Sec. 01.0 01.1 01.2 01.3 01.4 01.5 01.6 Delegations of Final Authority Offices of Commission Information - Requests Duties of Commission Staff Groups (a) Office of the Secretary (b) Bureau of Power. (1) Licensed Projects Division (2) Electrical Division 4 (3) River Basin Division . 4 (4) Projects Cost Division . 5 (1) (5) Regional Offices . (c) Bureau of Accounts, Finance and Rates Division of Accounts (2) Division of Original Cost (3) Division of Finance and Statistics. (5) Division of Gas Certificates 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 Seo. 01.6 (a) Bureau of Law. (1) Electric Power Division (2) Natural Gas Division. (3) Hydroelectric Projects Division (e) Division of Trial Examiners Page 77 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION GENERAL RULES PART 01 ORGANIZATION Sec. 01.0 Introduction. This part describes the central and field organization of the Federal Power Commission, including delegations of final authority and the established places at which, and methods whereby, the public may secure information or make submittals or requests. Sec. 01.1 Nature and Authority of Commissions (a) The Commission is an independent agency composed of five commissioners, nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, one of whom is chairman and principal executive officer of the Commission. (b) The Commission is charged with the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act, and the duties delegated to it under the Flood Control Acts of 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, and 1946, the River and Harbor Acts of 1945 and 1946, the Bonneville Act, Tennessee Valley Authority Act, Fort Peck Act, Boulder Canyon Project Act, the Acts of 1928 and 1929 relating to the Fort Apache, White Mountain, and Flathead Indian Reservations, and the Stabilization Act of 1942. (c) The Commission is also charged with certain duties under Executive Order No. 8202 concerning the transmission of electric energy between the United States and foreign countries and the exportation and importation of natural gas from and into the United States. Sec. 01.2 Functions. The principal functions of the Commission are: (a) The licensing of water power projects on waters over which Congress has jurisdiction, or on lands of the United States, or at Government dams. (b) The regulation of the transmission and sale for resale of electric energy in interstate commerce, and of the accounts, rates, cortain security issues, dispositions of properties, mergers and consolidations, depreciation practices, and interconnection and coordination of facilities of electric public utilities; and the compilation and publication of statistical and other information concerning the electric utility industry in the United States. (c) The regulation of the transportation and sale for resale of natural gas in interstate commerce, including the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity for the construction and operation of facilities, and the regulation of the accounts, rates, and depreciation practices of natural gas companies, and the compilation and publication of statistical and other information concerning the natural gas industry in the United States. (d) The making of surveys and studies on the comprehensive development of river basins for hydroelectric and other purposes; and the recommendation of hydroelectric power installations in certain Federal power projects. (e) The approval of rates, accounts, and related matters for certain Federal hydroelectric power projects, including those under the control of the War Department. Sec. 01.3 Organization. The staff of the Commission is organized into the following groups, all of which report directly to the Commission: (a) The Office of the Secretary; the Bureau of Power; the Bureau of Accounts, Finance and Rates; the Bureau of Law; the Division of Trial Examiners; the Publications and Information Division; the Office of the Chief Engineer; the Budget and Fiscal Division; and the Personnel and Administrative Services Division. (b) The Natural Gas Investigation (Docket No. G-580), which is being conducted by a separate staff unit under a Special Assistant to the Commission, and which is expected to be concluded during the present fiscal year. Sec. 01.4 Delegations of Final Authority. The Commission has authorized: (a) The Secretary to receive and pass upon petitions of electric public utilities, licensees, and natural gas companies for 30-day extensions of time for filing required reports, data, and information. (b) The Chief of the Bureau of Power to interpret schedules of power system statements of electric utilities (Forms No. 12, etc.) and to obtain supplemental information required to assure complete and adequate statements; and Regional Engineers to grant 30-day extensions of time for filing such statements. (c) The Chief of the Bureau of Accounts, Finance and Rates to issue interpretations of the Uniform Systems of Accounts for Public Utilities, Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies; to suspend the requirements of Account 901 Charges by Associated Companies Clearing, of those systems; to interpret schedules of annual reports of electric public utilities, licenses, and natural gas companies (Forms No. 1, 2, etc.) and obtain supplemental information required to assure complete and adequate reports. (d) Presiding officers to exercise the functions stated in Sec. 1.27 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure. Sec. 01.5 Offices of Commission Information - Requests and Submittals. (a) The principal office of the Commission is located in the Hurley-Wright Building, 1800 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington 25, D.C. Regional Offices of the Bureau of Power are maintained in Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Worth, New York, and San Francisco and a section of the Division of Original Cost of the Bureau of Accounts, Finance and Rates in San Francisco, as described below. (b) Official information concerning any matter pending before, or action taken by, the Commission may be secured by written or personal request to the Secretary. (c) Information concerning matters assigned to the Regional Offices may be obtained by written or personal request and certain submittals may be made thereto as provided below. (d) All formal requests or submittals to the Commission should be addressed to the Secretary pursuant to Sec. 1.2(c) of the Rules. (e) The types of official records in the files of the Commission, and their availability to the public, are described more particularly in Sec. 1.36 of the Rules. Sec. 01.6 Duties of Commission Staff Groups. The duties of the various groups into which the staff of the Commission is organized are described as follows: |