16 U.S.C. § 791a
Short title
This chapter may be cited as the “Federal Power Act”.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 304
cases (32 in the last 5 years), 1935–2026 · leading case: Hughes v. Talen Energy Mktg., LLC, 136 S. Ct. 1288 (2016).
Hughes v. Talen Energy Mktg., LLC, 136 S. Ct. 1288 (2016). “1063 , as amended, 16 U. S. C. §791a et seq., vests in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) exclusive jurisdiction over wholesale sales of electricity in the interstate market.”
Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n v. Elec. Power Supply Ass'n, 136 S. Ct. 760 (2016). “1063 , as amended, 16 U.S.C. § 791a et seq., authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) to regulate "the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce," including both wholesale electricity rates and any rule or practice "affecting"…”
Pud No. 1 of Jefferson Cnty. v. Washington Dep't of Ecology, 511 U.S. 700 (1994). “1063 , as amended, 16 U. S. C. § 791a et seq., the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has authority to license new hydroelectric facilities.”
Morgan Stanley Capital Grp. Inc. v. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish Cty., 554 U.S. 527 (2008). “1063 , 16 U. S. C. §791a et seq., wholesale electricity prices are established in the first instance by public utilities, either via tariffs or in contracts with purchasers.”
Total Gas & Power North Am., Inc. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 859 F.3d 325 (5th Cir. 2017). “FERC primarily administers three statutes: the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. § 791a et seq.; the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), 15 U.”
Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Moore, 487 U.S. 354 (1988). “FERC has determined that when two or more utilities form a joint venture or pool to share electrical generating capacity, including construction of *378 a new facility, the resulting transfers of power are wholesales of electricity subject to FERC's jurisdiction under the…”
Metro. Edison Co. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 767 F.3d 335 (3rd Cir. 2014). “The Federal Power Act and the Filed Rate Doctrine In 1935, Congress enacted the Federal Power Act (“FPA”), 16 U.S.C. § 791a et seq., which authorized “federal regulation of the expanding business of transmitting and selling electric power in interstate commerce.”
NRG Power Mktg., LLC v. Maine Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 558 U.S. 165 (2010). “1063 , as amended, 16 U. S. C. §791a et seq., authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) to superintend the sale of electricity in interstate commerce and provides that all wholesale-electricity rates must be “just and reasonable,” §824d(a).”
Karuk Tribe of N. California v. California Reg'l Water Quality Control Bd., North Coast Region, 183 Cal. App. 4th 330 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). “The Board—having twice attempted to assert state law on this very subject and having twice been decisively and unanimously rejected by the United States Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals—declined, on the ground that all power on the subject belonged to the…”
City of Tacoma v. Taxpayers of Tacoma, 357 U.S. 320 (1958). “, 16 U. S. C. § 791a et seq. [2] 41 Stat. 1074 , 16 U.”
United States v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 345 U.S. 295 (1953). “838 , 16 U. S. C. § 791a et seq., and markets the greater portion of it, subject to respondent Public Utilities Commission's authority, in that State.”
Fed. Power Comm'n v. Tuscarora Indian Nation, 362 U.S. 99 (1960). “The parties have urged upon us a number of contentions, but we think these cases turn upon the answers to two questions, namely, (1) whether the Tuscarora lands covered by the Commission's license are part of a "reservation" as defined and used in the Federal Power Act, 16 U. S.…”
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