10 CFR § 904.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s904.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 904.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "904.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "904"
part_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR THE CHARGES FOR THE SALE OF POWER FROM THE BOULDER CANYON PROJECT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 388); Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617 ); Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act of 1940 (43 U.S.C. 618 ); Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 ); Colorado River Storage Project Act of 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620 ); Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968 (43 U.S.C. 1501 ); and Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 1333 (43 U.S.C. 619 ))."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 43154, Nov. 28, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "904"
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# 904.1 Purpose.

(a) The Secretary of Energy, acting by and through the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration (Administrator), is authorized and directed to promulgate charges for the sale of power generated at the Boulder Canyon Project powerplant, and also to promulgate such general regulations as the Secretary finds necessary and appropriate in accordance with the power marketing authorities in the Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 388) and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 *et seq.*).

(b) In accordance with the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617 *et seq.*), as amended and supplemented (Project Act); the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act of 1940 (43 U.S.C. 618 *et seq.*), as amended and supplemented (Adjustment Act); the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 *et seq.*); and the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 1333 (43 U.S.C. 619 *et seq.*)) (Hoover Power Plant Act); the Western Area Power Administration (Western) promulgates these General Regulations for the Charges for the Sale of Power From the Boulder Canyon Project (General Regulations) defining the methodology to be used in the computation of the charges for the sale of power from the Boulder Canyon Project.