PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005
119 STAT. 977
SEC. 1272. IMPLEMENTATION.
Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Commission shall— (1) issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to implement this subtitle (other than section 1265, relating to State access to books and records); and (2) submit to Congress detailed recommendations on technical and conforming amendments to Federal law necessary to carry out this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle. SEC. 1273. TRANSFER OF RESOURCES.
All books and records that relate primarily to the functions transferred to the Commission under this subtitle shall be transferred from the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Commission. SEC. 1274. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except for section 1272 (relating to implementation), this subtitle shall take effect 6 months after the date of enactment of this subtitle. (b) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN RULES.—If the Commission approves and makes effective any final rulemaking modifying the standards of conduct governing entities that own, operate, or control facilities for transmission of electricity in interstate commerce or transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce prior to the effective date of this subtitle, any action taken by a public-utility company or utility holding company to comply with the requirements of such rulemaking shall not subject such public-utility company or utility holding company to any regulatory requirement applicable to a holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (15 U.S.C. 79 et seq.). SEC. 1275. SERVICE ALLOCATION.
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Records. 42 USC 16461.
42 USC 16451 note.
42 USC 16462.
(a) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC UTILITY.—In this section, the term ‘‘public utility’’ has the meaning given the term in section 201(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824(e)). (b) FERC REVIEW.—In the case of non-power goods or administrative or management services provided by an associate company organized specifically for the purpose of providing such goods or services to any public utility in the same holding company system, at the election of the system or a State commission having jurisdiction over the public utility, the Commission, after the effective date of this subtitle, shall review and authorize the allocation of the costs for such goods or services to the extent relevant to that associate company. (c) EFFECT ON FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.—Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the Commission or a State commission under other applicable law. (d) RULES.—Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue rules (which rules shall be effective no earlier than the effective date of this subtitle) to exempt from the requirements of this section any company in a holding company system whose public utility operations are confined substantially to a single State and any other class of transactions that the Commission finds is not relevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility.
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Deadline. 42 USC 16460.
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