Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§833c Preference to Public Bodies and Cooperatives
Title 16 › CHAPTER 12C — FORT PECK PROJECT › § 833c
Summary
Always, when selling or supplying electricity from the Fort Peck project, the Bureau must give first choice to public agencies and electric cooperatives. This is meant to keep the power facilities working for the public good, especially for household and rural customers.
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Title 16, §833c
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In order to insure that the facilities for the generation of electric energy at the Fort Peck project shall be operated for the benefit of the general public, and particularly of domestic and rural consumers, the Bureau shall at all times, in disposing of electric energy generated at said project, give preference and priority to public bodies and cooperatives.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Power marketing functions of Bureau of Reclamation, including
Construction
, operation, and maintenance of transmission lines and attendant facilities, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(E), (3) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and are to be exercised by Secretary through a separate Administration within Department of Energy.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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16 U.S.C. § 833c
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102