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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 717. Regulation of natural gas companies
(a) Necessity of regulation in public interest
As disclosed in reports of the Federal Trade Commission made
pursuant to S. Res. 83 (Seventieth Congress, first session) and
other reports made pursuant to the authority of Congress, it is
declared that the business of transporting and selling natural gas
for ultimate distribution to the public is affected with a public
interest, and that Federal regulation in matters relating to the
transportation of natural gas and the sale thereof in interstate
and foreign commerce is necessary in the public interest.
(b) Transactions to which provisions of chapter applicable
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the transportation
of natural gas in interstate commerce, to the sale in interstate
commerce of natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption
for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use, and to
natural-gas companies engaged in such transportation or sale, but
shall not apply to any other transportation or sale of natural gas
or to the local distribution of natural gas or to the facilities
used for such distribution or to the production or gathering of
natural gas.
(c) Intrastate transactions exempt from provisions of chapter;
certification from State commission as conclusive evidence
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person
engaged in or legally authorized to engage in the transportation in
interstate commerce or the sale in interstate commerce for resale,
of natural gas received by such person from another person within
or at the boundary of a State if all the natural gas so received is
ultimately consumed within such State, or to any facilities used by
such person for such transportation or sale, provided that the
rates and service of such person and facilities be subject to
regulation by a State commission. The matters exempted from the
provisions of this chapter by this subsection are declared to be
matters primarily of local concern and subject to regulation by the
several States. A certification from such State commission to the
Federal Power Commission that such State commission has regulatory
jurisdiction over rates and service of such person and facilities
and is exercising such jurisdiction shall constitute conclusive
evidence of such regulatory power or jurisdiction.
(d) Vehicular natural gas jurisdiction
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person
solely by reason of, or with respect to, any sale or transportation
of vehicular natural gas if such person is -
(1) not otherwise a natural-gas company; or
(2) subject primarily to regulation by a State commission,
whether or not such State commission has, or is exercising,
jurisdiction over the sale, sale for resale, or transportation of
vehicular natural gas.
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