Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§838h Uniform schedules of rates and charges for sale of Federal power and transmission of non-Federal power; allocation of cost recovery
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12G— - PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEDERAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM › § 838h
Summary
Allows the federal power authority to make price lists for selling electricity and for using federal transmission lines. Those price lists can set the same rate across chosen transmission areas. The cost to run the federal transmission system must be split fairly between federal power and non‑federal power that use it.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §838h
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The said schedules of rates and charges for transmission, the said schedules of rates and charges for the sale of electric power, or both such schedules, may provide, among other things, for uniform rates or rates uniform throughout prescribed transmission areas. The recovery of the cost of the Federal transmission system shall be equitably allocated between Federal and non-Federal power utilizing such system.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 838h
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73