Authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to Fix Electricity Rates and Charges and to Require Refund Payments by a Public Utility

Seitzinger, Michael V

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Economic policy;    Energy prices;    Government regulation;    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;    Energy;   

RP-ID  :  RS20774
RP-ID  :  RS20774 2001-01-09

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act concern rates and charges collected by a public utility in transmitting or selling electric energy in interstate commerce. These rates and charges are required to be just and reasonable. States retain jurisdiction over facilities for generation, distribution, or transmission of electric energy in intrastate commerce. The Commission has the authority to determine that an existing rate is unjust or unreasonable and set a new rate. In certain situations Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) may have authority to refund amounts paid in excess of just and reasonable rates. Case law is useful in determining when such a situation may exist.