Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§824f Ordering furnishing of adequate service
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - REGULATION OF ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANIES ENGAGED IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE › § 824f
Summary
If a State commission complains and, after notice and hearing, the Commission finds an interstate utility’s service is inadequate, it must decide what adequate service is and order it. The Commission cannot force bigger power plants or require sales or swaps of energy if that would hurt the utility’s ability to serve.
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Title 16, §824f
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Whenever the Commission, upon complaint of a State commission, after notice to each State commission and public utility affected and after opportunity for hearing, shall find that any interstate service of any public utility is inadequate or insufficient, the Commission shall determine the proper, adequate, or sufficient service to be furnished, and shall fix the same by its order, rule, or regulation: Provided, That the Commission shall have no authority to compel the enlargement of generating facilities for such purposes, nor to compel the public utility to sell or exchange energy when to do so would impair its ability to render adequate service to its customers.
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16 U.S.C. § 824f
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73