Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§824u Prohibition on Filing False Information

Title 16 › CHAPTER 12 — FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER › SUBCHAPTER II — REGULATION OF ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANIES ENGAGED IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE › § 824u

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Do not knowingly report false wholesale electricity prices or transmission capacity to Federal agencies to fraudulently alter their data (including 824(f) entities).

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Title 16, §824u

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No entity (including an entity described in section 824(f) of this title) shall willfully and knowingly report any information relating to the price of electricity sold at wholesale or the availability of transmission capacity, which information the person or any other entity knew to be false at the time of the reporting, to a Federal agency with intent to fraudulently affect the data being compiled by the Federal agency.

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16 U.S.C. § 824u

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102