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industries, and coordinated national hydroelectric power activities. The Commission's mandate called for it to maintain reasonable, nondiscriminatory and just rates to the consumer. It was ensured that 37.5% of the income derived from hydroelectric power leases given out under the Water Power Act of
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Congress made it illegal to dam navigable streams without a license (or permit) from them. Until 1903, these congressional permits were given away on a 'first come first served' perpetual basis and controlled by the individual states. This would lead to a long debate between competing private and
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Prior to this time and despite federal control of navigable waters and the necessary congressional approval to construct such facilities, Congress had left the regulation of hydroelectric power to the individual states. The first federal legislation broadly dealing with hydroelectric development
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The Federal Power Act, initially enacted as the Federal Water Power Act, established the Federal Power Commission (now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) as the licensing authority for hydroelectric projects in the United States. It regulates interstate electricity transmission, wholesale
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further amended the Federal Power Act to extend FERC's jurisdiction to certain power plant sales as well as the reliability of electric service.
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In 1935, the law was renamed the Federal Power Act, and the FPC's regulatory jurisdiction was expanded to include all interstate
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on June 10, 1920, and amended many times since, its original purpose was to more effectively coordinate the development of
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulates under Parts II and III of the Federal Power Act.
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The Federal Government and Water Power, 1901–1913: A Legislative Study in the Nascence of Regulation
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An Act to provide for the regulation of interstate commerce in the public interest
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public development interests, and culminate in the act's passage in 1920.
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regarded its competition with navigation usage; with the passage of the
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Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 (H.R. 267; 113th Congress)
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United States. America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.
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Various amendments, including the Energy Policy Act of 2005
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and wholesale power sales (a/k/a "sales for resale"). The
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Long title
Title 16 of the United States Code
hydroelectric
John J. Esch
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
Federal Power Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
natural gas
electricity transmission
Energy Policy Act of 2005
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
Energy Security Act
Energy Policy Act of 1992
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018
Energy law#United States
United States Department of Energy#Related legislation
Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 (H.R. 267; 113th Congress)
113th United States Congress
FERC v. Electric Power Supply Ass'n
Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Pinchot, Gifford
Long Struggle for Effective Federal Water Power Legislation
The Federal Government and Water Power, 1901–1913: A Legislative Study in the Nascence of Regulation
Land Economics
Pub. L.
109–58 (text)
(PDF)
Pub. L.
95–617

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