Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§825s–3 Southwestern Area Sale at Uniform Systemwide Rates of Electric Power Over Transmission Lines Constructed with Appropriated Funds or Used Under Contractual Arrangements
Title 16 › CHAPTER 12 — FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER › SUBCHAPTER III — LICENSEES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES; PROCEDURAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 825s–3
Summary
Southwestern Power Administration must sell the power it markets at the same rate across the whole system. Customers must be treated the same whether their power comes over transmission lines built with federal funds or over lines used under lease, wheeling, or other contracts.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §825s–3
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Power and energy marketed by the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to section 825s of this title, shall be sold at uniform systemwide rates, without discrimination between customers to whom the Southwestern Power Administration delivers such power and energy by means of transmission lines or facilities constructed with appropriated funds, and customers to whom the Southwestern Power Administration delivers such power and energy by means of transmission lines or facilities, the use of which is acquired by lease, wheeling, or other contractual arrangements.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Power Act which generally comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 95–456, § 2, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1230, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section] shall not become effective until Contract No. 14–02–00001–1002, effective August 1, 1962, between the United States of America and Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., Springfield, Missouri, has been amended in a manner mutually agreeable to the parties thereto.”
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 825s–3
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102