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611 Project Acts.627 Under these two Acts, but not in the case of rate schedules for power generated at Army reservoir projects other than Bonneville, the allocation of costs upon which rate schedules are based must also be made by the Federal Power Commission.628 In none of these cases is the Commission given continuing rate supervision or authority to require changes. On the other hand, rates for power sold under Reclamation Law or under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act are not subject to Commission review. (Pooling of Power Costs and Revenues for Rate Purposes)- In the main, the foregoing provisions contemplate individual rates for each project, variously geared to repayment of costs.629 Variations among power rates within a given area thus result except where the individualized process happens to produce the same rate. On the other hand, there are provisions of statute tending to mitigate such differences and to move in the direction of rate uniformity within prescribed areas. A suggestion ap- pears in the requirement that surplus power from reservoir projects under Army control be transmitted and disposed of in such a manner "as to encourage the most widespread use thereof."630 Similarly, Congress has declared that projects of the Tennes- see Valley Authority shall be considered:631 primarily as for the benefit of the people of the section as a whole and particularly the domestic and rural con- sumers to whom the power can economically be made available, and accordingly that sale to and use by indus- try shall be a secondary purpose, to be utilized princi- pally to secure a sufficiently high load factor and revenue returns which will permit domestic and rural use at the lowest possible rates and in such manner as to encourage increased domestic and rural use of electricity. 627 Act of August 20,1937, § 6, 50 Stat. 731, 735,16 U. S. O. 832e; Act of May 18,1938, § 5, 52 Stat. 403, 405,16 U. S. C. 833d. 828 § 7, 50 Stat. 735,16 U. S. C. 832f; § 6, 52 Stat. 405,16 U. S. C. 833e. 629 In this connection see Sen. Rep. No. 1351, 81st Cong., 2d sess., p. 7 (1950). 680 Act of December 22, 1944, § 5, 58 Stat. 887, 890, 16 U. S. C. 825s. 881 Act of May 18,1933, § 11, 48 Stat. 58, 64,16 U. S. C. 831j.

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