16 U.S.C. § 2627: Relationship to State law

Summary

Prevents an electric utility from charging or recovering more or less revenue, or a different rate of return, than other laws allow. States and nonregulated electric utilities may make their own rules under state law, even if those rules differ from the federal standards in this part. If an electric utility is a Federal agency, or the Tennessee Valley Authority is treated as a state regulator under section 2602(17), then whenever sections 2621 or 2623 refer to "State law" they must be read as referring to Federal law.

Title 16, §2627

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(a)Revenue and rate of return

Nothing in this chapter shall authorize or require the recovery by an electric utility of revenues, or of a rate of return, in excess of, or less than, the amount of revenues or the rate of return determined to be lawful under any other provision of law.

(b)State authority

Nothing in this chapter prohibits any State regulatory authority or nonregulated electric utility from adopting, pursuant to State law, any standard or rule affecting electric utilities which is different from any standard established by this subchapter.

(c)Federal agencies

With respect to any electric utility which is a Federal agency, and with respect to the Tennessee Valley Authority when it is treated as a State regulatory authority as provided in section 2602(17) of this title, any reference in section 2621 or 2623 of this title to State law shall be treated as a reference to Federal law.

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This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), 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.

§2627 Relationship to State Law

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Title 16, §2627

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