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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 832f. Elements in determining rates
It is the intent of Congress that rate schedules for the sale of
electric energy which is or may be generated at the Bonneville
project in excess of the amount required for operating the dam,
locks, and appurtenant works at said project shall be determined
with due regard to and predicated upon the fact that such electric
energy is developed from water power created as an incident to the
construction of the dam in the Columbia River at the Bonneville
project for the purposes set forth in section 832 of this title.
Rate schedules shall be drawn having regard to the recovery (upon
the basis of the application of such rate schedules to the capacity
of the electric facilities of Bonneville project) of the cost of
producing and transmitting such electric energy, including the
amortization of the capital investment over a reasonable period of
years. Rates schedules shall be based upon an allocation of costs
made by the Secretary of Energy. In computing the cost of electric
energy developed from water power created as an incident to and a
byproduct of the construction of the Bonneville project, the
Secretary of Energy may allocate to the costs of electric
facilities such a share of the cost of facilities having joint
value for the production of electric energy and other purposes as
the power development may fairly bear as compared with such other
purposes.
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