The Secretary may— (1) fund (A) demonstration projects to improve electric utility load management procedures and (B) regulatory rate reform initiatives, (2) on request of a State , a utility regulatory commission , or of any participant in any proceeding before a State utility regulatory commission which relates to electric utility rates or rate design, intervene and participate in such proceeding, and (3) on request of any State , utility regulatory commission , or party to any action to obtain judicial review of an administrative proceeding in which the Secretary intervened or participated under paragraph (2), intervene and participate in such action. ( Pub. L. 94–385, title II, § 204 , Aug. 14, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1143 ; Pub. L. 95–617, title I, § 143 , Nov. 9, 1978 , 92 Stat. 3134 .) Editorial Notes Amendments 1978— Pub. L. 95–617 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”, meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration in two places.