42 USC § 6804 - Funding, administrative, and judicial authorities of Secretary

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6804"
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title: "42 USC § 6804 - Funding, administrative, and judicial authorities of Secretary"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6804"
section_name: "Funding, administrative, and judicial authorities of Secretary"
chapter_number: 81
chapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE RENEWAL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ELECTRIC UTILITY RATE DESIGN INITIATIVES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–385, title II, § 204, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1143; Pub. L. 95–617, title I, § 143, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3134.)"
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# § 6804. Funding, administrative, and judicial authorities of Secretary

The Secretary may—

**(1)** fund (A) demonstration projects to improve electric utility load management procedures and (B) regulatory rate reform initiatives,

**(2)** on request of a State, a utility regulatory commission, or of any participant in any proceeding before a State utility regulatory commission which relates to electric utility rates or rate design, intervene and participate in such proceeding, and

**(3)** on request of any State, utility regulatory commission, or party to any action to obtain judicial review of an administrative proceeding in which the Secretary intervened or participated under paragraph (2), intervene and participate in such action.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–385, title II, § 204, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1143; Pub. L. 95–617, title I, § 143, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3134.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”, meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration in two places.