Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§837a Limitation of Sale, Delivery, and Exchange of Electric Energy and Electric Peaking Capacity for Use Outside Pacific Northwest to Surplus Energy and Surplus Peaking Capacity; Notice to Customers; Inspection of Contract Drafts
Title 16 › CHAPTER 12F — PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONSUMER POWER PREFERENCE; RECIPROCAL PRIORITY IN OTHER REGIONS › § 837a
Summary
Only surplus power and peaking capacity from federal Pacific Northwest dams may be sold for use outside the region; at least 30 days before signing any such contract, the Secretary must give Bonneville Power Administration customers written notice and allow inspection of draft contracts on request.
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Title 16, §837a
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Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the sale, delivery, and exchange of electric energy generated at, and peaking capacity of, Federal hydroelectric plants in the Pacific Northwest for use outside the Pacific Northwest shall be limited to surplus energy and surplus peaking capacity. At least 30 days prior to the execution of any contract for the sale, delivery, or exchange of surplus energy or surplus peaking capacity for use outside the Pacific Northwest, the Secretary shall give the then customers of the Bonneville Power Administration written notice that negotiations for such a contract are pending, and thereafter, at any customer’s request, make available for its inspection current drafts of the proposed contract.
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Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of the Interior with respect to Bonneville Power Administration transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(D), (2) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, with Bonneville Power Administration to be preserved as a distinct organizational entity within Department of Energy and headed by an Administrator.
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16 U.S.C. § 837a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102