15 U.S.C. § 3411
Section 3411 · General rulemaking authority
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Intervenors. National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Intervenor (1987)
Most recently applied in 191 F. Supp. 2d 1200 - Hill v. Kansas Gas Service Co. (February 2002)
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.
Except where expressly provided otherwise, the Commission shall administer this chapter. The Commission, or any other Federal officer or agency in which any function under this chapter is vested or delegated, is authorized to perform any and all acts (including any appropriate enforcement activity), and to prescribe, issue, amend, and rescind such rules and orders as it may find necessary or appropriate to carry out its functions under this chapter.
Except where otherwise expressly provided, the Commission is authorized to define, by rule, accounting, technical, and trade terms used in this chapter. Any such definition shall be consistent with the definitions set forth in this chapter.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1989—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101 60 struck out subsec. (c) which authorized Commission to delegate to any State agency (with consent of such agency) any of its functions with respect to sections 3315, 3316(b), and 3319(a)(1) and (3) of this title.
Effective Date of 1989 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 101 60 effective Jan. 1, 1993, see section 3(b) of Pub. L. 101 60, set out as a note under section 3372 of this title.