§ 717n. — Hearings; rules of procedure.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC717n]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15B--NATURAL GAS
Sec. 717n. Hearings; rules of procedure
(a) Hearings; parties
Hearings under this chapter may be held before the Commission, any
member or members thereof, or any representative of the Commission
designated by it, and appropriate records thereof shall be kept. In any
proceeding before it, the Commission in accordance with such rules and
regulations as it may prescribe, may admit as a party any interested
State, State commission, municipality or any representative of
interested consumers or security holders, or any competitor of a party
to such proceeding, or any other person whose participation in the
proceeding may be in the public interest.
(b) Procedure
All hearings, investigations, and proceedings under this chapter
shall be governed by rules of practice and procedure to be adopted by
the Commission, and in the conduct thereof the technical rules of
evidence need not be applied. No informality in any hearing,
investigation, or proceeding or in the manner of taking testimony shall
invalidate any order, decision, rule, or regulation issued under the
authority of this chapter.
(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, Sec. 15, 52 Stat. 829.)
Transfer of Functions
Federal Power Commission terminated and functions, personnel,
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for
certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare.
For transfer of functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain
reservations, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 9 of
1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 7172.
