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16 U.S.C. § 2613 — Relationship to antitrust laws

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16 U.S.C. § 2613 — Relationship to antitrust laws

Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by this Act affects— (1) the applicability of the antitrust laws to any electric utility or gas utility (as defined in [section 3202 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3202&num=0&edition=prelim)), or (2) any authority of the Secretary or of the Commission under any other provision of law (including the Federal Power Act [[16 U.S.C. 791a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section791a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and the Natural Gas Act [[15 U.S.C. 717](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]) respecting unfair methods of competition or anticompetitive acts or practices.

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16 U.S.C. § 791a — Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Federal Power Act”.

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16 U.S.C. § 2601 — Gathering information on costs of service

**(a) Information required to be gathered** Each electric utility shall periodically gather information under such rules (promulgated by the Commission) as the Commission determines necessary to allow determination of the costs associated with providing electric service. For purposes of this section, and for purposes of any consideration and determination respecting the standard established by [section 2621(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2621/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim), such costs shall be separated, to the maximum extent practicable, into the following components: customer cost component, demand cost component, and energy cost component. Rules under this subsection shall include requirements for the gathering of the following information with respect to each electric utility— (1) the costs of serving each electric consumer class, including costs of serving different consumption patterns within such class, based on voltage level, time of use, and other appropriate factors; (2) daily kilowatt demand load curves for all electric consumer classes combined representative of daily and seasonal differences in demand, and daily kilowatt demand load curves for each electric consumer class for which there is a separate rate, representative of daily and seasonal differences in demand; (3) annual capital, operating, and maintenance costs— (A) for transmission and distribution services, and (B) for each type of generating unit; and (4) costs of purchased power, including representative daily and seasonal differences in the amount of such costs. Such rules shall provide that information required to be gathered under this section shall be presented in such categories and such detail as may be necessary to carr

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15 U.S.C. § 3202 — Definitions

For purposes of this chapter— (1) The term “gas consumer” means any person, State agency, or Federal agency, to which natural gas is sold other than for purposes of resale. (2) The term “gas utility” means any person, State agency, or Federal agency, engaged in the local distribution of natural gas, and the sale of natural gas to any ultimate consumer of natural gas. (3) The term “State regulated gas utility” means any gas utility with respect to which a State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority. (4) The term “nonregulated gas utility” means any gas utility other than a State regulated gas utility. (5) The term “rate” means any (A) price, rate, charge, or classification made, demanded, observed, or received with respect to sale of natural gas to a gas consumer, (B) any rule, regulation, or practice respecting any such rate, charge, or classification, and (C) any contract pertaining to the sale of natural gas to a gas consumer. (6) The term “ratemaking authority” means authority to fix, modify, approve, or disapprove rates. (7) The term “sale” when used with respect to natural gas, includes an exchange of natural gas. (8) The term “State regulatory authority” means any State agency which has ratemaking authority with respect to the sale of natural gas by any gas utility (other than by such State agency). (9) The term “integrated resource planning” means, in the case of a gas utility, planning by the use of any standard, regulation, practice, or policy to undertake a systematic comparison between demand-side management measures and the supply of gas by a gas utility to minimize life-cycle costs of adequate and reliable utility services to gas consumers. Integrated resource planning shall take into account necessary features for system operation such as

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15 U.S.C. § 717 — Regulation of natural gas companies

**(a) Necessity of regulation in public interest** As disclosed in reports of the Federal Trade Commission made pursuant to S. Res. 83 (Seventieth Congress, first session) and other reports made pursuant to the authority of Congress, it is declared that the business of transporting and selling natural gas for ultimate distribution to the public is affected with a public interest, and that Federal regulation in matters relating to the transportation of natural gas and the sale thereof in interstate and foreign commerce is necessary in the public interest. **(b) Transactions to which provisions of chapter applicable** The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, to the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use, and to natural-gas companies engaged in such transportation or sale, and to the importation or exportation of natural gas in foreign commerce and to persons engaged in such importation or exportation, but shall not apply to any other transportation or sale of natural gas or to the local distribution of natural gas or to the facilities used for such distribution or to the production or gathering of natural gas. **(c) Intrastate transactions exempt from provisions of chapter; certification from State commission as conclusive evidence** The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person engaged in or legally authorized to engage in the transportation in interstate commerce or the sale in interstate commerce for resale, of natural gas received by such person from another person within or at the boundary of a State if all the natural gas so received is ultimately consumed within such State, or to any fa

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15 U.S.C. § 717w — Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Natural Gas Act.”

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15 U.S.C. § 717 — Regulation of natural gas companies

Page 1186 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 715l § 715l. Repealed. June 22, 1942, ch. 436, 56 Stat. 381 Section, acts Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, § 13, 49 Stat. 33; June 14, 1937, ch. 335, 50 Stat. 257; June 29, 1939, ch. 250, 53 Stat. 927, provided for expiration of this chapter on June 30, 1942. § 715m. Cooperation between Secretary of the In- terior and Federal and State authorities The Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the Act of February 22, 1935, as amended (15 U.S.C., ch. 15A), is authorized to cooperate with Federal and State authorities. (June 25, 1946, ch. 472, § 3, 60 Stat. 307.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of February 22, 1935, referred to in text, is act Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, 49 Stat. 30, popularly known as the ‘‘Hot Oil Act’’ and also as the ‘‘Connally Hot Oil Act’’, which is classified generally to this chapter. For com- plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 715 of this title and Ta- bles. CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as a part of act Feb. 22, 1935, which comprises this chapter. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Delegation of President’s authority to Secretary of the Interior, see note set out under section 715j of this title. CHAPTER 15B—NATURAL GAS Sec. 717. Regulation of natural gas companies. 717a. Definitions. 717b. Exportation or importation of natural gas; LNG terminals. 717b–1. State and local safety considerations. 717c. Rates and charges. 717c–1. Prohibition on market manipulation. 717d. Fixing rates and charges; determination of cost of production or transportation. 717e. Ascertainment of cost of property. 717f. Construction, extension, or abandonment of facilities. 717g. Accounts; records; memoranda. 717h. Rates of

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16 U.S.C. § 2613 — Federal contracts

Page 2197 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 2621 CODIFICATION This section was not enacted as part of title I of Pub. L. 95–617 which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS 1992—Pars. (19) to (21). Pub. L. 102–486 added pars. (19) to (21). § 2603. Relationship to antitrust laws Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by this Act affects— (1) the applicability of the antitrust laws to any electric utility or gas utility (as defined in section 3202 of title 15), or (2) any authority of the Secretary or of the Commission under any other provision of law (including the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.] and the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.]) respecting unfair methods of com- petition or anticompetitive acts or practices. (Pub. L. 95–617, § 4, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, is act Pub. L. 95–617, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3117, known as the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. For complete classi- fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2601 of this title and Tables. The Federal Power Act, referred to in par. (2), is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec- tion 791a of this title and Tables. The Natural Gas Act, referred to in par. (2), is act June 21, 1938, ch. 556, 52 Stat. 821, which is classified generally to chapter 15B (§ 717 et seq.) of Title 15, Com- merce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 717w of Title 15 and Tables. CODIFICATION This section was not enacted as part of title I of Pub. L. 95–617 which comprises this chapter. SUBCHAPTER I—R

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16 U.S.C. § 791a — Short title

Page 1364 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 791 Sec. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries FINDINGS Pub. L. 113–23, § 2, Aug. 9, 2013, 127 Stat. 493, provided that: ‘‘Congress finds that— ‘‘(1) the hydropower industry currently employs ap- proximately 300,000 workers across the United States; ‘‘(2) hydropower is the largest source of clean, re- newable electricity in the United States; ‘‘(3) as of the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 9, 2013], hydropower resources, including pumped stor- age facilities, provide— ‘‘(A) nearly 7 percent of the electricity generated in the United States; and ‘‘(B) approximately 100,000 megawatts of electric capacity in the United States; ‘‘(4) only 3 percent of the 80,000 dams in the United States generate electricity, so there is substantial potential for adding hydropower generation to non- powered dams; and ‘‘(5) according to one study, by utilizing currently untapped resources, the United States could add ap- proximately 60,000 megawatts of new hydropower ca- pacity by 2025, which could create 700,000 new jobs over the next 13 years.’’ SUBCHAPTER I—REGULATION OF THE DE- VELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RE- SOURCES Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CODIFICATION; CONSTRUCTION Act Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847, provided that sections 1 to 29 of the Federal Water Power Act, as amended (sections 792, 793, 794 to 797, 798 to 818, 819, and 820 to 823 of this title) shall constitute part I of the act. Said section 212 also repealed sections 25 and 30 of the act (sections 819, 791 of this title). It also contained a proviso as follows: ‘‘That nothing in that Act, as amended, shall be construed to repeal or amend the provisions of the amendment to the Federal Water Power Act approved March 3, 192

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