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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§824w Joint Boards on Economic Dispatch

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must set up regional joint boards to study what “security constrained economic dispatch” means and how it affects reliability and cost in different market areas. The Commission will choose the regions, ask each State to name a representative, and appoint one of its members to chair and join each board. Each board may only study that topic and make recommendations to the Commission. Within 1 year after August 8, 2005, the Commission must report to Congress on the boards’ recommendations and may combine recommendations from more than one board, including any consensus proposals for statutory or regulatory reform.

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Title 16, §824w

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(a)In general
The Commission shall convene joint boards on a regional basis pursuant to section 824h of this title to study the issue of security constrained economic dispatch for the various market regions. The Commission shall designate the appropriate regions to be covered by each such joint board for purposes of this section.
(b)Membership
The Commission shall request each State to nominate a representative for the appropriate regional joint board, and shall designate a member of the Commission to chair and participate as a member of each such board.
(c)Powers
The sole authority of each joint board convened under this section shall be to consider issues relevant to what constitutes “security constrained economic dispatch” and how such a mode of operating an electric energy system affects or enhances the reliability and affordability of service to customers in the region concerned and to make recommendations to the Commission regarding such issues.
(d)Report to the Congress
Within 1 year after August 8, 2005, the Commission shall issue a report and submit such report to the Congress regarding the recommendations of the joint boards under this section and the Commission may consolidate the recommendations of more than one such regional joint board, including any consensus recommendations for statutory or regulatory reform.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 824w

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110