RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 24 -- The Virginia State Corporation Commission issued the following news release: The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has adopted rules that will open more opportunities for the development of small solar projects in Virginia that produce electricity to a shared group of subscribers. Community solar allows a developer of a small-scale solar project to subscribe eligible customers to purchase a share of the output of the solar facility. The customer, through net metering, gets a bill credit from their utility company for the energy being supplied by the shared solar program. The introduction of shared solar programs results from legislation adopted during the 2020 session of the Virginia General Assembly. Homeowner's associations, residential subdivisions, apartment building complexes, office building complexes, and industrial parks may have an interest in being developers of small solar projects.