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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370662</law_id><section_number>56-594.1</section_number><catch_line>Interconnection by farms</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="121" identifier="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="12" identifier="23">Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">eligible farm</span>&#x201D; means an entity that owns or operates facilities within the Commonwealth for the <span class="dictionary">generation of</span> electric energy, which entity is described in subdivision (b)(10) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/56-265.1/">56-265.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-1382762" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-594.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">Eligible farms</span> shall be permitted to connect to the electrical grid in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to feed into the grid electricity generated by the <span class="dictionary">eligible farm</span> from its facilities that generate electricity from a waste-to-energy technology. <a id="paragraph-1382763" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-594.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall adopt regulations to implement this section pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Nondiscriminatory access to transmission and distribution system" href="/56-578/">56-578</a>. <a id="paragraph-1382764" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-594.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2009, c. 746.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
