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Show 300 Marketing Agencies.-In large measure, marketing of fed- eral power is a responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior. To market power generated at reservoir projects under the control of the Department of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior has created the Southwestern Power Administration to operate in the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, and parts of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.240 For a like pur- pose, he has created the Southeastern Power Administration to operate in the States of West Virginia, Virginia, North Caro- lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky.241 The Bonneville Power Admin- istration has been assigned this responsibility in the Pacific Northwest.242 In the case of reclamation projects, the marketing of power is under the control of the Secretary of the Interior and is gen- erally assigned to the Bureau of Reclamation.243 As already noted, the Secretary also controls the marketing of power from dams of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Special Projects and Prescribed Areas.-Thus far, we have discussed provisions generally applicable to projects con- structed by the two principal construction agencies. However, with respect to the development of multiple-purpose projects and the generation and marketing of power, Congress has fre- quently legislated particularly for individual projects or pre- scribed regions. We shall mention here the more significant instances only so far as they concern the development of power and other uses, reserving for later consideration their influence upon comprehensive development.244 240 See Department of the Interior Order No. 2135, November 21, 1945, 10 F. R. 14527. 241 See Department of the Interior Order No. 2558, March 21, 1950, 15 F. R. 1901. 242 See infra, p. 304. a4s Exceptions to this general rule include notably the Grand Coulee Project, where the power-marketing function has been assigned to the Bonneville Power Administration and merged with its like responsibilities for other federal dams in the area. See Ex. O. No. 8526, 5 F. R. 3390 (1940). 244 See infra, pp. 383-491. |