Public Law 74-333

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Public Law 74-333 is the 1935 U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Federal Power Act, which established a comprehensive framework for regulating interstate electricity transmission and wholesale power sales.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
electricity regulation statute ⓘ
energy law ⓘ
aimsTo protect consumers from unreasonable electricity rates ⓘ
allocatesAuthorityTo Federal Power Commission ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
authorizes federal licensing of hydroelectric projects ⓘ
regulation of interstate transmission of electric energy ⓘ
basedOnConstitutionalPower Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause
codifiedIn Title 16 of the United States Code ⓘ
countryOfJurisdiction United States ⓘ
createsRegulatoryBody Federal Power Commission ⓘ
dateEnacted 1935 ⓘ
enactedBy 74th United States Congress ⓘ
establishesFrameworkFor federal regulation of electric utilities ⓘ
governs interstate wholesale power markets in the United States ⓘ
hasCommonName Federal Power Act of 1935 ⓘ
linked to: Federal Power Act
hasOfficialName Federal Power Act ⓘ
hasShortTitle Federal Power Act ⓘ
historicalContext enacted during the New Deal era ⓘ
influenced modern U.S. electricity market regulation ⓘ
laterAdministeredBy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ⓘ
leavesToStates regulation of local distribution of electric energy ⓘ
regulation of retail electricity sales ⓘ
legalDomain administrative law ⓘ
public utility regulation ⓘ
objective comprehensive federal regulation of the electric power industry ⓘ
partOf New Deal energy legislation ⓘ
preempts state regulation of interstate electricity transmission ⓘ
state regulation of wholesale power sales in interstate commerce ⓘ
primaryCitation 16 U.S.C. §§ 791a et seq. ⓘ
regulates hydroelectric power projects on navigable waters ⓘ
interstate electricity transmission ⓘ
wholesale sales of electric energy ⓘ
requires federal approval for certain hydroelectric projects ⓘ
just and reasonable wholesale electricity rates ⓘ
scope interstate transmission of electric energy in the United States ⓘ
wholesale sales of electric energy in interstate commerce ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
subjectMatter electric power ⓘ
hydroelectric licensing ⓘ
interstate commerce in electricity ⓘ
successorAgency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ⓘ
typeOfRegulation licensing regulation ⓘ
rate regulation ⓘ

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