SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978”. (b) Table of Contents.— Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Relationship to antitrust laws. TITLE I—RETAIL REGULATORY POLICIES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES Subtitle A—General Provisions Sec. 101. Purposes. Sec. 102. Coverage. Sec. 103. Federal contracts. Subtitle B—Standards for Electric Utilities Sec. 111. Consideration and determination respecting certain ratemaking standards. Sec. 112. Obligations to consider and determine. Sec. 113. Adoption of certain standards. Sec. 114. Lifeline rates. Sec. 115. Special rules for standards. Sec. 116. Reports respecting standards. Sec. 117. Relationship to State law. Subtitle C—Intervention and Judicial Review Sec. 121. Intervention in proceedings. Sec. 122. Consumer representation. Sec. 123. Judicial review and enforcement. Sec. 124. Prior and pending proceedings. Subtitle D—Administrative Provisions Sec. 131. Voluntary guidelines. Sec. 132. Responsibilities of Secretary of Energy. Sec. 133. Gathering information on costs of service. Sec. 134. Relationship to other authority. Subtitle E—State Utility Regulatory Assistance Sec. 141. Grants to carry out titles I and III. Sec. 142. Authorizations. Sec. 143. Conforming amendments. TITLE II—CERTAIN FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORITIES Sec. 201. Definitions. Sec. 202. Interconnection. Sec. 203. Wheeling. Sec. 204. General provisions regarding certain interconnection and wheeling authority. Sec. 205. Pooling. Sec. 206. Continuance of service. Sec. 207. Consideration of proposed rate increases. Sec. 208. Automatic adjustment clauses. Sec. 209. Reliability. Sec. 210. Cogeneration and small power production. Sec. 211. Interlocking directorates. Sec. 212. Public participation before Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Sec. 213. Conduit hydroelectric facilities. Sec. 214. Prior action; effect on other authorities. TITLE III—RETAIL POLICIES FOR NATURAL GAS UTILITIES Sec. 301. Purposes; coverage. Sec. 302. Definitions. Sec. 303. Adoption of certain standards. Sec. 304. Special rules for standards. Sec. 305. Federal participation. Sec. 306. Gas utility rate design proposals. Sec. 307. Judicial review and enforcement. Sec. 308. Relationship to other applicable law. Sec. 309. Reports respecting standards. Sec. 310. Prior and pending proceedings. Sec. 311. Relationship to other authority. TITLE IV—SMALL HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS Sec. 401. Establishment of program. Sec. 402. Loans for feasibility studies. Sec. 403. Loans for project costs. Sec. 404. Loan rates and repayment. Sec. 405. Simplified and expeditious licensing procedures. Sec. 406. New impoundments. Sec. 407. Authorizations. Sec. 408. Definitions. TITLE V—CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Sec. 501. Findings. Sec. 502. Statement of purposes. Sec. 503. Definitions. Sec. 504. Applications for approval of proposed crude oil transportation systems. Sec. 505. Review schedule. Sec. 506. Environmental impact statements. Sec. 507. Decision of the President. Sec. 508. Procedures for waiver of Federal law. Sec. 509. Expedited procedures for issuance of permits: enforcement of rights-of-way. Sec. 510. Negotiations with the Government of Canada. Sec. 511. Judicial review. Sec. 512. Authorization for appropriation. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 601. Study concerning electric rates of State utility agencies. Sec. 602. Seasonal diversity electricity exchange. Sec. 603. Utility regulatory institute. Sec. 604. Coal research laboratories. Sec. 605. Conserved natural gas. Sec. 606. Voluntary conversion of natural gas users to heavy fuel oil users. Sec. 607. Emergency conversion of utilities and other facilities. Sec. 608. Natural gas transportation policies.