15 USC § 780 - Office of Private Grievances and Redress

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title: "15 USC § 780 - Office of Private Grievances and Redress"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "780"
section_name: "Office of Private Grievances and Redress"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–275, § 21, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 112; Pub. L. 96–470, title II, § 203(h), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2244.)"
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# § 780. Office of Private Grievances and Redress

**(a)** **Establishment; director; statement of purpose** The Administrator shall establish and maintain an Office of Private Grievances and Redress, headed by a director, to receive and evaluate petitions filed in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, and to make recommendations to the Administrator for appropriate action.

**(b)** **Petition for special redress, relief, or other extraordinary assistance; nature of remedy** section 766 of this title

Any person, adversely affected by any order, rule, or regulation issued by the Administrator in carrying out the functions assigned to him under this chapter, may petition the Administrator for special redress, relief, or other extraordinary assistance, apart from, or in addition to, any right or privilege to seek redress of grievances provided in .

**(c)** **Statement for annual report; recommendations to Congress** section 7267 of title 42

The Administrator shall submit to the Secretary for inclusion in the annual report required by  a statement on the nature and number of the grievances which have been filed, and the action taken and relief provided, pursuant to this section; and he shall make recommendations to the Congress from time to time concerning legislative or administrative actions which may be taken to better assist persons adversely affected by the energy shortages and to distribute more equitably the burdens resulting from any measures adopted, or actions taken, by him.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–275, § 21, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 112; Pub. L. 96–470, title II, § 203(h), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2244.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980—Subsec. (c).  substituted “submit to the Secretary for inclusion in the annual report required by  a statement” for “report quarterly to the Congress”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

Federal Energy Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.