§ 832e. Rate schedules

Statutory text

Schedules of rates and charges for electric energy produced at the Bonneville project and sold to purchasers as in this chapter provided shall be prepared by the administrator and become effective 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 encouraging 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 equitable distribution of the electric energy developed at the Bonneville project.

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.

1937
Pub. L. 75–720 § 6 · 50 Stat. 731
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 832e
Aug. 20, 1937, ch. 720, § 6, 50 Stat. 735
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 20, 1937, ch. 720, § 6, 50 Stat. 735
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. Schedules of rates and charges for electric energy produced Schedules of rates, etc. at the Bonneville project and sold to purchasers as in this Act provided shall be prepared by the administrator and become effective upon confirmation and approval thereof by the Federal Power Commission. Subject to confirmation and approval by the Modifications. Federal Power Commission, such rate schedules may be modified from time to time by the administrator, and shall be fixed and established with a view to encouraging the widest possible diversified use of electric energy. The said rate schedules may provide for uniform Uniformity. rates or rates uniform throughout prescribed transmission areas in order to extend the benefits of an integrated transmission system and encourage the equitable distribution of the electric energy developed at the Bonneville project.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1945—Act Oct. 23, 1945, inserted “and such rates and charges shall also be applicable to dispositions of electric energy to Federal agencies” in first sentence.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Energy” substituted in text for “Federal 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 Secretary 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 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 certain 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, transferred to Chairman of such Commission, with authority vested in him to authorize their performance by any officer, employee, or administrative unit under his jurisdiction, 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.

Credits

1937–1977 · 3 acts

1937Aug. 20, 1937, ch. 720, § 6, 50 Stat. 735
1945Oct. 23, 1945, ch. 433, § 3, 59 Stat. 546
1977Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578.

Show as published

(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.)