The term “Federal power marketing agency” has the meaning given the term in section 796 of title 16.
The term “Transmission Organization” has the meaning given the term in section 796 of title 16.
The term “transmission system” means an electric transmission facility owned, leased, or contracted for by the United States and operated by a Federal utility.
The appropriate Federal regulatory authority may enter into a contract, agreement, or other arrangement transferring control and use of all or part of the transmission system of a Federal utility to a Transmission Organization.
No statutory provision requiring or authorizing a Federal utility to transmit electric power or to construct, operate, or maintain the transmission system of the Federal utility prohibits a transfer of control and use of the transmission system pursuant to, and subject to, the requirements of this section.