16 U.S.C. § 824v : US Code - Section 824V: Prohibition of energy market manipulation

Search 16 U.S.C. § 824v : US Code - Section 824V: Prohibition of energy market manipulation

(a) In general
It shall be unlawful for any entity (including an entity
described in section 824(f) of this title), directly or indirectly,
to use or employ, in connection with the purchase or sale of
electric energy or the purchase or sale of transmission services
subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, any manipulative or
deceptive device or contrivance (as those terms are used in section
78j(b) of title 15), in contravention of such rules and regulations
as the Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the
public interest or for the protection of electric ratepayers.
(b) No private right of action
Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a private
right of action.