Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§837e Transmission lines for other electric energy; rates
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12F— - PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONSUMER POWER PREFERENCE; RECIPROCAL PRIORITY IN OTHER REGIONS › § 837e
Summary
Federal line capacity that links a Pacific Northwest or Canadian plant and is not needed for Federal energy or the energy in section 837h must be offered to carry other power. The Secretary sets fair rates, adjustable as agreed but at least once every five years; firm contracts are unaffected.
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Title 16, §837e
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Any capacity in Federal transmission lines connecting, either by themselves or with non-Federal lines, a generating plant in the Pacific Northwest or Canada with the other area or with any other area outside the Pacific Northwest, which is not required for the transmission of Federal energy or the energy described in section 837h of this title, shall be made available as a carrier for transmission of other electric energy between such areas. The transmission of other electric energy shall be at equitable rates determined by the Secretary, but such rates shall be subject to equitable adjustment at appropriate intervals not less frequently than once in every five years as agreed to by the parties. No contract for the transmission of non-Federal energy on a firm basis shall be affected by any increase, subsequent to the execution of such contract, in the requirements for transmission of Federal energy, the energy described in section 837h of this title, or other electric energy.
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16 U.S.C. § 837e
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73