Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§825s–6 Southeastern Power Administration; deposit and availability of discretionary offsetting collections

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - LICENSEES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES; PROCEDURAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 825s–6

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

All money collected by the Southeastern Power Administration that is used to pay annual operating costs must be put into the account as special offset funds and used only to pay those costs. These funds stay available until they are spent. For this rule, "annual expenses" means costs normally recovered in the same year they happen, but it does not include purchase power or wheeling expenses.

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Title 16, §825s–6

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Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3302 of title 31 and section 825s of this title, all funds collected by the Southeastern Power Administration that are applicable to the repayment of the annual expenses of this account in this and subsequent fiscal years shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections for the sole purpose of funding such expenses, with such funds remaining available until expended: Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).

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This fiscal year, referred to in text, is the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, and not as part of the Federal Power Act which generally comprises this chapter.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 825s–6

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73