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16 U.S.C. § 837a — Limitation of sale, delivery, and exchange of electric energy and electric peaking capacity for use outside Pacific Northwest to surplus energy and surplus peaking capacity; notice to customers; inspection of contract drafts
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Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the sale, delivery, and exchange of electric energy generated at, and peaking capacity of, Federal hydroelectric plants in the Pacific Northwest for use outside the Pacific Northwest shall be limited to surplus energy and surplus peaking capacity. At least 30 days prior to the execution of any contract for the sale, delivery, or exchange of surplus energy or surplus peaking capacity for use outside the Pacific Northwest, the Secretary shall give the then customers of the Bonneville Power Administration written notice that negotiations for such a contract are pending, and thereafter, at any customer’s request, make available for its inspection current drafts of the proposed contract.
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Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the sale, delivery, and exchange of electric energy generated at, and peaking capacity of, Federal hydroelectric plants in the Pacific Northwest for use outside the Pacific Northwest shall be limited to surplus energy and surplus peaking capacity. At least 30 days prior to the execution of any contract for the sale, delivery, or exchange of surplus energy or surplus peaking capacity for use outside the Pacific Northwest, the Secretary shall give the then customers of the Bonneville Power Administration written notice that negotiations for such a contract are pending, and thereafter, at any customer’s request, make available for its inspection current drafts of the proposed contract.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Administrator** — The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration.
(2) **Council** — The term “Council” means the Northwest Power and Conservation Planning Council.
(3) **Excess Federal power** — The term “excess Federal power” means such electric power that has become surplus to the firm contractual obligations of the Administrator under [section 839c(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section839c/f&num=0&edition=prelim) due to either—
(A) any reduction in the quantity of electric power that the Administrator is contractually required to supply under subsections (b) and (d) of [section 839c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section839c&num=0&edition=prelim), due to the election by customers of the Bonneville Power Administration to purchase electric power from other suppliers, as compared to the quantity of electric power that the Administrator was contractually required to supply as of January 1, 1995; or
(B) those operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System that are primarily for the benefit of fish and wildlife affected by the development, operation, or management of the System.
**(b) Sale of excess Federal power** Notwithstanding [section 837a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section837a&num=0&edition=prelim), subsections (a), (b), and (c) of [section 837b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section837b&num=0&edition=prelim), and [section 837f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section837f&num=0&edition=prelim), and [s
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**(a) Contract authority** Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Administrator is authorized to contract in accordance with section 2(f) of the Bonneville Project Act of 1937 ([16 U.S.C. 832a(f)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section832a/f&num=0&edition=prelim)). Other provisions of law applicable to such contracts on December 5, 1980, shall continue to be applicable.
**(b) Executive and administrative functions of Administrator of Bonneville Power Administration; sound and businesslike implementation of chapter** The Administrator shall discharge the executive and administrative functions of his office in accordance with the policy established by the Bonneville Project Act of 1937 ([16 U.S.C. 832](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section832&num=0&edition=prelim) and following), section 7152(a)(2) and (3) of title 42, and this chapter. The Secretary of Energy, the Council, and the Administrator shall take such steps as are necessary to assure the timely implementation of this chapter in a sound and businesslike manner. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed by the Secretary, the Administrator, or any other official of the Department of Energy to modify, alter, or otherwise affect the requirements and directives expressed by the Congress in section 7152(a)(2) and (3) of title 42 or the operations of such officials as they existed prior to December 5, 1980.
**(c) Limitations and conditions on contracts for sale or exchange of electric power for use outside Pacific Northwest** Any contract of the Administrator for the sale or exchange of electric power for use outside the Pacific Northwest shall be subject to limitations and conditions corresponding to those provided in sections 2 and
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 837a
Sec.
837c.
Contract limitations and conditions for use of
electric energy and peaking capacity of
plants in other marketing areas for use
within Pacific Northwest.
837d.
Exchange contracts.
837e.
Transmission lines for other electric energy;
rates.
837f.
Purchaser priority on Pacific Northwest
power; amendment of existing contracts
and new contracts to include priority provi-
sions.
837g.
Transmission lines between Pacific North-
west and Pacific Southwest; prohibition
against construction of lines or related fa-
cilities; exceptions of lines and facilities
recommended by Secretary or authorized
by Congress; authority of Secretary to con-
struct other transmission lines unaffected.
837g–1.
Construction of additional facilities by Sec-
retary of Energy for mutually beneficial
power sales between Pacific Northwest and
California; contribution of funds by non-
Federal entities.
837h.
Provisions not applicable to Canyon Ferry
project or benefits and exchanges under
Treaty between Canada and United States;
preference of power users in Montana not
modified.
§ 837. Definitions
As used in this chapter—
(a) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of En-
ergy.
(b) ‘‘Pacific Northwest’’ means (1) the region
consisting of the States of Oregon and Wash-
ington, the State of Montana west of the Conti-
nental Divide, and such portions of the States of
Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming within the Colum-
bia drainage basin and of the State of Idaho as
the Secretary may determine to be within the
marketing area of the Federal Columbia River
power system, and (2) any contiguous areas, not
in excess of seventy-five airline miles from said
region, which are a part of the service area of a
rural electric cooperative served by
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