§ 837g. — Transmission lines between Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest; prohibition against construction of lines or related facilities; exceptions of lines and facilities recommended by Secretary or authorized by Congress; authority of Secretary to construct other transmission lines unaffected.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC837g]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12F--PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONSUMER POWER PREFERENCE; RECIPROCAL
PRIORITY IN OTHER REGIONS
Sec. 837g. Transmission lines between Pacific Northwest and
Pacific Southwest; prohibition against construction of lines or
related facilities; exceptions of lines and facilities
recommended by Secretary or authorized by Congress; authority of
Secretary to construct other transmission lines unaffected
No electric transmission lines or related facilities shall be
constructed by any Federal agency outside the Pacific Northwest for the
purpose of transmitting electric energy between the Pacific Northwest
and Pacific Southwest, nor shall any arrangement for transmission
capacity be executed by any Federal agency for the purpose of financing
such lines and related facilities to be constructed by non-Federal
entities, except those lines and facilities recommended for Federal
construction in the Report of the Secretary of the Interior submitted to
Congress on June 24, 1964, as supplemented on July 27, 1964, or as
hereafter specifically authorized by Congress: Provided, That, except
with respect to electric transmission lines and related facilities for
the purpose of transmitting electric energy between the two regions
above mentioned, nothing herein shall be construed as expanding or
diminishing in any way the present authority of the Secretary of Energy
to construct transmission lines to market power and energy.
(Pub. L. 88-552, Sec. 8, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 758; Pub. L. 95-91,
title III, Sec. 302(a), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578.)
Transfer of Functions
``Secretary of Energy'' substituted for ``Secretary of the
Interior'' in the proviso in text pursuant to Pub. L. 95-91,
Sec. 302(a), which is classified to section 7152(a) of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 837g-1 of this title.
