---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 7175"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "7175"
heading: "Right of Secretary to intervene in Commission proceedings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/7175"
units:
  - "Chapter 84 — Department of Energy"
  - "Subchapter IV — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission"
---

# §7175. Right of Secretary to intervene in Commission proceedings


The [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) may as a matter of right intervene or otherwise participate in any proceeding before the Commission. The [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) shall comply with rules of procedure of general applicability governing the timing of intervention or participation in such proceeding or activity and, upon intervening or participating therein, shall comply with rules of procedure of general applicability governing the conduct thereof. The intervention or participation of the [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) in any proceeding or activity shall not affect the obligation of the Commission to assure procedure fairness to all participants.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–91, title IV, § 405, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 586.)