§ 825h. — 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: 16USC825h]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12--FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
SUBCHAPTER III--LICENSEES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES; PROCEDURAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 825h. 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 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. III, Sec. 309, 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.
Commission Review
Pub. L. 99-495, Sec. 4(c), Oct. 16, 1986, 100 Stat. 1248, provided
that: ``In order to ensure that the provisions of Part I of the Federal
Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.], as amended by this Act, are fully,
fairly, and efficiently implemented, that other governmental agencies
identified in such Part I are able to carry out their responsibilities,
and that the increased workload of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission and other agencies is facilitated, the Commission shall,
consistent with the provisions of section 309 of the Federal Power Act
[16 U.S.C. 825h], review all provisions of that Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et
seq.] requiring an action within a 30-day period and, as the Commission
deems appropriate, amend its regulations to interpret such period as
meaning `working days', rather than `calendar days' unless calendar days
is specified in such Act for such action.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 7172.
