CHAPTER 377
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 23 of Title 56 a section numbered 56-596.7 , relating to electric utilities; high energy demand customers; electric demand flexibility programs; reports.
[H 284]
Approved April 8, 2026
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 23 of Title 56 a section numbered 56-596.7 as follows:
§ 56-596.7 . Electric demand flexibility programs; high energy demand customers; reporting requirements.
A. As used in this section:
"Capacity reduction credit" means a measured and verified standard unit of demand flexibility as approved by the Commission pursuant to this section.
"Cooperative" means a utility consumer services cooperative organized under Article 1 (§ 56.231.15 et seq.) of Chapter 9.1.
"Demand flexibility" means lowering electric grid system load requirements or shifting such requirements from time periods of peak system demand to time periods of lower system demand, including through programs by which high energy demand customers temporarily reduce or interrupt their electricity usage or through programs by which high energy demand customers secure measurable and verifiable electric load reductions from other retail electric service customers during time periods of peak system demand or other events that cause strain on the electric grid in the Commonwealth.