16 U.S.C. § 824r — Protection of transmission contracts in the Pacific Northwest
submitted 106 years ago by Pub. L. 109-58 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 158 words · no verdicts yet
This section sets rules for the transmission service, rights, rates, facilities, or protections described in its text. The explanation follows the section’s subsections and other provisions.
(a) Definition of electric utility* or person In this section, the term “electric utility or person” means an electric utility or person that— (1) as of August 8, 2005 , holds firm transmission rights under contract or by reason of ownership of transmission facilities; and (2) is located— (A) in the Pacific Northwest, as that region is defined in section 839a of this title ; or (B) in that portion of a State included in the geographic area proposed for a regional transmission organization* in Commission Docket Number RT01–35 on the date on which that docket was opened.
(b) Protection of transmission contracts Nothing in this chapter confers on the Commission the authority to require an electric utility or person to convert to tradable or financial rights— (1) firm transmission rights described in subsection
(a) ; or (2) firm transmission rights obtained by exercising contract or tariff rights associated with the firm transmission rights described in subsection
(a) .
In this section, the term “electric utility or person” means an electric utility or person that—
as of August 8, 2005, holds firm transmission rights pursuant to contract or by reason of ownership of transmission facilities; and
is located—
in the Pacific Northwest, as that region is defined in section 839a of this title; or
in that portion of a State included in the geographic area proposed for a regional transmission organization* in Commission Docket Number RT01–35 on the date on which that docket was opened.
Nothing in this chapter confers on the Commission the authority to require an electric utility or person to convert to tradable or financial rights—
firm transmission rights described in subsection (a); or
firm transmission rights obtained by exercising contract or tariff rights associated with the firm transmission rights described in subsection (a).
Source credit: (June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. II, § 218, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title XII, § 1235, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 960.)
- 1920Enacted · Pub. L. 109-58 · 119 Stat. 960
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 109-58 on 1920-06-10.
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