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§2626 Reports Respecting Standards

Title 16 › Chapter 46— PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES › Subchapter II— STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › § 2626

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

State regulators and nonregulated electric utilities must report to the Secretary on how they considered the standards in sections 2621(d) and 2623(b). The first reports are due within one year after November 9, 1978, and then once a year for ten years. Each report must list the decisions and actions taken for each utility. Within 18 months after November 9, 1978, and then yearly for ten years, the Secretary must send the President and Congress a summary and analysis of those reports, describe the Secretary’s actions under the law, and recommend any needed federal steps or laws about retail electric rates and related practices.

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Title 16, §2626

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(a)Not later than one year after November 9, 1978, and annually thereafter for ten years, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each State regulated electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall report to the Secretary, in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe, respecting its consideration of the standards established by section 2621(d) and 2623(b) of this title. Such report shall include a summary of the determinations made and actions taken with respect to each such standard on a utility-by-utility basis.
(b)Not later than eighteen months after November 9, 1978, and annually thereafter for ten years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President and the Congress containing—
(1)a summary of the reports submitted under subsection (a),
(2)his analysis of such reports, and
(3)his actions under this chapter, and his recommendations for such further Federal actions, including any legislation, regarding retail electric utility rates (and other practices) as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I (§ 101 et seq.) of Pub. L. 95–617, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120, which enacted subchapters I to IV of this chapter and section 6808 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amended sections 6802 to 6807 of Title 42. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

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16 U.S.C. § 2626

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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