Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935

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The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 was a New Deal-era U.S. federal law that restructured and regulated electric and gas utility holding companies to curb monopolistic practices and protect consumers and investors.

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Generate an image of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 was a New Deal-era U.S. federal law that restructured and regulated electric and gas utility holding companies to curb monopolistic practices and protect consumers and investors.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal legislation ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
addressesProblem concentration of control over utilities in a few large holding companies ⓘ
lack of transparency in utility holding company finances ⓘ
pyramiding of utility holding company securities ⓘ
aimsTo eliminate unnecessary subsidiary companies ⓘ
reduce financial abuses in utility holding companies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wheeler-Rayburn Act ⓘ
appliesToSector electric utilities ⓘ
gas utilities ⓘ
authorizes SEC to limit operations of holding companies to a single integrated public-utility system ⓘ
SEC to order simplification of holding company structures ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ
componentOf U.S. securities and utilities regulation framework ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedBy 74th United States Congress ⓘ
field energy law ⓘ
securities regulation ⓘ
grantsPowerTo Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
hasEffect breakup of large interstate utility holding company systems ⓘ
increased federal oversight of utilities ⓘ
simplification of corporate structures in the utility industry ⓘ
influencedBy Great Depression ⓘ
public concern over utility monopolies ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legacy established long-term federal standards for utility holding company regulation ⓘ
opposedBy many large utility holding companies ⓘ
partOf New Deal ⓘ
purpose to curb monopolistic practices in the utility industry ⓘ
to protect consumers ⓘ
to protect investors ⓘ
to simplify complex utility holding company structures ⓘ
regulates public utility holding companies ⓘ
relatedTo Federal Power Act ⓘ
Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
repealedBy Energy Policy Act of 2005 ⓘ
repealEffectiveDate 2005-02-08 ⓘ
requires registration of utility holding companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
shortName PUHCA ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
signingDate 1935-08-26 ⓘ
status repealed ⓘ
subjectOf Supreme Court litigation ⓘ
upheldBy United States Supreme Court ⓘ
yearEnacted 1935 ⓘ

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74th United States Congress → passed → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 → shortName → PUHCA ⓘ
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Title 15 of the United States Code → contains → Public Utility Holding Company Act provisions ⓘ
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Wheeler-Rayburn Act → hasOfficialName → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
Wheeler-Rayburn Act → relatedTo → Public Utility Act of 1935 ⓘ
linked to: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
Public Law 109-58 → amends → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
Public Law 109-58 → repeals → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
Public Law 109-58 → creates → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 ⓘ
linked to: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 → relatedTo → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
Bureau of Corporations → notableWork → Reports on the control of public-service corporations by holding companies ⓘ
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Energy Policy Act of 1992 → amended → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
PUHCA → acronymFor → Public Utility Holding Company Act ⓘ
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Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 → replaced → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
subject linked to: PUHCA
PUHCA 1935 → acronymFor → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
subject linked to: PUHCA
PUHCA 2005 → acronymFor → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 ⓘ
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linked to: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
PUHCA → mayReferTo → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
PUHCA → mayReferTo → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 ⓘ
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Federal Water Power Act of 1920 → laterAmendedBy → Public Utility Act of 1935 ⓘ
linked to: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
United States federal securities laws → includes → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
Securities Acts Amendments of 1968 → buildsOn → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
New Deal financial regulatory framework → hasPart → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ
Middle West Utilities Company → relatedLegislation → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ