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title: "42 U.S.C. § 16441"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 16441 - Funding new interconnection and transmission upgrades

## Text

The Commission may approve a participant funding plan that allocates costs related to transmission upgrades or new generator interconnection, without regard to whether an applicant is a member of a Commission-approved Transmission Organization, if the plan results in rates that—

(1) are just and reasonable;

(2) are not unduly discriminatory or preferential; and

(3) are otherwise consistent with sections 824d and 824e of title 16.

(Pub. L. 109–58, title XII, § 1242, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 962.)