Federal Power Act

Federal Power Act
  An act that includes the regulation of interstate transmission of electrical energy and rates. This act is administered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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  Enacted in 1920, and amended in1935, the Act consists of three parts. The first part incorporated the Federal Water Power Act administered by the former Federal Power Commission, whose activities were confined almost entirely to licensing non-Federal hydroelectric projects. Parts II and III were added with the passage of the Public Utility Act. These parts extended the Act's jurisdiction to include regulating the interstate transmission of electrical energy and rates for its sale as wholesale in interstate commerce. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is now charged with the administration of this law.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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