PUBLIC LAW 94-385—AUG. 14, 1976 (4) The term "State agency" means a State, political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of either. (5) The term "State utility regulatory commission" means (A) any utility regulatory commission which is a State agency or (B) the Tennessee Valley Authority. (6) The term "State" means any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States. (7) The term "utility regulatory commission" means any State agency or Federal agency which has authority to fix, modify, approve, or disapprove rates for the sale of electric energy by any electric utility (other than by such agency).
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ELECTRIC U T I L I T Y RATE DESIGN PROPOSALS
SEC. 203. (a) The Administrator shall develop proposals to improve 42 USC 6803. electric utility rate design. Such proposals shall be designed to encourage energy conservation, minimize the need for new electrical generating capacity, and minimize costs of electric energy to consumers, and shall include (but not be limited to) proposals which provide for the development and implementation of— (1) load management technic^ues which are cost effective; (2) rates which reflect marginal cost of service, or time of use of service, or both; (3) ratemaking policies which discourage inefficient use of fuel and encourage economical purchases of fuel; and (4) rates (or other regulatory policies) which encourage electric utility system reliability and reliability of major items of electric utility equipment. (b) The proposals prepared under subsection (a) shall be trans- Transmittal to mitted to each House of Congress not later than 6 months after the Congress, date of enactment of this Act, for review and for such further action as the Congress may direct by law. Such proposals shall be accompanied by an analysis of— (1) the projected savings (if any) in consumption of petroleum products, natural gas, electric energy, and other energy resources, (2) the reduction (if any) in the need for new electrical gen-- - -"' crating capacity, and of the demand for capital by the electric utility industry, and (3) changes (if any) in the cost of electric energy to consumers, which are likely to result from the implementation nationally of each of the proposals transmitted under this subsection. R A T E DESIGN INNOVATION AND FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION INTERVENTION f
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SEC. 204. The Administrator may— 42 USC 6804. (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 Administrator intervened or participated under paragraph (2), intervene and participate in such action.
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