Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§717i Periodic and Special Reports

Title 15 › CHAPTER 15B — NATURAL GAS › § 717i

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Natural-gas companies must file annual and other reports the Commission asks for to help run the law. The Commission sets the form and can require specific answers. Reports can include things like what a company owns and owes, how it is financed, investments, total income, interest owed and paid, loss of value over time and reserve funds, costs to build, run, maintain, renew, or replace gas facilities, and how gas is moved, delivered, used, and sold. Reports must be sworn unless the Commission says not to. It is illegal for a company to knowingly block, delay, or interfere with making, filing, or keeping any required information, documents, reports, records, or accounts.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §717i

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(a)Form and contents of reports

Every natural-gas company shall file with the Commission such annual and other periodic or special reports as the Commission may by rules and regulations or order prescribe as necessary or appropriate to assist the Commission in the proper administration of this chapter. The Commission may prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made, and require from such natural-gas companies specific answers to all questions upon which the Commission may need information. The Commission may require that such reports shall include, among other things, full information as to assets and liabilities, capitalization, investment and reduction thereof, gross receipts, interest due and paid, depreciation, amortization, and other reserves, cost of facilities, cost of maintenance and operation of facilities for the production, transportation, or sale of natural gas, cost of renewal and replacement of such facilities, transportation, delivery, use, and sale of natural gas. The Commission may require any such natural-gas company to make adequate provision for currently determining such costs and other facts. Such reports shall be made under oath unless the Commission otherwise specifies.

(b)Unlawful conduct

It shall be unlawful for any natural-gas company willfully to hinder, delay, or obstruct the making, filing, or keeping of any information, document, report, memorandum, record, or account required to be made, filed, or kept under this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 717i

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110