Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 46 — Public Utility Regulatory Policies
§ 2611. Purposes
Statutory text
The purposes of this chapter are to encourage—
conservation of energy supplied by electric utilities;
the optimization of the efficiency of use of facilities and resources by electric utilities; and
equitable rates to electric consumers.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
Pub. L. 95–617 title I § 101 · 92 Stat. 3117
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 2611
(Pub. L. 95–617, title I, § 101, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–617, title I, § 101, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 101. PURPOSES. The purposes of this title 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.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I (§ 101 et seq.) of Pub. L. 95–617, , 92 Stat. 3120, which enacted subchapters I to IV of this chapter and section 6808 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amended sections 6802 to 6807 of Title 42. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.