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The Federal Power Act is a law appearing in Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the United States Code, entitled "Federal Regulation and Development of Power".Enacted as the Federal Water Power Act on June 10, 1920, and amended many times since, [1] its original purpose was to more effectively coordinate the development of hydroelectric projects in the United States.
Rural Electrification Act: Funded electric cooperatives to bring electricity to underserved rural areas. 1938 Natural Gas Act: Gas pipelines regulated under Federal Power Commission. 1946 Atomic Energy Act: Put development of nuclear weapons and power under civilian control (instead of military). 1954 Atomic Energy Act: Opened way for civilian ...
Per the Delegation Order S1-DEL-S4-2023 [2] the Office is responsible for: study of codes and standards for the use of energy storage systems across sectors per section 40111 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; under the Energy Independence and Security Act execution of activities to carry out research, development, and demonstration of:
The US Supreme Court is seen on the first day of a new term in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Herring are unloaded from a fishing boat in Rockland, Maine, in 2015. Fishing for herring is at the center of two cases before the Supreme Court that could limit the reach of federal agencies.
Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co., 350 U.S. 348 (1956), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court interpreted the Federal Power Act (FPA) as permitting the Federal Power Commission (FPC) to modify a rate specified in a contract between an electric utility and distribution company only upon a finding that the contract rate is unlawful because it adversely ...
H.R. 267 amended the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) and the Federal Power Act. Previously, hydropower projects the produce 5,000 kilowatts or less of power could avoid having to get certain licenses. [13] H.R. 267 raised that to 10,000 kilowatts, facilitating the speed at which smaller hydropower projects could be built.
Lopez [7] in 1995 held unconstitutional the Gun Free School Zone Act because it exceeded the power of Congress to "regulate commerce...among the several states". Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote, "We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers." For the first time in sixty years the Court ...