42 USC § 16441 - Funding new interconnection and transmission upgrades

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s16441"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 16441 - Funding new interconnection and transmission upgrades"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "16441"
section_name: "Funding new interconnection and transmission upgrades"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "XII"
subchapter_name: "ELECTRICITY"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Transmission Rate Reform"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title XII, § 1242, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 962.)"
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# § 16441. Funding new interconnection and transmission upgrades

The Commission may approve a participant funding plan that allocates costs related to transmission upgrades or new generator interconnection, without regard to whether an applicant is a member of a Commission-approved Transmission Organization, if the plan results in rates that—

**(1)** are just and reasonable;

**(2)** are not unduly discriminatory or preferential; and

**(3)** are otherwise consistent with sections 824d and 824e of title 16.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title XII, § 1242, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 962.)