General transfers
United States Code
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- 2026For a Better Bayou v. FERC D.C. Cir.
- 2025Sierra Club v. DOE D.C. Cir.
- 2024Alabama Municipal Distributors Group v. FERC D.C. Cir.
- 2021Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. FERC D.C. Cir.
- 2020L.M.-m. v. Cuccinelli D.D.C.
- 2019City of Oberlin, Ohio v. FERC D.C. Cir.
- 2018Big Bend Conservation Alliance v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n D.C. Cir.
- 2016Sierra Club v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission D.C. Cir.
- 2016EarthReports, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission D.C. Cir.
- 2007Narragansett Electric Co. v. Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. D.R.I.
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, there are transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary all of the functions vested by law in the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration or the Federal Energy Administration, the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration or the Energy Research and Development Administration; and the functions vested by law in the officers and components of either such Administration. Except as provided in subchapter IV, there are transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary the function of the Federal Power Commission, or of the members, officers, or components thereof. The Secretary may exercise any power described in section 7172(a)(2) of this title to the extent the Secretary determines such power to be necessary to the exercise of any function within his jurisdiction pursuant to the preceding sentence. (Source: (Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577.))