context: Moreover, Congress' decision to give DOE express authority to issue remedial orders does not automatically mean that the agency lacked the authority prior to passage of the provision. Courts have held both expressly and impliedly that the Federal Energy Administration (FEA), DOE's predecessor, had power to issue remedial orders before October 1977.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: affirming aRO issued on November 4, 1976, which held plaintiff liable for crude oil overcharges
citation_a.sentence: See Getty Oil Co. v. Dep’t of Energy, 478 F.Supp. 523, 527, n. 4 (C.D.Cal.1978) (holding the FEA had authority to issue a remedial order in September, 1976, despite plaintiff's contention that FEA had no such power until passage of 42 U.S.C. § 7193 expressly authorized DOE to issue remedial orders); see also Sauder v. Dep't of Energy, 648 F.2d 1341 (Temp.Emer.Ct.App.1981) (affirming aRO issued on November 4, 1976, which held plaintiff liable for crude oil overcharges).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 478 F.Supp. 523, 527, n. 4
citation_b.parenthetical: holding the FEA had authority to issue a remedial order in September, 1976, despite plaintiff's contention that FEA had no such power until passage of 42 U.S.C. SS 7193 expressly authorized DOE to issue remedial orders
citation_b.sentence: See Getty Oil Co. v. Dep’t of Energy, 478 F.Supp. 523, 527, n. 4 (C.D.Cal.1978) (holding the FEA had authority to issue a remedial order in September, 1976, despite plaintiff's contention that FEA had no such power until passage of 42 U.S.C. § 7193 expressly authorized DOE to issue remedial orders); see also Sauder v. Dep't of Energy, 648 F.2d 1341 (Temp.Emer.Ct.App.1981) (affirming aRO issued on November 4, 1976, which held plaintiff liable for crude oil overcharges).