FERC Keeps Gas Trade Data Flowing with No-Fuss Extension
Published Date: 12/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is extending the deadline for collecting important natural gas market info with no changes to the current rules. Companies involved in natural gas transactions and price reporting need to keep submitting their reports as usual. Comments on this extension are due by February 17, 2026, so don’t miss your chance to weigh in!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Three-year Extension; Continue Reporting
FERC is extending the information collections FERC-552 and FERC-549E for three years with no changes to the current reporting requirements. Companies that report natural gas transactions and price-index data must keep submitting the same reports, and comments on the extension are due February 17, 2026.
Estimated Annual Burden and Costs
FERC estimates the annual burden for FERC-552 (Annual Report of Natural Gas Transactions) is 13,420 hours and $1,382,260 across 671 respondents. For FERC-549E (Price Index Data Providers and Developers) the Commission estimates total annual burden of 84,125 hours and $8,664,875 (total responses 19,825).
Price Index Approval and Seven-Year Rule
The notice restates that, under the Revised Policy Statement (April 21, 2022; effective December 31, 2022), beginning six months after that effective date, interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities proposing to use price indices are not entitled to a rebuttable presumption unless the price index developer has obtained approval or re-approval from the Commission within the last seven years. Price index developers and data providers use FERC-549E to seek approval or re-approval.
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