[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC79z-4]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2C--PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES
Sec. 79z-4. Study of public-utility companies; recommendation
The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to make studies and
investigations of public-utility companies, the territories served or
which can be served by public-utility companies, and the manner in which
the same are or can be served, to determine the sizes, types, and
locations of public-utility companies which do or can operate most
economically and efficiently in the public interest, in the interest of
investors and consumers, and in furtherance of a wider and more
economical use of gas and electric energy; upon the basis of such
investigations and studies the Commission shall make public from time to
time its recommendations as to the type and size of geographically and
economically integrated public-utility systems which, having regard for
the nature and character of the locality served, can best promote and
harmonize the interests of the public, the investor, and the consumer.
(Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title I, Sec. 30, 49 Stat. 837; Pub. L. 100-
181, title IV, Sec. 405, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1260.)
Amendments
1987--Pub. L. 100-181 struck out at end ``The Commission is
authorized and directed to make a study of the functions and activities
of investment trusts and investment companies, the corporate structures,
and investment policies of such trusts and companies, the influence
exerted by such trusts and companies upon companies in which they are
interested, and the influence exerted by interests affiliated with the
management of such trusts and companies upon their investment policies,
and to report the results of its study and its recommendations to the
Congress on or before January 4, 1937.''
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Securities and Exchange Commission,
with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan
No. 10 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 1
