18 CFR § 385.207 - Petitions (Rule 207).
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s385.207"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 385.207 - Petitions (Rule 207)."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "385.207"
section_name: "Petitions (Rule 207)."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURAL RULES"
part_number: "385"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 551-557; 15 U.S.C. 717-717w, 3301-3432; 16 U.S.C. 791a-825v, 2601-2645; 28 U.S.C. 2461; 31 U.S.C 3701, 9701; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352, 16441, 16451-16463; 49 U.S.C. 60502; 49 App. U.S.C. 1-85 (1988); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (1990); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (2015)."
regulatory_source: "Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "385"
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# 385.207 Petitions (Rule 207).
(a) *General rule.* A person must file a petition when seeking:
(1) Relief under subpart I, J, or K of this part;
(2) A declaratory order or rule to terminate a controversy or remove uncertainty;
(3) Action on appeal from a staff action, other than a decision or ruling of a presiding officer, under Rule 1902;
(4) A rule of general applicability; or
(5) Any other action which is in the discretion of the Commission and for which this chapter prescribes no other form of pleading.
(b) *Declarations of intent under the Federal Power Act.* For purposes of this part, a declaration of intent under section 23(b) of the Federal Power Act is treated as a petition for a declaratory order.
(c) Except as provided in § 381.302(b), each petition for issuance of a declaratory order must be accompanied by the fee prescribed in § 381.302(a).
[Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, as amended by Order 395, 49 FR 35357, Sept. 7, 1984]