---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
key: "chI/subchA/part2"
level: "part"
label: "Part 2"
heading: "General Policy and Interpretations"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/chI-subchA-part2"
sections_count: 41
---

# Part 2 — General Policy and Interpretations

Title 18 C.F.R. — Conservation of Power and Water Resources › Chapter I — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy › Subchapter A — General Rules

## Sections

- [§2.1. Initial notice; service; and information copies of formal documents.](/cfr/18/2.1.md)
- [§2.1a. Public suggestions, comments, proposals on substantial prospective regulatory issues and problems.](/cfr/18/2.1a.md)
- [§2.1b. Availability in contested cases of information acquired by staff investigation.](/cfr/18/2.1b.md)
- [§2.1c. Policy statement on consultation with Indian tribes in Commission proceedings.](/cfr/18/2.1c.md)
- [§2.2. Transmission lines.](/cfr/18/2.2.md)
- [§2.4. Suspension of rate schedules.](/cfr/18/2.4.md)
- [§2.7. Recreational development at licensed projects.](/cfr/18/2.7.md)
- [§2.8. Reserved](/cfr/18/2.8.md)
- [§2.9. Conditions in preliminary permits and licenses—list of and citations to “P—” and “L—” forms.](/cfr/18/2.9.md)
- [§2.12. Calculation of taxes for property of public utilities and licensees constructed or acquired after January 1, 1970.](/cfr/18/2.12.md)
- [§2.13. Design and construction.](/cfr/18/2.13.md)
- [§2.15. Specified reasonable rate of return.](/cfr/18/2.15.md)
- [§2.17. Price discrimination and anticompetitive effect (price squeeze issue).](/cfr/18/2.17.md)
- [§2.18. Phased electric rate increase filings.](/cfr/18/2.18.md)
- [§2.19. State and Federal comprehensive plans.](/cfr/18/2.19.md)
- [§2.20. Good faith requests for transmission services and good faith responses by transmitting utilities.](/cfr/18/2.20.md)
- [§2.21. Regional Transmission Groups.](/cfr/18/2.21.md)
- [§2.22. Pricing policy for transmission services provided under the Federal Power Act.](/cfr/18/2.22.md)
- [§2.23. Use of reserved authority in hydropower licenses to ameliorate cumulative impacts.](/cfr/18/2.23.md)
- [§2.24. Project decommissioning at relicensing.](/cfr/18/2.24.md)
- [§2.25. Ratemaking treatment of the cost of emissions allowances in coordination transactions.](/cfr/18/2.25.md)
- [§2.26. Policies concerning review of applications under section 203.](/cfr/18/2.26.md)
- [§2.27. Availability of North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Smart Grid Standards as non-mandatory guidance.](/cfr/18/2.27.md)
- [§2.51. Reserved](/cfr/18/2.51.md)
- [§2.52. Suspension of rate schedules.](/cfr/18/2.52.md)
- [§2.55. Auxiliary installations and replacement facilities.](/cfr/18/2.55.md)
- [§2.57. Temporary certificates—pipeline companies.](/cfr/18/2.57.md)
- [§2.60. Facilities and activities during an emergency—accounting treatment of defense-related expenditures.](/cfr/18/2.60.md)
- [§2.67. Calculation of taxes for property of pipeline companies constructed or acquired after January 1, 1970.](/cfr/18/2.67.md)
- [§2.69. Reserved](/cfr/18/2.69.md)
- [§2.76. Regulatory treatment of payments made in lieu of take-or-pay obligations.](/cfr/18/2.76.md)
- [§2.78. Utilization and conservation of natural resources—natural gas.](/cfr/18/2.78.md)
- [§2.80. Detailed environmental statement.](/cfr/18/2.80.md)
- [§2.100-2.102. Reserved](/cfr/18/2.100-2.102.md)
- [§2.103. Statement of policy respecting take or pay provisions in gas purchase contracts.](/cfr/18/2.103.md)
- [§2.104. Mechanisms for passthrough of pipeline take-or-pay buyout and buydown costs.](/cfr/18/2.104.md)
- [§2.105. Gas supply charges.](/cfr/18/2.105.md)
- [§2.201. Reserved](/cfr/18/2.201.md)
- [§2.300. Statement of policy concerning allegations of fraud, abuse, or similar grounds under section 601(c) of the NGPA.](/cfr/18/2.300.md)
- [§2.400. Statement of interpretation of waste concerning natural gas as the primary energy source for qualifying small power production facilities.](/cfr/18/2.400.md)
- [§2.500. Penalty reduction/waiver policy for small entities.](/cfr/18/2.500.md)