Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§837e Transmission Lines for Other Electric Energy; Rates

Title 16 › Chapter 12F— PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONSUMER POWER PREFERENCE; RECIPROCAL PRIORITY IN OTHER REGIONS › § 837e

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Any unused capacity in federal transmission lines that connect a generating plant in the Pacific Northwest or Canada with other areas must be offered to carry other electric power between those areas. This only applies to capacity not needed to send federal power or other power the law describes. The Secretary sets fair rates for that service, and the rates can be adjusted as agreed but at least once every five years. A firm contract to transmit non‑federal power cannot be changed later because federal transmission needs increase.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §837e

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Any capacity in Federal transmission lines connecting, either by themselves or with non-Federal lines, a generating plant in the Pacific Northwest or Canada with the other area or with any other area outside the Pacific Northwest, which is not required for the transmission of Federal energy or the energy described in section 837h of this title, shall be made available as a carrier for transmission of other electric energy between such areas. The transmission of other electric energy shall be at equitable rates determined by the Secretary, but such rates shall be subject to equitable adjustment at appropriate intervals not less frequently than once in every five years as agreed to by the parties. No contract for the transmission of non-Federal energy on a firm basis shall be affected by any increase, subsequent to the execution of such contract, in the requirements for transmission of Federal energy, the energy described in section 837h of this title, or other electric energy.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 837e

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60