[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC831j]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12A--TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sec. 831j. Equitable distribution of surplus power among States
and municipalities; improvement in production of fertilizer
It is declared to be the policy of the Government so far as
practical to distribute and sell the surplus power generated at Muscle
Shoals equitably among the States, counties, and municipalities within
transmission distance. This policy is further declared to be that the
projects herein provided for shall be considered primarily as for the
benefit of the people of the section as a whole and particularly the
domestic and rural consumers to whom the power can economically be made
available, and accordingly that sale to and use by industry shall be a
secondary purpose, to be utilized principally to secure a sufficiently
