§56-587. Licensure of retail electric energy suppliers.
As a condition of doing business in the Commonwealth each person seeking to sell, offering to sell, or selling electric energy to any retail customer in the Commonwealth, on and after January 1, 2002, shall obtain a license from the Commission to do so. A license shall not be required: (i) solely for the leasing or financing of property used in the sale of electricity to any retail customer in the Commonwealth, (ii) for an owner/operator or a lessee/operator who manages the internal distribution system serving a residential or commercial facility it owns or leases and, without financial gain, supplies electricity solely to the occupants for consumption on the premises by the occupants, or (iii) for a provider of default service.