§ 825g. — 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: 16USC825g]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12--FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
SUBCHAPTER III--LICENSEES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES; PROCEDURAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 825g. Hearings; rules of procedure
(a) 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) 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 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. III, Sec. 308, as added Aug. 26, 1935, ch.
687, title II, Sec. 213, 49 Stat. 858.)
Transfer of Functions
Federal Power Commission terminated and its 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.
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, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175,
64 Stat. 1265, set out as a note under section 792 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 7172.
