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[CITE: 16USC2642]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
             CHAPTER 46--PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2642. Responsibilities of Secretary


(a) Authority

    The Secretary may periodically notify the State regulatory 
authorities, and electric utilities identified pursuant to section 
2612(c) of this title, of--
        (1) load management techniques and the results of studies and 
    experiments concerning load management techniques;
        (2) developments and innovations in electric utility ratemaking 
    throughout the United States, including the results of studies and 
    experiments in rate structure and rate reform;
        (3) methods for determining cost of service; and
        (4) any other data or information which the Secretary determines 
    would assist such authorities and utilities in carrying out the 
    provisions of this chapter.

(b) Technical assistance

    The Secretary may provide such technical assistance as he determines 
appropriate to assist the State regulatory authorities in carrying out 
their responsibilities under subchapter II of this chapter and as is 
requested by any State regulatory authority relating to the standards 
established by subchapter II of this chapter.

(c) Appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of 
subsection (b) of this section not to exceed $1,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 1979 and 1980.

(Pub. L. 95-617, title I, Sec. 132, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3131.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), was in the original 
``this title'', meaning title I (Sec. 101 et seq.) of Pub. L. 95-617, 
Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120, which enacted this chapter and amended 
sections 6801 to 6808 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For 
complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.
