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15 U.S.C. § 3206 — Gas utility rate design proposals
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**(a) Study**
(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commission and, after affording an opportunity for consultation and comment by representatives of the State regulatory commissions, gas utilities, and gas consumers, shall study and report to Congress on gas utility rate design within 18 months after November 9, 1978. Such study shall address the effect (both separately and in combination) of the following factors upon the items listed in paragraph (2): incremental pricing; marginal cost pricing; end user gas consumption taxes; wellhead natural gas pricing policies; demand-commodity rate design; declining block rates; interruptible service; seasonal rate differentials; and end user rate schedules.
(2) The items referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
(A) natural gas pipeline and local distribution company load factors;
(B) rates to each class of user, including residential, commercial, and industrial users;
(C) the change in total costs resulting from gas utility designs (including capital and operating costs) to gas consumers or classes thereof;
(D) demand for, and consumption of, natural gas;
(E) end use profiles of natural gas pipelines and local distribution companies; and
(F) competition with alternative fuels.
**(b) Proposals** Based upon the study prepared pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop proposals to improve gas utility rate design and to encourage conservation of natural gas. Such proposals shall include any comments and recommendations of the Commission.
**(c) Transmission to Congress** The proposals prepared under subsection (b), shall be transmitted, together with any legislative recommendations, to each House of Congress not later than 6 months after the date of submission of the study under subsectio
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**(a) Study**
(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commission and, after affording an opportunity for consultation and comment by representatives of the State regulatory commissions, gas utilities, and gas consumers, shall study and report to Congress on gas utility rate design within 18 months after November 9, 1978. Such study shall address the effect (both separately and in combination) of the following factors upon the items listed in paragraph (2): incremental pricing; marginal cost pricing; end user gas consumption taxes; wellhead natural gas pricing policies; demand-commodity rate design; declining block rates; interruptible service; seasonal rate differentials; and end user rate schedules.
(2) The items referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
(A) natural gas pipeline and local distribution company load factors;
(B) rates to each class of user, including residential, commercial, and industrial users;
(C) the change in total costs resulting from gas utility designs (including capital and operating costs) to gas consumers or classes thereof;
(D) demand for, and consumption of, natural gas;
(E) end use profiles of natural gas pipelines and local distribution companies; and
(F) competition with alternative fuels.
**(b) Proposals** Based upon the study prepared pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop proposals to improve gas utility rate design and to encourage conservation of natural gas. Such proposals shall include any comments and recommendations of the Commission.
**(c) Transmission to Congress** The proposals prepared under subsection (b), shall be transmitted, together with any legislative recommendations, to each House of Congress not later than 6 months after the date of submission of the study under subsection (a). Such proposals shall be accompanied by an analyses 11 So in original. Probably should be “analysis”. of—
(1) the projected savings (if any) in consumption of natural gas, and other energy resources,
(2) changes (if any) in the cost of natural gas to consumers, which are likely to result from the implementation nationally of each of such proposals, and
(3) the effects of the proposals on other provisions of this Act on gas utility rate structures.
**(d) Public participation** The Secretary shall provide for public participation in the conduct of the study under subsection (a), and the preparation of proposals under subsection (b).
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**(a) Information required to be gathered** Each electric utility shall periodically gather information under such rules (promulgated by the Commission) as the Commission determines necessary to allow determination of the costs associated with providing electric service. For purposes of this section, and for purposes of any consideration and determination respecting the standard established by [section 2621(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2621/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim), such costs shall be separated, to the maximum extent practicable, into the following components: customer cost component, demand cost component, and energy cost component. Rules under this subsection shall include requirements for the gathering of the following information with respect to each electric utility—
(1) the costs of serving each electric consumer class, including costs of serving different consumption patterns within such class, based on voltage level, time of use, and other appropriate factors;
(2) daily kilowatt demand load curves for all electric consumer classes combined representative of daily and seasonal differences in demand, and daily kilowatt demand load curves for each electric consumer class for which there is a separate rate, representative of daily and seasonal differences in demand;
(3) annual capital, operating, and maintenance costs—
(A) for transmission and distribution services, and
(B) for each type of generating unit; and
(4) costs of purchased power, including representative daily and seasonal differences in the amount of such costs.
Such rules shall provide that information required to be gathered under this section shall be presented in such categories and such detail as may be necessary to carr
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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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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.)
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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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