Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§717o Administrative powers of Commission; rules, regulations, and orders
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 15B— - NATURAL GAS › § 717o
Summary
Gives the Commission authority to make, change, or cancel rules, orders, and regulations needed to carry out the chapter. It can define accounting, technical, and trade terms and set forms, required information, and filing times for reports and applications. Rules take effect thirty days after publication unless a different date is set; orders take effect when the Commission says. Rules must be filed with the secretary and kept open for public inspection during business hours.
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Title 15, §717o
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The Commission shall have power to perform any and all acts, and to prescribe, issue, make, amend, and rescind such orders, rules, and regulations as it may find necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Among other things, such rules and regulations may define accounting, technical, and trade terms used in this chapter; and may prescribe the form or forms of all statements, declarations, applications, and reports to be filed with the Commission, the information which they shall contain, and the time within which they shall be filed. Unless a different date is specified therein, rules and regulations of the Commission shall be effective thirty days after publication in the manner which the Commission shall prescribe. Orders of the Commission shall be effective on the date and in the manner which the Commission shall prescribe. For the purposes of its rules and regulations, the Commission may classify persons and matters within its jurisdiction and prescribe different requirements for different classes of persons or matters. All rules and regulations of the Commission shall be filed with its secretary and shall be kept open in convenient form for public inspection and examination during reasonable business hours.
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15 U.S.C. § 717o
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73