18 CFR § 290.101 - Applicability and exemptions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s290.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 290.101 - Applicability and exemptions."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "290.101"
section_name: "Applicability and exemptions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT OF 1978"
part_number: "290"
part_name: "COLLECTION OF COST OF SERVICE INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 133 OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT OF 1978"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 791a-828c, 2601-2645; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352."
regulatory_source: "Order 48, 44 FR 58697, Oct. 11, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "290"
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# 290.101 Applicability and exemptions.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), this part shall apply to each electric utility, in any calendar year, if the total sales of electric energy by such utility for purposes other than resale exceed 500 million kilowatt-hours during any calendar year beginning after December 31, 1975, and before the immediately preceding calendar year.
(b) The Commission exempts from compliance with this part any utility:
(1) Listed by name in Appendix A to this part; or
(2) That has total sales of electric energy for purposes other than resale of less than 2 billion kilowatt-hours per year.
[Order 353, 48 FR 55449, Dec. 13, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 4939, Feb. 9, 1984]