§ 825j. — Investigations relating to electric energy; reports to Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC825j]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12--FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
SUBCHAPTER III--LICENSEES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES; PROCEDURAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 825j. Investigations relating to electric energy; reports
to Congress
In order to secure information necessary or appropriate as a basis
for recommending legislation, the Commission is authorized and directed
to conduct investigations regarding the generation, transmission,
distribution, and sale of electric energy, however produced, throughout
the United States and its possessions, whether or not otherwise subject
to the jurisdiction of the Commission, including the generation,
transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy by any agency,
authority, or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State or
municipality or other political subdivision of a State. It shall, so far
as practicable, secure and keep current information regarding the
ownership, operation, management, and control of all facilities for such
generation, transmission, distribution, and sale; the capacity and
output thereof and the relationship between the two; the cost of
generation, transmission, and distribution; the rates, charges, and
contracts in respect of the sale of electric energy and its service to
residential, rural, commercial, and industrial consumers and other
purchasers by private and public agencies; and the relation of any or
all such facts to the development of navigation, industry, commerce, and
the national defense. The Commission shall report to Congress the
results of investigations made under authority of this section.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. III, Sec. 311, as added Aug. 26, 1935, ch.
687, title II, Sec. 213, 49 Stat. 859.)
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 7177.
