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15 U.S.C. § 3205 — Federal participation
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**(a) Intervention** In addition to the authorities vested in the Secretary pursuant to any other provision of law, the Secretary, on his own motion, may intervene as a matter of right in any proceeding before a State regulatory authority which relates to gas utility rates or rate design. Such intervention shall be solely for the purpose of advocating policies or methods which carry out the purposes set forth in [section 3201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3201&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Rights** The Secretary shall have the same rights as any other party to a proceeding before a State regulatory authority which relates to gas utility rates or rate design.
**(c) Nonregulated gas utilities** The Secretary, on his own motion, may, to the same extent as provided in subsections (a) through (b), intervene as a matter of right in any proceeding which relates to rates or rate design of nonregulated gas utilities.
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**(a) Intervention** In addition to the authorities vested in the Secretary pursuant to any other provision of law, the Secretary, on his own motion, may intervene as a matter of right in any proceeding before a State regulatory authority which relates to gas utility rates or rate design. Such intervention shall be solely for the purpose of advocating policies or methods which carry out the purposes set forth in [section 3201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3201&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Rights** The Secretary shall have the same rights as any other party to a proceeding before a State regulatory authority which relates to gas utility rates or rate design.
**(c) Nonregulated gas utilities** The Secretary, on his own motion, may, to the same extent as provided in subsections (a) through (b), intervene as a matter of right in any proceeding which relates to rates or rate design of nonregulated gas utilities.
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or affect any authority of the Secretary or the Commission under any other provision of law.
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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.
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**(a) Limitation of Federal jurisdiction**
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no court of the United States shall have jurisdiction over any action arising under any provision of this chapter except for—
(A) an action over which a court of the United States has jurisdiction under paragraph (2), or
(B) review in the Supreme Court of the United States in accordance with sections 1257 and 1258 of title 28.
(2) The Secretary may bring an action in any appropriate court of the United States to enforce his right to intervene under [section 3205 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3205&num=0&edition=prelim), and such court shall have jurisdiction to grant appropriate relief.
**(b) Enforcement**
(1) Any person may bring an action to enforce the requirements of this chapter in the appropriate State court. Such action in a State court shall be pursuant to applicable State procedures.
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the Secretary to appeal or otherwise seek judicial review of the decisions of a State regulatory authority or nonregulated gas utility or to become a party to any action to obtain such review or appeal. The Secretary may participate as an amicus curiae in any judicial review of an action arising under the provisions of this chapter.
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Page 1997
TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 3206
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘analysis’’.
(D) advertising concerning employment op-
portunities with such utility,
(E) advertising which promotes the use of
energy efficient appliances, equipment or serv-
ices, or
(F) any explanation or justification of exist-
ing or proposed rate schedules, or notification
of hearings thereon.
(Pub. L. 95–617, title III, § 304, Nov. 9, 1978, 92
Stat. 3151.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The National Energy Conservation Policy Act, re-
ferred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), is Pub. L. 95–619, Nov. 9,
1978, 92 Stat. 3208. Part 1 of title II of the National En-
ergy Conservation Policy Act was classified generally
to part A (§ 8211 et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 91
of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and was
omitted from the Code pursuant to section 8229 of Title
42 which terminated authority under that part June 30,
1989. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 8201 of
Title 42 and Tables.
§ 3205. Federal participation
(a) Intervention
In addition to the authorities vested in the
Secretary pursuant to any other provision of
law, the Secretary, on his own motion, may in-
tervene as a matter of right in any proceeding
before a State regulatory authority which re-
lates to gas utility rates or rate design. Such
intervention shall be solely for the purpose of
advocating policies or methods which carry out
the purposes set forth in section 3201 of this
title.
(b) Rights
The Secretary shall have the same rights as
any other party to a proceeding before a State
regulatory authority which relates to gas utility
rates or rate design.
(c) Nonregulated gas utilities
The Secretary, on his own mot
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