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15 U.S.C. § 3411 — Limitation on revoking or amending certain pre-1969 certificates of public convenience and necessity
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**(a) General rule** The Commission may not, during the 10-year period beginning on November 9, 1978, revoke or amend any certificate of public convenience and necessity issued before January 1, 1969, under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act [[15 U.S.C. 717f](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717f&num=0&edition=prelim)] for the transportation of natural gas owned by any electric utility except upon the application of the person to whom such certificate was issued.
**(b) Commission curtailment authority** The limitation under subsection (a) shall not affect the authority of the Commission to enforce any curtailment of deliveries of natural gas under the Natural Gas Act [[15 U.S.C. 717](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
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**(a) General rule** The Commission may not, during the 10-year period beginning on November 9, 1978, revoke or amend any certificate of public convenience and necessity issued before January 1, 1969, under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act [[15 U.S.C. 717f](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717f&num=0&edition=prelim)] for the transportation of natural gas owned by any electric utility except upon the application of the person to whom such certificate was issued.
**(b) Commission curtailment authority** The limitation under subsection (a) shall not affect the authority of the Commission to enforce any curtailment of deliveries of natural gas under the Natural Gas Act [[15 U.S.C. 717](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
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**(a) Extension or improvement of facilities on order of court; notice and hearing** Whenever the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order direct a natural-gas company to extend or improve its transportation facilities, to establish physical connection of its transportation facilities with the facilities of, and sell natural gas to, any person or municipality engaged or legally authorized to engage in the local distribution of natural or artificial gas to the public, and for such purpose to extend its transportation facilities to communities immediately adjacent to such facilities or to territory served by such natural-gas company, if the Commission finds that no undue burden will be placed upon such natural-gas company thereby: Provided, That the Commission shall have no authority to compel the enlargement of transportation facilities for such purposes, or to compel such natural-gas company to establish physical connection or sell natural gas when to do so would impair its ability to render adequate service to its customers.
**(b) Abandonment of facilities or services; approval of Commission** No natural-gas company shall abandon all or any portion of its facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or any service rendered by means of such facilities, without the permission and approval of the Commission first had and obtained, after due hearing, and a finding by the Commission that the available supply of natural gas is depleted to the extent that the continuance of service is unwarranted, or that the present or future public convenience or necessity permit such abandonment.
**(c) Certificate of public convenience and necessity**
(1)
(A) No natural-gas comp
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**(a) Necessity of regulation in public interest** As disclosed in reports of the Federal Trade Commission made pursuant to S. Res. 83 (Seventieth Congress, first session) and other reports made pursuant to the authority of Congress, it is declared that the business of transporting and selling natural gas for ultimate distribution to the public is affected with a public interest, and that Federal regulation in matters relating to the transportation of natural gas and the sale thereof in interstate and foreign commerce is necessary in the public interest.
**(b) Transactions to which provisions of chapter applicable** The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, to the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use, and to natural-gas companies engaged in such transportation or sale, and to the importation or exportation of natural gas in foreign commerce and to persons engaged in such importation or exportation, but shall not apply to any other transportation or sale of natural gas or to the local distribution of natural gas or to the facilities used for such distribution or to the production or gathering of natural gas.
**(c) Intrastate transactions exempt from provisions of chapter; certification from State commission as conclusive evidence** The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person engaged in or legally authorized to engage in the transportation in interstate commerce or the sale in interstate commerce for resale, of natural gas received by such person from another person within or at the boundary of a State if all the natural gas so received is ultimately consumed within such State, or to any fa
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This chapter may be cited as the “Natural Gas Act.”
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 3393
an industrial process or as a feedstock which
the Secretary determines is essential.
(2) High-priority user
The term ‘‘high-priority user’’ has the same
meaning as given such term in section
3391(f)(2) of this title.
(Pub. L. 95–621, title IV, § 402, Nov. 9, 1978, 92
Stat. 3395.)
§ 3393. Establishment and implementation of pri-
orities
(a) Establishment of priorities
The Secretary of Energy shall prescribe the
rules under sections 3391 and 3392 of this title
pursuant to his authority under the Department
of Energy Organization Act [42 U.S.C 7101 et
seq.] to establish and review priorities for cur-
tailments under the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C.
717 et seq.].
(b) Implementation of priorities
The Commission shall implement the rules
prescribed under sections 3391 and 3392 of this
title pursuant to its authority under the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act [42 U.S.C. 7101
et seq.] to establish, review, and enforce curtail-
ments under the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C. 717
et seq.].
(Pub. L. 95–621, title IV, § 403, Nov. 9, 1978, 92
Stat. 3396.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Department of Energy Organization Act, referred
to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is Pub. L. 95–91, Aug. 4, 1977,
91 Stat. 565, which is classified principally to chapter 84
(§ 7101 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Wel-
fare. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7101 of
Title 42 and Tables.
The Natural Gas Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and
(b), is act June 21, 1938, ch. 556, 52 Stat. 821, which is
classified generally to chapter 15B (§ 717 et seq.) of this
title. For complete classification of this act to the
Code, see section 717w of this title and
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 715l
§ 715l. Repealed. June 22, 1942, ch. 436, 56 Stat.
381
Section, acts Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, § 13, 49 Stat. 33; June
14, 1937, ch. 335, 50 Stat. 257; June 29, 1939, ch. 250, 53
Stat. 927, provided for expiration of this chapter on
June 30, 1942.
§ 715m. Cooperation between Secretary of the In-
terior and Federal and State authorities
The Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out
the Act of February 22, 1935, as amended (15
U.S.C., ch. 15A), is authorized to cooperate with
Federal and State authorities.
(June 25, 1946, ch. 472, § 3, 60 Stat. 307.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of February 22, 1935, referred to in text, is act
Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, 49 Stat. 30, popularly known as the
‘‘Hot Oil Act’’ and also as the ‘‘Connally Hot Oil Act’’,
which is classified generally to this chapter. For com-
plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 715 of this title and Ta-
bles.
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as a part of act Feb. 22, 1935,
which comprises this chapter.
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
Delegation of President’s authority to Secretary of
the Interior, see note set out under section 715j of this
title.
CHAPTER 15B—NATURAL GAS
Sec.
717.
Regulation of natural gas companies.
717a.
Definitions.
717b.
Exportation or importation of natural gas;
LNG terminals.
717b–1.
State and local safety considerations.
717c.
Rates and charges.
717c–1.
Prohibition on market manipulation.
717d.
Fixing rates and charges; determination of
cost of production or transportation.
717e.
Ascertainment of cost of property.
717f.
Construction, extension, or abandonment of
facilities.
717g.
Accounts; records; memoranda.
717h.
Rates of
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 717d
those terms are used in section 78j(b) of this
title) in contravention of such rules and regula-
tions as the Commission may prescribe as nec-
essary in the public interest or for the protec-
tion of natural gas ratepayers. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to create a private
right of action.
(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, § 4A, as added Pub. L.
109–58, title III, § 315, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 691.)
§ 717d. Fixing rates and charges; determination
of cost of production or transportation
(a) Decreases in rates
Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had
upon its own motion or upon complaint of any
State, municipality, State commission, or gas
distributing company, shall find that any rate,
charge, or classification demanded, observed,
charged, or collected by any natural-gas com-
pany in connection with any transportation or
sale of natural gas, subject to the jurisdiction of
the Commission, or that any rule, regulation,
practice, or contract affecting such rate, charge,
or classification is unjust, unreasonable, unduly
discriminatory, or preferential, the Commission
shall determine the just and reasonable rate,
charge, classification, rule, regulation, practice,
or contract to be thereafter observed and in
force, and shall fix the same by order: Provided,
however, That the Commission shall have no
power to order any increase in any rate con-
tained in the currently effective schedule of
such natural gas company on file with the Com-
mission, unless such increase is in accordance
with a new schedule filed by such natural gas
company; but the Commission may order a de-
crease where existing rates are unjust, unduly
discriminatory, preferential, otherwise unlaw-
ful, or are not the lowest reaso
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