HB379: Electric utility; customer account information, warrant required.
HOUSE BILL NO. 379
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-59.2 as follows:
§ 19.2-59.2. Electric utility customer account information; warrant required.
A. For purposes of this section:
"Customer account information" means the customer's name, phone number, social security number, or other identifying information; the customer's address where electric utility service is provided; and the amount of electric utility service provided to a customer or the amount of money paid by the customer for such electric utility service.
"Electric utility" has the same meaning as provided in § 56-576.
B. An electric utility shall not disclose any customer account information without the consent of the customer except pursuant to a search warrant issued by a judicial officer pursuant to §§ 19.2-52 and 19.2-54. However, an electric utility may release customer account information that has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that does not allow the identification of a particular customer. Evidence obtained in violation of this section is not admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding.