Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§824f Ordering Furnishing of Adequate Service
Title 16 › Chapter 12— FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER › Subchapter II— REGULATION OF ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANIES ENGAGED IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE › § 824f
Summary
If a State commission files a complaint, and after the Commission notifies the affected State commissions and utilities and holds a hearing, the Commission must decide what interstate service a utility needs to provide and set that requirement by order or rule. The Commission cannot force a utility to build more power plants or to sell or trade energy if doing so would weaken its ability to serve its customers.
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Title 16, §824f
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Whenever the Commission, upon complaint of a State commission, after notice to each State commission and public utility affected and after opportunity for hearing, shall find that any interstate service of any public utility is inadequate or insufficient, the Commission shall determine the proper, adequate, or sufficient service to be furnished, and shall fix the same by its order, rule, or regulation: Provided, That the Commission shall have no authority to compel the enlargement of generating facilities for such purposes, nor to compel the public utility to sell or exchange energy when to do so would impair its ability to render adequate service to its customers.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 824f
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60