Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§717o Administrative Powers of Commission; Rules, Regulations, and Orders

Title 15 › Chapter 15B— NATURAL GAS › § 717o

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission can take actions needed to carry out this chapter. It can make, change, or cancel rules and orders that define terms, set the forms and required information for reports and applications, set filing deadlines, and apply different rules to different groups of people or matters. Rules normally take effect 30 days after they are published unless a different date is given; orders take effect when the Commission says. All rules must be filed with the secretary and kept available for the public to inspect.

Full Legal Text

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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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 717o

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60