---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 2621"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "2621"
heading: "Consideration and determination respecting certain ratemaking standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/2621"
units:
  - "Chapter 46 — Public Utility Regulatory Policies"
  - "Subchapter II — Standards for Electric Utilities"
---

# §2621. Consideration and determination respecting certain ratemaking standards

- (a) **Consideration and determination—** Each [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) (with respect to each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) for which it has [ratemaking authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=11)) and each [nonregulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9) shall consider each standard established by [subsection (d)](#d) and make a determination concerning whether or not it is appropriate to implement such standard to carry out the purposes of this chapter. For purposes of such consideration and determination in accordance with subsections [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c), and for purposes of any review of such consideration and determination in any court in accordance with [section 2633 of this title](/usc/16/2633.md), the purposes of this chapter supplement otherwise applicable [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) law. Nothing in this subsection prohibits any [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) or [nonregulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9) from making any determination that it is not appropriate to implement any such standard, pursuant to its authority under otherwise applicable [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) law.
- (b) **Procedural requirements for consideration and determination—**
  - (1) The consideration referred to in [subsection (a)](#a) shall be made after public notice and hearing. The determination referred to in [subsection (a)](#a) shall be—
    - (A) in writing,
    - (B) based upon findings included in such determination and upon the evidence presented at the hearing, and
    - (C) available to the public.
  - (2) Except as otherwise provided in [paragraph (1)](#b-1), in the second sentence of [section 2622(a) of this title](/usc/16/2622.md?p=a), and in sections [2631](/usc/16/2631.md) and [2632](/usc/16/2632.md) of this title, the procedures for the consideration and determination referred to in [subsection (a)](#a) shall be those established by the [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) or the [nonregulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9).
- (c) **Implementation—**
  - (1) The [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) (with respect to each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) for which it has [ratemaking authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=11)) or [nonregulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9) may, to the extent consistent with otherwise applicable [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) law—
    - (A) implement any such standard determined under [subsection (a)](#a) to be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter, or
    - (B) decline to implement any such standard.
  - (2) If a [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) (with respect to each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) for which it has [ratemaking authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=11)) or [nonregulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9) declines to implement any standard established by [subsection (d)](#d) which is determined under [subsection (a)](#a) to be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter, such authority or [nonregulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9) shall [state](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) in writing the reasons therefor. Such statement of reasons shall be available to the public.
  - (3) If a [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) implements a standard established by subsection [(d)(7)](#d-7) or (8), such authority shall—
    - (A) consider the impact that implementation of such standard would have on small businesses engaged in the design, sale, supply, installation or servicing of energy conservation, energy efficiency or other [demand side management](/usc/16/2602.md?p=21) measures, and
    - (B) implement such standard so as to assure that utility actions would not provide such utilities with unfair competitive advantages over such small businesses.
- (d) **Establishment—** The following Federal standards are hereby established:
  - (1) **Cost of service—** [Rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) charged by any [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) for providing electric service to each [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2) of [electric consumers](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) shall be designed, to the maximum extent practicable, to reflect the costs of providing electric service to such [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2), as determined under [section 2625(a) of this title](/usc/16/2625.md?p=a).
  - (2) **Declining block rates—** The energy component of a [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10), or the amount attributable to the energy component in a [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10), charged by any [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) for providing electric service during any period to any [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2) of [electric consumers](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) may not decrease as kilowatt-hour consumption by such [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2) increases during such period except to the extent that such utility demonstrates that the costs to such utility of providing electric service to such [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2), which costs are attributable to such energy component, decrease as such consumption increases during such period.
  - (3) **Time-of-day rates—** The [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) charged by any [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) for providing electric service to each [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2) of [electric consumers](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) shall be on a time-of-day basis which reflects the costs of providing electric service to such [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2) of [electric consumers](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) at different times of the day unless such [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) are not cost-effective with respect to such [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2), as determined under [section 2625(b) of this title](/usc/16/2625.md?p=b).
  - (4) **Seasonal rates—** The [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) charged by an [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) for providing electric service to each [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2) of [electric consumers](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) shall be on a seasonal basis which reflects the costs of providing service to such [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2) of consumers at different seasons of the year to the extent that such costs vary seasonally for such utility.
  - (5) **Interruptible rates—** Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall offer each industrial and commercial [electric consumer](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) an interruptible [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) which reflects the cost of providing interruptible service to the [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2) of which such consumer is a member.
  - (6) **Load management techniques—** Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall offer to its [electric consumers](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) such [load management techniques](/usc/16/2602.md?p=8) as the [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) (or the [nonregulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9)) has determined will—
    - (A) be practicable and cost-effective, as determined under [section 2625(c) of this title](/usc/16/2625.md?p=c),
    - (B) be reliable, and
    - (C) provide useful energy or capacity management advantages to the [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4).
  - (7) **Integrated resource planning—** Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall employ [integrated resource planning](/usc/16/2602.md?p=19). All plans or filings before a [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) to meet the requirements of this paragraph must be updated on a regular basis, must provide the opportunity for public participation and comment, and contain a requirement that the plan be implemented.
  - (8) **Investments in conservation and demand management—** The [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) allowed to be charged by a [State regulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=18) shall be such that the utility’s investment in and expenditures for energy conservation, energy efficiency resources, and other [demand side management](/usc/16/2602.md?p=21) measures are at least as profitable, giving appropriate consideration to income lost from reduced sales due to investments in and expenditures for conservation and efficiency, as its investments in and expenditures for the construction of new generation, transmission, and distribution equipment. Such energy conservation, energy efficiency resources and other [demand side management](/usc/16/2602.md?p=21) measures shall be appropriately monitored and evaluated.
  - (9) **Energy efficiency investments in power generation and supply—** The [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) charged by any [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall be such that the utility is encouraged to make investments in, and expenditures for, all cost-effective improvements in the energy efficiency of power generation, transmission and distribution. In considering regulatory changes to achieve the objectives of this paragraph, [State regulatory authorities](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) and [nonregulated electric utilities](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9) shall consider the disincentives caused by existing ratemaking policies, and practices, and consider incentives that would encourage better maintenance, and investment in more efficient power generation, transmission and distribution equipment.
  - (10) **Consideration of the effects of wholesale power purchases on utility cost of capital; effects of leveraged capital structures on the reliability of wholesale power sellers; and assurance of adequate fuel supplies—**
    - (A) To the extent that a [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) requires or allows [electric utilities](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) for which it has [ratemaking authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=11) to consider the purchase of long-term wholesale power supplies as a means of meeting electric demand, such authority shall perform a general evaluation of:
      - (i) the potential for increases or decreases in the costs of capital for such utilities, and any resulting increases or decreases in the retail [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) paid by [electric consumers](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5), that may result from purchases of long-term wholesale power supplies in lieu of the construction of new generation facilities by such utilities;
      - (ii) whether the use by exempt wholesale generators (as defined in section 79z–5a[^1] of title 15) of capital structures which employ proportionally greater amounts of debt than the capital structures of such utilities threatens reliability or provides an unfair advantage for exempt wholesale generators over such utilities;
      - (iii) whether to implement procedures for the advance approval or disapproval of the purchase of a particular long-term wholesale power supply; and
      - (iv) whether to require as a condition for the approval of the purchase of power that there be reasonable assurances of fuel supply adequacy.
    - (B) For purposes of implementing the provisions of this paragraph, any reference contained in this section to November 9, 1978, shall be deemed to be a reference to October 24, 1992.
    - (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) from [taking](/usc/16/3102.md?p=18) such action, including action with respect to the allowable capital structure of exempt wholesale generators, as such [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) may determine to be in the public interest as a result of performing evaluations under the standards of [subparagraph (A)](#d-10-A).
    - (D) Notwithstanding [section 2634 of this title](/usc/16/2634.md) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of [section 2622(a) of this title](/usc/16/2622.md?p=a), each [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) shall consider and make a determination concerning the standards of [subparagraph (A)](#d-10-A) in accordance with the requirements of subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section, without regard to any proceedings commenced prior to October 24, 1992.
    - (E) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of [section 2622 of this title](/usc/16/2622.md), each [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) shall consider and make a determination concerning whether it is appropriate to implement the standards set out in [subparagraph (A)](#d-10-A) not later than one year after October 24, 1992.
  - (11) **Net metering—** Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall make available upon request net metering service to any [electric consumer](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) that the [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) serves. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “net metering service” means service to an [electric consumer](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) under which electric energy generated by that [electric consumer](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) from an eligible on-site generating facility and delivered to the local distribution facilities may be used to offset electric energy provided by the [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) to the [electric consumer](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) during the applicable billing period.
  - (12) **Fuel sources—** Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall develop a plan to minimize dependence on 1 fuel source and to ensure that the electric energy it sells to consumers is generated using a diverse range of fuels and technologies, including renewable technologies.
  - (13) **Fossil fuel generation efficiency—** Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall develop and implement a 10-year plan to increase the efficiency of its fossil fuel generation.
  - (14) **Time-based metering and communications—**
    - (A) Not later than 18 months after August 8, 2005, each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall offer each of its customer [classes](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2), and provide individual customers upon customer request, a time-based [rate schedule](/usc/16/2602.md?p=12) under which the [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) charged by the [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) varies during different time periods and reflects the variance, if any, in the utility’s costs of generating and purchasing electricity at the wholesale level. The time-based [rate schedule](/usc/16/2602.md?p=12) shall enable the [electric consumer](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) to manage energy use and cost through advanced metering and communications technology.
    - (B) The types of time-based [rate schedules](/usc/16/2602.md?p=12) that may be offered under the schedule referred to in [subparagraph (A)](#d-14-A) include, among others—
      - (i) time-of-use pricing whereby electricity prices are set for a specific time period on an advance or forward basis, typically not changing more often than twice a year, based on the utility’s cost of generating and/or purchasing such electricity at the wholesale level for the benefit of the consumer. Prices paid for energy consumed during these periods shall be pre-established and known to consumers in advance of such consumption, allowing them to vary their demand and usage in response to such prices and manage their energy costs by shifting usage to a lower cost period or reducing their consumption overall;
      - (ii) critical peak pricing whereby time-of-use prices are in effect except for certain peak days, when prices may reflect the costs of generating and/or purchasing electricity at the wholesale level and when consumers may receive additional discounts for reducing peak period energy consumption;
      - (iii) real-time pricing whereby electricity prices are set for a specific time period on an advanced or forward basis, reflecting the utility’s cost of generating and/or purchasing electricity at the wholesale level, and may change as often as hourly; and
      - (iv) credits for consumers with large loads who enter into pre-established peak load reduction agreements that reduce a utility’s planned capacity obligations.
    - (C) Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) subject to [subparagraph (A)](#d-14-A) shall provide each customer requesting a time-based [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) with a time-based meter capable of enabling the utility and customer to offer and receive such [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10), respectively.
    - (D) For purposes of implementing this paragraph, any reference contained in this section to November 9, 1978, shall be deemed to be a reference to August 8, 2005.
    - (E) In a [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) that permits third-party marketers to sell electric energy to retail [electric consumers](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5), such consumers shall be entitled to receive the same time-based metering and communications device and service as a retail [electric consumer](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) of the [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4).
    - (F) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of [section 2622 of this title](/usc/16/2622.md), each [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) shall, not later than 18 months after August 8, 2005, conduct an investigation in accordance with [section 2625(i) of this title](/usc/16/2625.md?p=i) and issue a decision whether it is appropriate to implement the standards set out in subparagraphs [(A)](#d-14-A) and [(C)](#d-14-C).
  - (15) **Interconnection—** Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall make available, upon request, interconnection service to any [electric consumer](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) that the [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) serves. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “interconnection service” means service to an [electric consumer](/usc/16/2602.md?p=5) under which an on-site generating facility on the consumer’s premises shall be connected to the local distribution facilities. Interconnection services shall be offered based upon the standards developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: IEEE Standard 1547 for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems, as they may be amended from time to time. In [addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2), agreements and procedures shall be established whereby the services are offered shall promote current best practices of interconnection for distributed generation, including but not limited to practices stipulated in model codes adopted by associations of [state](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) regulatory agencies. All such agreements and procedures shall be just and reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential.
  - (16) **Integrated resource planning—** Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall—
    - (A) integrate energy efficiency resources into utility, [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15), and regional plans; and
    - (B) adopt policies establishing cost-effective energy efficiency as a priority resource.
  - (17) **Rate design modifications to promote energy efficiency investments—**
    - (A) **In general—** The [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) allowed to be charged by any [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall—
      - (i) align utility incentives with the delivery of cost-effective energy efficiency; and
      - (ii) promote energy efficiency investments.
    - (B) **Policy options—** In complying with [subparagraph (A)](#d-17-A), each [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) and each nonregulated utility shall consider—
      - (i) removing the throughput incentive and other regulatory and management disincentives to energy efficiency;
      - (ii) providing utility incentives for the successful management of energy efficiency programs;
      - (iii) including the impact on adoption of energy efficiency as 1 of the goals of retail [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) design, recognizing that energy efficiency must be balanced with other objectives;
      - (iv) adopting [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) designs that encourage energy efficiency for each customer [class](/usc/16/2602.md?p=2);
      - (v) allowing timely recovery of energy efficiency-related costs; and
      - (vi) offering home energy audits, offering demand response programs, publicizing the financial and environmental benefits associated with making home energy efficiency improvements, and educating homeowners about all existing Federal and [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) incentives, including the availability of low-cost loans, that make energy efficiency improvements more affordable.
  - (18) **Consideration of smart grid investments—**
    - (A) **In general—** Each [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) shall consider requiring that, prior to undertaking investments in nonadvanced grid technologies, an [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) of the [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) demonstrate to the [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) that the [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) considered an investment in a qualified smart grid system based on appropriate factors, including—
      - (i) total costs;
      - (ii) cost-effectiveness;
      - (iii) improved reliability;
      - (iv) security;
      - (v) system performance; and
      - (vi) societal benefit.
    - (B) **Rate recovery—** Each [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) shall consider authorizing each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) of the [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) to recover from ratepayers any capital, operating expenditure, or other costs of the [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) relating to the deployment of a qualified smart grid system, including a reasonable [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) of return on the capital expenditures of the [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) for the deployment of the qualified smart grid system.
    - (C) **Obsolete equipment—** Each [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) shall consider authorizing any [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) or other party of the [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) to deploy a qualified smart grid system to recover in a timely manner the remaining book-value costs of any equipment rendered obsolete by the deployment of the qualified smart grid system, based on the remaining depreciable life of the obsolete equipment.
  - (19) **Smart grid information—**
    - (A) **Standard—** All electricity purchasers shall be provided direct access, in written or electronic machine-readable form as appropriate, to information from their electricity provider as provided in [subparagraph (B)](#d-19-B).
    - (B) **Information—** Information provided under this section, to the extent practicable, shall include:
      - (i) **Prices—** Purchasers and other interested [persons](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) shall be provided with information on—
        - (I) time-based electricity prices in the wholesale electricity market; and
        - (II) time-based electricity retail prices or [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) that are available to the purchasers.
      - (ii) **Usage—** Purchasers shall be provided with the number of electricity [units](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4), expressed in kwh, purchased by them.
      - (iii) **Intervals and projections—** Updates of information on prices and usage shall be offered on not less than a daily basis, shall include hourly price and use information, where available, and shall include a day-ahead projection of such price information to the extent available.
      - (iv) **Sources—** Purchasers and other interested [persons](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) shall be provided annually with written information on the sources of the power provided by the utility, to the extent it can be determined, by type of generation, including greenhouse gas emissions associated with each type of generation, for intervals during which such information is available on a cost-effective basis.
    - (C) **Access—** Purchasers shall be able to access their own information at any time through the Internet and on other means of communication elected by that utility for Smart Grid applications. Other interested [persons](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) shall be able to access information not specific to any purchaser through the Internet. Information specific to any purchaser shall be provided solely to that purchaser.
  - (20) **Demand-response practices—**
    - (A) **In general—** Each [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) shall promote the use of demand-response and demand flexibility practices by commercial, residential, and industrial consumers to reduce electricity consumption during periods of unusually high demand.
    - (B) **Rate recovery—**
      - (i) **In general—** Each [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) shall consider establishing [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) mechanisms allowing an [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) with respect to which the [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) has [ratemaking authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=11) to timely recover the costs of promoting demand-response and demand flexibility practices in accordance with [subparagraph (A)](#d-20-A).
      - (ii) **Nonregulated electric utilities—** A [nonregulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9) may establish [rate](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) mechanisms for the timely recovery of the costs of promoting demand-response and demand flexibility practices in accordance with [subparagraph (A)](#d-20-A).
  - (21) **Electric vehicle charging programs—** Each [State](/usc/16/2602.md?p=15) shall consider measures to promote greater electrification of the transportation sector, including the establishment of [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) that—
    - (A) promote affordable and equitable electric vehicle charging options for residential, commercial, and public electric vehicle charging infrastructure;
    - (B) improve the customer experience associated with electric vehicle charging, including by reducing charging times for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles;
    - (C) accelerate third-party investment in electric vehicle charging for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles; and
    - (D) appropriately recover the marginal costs of delivering electricity to electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–617, title I, § 111, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3121; Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 111(a), (b), title VII, § 712, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2795, 2910; Pub. L. 109–58, title XII, §§ 1251(a), 1252(a), 1254(a), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 962, 963, 970; Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 532(a), title XIII, § 1307(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1665, 1791; Pub. L. 111–5, div. A, title IV, § 408(a), Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 146; Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title I, § 40104(a)(1), title IV, § 40431(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 930, 1047.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I (§ 101 et seq.) of Pub. L. 95–617, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120, which enacted subchapters I to IV of this chapter and section 6808 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amended sections 6802 to 6807 of Title 42. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

Section 79z–5a of title 15, referred to in subsec. (d)(10)(A)(ii), was repealed by Pub. L. 109–58, title XII, § 1263, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 974.

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (d)(20). Pub. L. 117–58, § 40104(a)(1), added par. (20).

Subsec. (d)(21). Pub. L. 117–58, § 40431(a), added par. (21).

2009—Subsec. (d)(16) to (19). Pub. L. 111–5 redesignated par. (16) relating to consideration of smart grid investments as (18) and par. (17) relating to smart grid information as (19).

2007—Subsec. (d)(16), (17). Pub. L. 110–140, § 1307(a), added pars. (16) and (17) relating to consideration of smart grid investments and smart grid information, respectively.

Pub. L. 110–140, § 532(a), added pars. (16) and (17) relating to integrated resource planning and rate design modifications to promote energy efficiency investments, respectively.

2005—Subsec. (d)(11) to (13). Pub. L. 109–58, § 1251(a), added pars. (11) to (13).

Subsec. (d)(14). Pub. L. 109–58, § 1252(a), added par. (14).

Subsec. (d)(15). Pub. L. 109–58, § 1254(a), added par. (15).

1992—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 102–486, § 111(b), added par. (3).

Subsec. (d)(7) to (9). Pub. L. 102–486, § 111(a), added pars. (7) to (9).

Subsec. (d)(10). Pub. L. 102–486, § 712, added par. (10).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 110–140 effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

### State Authorities; Construction

Nothing in amendment by section 712 of Pub. L. 102–486 to be construed as affecting or intending to affect, or in any way to interfere with, authority of any State or local government relating to environmental protection or siting of facilities, see section 731 of Pub. L. 102–486, set out as a note under section 796 of this title.

### Wage Rate Requirements

For provisions relating to rates of wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics on projects for construction, alteration, or repair work funded under div. D or an amendment by div. D of Pub. L. 117–58, including authority of Secretary of Labor, see section 18851 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

### Report to President and Congress on Encouragement of Integrated Resource Planning and Investments in Conservation and Energy Efficiency by Electric Utilities

Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 111(e), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2796, provided that: “Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 24, 1992], the Secretary shall transmit a report to the President and to the Congress containing— a survey of all State laws, regulations, practices, and policies under which State regulatory authorities implement the provisions of paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) of section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 [16 U.S.C. 2621(d)(7)–(9)]; an evaluation by the Secretary of whether and to what extent, integrated resource planning is likely to result in— higher or lower electricity costs to an electric utility’s ultimate consumers or to classes or groups of such consumers; enhanced or reduced reliability of electric service; and increased or decreased dependence on particular energy resources; and a survey of practices and policies under which electric cooperatives prepare integrated resource plans, submit such plans to the Rural Electrification Administration and the extent to which such integrated resource planning is reflected in rates charged to customers.The report shall include an analysis prepared in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission, of the competitive impact of implementation of energy conservation, energy efficiency, and other demand side management programs by utilities on small businesses engaged in the design, sale, supply, installation, or servicing of similar energy conservation, energy efficiency, or other demand side management measures and whether any unfair, deceptive, or predatory acts exist, or are likely to exist, from implementation of such programs.”

[For provisions relating to further requirements as to subject matter contained in report under section 111(e) of Pub. L. 102–486, set out above, see section 115(e) of Pub. L. 102–486, set out as a note under section 3203 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.]

### Study Concerning Electric Rates of State Utility Agencies

Pub. L. 95–617, title VI, § 601, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3164, directed the Secretary to conduct a study concerning the effects of provisions of Federal law on rates established by State utility agencies and to submit a report to Congress on the results of such study not later than 1 year after Nov. 9, 1978.