Oversight of FERC: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, May 28, 1987 |
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Page 154 - ... with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting In a like capacity and familiar with such matters...
Page 222 - This approach to repayment scheduling has the effect of averaging the year-toyear variations in costs and revenues over the repayment period. This results In a uniform cost per unit of power sold, and permits the maintenance of stable rates for extended periods. It also facilitates the orderly marketing of power and permits Bonneville Power Administration's customers, which include both electric utilities and electroprocess industries, to plan for the future with assurance.
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Page 154 - Subject to §§403(c) and (d), 4042, and 4044, a fiduciary shall discharge his duties with respect to a plan solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries and — (A) for the exclusive purpose of: (i) providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries; and (ii) defraying reasonable expenses of administering the plan...
Page 210 - At any hearing involving a rate or charge sought to be increased, the burden of proof to show that the increased rate or charge is just and reasonable shall be upon the public utility, and the Commission shall give to the hearing and decision of such questions preference over other questions pending before it and decide the same as speedily as possible.
Page 222 - The test of the sufficiency of revenues is whether the capital investment can be repaid within the overall repayment period established for each power project. each increment of investment in the transmission system, and each block of irrigation assistance. Hence, repayment may proceed at a faster or slower pace from year to year as conditions change. Annual operating costs and revenues, of course, may vary from year to year since they are affected by weather conditions, streamflows.
Page 174 - KXa)(2XA) only if such plans reflect the preparers' own balancing of the competing uses of a waterway, based on their data and applicable policy considerations (ie, consider and balance all relevant public use considerations). With regard to plans prepared at the state level, such plans are within the scope of Section...
Page 72 - January 1, 1910, or of a rate, fare, or charge sought to be increased, the burden of proof to show that the increased rate...
Page 134 - CEQ's regulations, proposed to adopt most of the CEQ regulations in 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, with some modifications to accommodate its statutory authorities and to reflect its practices. The CEQ regulations state that they are binding on all Federal agencies for implementing the procedural* provisions of NEPA "except where compliance would be inconsistent with other statutory requirements.
Page 186 - ... whether the activities under the license would create or maintain a situation inconsistent with the antitrust laws as specified in subsection 105 a.