49 U.S.C. § 60502
Section 60502 · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case Association of Oil Pipe Lines v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1996)
Most recently applied in In Re: Condemnation by Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. of Permanent and Temporary Rights of Way for the Transportation of Ethane, Propane, Liquid Petroleum Gas, and other Petroleum Products in the Twp. of North Middleton, Cumberland County, PA ~ Appeal of: R.S. Martin (July 2016)
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 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has the duties and powers related to the establishment of a rate or charge for the transportation of oil by pipeline or the valuation of that pipeline that were vested on October 1, 1977, in the Interstate Commerce Commission or an officer or component of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
The words “duties and powers . . . that were vested . . . in” are coextensive with, and substituted for, “transferred to, and vested in . . . all functions and authority of” for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words. The word “regulatory” is omitted as surplus. The words “on October 1, 1977” are added to reflect the effective date of the transfer of the duties and powers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.