18 CFR § 376.201 - Emergency condition defined.

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title: "18 CFR § 376.201 - Emergency condition defined."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "376.201"
section_name: "Emergency condition defined."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "W"
subchapter_name: "REVISED GENERAL RULES"
part_number: "376"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION, MISSION, AND FUNCTIONS; OPERATIONS DURING EMERGENCY CONDITIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 553; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352; E.O. 12009, 3 CFR 1978 Comp., p. 142."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 21222, Apr. 1, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 376.201 Emergency condition defined.

For purposes of this subpart, emergency conditions:

(a) Shall commence:

(1) At the time of an armed attack upon the United States, or its territories or possessions;

(2) At the time the Commission is officially notified of the likelihood or imminence of such an attack; or

(3) At a time specified by the authority of the President; or

(4) At such time that the Commission's Continuity of Operations Plan is activated; and

(b) Shall continue until the Commission is officially notified of the end of such conditions.

[45 FR 21222, Apr. 1, 1980, as amended by Order 680, 71 FR 42595, July 27, 2006]