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16 U.S.C. § 2603 — Utility regulatory institute

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16 U.S.C. § 2603 — Utility regulatory institute

**(a) Matching grants** The Secretary may make grants under this section to an institute established by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners to enable such institute to— (1) conduct research on electric and gas utility regulatory policy issues, (2) develop data processing and retrieval methods for electric and gas utility ratemaking, and (3) perform other functions directly related to assisting State regulatory authorities in carrying out their functions under State law and this Act. **(b) Federal share** Grants under this section shall not be used to provide more than the following percentages of the cost to the institute of carrying out the activities specified in subsection (a): (1) 80 percent for the fiscal year 1979; and (2) 60 percent for the fiscal year 1980. The remaining amounts expended by the institute may not be provided from Federal sources. **(c) Restrictions** Grants under this section may not be made subject to terms and conditions other than those the Secretary deems necessary for purposes of administering this section and for purposes of assuring that— (1) all information gathered by the institute is available to the Secretary, the Commission, and the public, and (2) no portion of any such grant is used to support or oppose any legislative proposal except by means of testimony by representatives of the institute provided by invitation to a committee of Congress or of a State legislature. **(d) Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 for purposes of making grants under this section. No amounts may be appropriated for any fiscal year after the fiscal year 1980 to carry out the purposes of this section without a specific a

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**(a) Matching grants** The Secretary may make grants under this section to an institute established by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners to enable such institute to— (1) conduct research on electric and gas utility regulatory policy issues, (2) develop data processing and retrieval methods for electric and gas utility ratemaking, and (3) perform other functions directly related to assisting State regulatory authorities in carrying out their functions under State law and this Act. **(b) Federal share** Grants under this section shall not be used to provide more than the following percentages of the cost to the institute of carrying out the activities specified in subsection (a): (1) 80 percent for the fiscal year 1979; and (2) 60 percent for the fiscal year 1980. The remaining amounts expended by the institute may not be provided from Federal sources. **(c) Restrictions** Grants under this section may not be made subject to terms and conditions other than those the Secretary deems necessary for purposes of administering this section and for purposes of assuring that— (1) all information gathered by the institute is available to the Secretary, the Commission, and the public, and (2) no portion of any such grant is used to support or oppose any legislative proposal except by means of testimony by representatives of the institute provided by invitation to a committee of Congress or of a State legislature. **(d) Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 for purposes of making grants under this section. No amounts may be appropriated for any fiscal year after the fiscal year 1980 to carry out the purposes of this section without a specific authorization of Congress.

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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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16 U.S.C. § 2603 — Relationship to antitrust laws

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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