PART 351—FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELEASED BY CARRIERS Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act, (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. et seq. § 351.1 Financial statements released by carriers. Carriers desiring to do so may prepare and publish financial statements in reports to stockholders and others, except in reports to this Commission, based on generally accepted accounting principles for which there is authoritative support, provided that any variance from this Commission's prescribed accounting rules contained in such statements is clearly disclosed in footnotes to the statements. [Order 119, 46 FR 9044, Jan. 28, 1981]