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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§2612 Coverage

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 46— - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - RETAIL REGULATORY POLICIES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › § 2612

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each year, the chapter applies to any electric utility that, in any calendar year after December 31, 1975 and before the year just before the current year, sold more than 500 million kilowatt‑hours for purposes other than resale. The rules do not apply to parts of a utility’s operations or proceedings that deal with sales for resale. Before each calendar year, the Secretary must publish a list of the covered utilities, and each State regulator must quickly tell the Secretary which listed utilities it has ratemaking authority over.

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Title 16, §2612

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(a)This chapter applies to each electric utility in any calendar year, and to each proceeding relating to each electric utility in such year, if the total sales of electric energy by such utility for purposes other than resale exceeded 500 million kilowatt-hours during any calendar year beginning after December 31, 1975, and before the immediately preceding calendar year.
(b)The requirements of this chapter do not apply to the operations of an electric utility, or to proceedings respecting such operations, to the extent that such operations or proceedings relate to sales of electric energy for purposes of resale.
(c)Before the beginning of each calendar year, the Secretary shall publish a list identifying each electric utility to which this chapter applies during such calendar year. Promptly after publication of such list each State regulatory authority shall notify the Secretary of each electric utility on the list for which such State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority.

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References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I (§ 101 et seq.) of Pub. L. 95–617, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120, which enacted subchapters I to IV of this chapter and section 6808 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amended sections 6802 to 6807 of Title 42. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 2612

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73