250.10—Effect of certain exemptions.
(a) Parent holding companies exempt where subsidiaries have obtained, or applied for, certain exemptions.
Subject to the provisions of § 250.6, any holding company shall be exempt from any obligation, duty, or liability imposed on it as a holding company solely by reason of such company having as a subsidiary any company which, insofar as it is either a public utility or a holding company, is:
(1)
A company declared not to be a public utility or holding company by rule or order under section 2(a)(3), 2(a)(4), or 2(a)(7) of the Act (49 Stat. 804; 15 U.S.C. 79b ), or is exempted without qualification by order pursuant to section 3(b) from all obligations, duties, or liabilities imposed on it as a subsidiary company; or
(2)
A company exempted as a holding company from sections 4 and 5(a) of the Act (49 Stat. 812; 15 U.S.C. 79d, 79e) by order under subparagraph (3), (4), or (5) of section 3(a) (49 Stat. 810; 15 U.S.C. 79c ), or by § 250.3, § 250.4, or § 250.5; or
(3)
A company which is only indirectly a subsidiary of such holding company through the interest of such holding company in a subsidiary holding company of the class specified in paragraph (a)(2) of this section; or
(4)
A company as to which there is pending an application for an order specified in paragraph (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. Provided, That such holding company does not have cause to believe that such application was not filed in good faith.
(b)
Subsidiary companies deemed to be included in applications by parent companies under section 2 (a )(8 ). Every application for exemption filed under section 2(a)(8) (49 Stat. 804; 15 U.S.C. 79b ), whether filed before or after the adoption of this section, shall, unless otherwise expressly stated therein, be deemed to be filed on behalf of such applicant and of all subsidiary companies of such applicant, and shall be deemed to include as applicants all such subsidiary companies of such subsidiary company filing such application: Provided, however, That the Commission may in any case direct the filing of separate applications by any such companies or may order separate hearings or enter separate or different orders with respect to any such companies so deemed to be included pursuant to this section.