.1:1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA › Section 20VAC5-317-40

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Statutory Authority: §
											12.1-13
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 317 - RATES FOR STANDBY SERVICE FURNISHED TO CERTAIN RENEWABLE COGENERATION FACILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 56-235.1:1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA › Section 20VAC5-317-50 - Waiver

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The commission may waive any or all parts of this chapter for
				  good cause shown.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 56-235.1:1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 318 - RULES GOVERNING THE EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT, AND VERIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF UTILITY-SPONSORED DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS › Section 20VAC5-318-10 - Purpose and applicability

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A. This chapter sets forth minimum
				requirements for Virginia's electric and natural gas utilities related to
				evaluating, measuring, and verifying the effects of utility-sponsored
				demand-side management (DSM) programs consisting of demand response and energy
				efficiency measures. This chapter should not be construed as limiting the
				ability of the commission or its staff to evaluate information in addition to
				or beyond that identified in this chapter or to use evaluation processes and
				procedures beyond those contained in this chapter.
B. Effective January 1, 2018, this chapter
				shall apply to all electric and natural gas public utilities seeking commission
				approval to implement or renew a DSM program or measure.
Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13 and
					 56-585.1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 318 - RULES GOVERNING THE EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT, AND VERIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF UTILITY-SPONSORED DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS › Section 20VAC5-318-20 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Average rate schedule usage" means an average calculated
				  using all customers taking service under a rate schedule that are eligible to
				  participate in a program or measure.
"Commission" means the Virginia State Corporation
				  Commission.
"DSM" means demand-side management.
"Eligible customer" means a representative customer of the
				  utility that is eligible by rate schedule or rate class to participate in a
				  given program or measure and is capable of participating in that program or
				  measure.
"EM&V" means evaluation, measurement, and
				  verification.
"Emerging technologies" means technologies including
				  automated measurement and verification software, advanced metering, building
				  management systems, data analytics, and load monitoring systems.
"Free-ridership" means a program participant that would have
				  implemented the program measure or practice in the absence of the
				  program.
Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13 and
					 56-585.1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 318 - RULES GOVERNING THE EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT, AND VERIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF UTILITY-SPONSORED DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS › Section 20VAC5-318-30 - Administrative procedures for evaluation, measurement, and verification planning and reporting

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A. A
				utility filing for approval to implement new or continue existing DSM measures
				or programs shall file a preliminary plan for the EM&V of the proposed
				measures or programs as part of its application that outlines how a utility
				intends to comply with the requirements of 20VAC5-318-40.
B. A utility reporting the results of
				EM&V of DSM measures or programs subject to subsection A of this section
				shall comply with the standard requirements for EM&V reporting contained in
				20VAC5-318-50.
Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13 and
					 56-585.1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 318 - RULES GOVERNING THE EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT, AND VERIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF UTILITY-SPONSORED DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS › Section 20VAC5-318-40 - Minimum requirements for collection of evaluation, measurement, and verification data

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A. In all
				filings required by 20VAC5-318-30, the sources of all data or estimates used as
				inputs for proposed DSM measures or programs, in descending order of
				preference, shall be:
1. Utility-specific
				data;
2. Virginia-specific data if
				utility-specific data is unavailable or impracticable. When Virginia-specific
				data is used, the utility shall provide an explanation as to why
				utility-specific data is unavailable or impracticable;
3. Data from non-Virginia jurisdictions or
				sources, if neither utility-specific data nor Virginia-specific data is
				available or practicable;
a. When data from
				non-Virginia jurisdictions or sources is used, the utility shall provide an
				explanation as to why utility-specific data is unavailable or
				impracticable.
b. When data from
				non-Virginia jurisdictions or sources is used, the utility shall provide an
				explanation as to why Virginia-specific data is unavailable or impracticable as
				well as the sources of all data, to include:
(1) Titles, version numbers, publication
				dates, and page numbers of all source documents, as appropriate; and
(2) An explanation as to why, in the
				utility's assessment, use of this data is appropriate.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 318 - RULES GOVERNING THE EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT, AND VERIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF UTILITY-SPONSORED DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS › Section 20VAC5-318-50 - Standard requirements for evaluation, measurement, and verification reporting

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A.
				EM&V of approved DSM measures or programs should be consistent with and
				contrasted to the preliminary EM&V plan set forth in the filings for
				approval of such measures or programs or as otherwise specified in a commission
				order approving such measures or programs. The commission recognizes that each
				utility has unique characteristics, and new or modified energy efficiency
				measures are constantly being developed. As such, alternative methodologies may
				be included in reporting provided that sufficient supporting documentation and
				explanation of appropriateness of alternative methodologies is
				provided.
B. EM&V reports of
				existing measures or programs shall utilize utility-specific data or other data
				in conformance with 20VAC5-318-40 A when updating the analysis of the cost
				effectiveness of each measure, program, or portfolio as appropriate and
				practicable. EM&V reports of existing measures or programs shall include
				the information required by 20VAC5-318-40 B and C.
C. Any changes to or variances from
				originally approved measure-level inputs and assumptions shall be documented
				and explained, and the impact of such changes on original cost/benefit
				estimates for DSM programs or measures shall be quantified.
D. EM&V reports shall describe the
				methodologies by which the measured data was collected, including at a minimum:
1. The sampling plan; and
2. Statistical calculations upon which the
				reported data is based when applicable.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 318 - RULES GOVERNING THE EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT, AND VERIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF UTILITY-SPONSORED DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS › Section 20VAC5-318-60 - Waiver

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The commission may waive any or all parts of this chapter for
				  good cause shown.
Statutory Authority: §§
											12.1-13 and
					 56-585.1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 319 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ACCELERATED RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS › Section 20VAC5-319-10 - Purpose and applicability

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This chapter is promulgated pursuant to § 56-585.5 G 2 of the
				  Code of Virginia to implement the provisions of § 56-585.5 of the Code of
				  Virginia related to accelerated renewable energy buyers.
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-585.5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 319 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ACCELERATED RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS › Section 20VAC5-319-20 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Aggregate load" means the combined electrical load
				  associated with selected accounts of an ARB with the same legal entity name as,
				  or in the names of affiliated entities that control, are controlled by, or are
				  under common control of, such legal entity or are the names of affiliated
				  entities under a common parent.
"Bundled contract" means [ (i) ] a contract for the bundled
				  capacity, energy, and RECs from solar or wind generation resources located
				  within the PJM region and initially placed in commercial operation after
				  January 1, 2015, including any contract with a utility for such generation
				  resources that does not allocate to or recover from any other customer of the
				  utility the cost of such resources [ ; and (ii) a subscription by a customer of
				  a Phase II Utility, as of March 1, 2020, to a voluntary companion experimental
				  tariff offering of the utility for the purchase of renewable attributes from
				  renewable energy facilities that requires a renewable facilities agreement and
				  the purchase of a minimum of 2,000 renewable attributes annually ].
"Commission" means the Virginia State Corporation
				  Commission.
"Electrical load associated with the selected accounts of an
				  accelerated renewable energy buyer" means the aggregate demand to be determined
				  based on the sum of the maximum non-coincident peak demand metered on the
				  utility's distribution system for each customer account in the previous
				  calendar year. The maximum non-coincident peak demand for each customer account
				  is the highest average kilowatt measured during any 30-minute interval in the
				  previous calendar year.
"Phase I Utility" has the same meaning as provided in §
				  56-585.1 A 1 of the Code of Virginia.
"Phase II Utility" has the same meaning as provided in §
				  56-585.1 A 1 of the Code of Virginia.
"REC" means renewable energy certificate.
"REC-only contract" means a contract for purchase of
				  unbundled RECs from RPS eligible resources [ as that term is described in §
				  56-585.5 C of the Code of Virginia ].
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-585.5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 319 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ACCELERATED RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS › Section 20VAC5-319-30 - Certification of accelerated renewable energy buyers

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Any potential ARB must be certified annually either (i)
				  through the Phase I or Phase II Utility in whose certificated service territory
				  its accounts are located through the process established by that utility or
				  (ii) through the commission pursuant to 20VAC5-319-40.
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-585.5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
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A. The commission establishes the following
				process for certification through the commission:
1. Any potential ARB that chooses to certify
				directly with the commission must submit to the director of the commission's
				Division of Public Utility Regulation an Accelerated Renewable Energy Buyer
				Certification Form by March 1 for the upcoming year, starting June 1 and
				concluding May 31, based on load data and information from the prior calendar
				year.
2. Upon receipt of a
				completed Accelerated Renewable Energy Buyer Certification Form pursuant to
				subdivision A 1 of this section, commission staff shall provide the appropriate
				Phase I or Phase II Utility with a copy of the completed Accelerated Renewable
				Energy Buyer Certification Form, excluding copies of any executed contracts
				provided to commission staff by the potential ARB, and set a deadline by which
				the utility shall submit comments to commission staff. The utility's comments
				shall include confirmation to commission staff that the potential ARB meets the
				aggregate load requirements of § 56-585.5 of the Code of Virginia. The utility
				shall also send a copy of its comments to the potential ARB.
3. Following receipt of a completed
				Accelerated Renewable Energy Buyer Certification Form pursuant to subdivision A
				1 of this section, based on its review and the comments received, commission
				staff shall determine by May 1 whether the potential ARB meets the requirements
				of § 56-585.5 G of the Code of Virginia and this chapter, the type of
				certification (i.e., REC-only contract or bundled contract), and the percentage
				exemption.
4. Within five business
				days of its certification decision, commission staff shall provide the
				appropriate Phase I or Phase II Utility with a list of customer accounts
				associated with each certified ARB, the type of certification (i.e., REC-only
				contract or bundled contract), and the percentage exemption. Commission staff
				shall also provide each Phase I Utility and Phase II Utility with the nameplate
				capacity of the solar and wind generation of certified ARBs with bundled
				contracts.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 319 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ACCELERATED RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS › Section 20VAC5-319-50 - Utility certification process

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A. Each Phase I Utility and Phase II Utility
				shall establish a process to certify ARBs based on receipt and review of
				Accelerated Renewable Energy Buyer Certification Forms submitted to the utility
				by potential ARBs. In reviewing the information submitted by potential ARBs
				required for certification, each Phase I Utility and Phase II Utility shall
				ensure that the appropriate internal protections are in place to protect the
				confidentiality of that information from those within the utility serving in
				marketing roles [ or from unauthorized disclosure to third parties ].
B. By May 1 annually, each Phase I Utility
				and Phase II Utility shall submit to commission staff a complete list of ARBs
				certified by the utility. Each Phase I Utility and Phase II Utility shall
				submit additional information to support its certification decisions to
				commission staff upon request. Any potential ARB that contests the
				certification decision made by a Phase I or Phase II Utility may file a formal
				complaint with the commission pursuant to
				5VAC5-20-100
				within [ 10 ] business days of the certification decision. Commission staff may
				contest the certification decision made by a Phase I or Phase II Utility by
				filing a motion with the commission pursuant to
				5VAC5-20-90,
				or, as appropriate, through other relevant proceedings before the commission. [
				Any statutorily exempt charges incurred by the potential ARB after June 1 are
				subject to collection or refund, depending on the certification decision.
				]
C. Customers certified as ARBs
				through this process shall be exempt from the applicable charges [ , which
				could be a full or partial exemption, ] for one year starting June 1 and
				concluding May 31 following certification.
D. For a potential ARB that seeks
				certification based on its load and renewable energy under contract for the
				2020 calendar year, the ARB must submit an Accelerated Renewable Energy Buyer
				Certification Form by March 1, 2022, based on information for the 2020 calendar
				year. Customers that are certified as ARBs based on 2020 calendar year
				information will receive a refund of applicable charges for the period of June
				1, 2021, to May 31, 2022.
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-585.5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 319 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ACCELERATED RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS › Section 20VAC5-319-60 - Confidentiality

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Where any Accelerated Renewable Energy Buyer Certification
				  Form or other information submitted to commission staff under this chapter,
				  including any supporting documents, contains information that the ARB asserts
				  is confidential, it shall be treated in accordance with
				  5VAC5-20-170.
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-585.5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 319 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ACCELERATED RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS › Section 20VAC5-319-70 - Waiver

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The commission may waive any part or all parts of this
				  chapter for good cause shown.
NOTICE: The following forms used in administering the
				  regulation have been filed by the agency. Amended or added forms are reflected
				  in the listing and are published following the listing. Online users of this
				  issue of the Virginia Register of Regulations may also click on the name to
				  access a form. The forms are also available from the agency contact or may be
				  viewed at the Office of Registrar of Regulations, 900 East Main Street, 11th
				  Floor, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-585.5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 319 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ACCELERATED RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS › Form - FORMS (20VAC5-319)

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Accelerated
				  Renewable Energy Buyer Certification Form (eff.
				  2/2022)
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-585.5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 320 - REGULATION GOVERNING TRANSFER OF TRANSMISSION OF ASSETS TO REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ENTITIES › Section 20VAC5-320-20 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Act" means the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation
				  Act.
"Commission" or "SCC" means the State Corporation
				  Commission.
"FERC" means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
"Incumbent electric utility" shall have the same meaning as
				  set forth in § 56-576 of the Code of Virginia.
"Rate pancaking" means the practice of (i) requiring a
				  transmission customer to pay a separate access charge each time the contract
				  path associated with the customer's transaction crosses the boundary of another
				  transmission owner, so as to count more than once the quantity transmitted or
				  (ii) otherwise counting the quantity transmitted more than once in the
				  calculation of the transmission customer's charges for transmission services,
				  ancillary services, or both.
"Regional transmission entities" or "RTEs" means any
				  individual, corporation, cooperative, municipality, partnership, association,
				  company, business, trust, joint venture, or other private legal entity that may
				  receive or has received, by transfer pursuant to this chapter, any ownership or
				  control of, or any responsibility to operate, all or part of the transmission
				  systems in the Commonwealth.
"Transmission assets" means the facilities and equipment
				  owned, operated, or controlled by incumbent electric utilities, and required
				  for the transmission of electric energy. The term also includes facilities and
				  equipment for the transmission of electric energy when incumbent electric
				  utilities have entitlement to the transmission capacity
				  thereof.
Statutory Authority
§ 12.1-13 of the Code of Virginia.
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A.
				Section 56-579 of the Code of Virginia requires that RTEs (i) promote practices
				for the reliable planning, operating, maintaining, and upgrading of the
				transmission systems and any necessary additions thereto, and (ii) be
				consistent with meeting the transmission needs of electric generation suppliers
				both within and without this Commonwealth.
B. Accordingly, RTEs to which any incumbent
				electric utility proposes to transfer its transmission assets shall satisfy
				commission requirements in the following five essential categories before any
				such transfer will be approved:
(i)
				reliability practices,
(ii)
				pricing and access policies,
(iii)
				independent governance,
(iv)
				consistency with FERC policy, and
(v) fair compensation to the
				transferor.
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RTE planning and reliability policies and practices shall, at
				  a minimum:
1. Maintain short-term
				system reliability on an ongoing basis;
2. Identify and facilitate the addition of
				system enhancements needed to maintain reliability over the long term to
				promote efficient use of the grid, and to promote the efficient development of
				competition in the sale of electric energy;
3. Provide assurance that needed transmission
				facilities are constructed in a timely fashion, including facilities for the
				interconnection of generating facilities, subject to required regulatory
				approvals;
4. Provide assurance
				that connected generation facilities will provide ancillary services necessary
				for reliable service as a condition of transmission service from the
				RTE;
5. Serve as an information
				resource to reliability councils or committees, potential market entrants,
				consumers, the FERC, and state regulatory commissions;
6. Promote the construction of properly
				located generation facilities when such facilities represent optimal solutions
				for maintaining reliability and enhancing competitive markets; and
7. Provide for appropriate interconnection of
				new or expanded generating facilities, including the timely performance of
				necessary interconnection or facilities studies in cooperation with
				utilities.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 56-579 of the Code of Virginia.
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A. RTEs shall promote policies and practices
				for the interconnection of generating facilities and for the pricing and access
				for transmission service that are safe, reliable, efficient, not unduly
				discriminatory, and consistent with the orderly development of competition in
				the Commonwealth, as required in § 56-579 of the Code of Virginia.
B. Accordingly, such interconnection,
				pricing, and access policies shall, at a minimum:
1. Provide for efficiently priced
				transmission access to competing generating resources over as broad a region as
				possible;
2. Use transmission rates
				that do not discourage economic transactions, and do not encourage uneconomic
				transactions;
3. Be adaptable for
				purchasers of electricity at wholesale or at retail;
4. Provide for the efficient relief of
				transmission congestion through the redispatch, by direct orders or by
				coordination with customers and generators, of competitively priced generation
				on an economically efficient basis;
5. Provide for the efficient pricing of
				transmission transactions between different regional transmission
				organizations;
6. Ensure that (i)
				transmission-related decisions, including interconnection pricing, access, and
				planning, are made and (ii) operational procedures are developed openly with
				appropriate stakeholder input and will not harm the development of competitive
				markets;
7. Provide for effective
				market monitoring, including serving as a resource to assist the FERC and state
				regulatory commissions in the identification of existing market power and
				resolution of market power abuses;
8. Promote an environment that facilitates
				the development of an efficient generation market; and
9. Promote the construction of transmission
				facilities to enhance competitive markets within the boundaries of the
				RTE.
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A.
				Section 56-579 of the Act requires RTE policies that are not unduly
				discriminatory and that are consistent with the orderly development of
				competition in the Commonwealth.
B.
				Accordingly, RTEs shall:
1. Be governed
				independent of competitive interests;
2. Allow their decision-makers full
				discretion and appropriate incentives to achieve all the policies of this
				chapter; and
3. Provide for
				advisory boards with equitable stakeholder representation.
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Every transfer of transmission assets by an incumbent
				  electric utility to an RTE pursuant to this regulation shall be consistent with
				  all lawful requirements of the FERC as required by the provisions of § 56-579
				  of the Code of Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 56-579 of the Code of Virginia.
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The RTE's method for acquiring control of transmission
				  rights or assets transferred by an SCC-jurisdictional entity shall fairly
				  compensate the transferor as specified in § 56-579 of the Code of
				  Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 56-579 of the Code of Virginia.
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Each incumbent electric utility owning, operating,
				  controlling, or having an entitlement to transmission capacity within the
				  Commonwealth, proposing to transfer all or part of the control, ownership or
				  responsibility for such transmission capacity to an RTE, shall file an
				  application with the commission. The application shall be prepared and
				  submitted as follows:
1. Part I, to be
				filed if an applicant proposes to transfer to an RTE only the management or
				control of, or responsibility for, such transmission capacity, shall consist of
				prefiled testimony and supporting exhibits or schedules necessary to
				demonstrate that the RTE to which the applicant proposes to transfer such
				management, control, or responsibility satisfies the elements set forth in this
				chapter and all applicable statutory requirements.
2. Part II, to be filed in addition to Part I
				if an applicant also proposes to transfer ownership of such capacity to an RTE,
				shall consist of prefiled testimony and supporting exhibits or schedules
				necessary to demonstrate that the transfer of such transmission ownership to
				the RTE satisfies the elements set forth in this chapter and all applicable
				statutory requirements.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 56-579 of the Code of Virginia.