Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§831j Equitable Distribution of Surplus Power Among States and Municipalities; Improvement in Production of Fertilizer
Title 16 › CHAPTER 12A — TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY › § 831j
Summary
The government must fairly sell surplus power from Muscle Shoals to nearby States, counties, and towns. The priority is to help people in the region—especially household and rural customers. Selling to industry is secondary and only allowed to keep rates low and encourage more home and rural electric use. The government must also use the Muscle Shoals facilities as needed to improve, expand, and lower the cost of making fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §831j
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It is declared to be the policy of the Government so far as practical to distribute and sell the surplus power generated at Muscle Shoals equitably among the States, counties, and municipalities within transmission distance. This policy is further declared to be that the projects herein provided for shall be considered primarily as for the benefit of the people of the section as a whole and particularly the domestic and rural consumers to whom the power can economically be made available, and accordingly that sale to and use by industry shall be a secondary purpose, to be utilized principally to secure a sufficiently high load factor and revenue returns which will permit domestic and rural use at the lowest possible rates and in such manner as to encourage increased domestic and rural use of electricity. It is further declared to be the policy of the Government to utilize the Muscle Shoals properties so far as may be necessary to improve, increase, and cheapen the production of fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients by carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 831j
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102