Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Chapter 15B - Notes
Sec.
717. Regulation of natural gas companies.
(a) Necessity of regulation in public interest.
(b) Transactions to which provisions of chapter
applicable.
(c) Intrastate transactions exempt from provisions
of chapter; certification from State
commission as conclusive evidence.
(d) Vehicular natural gas jurisdiction.
717a. Definitions.
717b. Exportation or importation of natural gas.
(a) Mandatory authorization order.
(b) Free trade agreements.
(c) Expedited application and approval process.
717c. Rates and charges.
(a) Just and reasonable rates and charges.
(b) Undue preferences and unreasonable rates and
charges prohibited.
(c) Filing of rates and charges with Commission;
public inspection of schedules.
(d) Changes in rates and charges; notice to
Commission.
(e) Authority of Commission to hold hearings
concerning new schedule of rates.
717d. Fixing rates and charges; determination of cost of
production or transportation.
(a) Decreases in rates.
(b) Costs of production and transportation.
717e. Ascertainment of cost of property.
(a) Cost of property.
(b) Inventory of property; statements of costs.
717f. Construction, extension, or abandonment of facilities.
(a) Extension or improvement of facilities on order
of court; notice and hearing.
(b) Abandonment of facilities or services; approval
of Commission.
(c) Certificate of public convenience and
necessity.
(d) Application for certificate of public
convenience and necessity.
(e) Granting of certificate of public convenience
and necessity.
(f) Determination of service area; jurisdiction of
transportation to ultimate consumers.
(g) Certificate of public convenience and necessity
for service of area already being served.
(h) Right of eminent domain for construction of
pipelines, etc.
717g. Accounts; records; memoranda.
(a) Rules and regulations for keeping and
preserving accounts, records, etc.
(b) Access to and inspection of accounts and
records.
(c) Books, accounts, etc., of the person
controlling gas company subject to
examination.
717h. Rates of depreciation.
(a) Depreciation and amortization.
(b) Rules.
717i. Periodic and special reports.
(a) Form and contents of reports.
(b) Unlawful conduct.
717j. State compacts for conservation, transportation, etc.,
of natural gas.
(a) Assembly of pertinent information; report to
Congress.
(b) Assembly of information relative to operation
of compact; report to Congress.
(c) Availability of services, etc., of other
agencies.
717k. Officials dealing in securities.
717l. Complaints.
717m. Investigations by Commission.
(a) Power of Commission.
(b) Determination of adequacy of gas reserves.
(c) Administration of oaths and affirmations;
subpena of witnesses, etc.
(d) Jurisdiction of courts of United States.
(e) Testimony of witnesses.
(f) Deposition of witnesses in a foreign country.
(g) Witness fees.
717n. Hearings; rules of procedure.
(a) Hearings; parties.
(b) Procedure.
717o. Administrative powers of Commission; rules,
regulations, and orders.
717p. Joint boards.
(a) Reference of matters to joint boards;
composition and power.
(b) Conference with State commissions regarding
rate structure, costs, etc.
(c) Information and reports available to State
commissions.
717q. Appointment of officers and employees.
717r. Rehearing and review.
(a) Application for rehearing; time.
(b) Review of Commission order.
(c) Stay of Commission order.
717s. Enforcement of chapter.
(a) Action in district court for injunction.
(b) Mandamus.
(c) Employment of attorneys by Commission.
717t. General penalties.
717u. Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities
and duties.
717v. Separability.
717w. Short title.
717x. Conserved natural gas.
(a) Determination of entitlement.
(b) Conditions, limitations, etc.
(c) Definitions.
717y. Voluntary conversion of natural gas users to heavy
fuel oil.
(a) Transfer of contractual interests.
(b) Commission approval.
(c) Restrictions on transfers unenforceable.
(d) Contractual obligations unaffected.
(e) Definitions.
(f) Coordination with this chapter.
(g) Volume limitation.
717z. Emergency conversion of utilities and other
facilities.
(a) Presidential declaration.
(b) Limitation.
(c) Prohibitions.
(d) Limitations.
(e) Exemption for secondary uses.
(f) Exemption for air-quality emergencies.
(g) Limitation on injunctive relief.
(h) Definitions.
(i) Use of general terms.
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CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This chapter is referred to in sections 717x, 717y, 719c, 719j,
790a, 3301, 3362, 3371, 3372, 3374, 3393, 3394, 3412, 3431 of this
title; title 10 section 7430; title 16 section 2603; title 30
section 185; title 42 sections 7172, 7173, 8441; title 43 section
1353; title 49 section 60101; title 50 section 167i.
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