Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 831j


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 831j. Equitable distribution of surplus power among States and municipalities; improvement in production of fertilizer

      It is declared to be the policy of the Government so far as
    practical to distribute and sell the surplus power generated at
    Muscle Shoals equitably among the States, counties, and
    municipalities within transmission distance. This policy is further
    declared to be that the projects herein provided for shall be
    considered primarily as for the benefit of the people of the
    section as a whole and particularly the domestic and rural
    consumers to whom the power can economically be made available, and
    accordingly that sale to and use by industry shall be a secondary
    purpose, to be utilized principally to secure a sufficiently high
    load factor and revenue returns which will permit domestic and
    rural use at the lowest possible rates and in such manner as to
    encourage increased domestic and rural use of electricity. It is
    further declared to be the policy of the Government to utilize the
    Muscle Shoals properties so far as may be necessary to improve,
    increase, and cheapen the production of fertilizer and fertilizer
    ingredients by carrying out the provisions of this chapter.



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