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 PUBLIC LAW 99-88—AUG. 15, 1985

99 STAT. 321

soon as practically possible after the completion of the final environmental impact statement. INDEPENDENT AGENCY TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FUND

There is appropriated an additional $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the "Tennessee Valley Authority Fund" for the conduct of a demonstration project for the construction of a main water transmission line. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY To the extent the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authority or jurisdiction under the Federal Power Act of a Memo- 16 USC 79la. randum of Understanding for the California-Oregon Transmission Project, dated December 19, 1984 (50 F.R. 420, Jan. 3, 1985), as amended and supplemented by the Secretary of Energy prior to enactment of this paragraph, or of any contracts implementing such Memorandum, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall exercise such authority or jurisdiction within 2 years after enactment of this paragraph or after the filing of any such contract, whichever is later, and the Commission shall adjust its procedures and practices to ensure completion of such exercise of administrative authority or jurisdiction within such 2-year period. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed by the Commission or any court as affecting, changing or limiting the authority, jursidiction or procedures of the Commission under the Federal Power Act concerning rates, charges, service, facilities, classification, access or other matters in reg£u-d to such project. Consistent with the provisions of Public Law 98-360 which authorized the Secretary of Energ:yr to 98 Stat. 403. construct or participate in the construction of such project for the benefit of electric consumers of the Pacific Northwest and Califo mia and obtain compensation from non-Federal participants in such project, sufficient capacity shall be reserved, as recognized in such Memoremdum, to serve the needs of the Department of Energy laboratories and wildlife refuges in California. The Secretary of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall keep the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committers on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate fully and currently informed concerning the project, any changes in such Memorandum of Understanding (as so amended and supplemen1:ed), the implementing contracts, compensation, reserved capacity for such laboratories or refuges, actions under the Federal Power Act, and any related matters. Nothing in this Act or in the Memorandum shall in an3nvay affect, modify, change, or expand the authorities or policies of the Bonneville Power Administration under existing law regarding wholesale power rates, transmission rates, or transmission access. The line constructed pursuant to the Memorandum is hereby named "The Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson California-Pacific Northwest Intertie line"

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