16 U.S.C. § 822
Section 822 · Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter
This is § 28 of the Federal Power Act of 1920
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1983)
Most recently applied in Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (October 1983)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is expressly reserved; but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall affect any license theretofore issued under the provisions of this chapter or the rights of any licensee thereunder.