Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 56 > Chapter 10 > Article 2.1 - . Regulation of Submetering and Energy Allocation Equipment.

• Apartment house: means a building or buildings with the primary purpose of residential occupancy containing more than two dwelling units all of which are rented primarily for nontransient use, with rental paid at intervals of one week or longer. See Virginia Code 56-245.2
• Campground: means the same as the term is defined in § Virginia Code 56-245.2
• Campsite: means that same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 56-245.2
• Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 56-1
• company: includes all corporations created by acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, or under the general incorporation laws of this Commonwealth, or doing business therein, and shall exclude all municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, and public institutions owned or controlled by the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 56-1
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dwelling unit: means a room or rooms suitable for occupancy as a residence containing kitchen and bathroom facilities. See Virginia Code 56-245.2
• Energy allocation equipment: means any device, other than submetering equipment, used to determine approximate electric or natural gas usage for any dwelling unit or nonresidential rental unit within an apartment house, office building or shopping center, or campsite at a campground. See Virginia Code 56-245.2
• Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
• Nonresidential rental unit: means a room or rooms in which retail or commercial services, clerical work or professional duties are carried out. See Virginia Code 56-245.2
• Office building: means a building or buildings containing more than two rental units which are rented primarily for retail, commercial or professional use, with rental paid at intervals of one month or longer. See Virginia Code 56-245.2
• Owner-paid areas: means those areas for which the owner bears financial responsibility for energy costs which include but are not limited to areas outside individual residential or nonresidential units or campsites or in owner-occupied or owner-shared areas such as maintenance shops, vacant units, meeting units, meeting rooms, offices, swimming pools, laundry rooms, or model apartments. See Virginia Code 56-245.2
• Shopping center: means a building or buildings containing more than two stores which are rented primarily for commercial, retail or professional use. See Virginia Code 56-245.2
• Submetering equipment: means equipment used to measure actual electricity or natural gas usage in any dwelling unit or nonresidential rental unit or campsite when such equipment is not owned or controlled by the electric or natural gas utility serving the apartment house, office building, shopping center, or campground in which the dwelling unit or nonresidential rental unit or campsite is located. See Virginia Code 56-245.2