Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§6804 Funding, administrative, and judicial authorities of Secretary
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 81— - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE RENEWAL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ELECTRIC UTILITY RATE DESIGN INITIATIVES › § 6804
Summary
The Secretary can fund projects to improve electric load management and reform rates; join state utility rate hearings if a State, commission, or participant asks; and join court reviews of those proceedings if similarly requested.
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Title 42, §6804
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The Secretary may—
(1)fund (A) demonstration projects to improve electric utility load management procedures and (B) regulatory rate reform initiatives,
(2)on request of a State, a utility regulatory commission, or of any participant in any proceeding before a State utility regulatory commission which relates to electric utility rates or rate design, intervene and participate in such proceeding, and
(3)on request of any State, utility regulatory commission, or party to any action to obtain judicial review of an administrative proceeding in which the Secretary intervened or participated under paragraph (2), intervene and participate in such action.
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1978—Pub. L. 95–617 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”, meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration in two places.
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42 U.S.C. § 6804
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73