Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§2019 Applicability of Federal Power Act
Title 42 › Chapter 23— DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2019
Summary
Requires holders of licenses under section 2133 who send or sell electricity across state lines to follow the Federal Power Act.
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Title 42, §2019
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Every licensee under this chapter who holds a license from the Commission for a utilization or production facility for the generation of commercial electric energy under section 2133 of this title and who transmits such electric energy in interstate commerce or sells it at wholesale in interstate commerce shall be subject to the regulatory provisions of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.].
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables. The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of Title 16 and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 2019
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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