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§825g Hearings; Rules of Procedure

Title 16 › CHAPTER 12 — FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER › SUBCHAPTER III — LICENSEES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES; PROCEDURAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 825g

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission may hold hearings itself, through any member, or through a person it appoints, and it must keep records. It can let states, state agencies, cities, consumer or investor representatives, competitors, or others join if their participation serves the public interest. The Commission makes the rules for hearings, does not have to follow strict courtroom evidence rules, and informal procedures or loose testimony will not void any order, decision, rule, or regulation.

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Title 16, §825g

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(a)Hearings under this chapter may be held before the Commission, any member or members thereof or any representative of the Commission designated by it, and appropriate records thereof shall be kept. In any proceeding before it, the Commission, in accordance with such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, may admit as a party any interested State, State commission, municipality, or any representative of interested consumers or security holders, or any competitor of a party to such proceeding, or any other person whose participation in the proceeding may be in the public interest.

(b)All hearings, investigations, and proceedings under this chapter shall be governed by rules of practice and procedure to be adopted by the Commission, and in the conduct thereof the technical rules of evidence need not be applied. No informality in any hearing, investigation, or proceeding or in the manner of taking testimony shall invalidate any order, decision, rule, or regulation issued under the authority of this chapter.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 825g

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102