{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s824r","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f824r.","heading":"Protection of transmission contracts in the Pacific Northwest","text":"\u00a7\u202f824r.\nProtection of transmission contracts in the Pacific Northwest\n(a)\nDefinition of electric utility or person\nIn this section, the term \u201celectric utility or person\u201d means an electric utility or person that\u2014\n(1) as of\nAugust 8, 2005\n(2) is located\u2014\n(A) in the Pacific Northwest, as that region is defined in\nsection 839a of this title\n(B) in that portion of a State included in the geographic area proposed for a regional transmission organization in Commission Docket Number RT01\u201335 on the date on which that docket was opened.\n(b)\nProtection of transmission contracts\nNothing in this chapter confers on the Commission the authority to require an electric utility or person to convert to tradable or financial rights\u2014\n(1) firm transmission rights described in subsection (a); or\n(2) firm transmission rights obtained by exercising contract or tariff rights associated with the firm transmission rights described in subsection (a).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s824r.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s824r","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f824r."},{"t":"heading","text":"Protection of transmission contracts in the Pacific Northwest"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s824r/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definition of electric utility or person"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section, the term \u201celectric utility or person\u201d means an electric utility or person that\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s824r/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" as of ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"August 8, 2005","tail":", holds firm transmission rights pursuant to contract or by reason of ownership of transmission facilities; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s824r/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" is located\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s824r/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the Pacific Northwest, as that region is defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 839a of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s839a","tail":"; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s824r/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" in that portion of a State included in the geographic area proposed for a regional transmission organization in Commission Docket Number RT01\u201335 on the date on which that docket was opened.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s824r/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Protection of transmission contracts"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Nothing in this chapter confers on the Commission the authority to require an electric utility or person to convert to tradable or financial rights\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s824r/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" firm transmission rights described in subsection (a); or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s824r/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" firm transmission rights obtained by exercising contract or tariff rights associated with the firm transmission rights described in subsection (a).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}