16 U.S.C. § 825j : US Code - Section 825J: Investigations relating to electric energy; reports to Congress

Search 16 U.S.C. § 825j : US Code - Section 825J: Investigations relating to electric energy; reports to Congress

In order to secure information necessary or appropriate as a
basis for recommending legislation, the Commission is authorized
and directed to conduct investigations regarding the generation,
transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy, however
produced, throughout the United States and its possessions, whether
or not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission,
including the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of
electric energy by any agency, authority, or instrumentality of the
United States, or of any State or municipality or other political
subdivision of a State. It shall, so far as practicable, secure and
keep current information regarding the ownership, operation,
management, and control of all facilities for such generation,
transmission, distribution, and sale; the capacity and output
thereof and the relationship between the two; the cost of
generation, transmission, and distribution; the rates, charges, and
contracts in respect of the sale of electric energy and its service
to residential, rural, commercial, and industrial consumers and
other purchasers by private and public agencies; and the relation
of any or all such facts to the development of navigation,
industry, commerce, and the national defense. The Commission shall
report to Congress the results of investigations made under
authority of this section.