§ 717o. — Administrative powers of Commission; rules, regulations, and orders.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC717o]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15B--NATURAL GAS
Sec. 717o. Administrative powers of Commission; rules,
regulations, and orders
The Commission shall have power to perform any and all acts, and to
prescribe, issue, make, amend, and rescind such orders, rules, and
regulations as it may find necessary or appropriate to carry out the
provisions of this chapter. Among other things, such rules and
regulations may define accounting, technical, and trade terms used in
this chapter; and may prescribe the form or forms of all statements,
declarations, applications, and reports to be filed with the Commission,
the information which they shall contain, and the time within which they
shall be filed. Unless a different date is specified therein, rules and
regulations of the Commission shall be effective thirty days after
publication in the manner which the Commission shall prescribe. Orders
of the Commission shall be effective on the date and in the manner which
the Commission shall prescribe. For the purposes of its rules and
regulations, the Commission may classify persons and matters within its
jurisdiction and prescribe different requirements for different classes
of persons or matters. All rules and regulations of the Commission shall
be filed with its secretary and shall be kept open in convenient form
for public inspection and examination during reasonable business hours.
(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, Sec. 16, 52 Stat. 830.)
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.
