16 U.S.C. § 832e — Rate schedules

Page 1482 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 832e contain such terms and conditions, including among other things stipulations concerning re- sale and resale rates by any such utility, as the administrator may deem necessary, desirable or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to insure that resale by such utility to the ultimate consumer shall be at rates which are reasonable and nondiscriminatory. Such contracts shall also require such utility to keep on file in the office of the administrator a schedule of all its rates and charges to the pub- lic for electric energy and such alterations and changes therein as may be put into effect by such utility. (b) Exchange of excess power The administrator is authorized to enter into contracts with public or private power systems for the mutual exchange of unused excess power upon suitable exchange terms for the purpose of economical operation or of providing emergency or break-down relief. (Aug. 20, 1937, ch. 720, § 5, 50 Stat. 734; Oct. 23, 1945, ch. 433, § 2, 59 Stat. 546; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1945—Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 23, 1945, inserted ‘‘and for the disposition of electric energy to Federal agencies’’ in first sentence. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Secretary of Energy’’ substituted for ‘‘Federal Power Commission’’ in subsec. (a) pursuant to Pub. L. 95–91, § 301(b), which is classified to section 7151(b) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Functions of Secretary of the Interior with respect to Bonneville Power Administration transferred to Sec- retary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(D), (2) of Title 42, with Bonneville Power Administration to be preserved as a distinct organizational entity within Department of Energy and headed by an Administrator. The Federal Power Commission was terminated, and its functions, personnel, property, funds, etc., were transferred to the Secretary of Energy (except for cer- tain functions which were transferred to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Executive and administrative functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain reservations, trans- ferred to Chairman of such Commission, with authority vested in him to authorize their performance by any of- ficer, employee, or administrative unit under his juris- diction, by Reorg. Plan No. 9 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set out as a note under section 792 of this title. For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 832e. Rate schedules Schedules of rates and charges for electric en- ergy produced at the Bonneville project and sold to purchasers as in this chapter provided shall be prepared by the administrator and become ef- fective upon confirmation and approval thereof by the Secretary of Energy; and such rates and charges shall also be applicable to dispositions of electric energy to Federal agencies. Subject to confirmation and approval by the Secretary of Energy, such rate schedules may be modified from time to time by the administrator, and shall be fixed and established with a view to en- couraging the widest possible diversified use of electric energy. The said rate schedules may provide for uniform rates or rates uniform throughout prescribed transmission areas in order to extend the benefits of an integrated transmission system and encourage the equi- table distribution of the electric energy devel- oped at the Bonneville project. (Aug. 20, 1937, ch. 720, § 6, 50 Stat. 735; Oct. 23, 1945, ch. 433, § 3, 59 Stat. 546; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1945—Act Oct. 23, 1945, inserted ‘‘and such rates and charges shall also be applicable to dispositions of elec- tric energy to Federal agencies’’ in first sentence. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Secretary of Energy’’ substituted in text for ‘‘Fed- eral Power Commission’’ pursuant to Pub. L. 95–91, § 301(b), which is classified to section 7151(b) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Functions of Secretary of the Interior with respect to Bonneville Power Administration transferred to Sec- retary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(D), (2) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, with Bonneville Power Administration to be preserved as a distinct organiza- tional entity within Department of Energy and headed by an Administrator. The Federal Power Commission was terminated, and its functions, personnel, property, funds, etc., were transferred to the Secretary of Energy (except for cer- tain functions which were transferred to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Executive and administrative functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain reservations, trans- ferred to Chairman of such Commission, with authority vested in him to authorize their performance by any of- ficer, employee, or administrative unit under his juris- diction, by Reorg. Plan No. 9 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set out as a note under section 792 of this title. § 832f. Elements in determining rates It is the intent of Congress that rate schedules for the sale of electric energy which is or may be generated at the Bonneville project in excess of the amount required for operating the dam, locks, and appurtenant works at said project shall be determined with due regard to and predicated upon the fact that such electric en- ergy is developed from water power created as an incident to the construction of the dam in the Columbia River at the Bonneville project for