16 U.S.C. § 837g : US Code - Section 837G: Transmission lines between Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest; prohibition against construction of lines or related facilities; exceptions of lines and facilities recommended by Secretary or authorized by Congress; authority of Secretary to construct other transmission lines unaffected

Search 16 U.S.C. § 837g : US Code - Section 837G: Transmission lines between Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest; prohibition against construction of lines or related facilities; exceptions of lines and facilities recommended by Secretary or authorized by Congress; authority of Secretary to construct other transmission lines unaffected

No electric transmission lines or related facilities shall be
constructed by any Federal agency outside the Pacific Northwest for
the purpose of transmitting electric energy between the Pacific
Northwest and Pacific Southwest, nor shall any arrangement for
transmission capacity be executed by any Federal agency for the
purpose of financing such lines and related facilities to be
constructed by non-Federal entities, except those lines and
facilities recommended for Federal construction in the Report of
the Secretary of the Interior submitted to Congress on June 24,
1964, as supplemented on July 27, 1964, or as hereafter
specifically authorized by Congress: Provided, That, except with
respect to electric transmission lines and related facilities for
the purpose of transmitting electric energy between the two regions
above mentioned, nothing herein shall be construed as expanding or
diminishing in any way the present authority of the Secretary of
Energy to construct transmission lines to market power and energy.