PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Encourages gas companies to save energy, make better use of their equipment and resources, and keep natural gas prices fair for customers. The rules apply to a gas utility in a year if that utility sold more than 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas (not for resale) in any calendar year that began after December 31, 1975 and before the year immediately before the current year. The rules do not cover sales made for resale. Before each calendar year, the Secretary must publish which utilities are covered, and State regulators must tell the Secretary which of those utilities they control.

Title 15, §3201

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(a)Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are to encourage—

(1)conservation of energy supplied by gas utilities;

(2)the optimization of the efficiency of use of facilities and resources by gas utility systems; and

(3)equitable rates to gas consumers of natural gas.

(b)Volume of total retail sales

This chapter applies to each gas utility in any calendar year, and to each proceeding relating to each gas utility in such year, if the total sales of natural gas by such utility for purposes other than resale exceeded 10 billion cubic feet during any calendar year beginning after December 31, 1975, and before the immediately preceding calendar year.

(c)Exclusion of wholesale sales

The requirements of this chapter do not apply to the operations of a gas utility, or to proceedings respecting such operations, to the extent that such operations or proceedings relate to sales of natural gas for purposes of resale.

(d)List of covered utilities

Before the beginning of each calendar year, the Secretary shall publish a list identifying each gas utility to which this chapter applies during such calendar year. Promptly after publication of such list, each State regulatory authority shall notify the Secretary of each gas utility on the list for which such State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions The definition of Secretary in section 2602 of Title 16, Conservation, applies to this section.

§3201 Purposes; Coverage

Summary

Title 15, §3201

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