16 U.S.C. § 2631 : US Code - Section 2631: Intervention in proceedings

Search 16 U.S.C. § 2631 : US Code - Section 2631: Intervention in proceedings

(a) Authority to intervene and participate
In order to initiate and participate in the consideration of one
or more of the standards established by subchapter II of this
chapter or other concepts which contribute to the achievement of
the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary, any affected electric
utility, or any electric consumer of an affected electric utility
may intervene and participate as a matter of right in any
ratemaking proceeding or other appropriate regulatory proceeding
relating to rates or rate design which is conducted by a State
regulatory authority (with respect to an electric utility for which
it has ratemaking authority) or by a nonregulated electric utility.
(b) Access to information
Any intervenor or participant in a proceeding described in
subsection (a) of this section shall have access to information
available to other parties to the proceeding if such information is
relevant to the issues to which his intervention or participation
in such proceeding relates. Such information may be obtained
through reasonable rules relating to discovery of information
prescribed by the State regulatory authority (in the case of
proceedings concerning electric utilities for which it has
ratemaking authority) or by the nonregulated electric utility (in
the case of a proceeding conducted by a nonregulated electric
utility).
(c) Effective date; procedures
Any intervention or participation under this section, in any
proceeding commenced before November 9, 1978, but not completed
before such date, shall be permitted under this section only to the
extent such intervention or participation is timely under otherwise
applicable law.