42 U.S.C. § 7177: Access to information

Summary

The Secretary, department officers, and federal agencies must give the Commission any existing information they have when the Commission asks and says it needs it to do its work under this chapter. When making reports or investigations under sections 825c and 825j of title 16 and 717i and 717j of title 15, the Secretary must include any data the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requests and send FERC copies of the reports and results.

Title 42, §7177

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(a)The Secretary, each officer of the Department, and each Federal agency shall provide to the Commission, upon request, such existing information in the possession of the Department or other Federal agency as the Commission determines is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.

(b)The Secretary, in formulating the information to be requested in the reports or investigations under section 825c and section 825j of title 16 and section 717i and section 717j of title 15 shall include in such reports and investigations such specific information as requested by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and copies of all reports, information, results of investigations and data under said sections shall be furnished by the Secretary to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–91, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 565, known as the Department of Energy Organization Act, 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 7101 of this title and Tables.

§7177 Access to Information