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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364478</law_id><section_number>45.2-806</section_number><catch_line> Stations and substations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="99" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="B">Underground Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="8">Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines; Electricity, Safety, Etc</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="2" identifier="2">Electricity</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Suitable warning signs shall be posted conspicuously at every transformer station. <a id="paragraph-1357857" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-806/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every transformer station, substation, <span class="dictionary">battery</span>-charging station, pump station, and compressor station shall be kept free of nonessential combustible <span class="dictionary">material</span> and refuse. <a id="paragraph-1357858" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-806/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> <span class="dictionary">Reverse</span>-current protection shall be provided at each storage-<span class="dictionary">battery</span>-charging station to prevent the storage batteries from energizing a power <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> in the event of power failure. <a id="paragraph-1357859" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-806/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 45-60.4, 45-82.2; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7;&#xA7; 45.1-76, 45.1-77; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.184; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
