§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

Summary

No federal agency may build or pay for transmission lines outside the Pacific Northwest to move electricity between the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Southwest, except for lines listed in the Secretary of the Interior’s report to Congress (June 24, 1964; supplemented July 27, 1964) or later approved by Congress. This does not change the Secretary of Energy’s current authority to build transmission lines to market power and energy, except for lines that move power between those two regions.