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title: "16 U.S.C. § 2611"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 2611 - Purposes

## Text

The purposes of this chapter are to encourage—

(1) conservation of energy supplied by electric utilities;

(2) the optimization of the efficiency of use of facilities and resources by electric utilities; and

(3) equitable rates to electric consumers.

(Pub. L. 95–617, title I, § 101, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I (§ 101 et seq.) of Pub. L. 95–617, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120, which enacted subchapters I to IV of this chapter and section 6808 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amended sections 6802 to 6807 of Title 42. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.