Schedules of rates and charges for the sale, including dispositions to Federal agencies, of all electric power made available to the Administrator pursuant to section 838f of this title or otherwise acquired, and for the transmission of non-Federal electric power over the Federal transmission system, shall become effective upon confirmation and approval thereof by the Secretary of Energy. Such rate schedules may be modified from time to time by the Secretary of Energy, acting by and through the Administrator, subject to confirmation and approval by the Secretary of Energy, and shall be fixed and established (1) with a view to encouraging the widest possible diversified use of electric power at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, (2) having regard to the recovery (upon the basis of the application of such rate schedules to the capacity of the electric facilities of the projects) of the cost of producing and transmitting such electric power, including the amortization of the capital investment allocated to power over a reasonable period of years and payments provided for in section 838i(b)(9) of this title, and (3) at levels to produce such additional revenues as may be required, in the aggregate with all other revenues of the Administrator, to pay when due the principal of, premiums, discounts, and expenses in connection with the issuance of and interest on all bonds issued and outstanding pursuant to this chapter, and amounts required to establish and maintain reserve and other funds and accounts established in connection therewith.
Notes of Decisions
Alcoa, Inc. v. Bonneville Power Admin., 698 F.3d 774 (9th Cir. 2012).
· cites it 6× “” 16 U.S.C. § 838g. [13] Whether framed in terms of ripeness or standing, peti- tioners’ alleged injury is too speculative to give rise to a case or controversy as required by Article III.”
Pac. Nw. Generating Coop. v. Bonneville Power Admin., 596 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2010).
· cites it 3× “” See 16 U.S.C. §§ 838g; 839e(a)(l); 825s. The mere fact that BPA has chosen to contract with a DSI at the statutorily authorized IP rate does not insulate the decision to contract from review under the “sound business principles” standard.”
Indus. Customers of Nw. Utils. v. Bonneville Power Admin., 767 F.3d 912 (9th Cir. 2014).
· cites it 3× “” 16 U.S.C. § 838g (emphasis added). A different provision similarly requires that BPA set rates that “recover, in accordance with sound business principles, the costs associated with the acquisition, conservation, and transmission of electric power.”
Idaho Conservation League v. Bpa, 83 F.4th 1182 (9th Cir. 2023).
“” 16 U.S.C. § 838g. BPA sets its rates through ratemakings, called “rate cases,” a process that resembles agency rulemaking.”
Pac. Nw. Generating Coop. v. Bonneville Power Admin., 580 F.3d 828 (9th Cir. 2009).
· cites it 3× “” See 16 U.S.C. §§ 838g; 839e(a)(l); 825s. The mere fact that BPA has chosen to contract with a DSI at the statutorily authorized IP rate does not insulate the decision to contract from review under the “sound business principles” standard.”
Indus. Customers of Nw. Utils. v. Bonneville Power Admin., 408 F.3d 638 (9th Cir. 2005).
· cites it 2× “1990); 16 U.S.C. §§ 838g, 839e(a)(l). At the same time, Congress requires that the BPA market federal power “with a view to encouraging the widest possible diversified use of electric power at the lowest possible rates to consumers consis *642 tent with sound business principles.”
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