§2631 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

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The Secretary, any affected electric utility, or any electric customer of an affected utility has the right to join and take part in proceedings about electric rates or how rates are set. They can start or participate in talks about standards from subchapter II or other ideas that help the chapter’s goals. These proceedings may be run by a state regulator (for utilities it controls) or by a nonregulated electric utility. Anyone who joins can get relevant information that other parties can see. That information is obtained under reasonable discovery rules set by the state regulator or by the nonregulated utility. If a proceeding began before November 9, 1978 but was not finished by that date, joining is allowed only if it meets the normal timing rules of the law.

Title 16, §2631

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(a)In order to initiate and participate in the consideration of one or more of the standards established by subchapter II or other concepts which contribute to the achievement of the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary, any affected electric utility, or any electric consumer of an affected electric utility may intervene and participate as a matter of right in any ratemaking proceeding or other appropriate regulatory proceeding relating to rates or rate design which is conducted by a State regulatory authority (with respect to an electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) or by a nonregulated electric utility.

(b)Any intervenor or participant in a proceeding described in subsection (a) shall have access to information available to other parties to the proceeding if such information is relevant to the issues to which his intervention or participation in such proceeding relates. Such information may be obtained through reasonable rules relating to discovery of information prescribed by the State regulatory authority (in the case of proceedings concerning electric utilities for which it has ratemaking authority) or by the nonregulated electric utility (in the case of a proceeding conducted by a nonregulated electric utility).

(c)Any intervention or participation under this section, in any proceeding commenced before November 9, 1978, but not completed before such date, shall be permitted under this section only to the extent such intervention or participation is timely under otherwise applicable law.

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), 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.

§2631 Intervention in Proceedings

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Title 16, §2631

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