Amendments to Public Utility Holding Company Act, 1935: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2643, a Bill to Promote the Common Defense and the General Welfare of the People of the United States by Encouraging Maximum Development of Low-cost Electric Energy from All Sources of Power, Including Atomic Energy, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, and Water, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - 498 pages Considers legislation to exempt electric utilities involved in nuclear power development from SEC regulations. |
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Page 389 - Commission, notwithstanding that such rule, regulation, or order may, after such act or omission, be amended or rescinded or be determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.
Page 370 - contribution" includes a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit, of money, or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable to make a contribution ; (e) The term "expenditure...
Page 335 - For the purpose of assuring an abundant supply of electric energy throughout the United States with the greatest possible economy and with regard to the proper utilization and conservation of natural resources...
Page 127 - ... the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to make the maximum contribution to the general welfare, subject at all times to the paramount objective of making the maximum contribution to the common defense and security ; and a.
Page 397 - ... in the case of the reports of any person whose methods of accounting are prescribed under the provisions of any law of the United States, or any rule or regulation thereunder, the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect to reports shall not be inconsistent with the requirements imposed by such law or rule or regulation in respect of the -same subject matter...
Page 167 - ... detrimental to the carrying out of the provisions of section 11; or (2) the acquisition of securities or utility assets of a publicutility or holding company unless the Commission finds that such acquisition will serve the public interest by tending towards the economical and efficient development of an integrated public-utility system.
Page 416 - USC 79b (a) (4) ) , to mean a company which owns or operates facilities used for the distribution at retail (other than distribution only in enclosed portable containers, or distribution to tenants or employees of the company operating such facilities for their own use and not for resale) of natural or manufactured gas for heat, light, or power.
Page 18 - ... take such steps as the Commission shall find necessary to ensure that the corporate structure or continued existence of any company In the holdingcompany system does not unduly or unnecessarily complicate the structure, or unfairly or inequitably distribute voting power among security holders, of such holdingcompany system.
Page 454 - Public-utility company" means an electric utility company or a gas utility company. (6) "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission. (7) "Holding company" means — (A) any company which directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 10 per centum or more of the outstanding voting securities of a public-utility company...
Page 459 - Commission, as hereinafter provided, by order declares such company not to be a holding company; and (B) any person which the Commission determines, after notice and opportunity for hearing, directly or indirectly to exercise (either alone or pursuant to an arrangement or understanding with one or more other persons...