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42 U.S.C. § 6808 — Authorization of appropriations
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There are authorized to be appropriated—
(1) not to exceed $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out [section 6807 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6807&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to State utility regulatory assistance);
(2) not to exceed $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out [section 6805 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6805&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to State offices of consumer services); and
(3) not to exceed $8,000,000 for the fiscal year 1979, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1980 to carry out [section 6804(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6804/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to innovative rate structures).
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There are authorized to be appropriated—
(1) not to exceed $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out [section 6807 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6807&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to State utility regulatory assistance);
(2) not to exceed $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out [section 6805 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6805&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to State offices of consumer services); and
(3) not to exceed $8,000,000 for the fiscal year 1979, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1980 to carry out [section 6804(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6804/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to innovative rate structures).
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**(a) Grants to State utility regulatory commissions and nonregulated electric utilities** The Secretary may make grants to State utility regulatory commissions and nonregulated electric utilities (as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 [[16 U.S.C. 2602](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2602&num=0&edition=prelim)]) to carry out duties and responsibilities under titles I [[16 U.S.C. 2601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and III [[15 U.S.C. 3201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3201&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and section 210 [[16 U.S.C. 824a–3](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section824a–3&num=0&edition=prelim)], of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. No grant may be made under this section to any Federal agency.
**(b) Unnecessary requirements prohibited** Any requirements established by the Secretary with respect to grants under this section may be only such requirements as are necessary to assure that such grants are expended solely to carry out duties and responsibilities referred to in subsection (a) or such as are otherwise required by law.
**(c) Application for grant** No grant may be made under this section unless an application for such grant is submitted to the Secretary in such form and manner as the Secretary may require. The Secretary may not approve an application of a State utility regulatory commission or nonregulated electric utility unless such commission or nonregulated electric utility assures the Secretary that funds made available under this section will be in addition to, and not in substitution for, f
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**(a) Establishment, operation, and purpose; qualifications for funds** The Secretary may make grants to States, or otherwise as provided in subsection (c), under this section to provide for the establishment and operation of offices of consumer services to assist consumers in their presentations before utility regulatory commissions. Any assistance provided under this section shall be provided only for an office of consumer services which is operated independently of any such utility regulatory commission and which is empowered to—
(1) make general factual assessments of the impact of proposed rate changes and other proposed regulatory actions upon all affected consumers;
(2) assist consumers in the presentation of their positions before utility regulatory commissions; and
(3) advocate, on its own behalf, a position which it determines represents the position most advantageous to consumers, taking into account developments in rate design reform.
**(b) Grants subject to State assurances on funds** Grants pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be made only to States which furnish such assurances as the Secretary may require that funds made available under such section will be in addition to, and not in substitution for, funds made available to offices of consumer services from other sources.
**(c) Offices established by Tennessee Valley Authority** Assistance may be provided under this section to an office of consumer services established by the Tennessee Valley Authority, if such office is operated independently of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or affect any authority of the Secretary or the Commission under any other provision of law.
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The Congress finds that the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare, the preservation of national security, and the proper exercise of congressional authority under the Constitution to regulate interstate commerce require—
(1) a program providing for increased conservation of electric energy, increased efficiency in the use of facilities and resources by electric utilities, and equitable retail rates for electric consumers,
(2) a program to improve the wholesale distribution of electric energy, the reliability of electric service, the procedures concerning consideration of wholesale rate applications before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the participation of the public in matters before the Commission, and to provide other measures with respect to the regulation of the wholesale sale of electric energy,
(3) a program to provide for the expeditious development of hydroelectric potential at existing small dams to provide needed hydroelectric power,
(4) a program for the conservation of natural gas while insuring that rates to natural gas consumers are equitable,
(5) a program to encourage the development of crude oil transportation systems, and
(6) the establishment of certain other authorities as provided in title VI of this Act.
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The purposes of this chapter are to encourage—
(1) conservation of energy supplied by electric utilities;
(2) the optimization of the efficiency of use of facilities and resources by electric utilities; and
(3) equitable rates to electric consumers.
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**(a) Volume of total retail sales** This chapter applies to each electric utility in any calendar year, and to each proceeding relating to each electric utility in such year, if the total sales of electric energy by such utility for purposes other than resale exceeded 500 million kilowatt-hours during any calendar year beginning after December 31, 1975, and before the immediately preceding calendar year.
**(b) Exclusion of wholesale sales** The requirements of this chapter do not apply to the operations of an electric utility, or to proceedings respecting such operations, to the extent that such operations or proceedings relate to sales of electric energy for purposes of resale.
**(c) List of covered utilities** Before the beginning of each calendar year, the Secretary shall publish a list identifying each electric utility to which this chapter applies during such calendar year. Promptly after publication of such list each State regulatory authority shall notify the Secretary of each electric utility on the list for which such State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority.
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**(a) Consideration and determination** Each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated electric utility shall consider each standard established by subsection (d) and make a determination concerning whether or not it is appropriate to implement such standard to carry out the purposes of this chapter. For purposes of such consideration and determination in accordance with subsections (b) and (c), and for purposes of any review of such consideration and determination in any court in accordance with [section 2633 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2633&num=0&edition=prelim), the purposes of this chapter supplement otherwise applicable State law. Nothing in this subsection prohibits any State regulatory authority or nonregulated electric utility from making any determination that it is not appropriate to implement any such standard, pursuant to its authority under otherwise applicable State law.
**(b) Procedural requirements for consideration and determination**
(1) The consideration referred to in subsection (a) shall be made after public notice and hearing. The determination referred to in subsection (a) shall be—
(A) in writing,
(B) based upon findings included in such determination and upon the evidence presented at the hearing, and
(C) available to the public.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (1), in the second sentence of [section 2622(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2622/a&num=0&edition=prelim), and in sections 2631 and 2632 of this title, the procedures for the consideration and determination referred to in subsection (a) shall be those estab
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**(a) Request for consideration and determination** Each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated electric utility may undertake the consideration and make the determination referred to in [section 2621 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2621&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to any standard established by [section 2621(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2621/d&num=0&edition=prelim) in any proceeding respecting the rates of the electric utility. Any participant or intervenor (including an intervenor referred to in [section 2631 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2631&num=0&edition=prelim)) in such a proceeding may request, and shall obtain, such consideration and determination in such proceeding. In undertaking such consideration and making such determination in any such proceeding with respect to the application to any electric utility of any standard established by [section 2621(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2621/d&num=0&edition=prelim), a State regulatory authority (with respect to an electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) or nonregulated electric utility may take into account in such proceeding—
(1) any appropriate prior determination with respect to such standard—
(A) which is made in a proceeding which takes place after November 9, 1978, or
(B) which was made before such date (or is made in a proceeding pending on such date) and complies, as provided in [section 2634 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=gra
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**(a) Adoption of standards** Not later than two years after November 9, 1978, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall provide public notice and conduct a hearing respecting the standards established by subsection (b) and, on the basis of such hearing, shall—
(1) adopt the standards established by subsection (b) (other than paragraph (4) thereof) if, and to the extent, such authority or nonregulated electric utility determines that such adoption is appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter, is otherwise appropriate, and is consistent with otherwise applicable State law, and
(2) adopt the standard established by subsection (b)(4) if, and to the extent, such authority or nonregulated electric utility determines that such adoption is appropriate and consistent with otherwise applicable State law.
For purposes of any determination under paragraphs (1) or (2) and any review of such determination in any court in accordance with [section 2633 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2633&num=0&edition=prelim), the purposes of this chapter supplement otherwise applicable State law. Nothing in this subsection prohibits any State regulatory authority or nonregulated electric utility from making any determination that it is not appropriate to adopt any such standard, pursuant to its authority under otherwise applicable State law.
**(b) Establishment** The following Federal standards are hereby established:
(1) **Master metering** — To the extent determined appropriate under [section 2625(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2625/d&num=0&edition=
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**(a) Lower rates** No provision of this chapter prohibits a State regulatory authority (with respect to an electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) or a nonregulated electric utility from fixing, approving, or allowing to go into effect a rate for essential needs (as defined by the State regulatory authority or by the nonregulated electric utility, as the case may be) of residential electric consumers which is lower than a rate under the standard referred to in [section 2621(d)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2621/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Determination** If any State regulated electric utility or nonregulated electric utility does not have a lower rate as described in subsection (a) in effect two years after November 9, 1978, the State regulatory authority having ratemaking authority with respect to such State regulated electric utility or the nonregulated electric utility, as the case may be, shall determine, after an evidentiary hearing, whether such a rate should be implemented by such utility.
**(c) Prior proceedings** [Section 2634 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2634&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply to the requirements of this section.
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