15 USC 79z-4: Study of public-utility companies; recommendation
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15 USC 79z-4: Study of public-utility companies; recommendation Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 2C-PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES
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§79z–4. Study of public-utility companies; recommendation

The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to make studies and investigations of public-utility companies, the territories served or which can be served by public-utility companies, and the manner in which the same are or can be served, to determine the sizes, types, and locations of public-utility companies which do or can operate most economically and efficiently in the public interest, in the interest of investors and consumers, and in furtherance of a wider and more economical use of gas and electric energy; upon the basis of such investigations and studies the Commission shall make public from time to time its recommendations as to the type and size of geographically and economically integrated public-utility systems which, having regard for the nature and character of the locality served, can best promote and harmonize the interests of the public, the investor, and the consumer.

(Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title I, §30, 49 Stat. 837 ; Pub. L. 100–181, title IV, §405, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1260 .)

Amendments

1987-Pub. L. 100–181 struck out at end "The Commission is authorized and directed to make a study of the functions and activities of investment trusts and investment companies, the corporate structures, and investment policies of such trusts and companies, the influence exerted by such trusts and companies upon companies in which they are interested, and the influence exerted by interests affiliated with the management of such trusts and companies upon their investment policies, and to report the results of its study and its recommendations to the Congress on or before January 4, 1937."

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of Securities and Exchange Commission, with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 10 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set out under section 78d of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 80a–1, 80b–1 of this title.