Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§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
When a state regulator complains, and after notice and a hearing to affected regulators and utilities, the Commission must order adequate interstate service a utility should provide, but it cannot force more generation or sales or swaps that would hurt serving 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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16 U.S.C. § 824f
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102