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15 U.S.C. § 3201 — Purposes; coverage
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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) 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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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) 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) Grants to State utility regulatory commissions and nonregulated electric utilities** The Secretary may make grants to State utility regulatory commissions and nonregulated electric utilities (as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 [[16 U.S.C. 2602](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2602&num=0&edition=prelim)]) to carry out duties and responsibilities under titles I [[16 U.S.C. 2601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and III [[15 U.S.C. 3201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3201&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and section 210 [[16 U.S.C. 824a–3](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section824a–3&num=0&edition=prelim)], of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. No grant may be made under this section to any Federal agency.
**(b) Unnecessary requirements prohibited** Any requirements established by the Secretary with respect to grants under this section may be only such requirements as are necessary to assure that such grants are expended solely to carry out duties and responsibilities referred to in subsection (a) or such as are otherwise required by law.
**(c) Application for grant** No grant may be made under this section unless an application for such grant is submitted to the Secretary in such form and manner as the Secretary may require. The Secretary may not approve an application of a State utility regulatory commission or nonregulated electric utility unless such commission or nonregulated electric utility assures the Secretary that funds made available under this section will be in addition to, and not in substitution for, f
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Page 1994
TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 3201
1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
2 So in original. A comma probably should appear.
§ 3201. Purposes; coverage
(a) Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are to encour-
age—
(1) conservation of energy supplied by gas
utilities;
(2) the optimization of the efficiency of use
of facilities and resources by gas utility sys-
tems; and
(3) equitable rates to gas consumers of nat-
ural 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 De-
cember 31, 1975, and before the immediately pre-
ceding calendar year.
(c) Exclusion of wholesale sales
The requirements of this chapter do not apply
to the operations of a gas utility, or to pro-
ceedings respecting such operations, to the ex-
tent 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 publi-
cation of such list, each State regulatory au-
thority shall notify the Secretary of each gas
utility on the list for which such State regu-
latory authority has ratemaking authority.
(Pub. L. 95–617, title III, § 301, Nov. 9, 1978, 92
Stat. 3149.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DEFINITIONS
The definition of Secretary in section 2602 of Title 16,
Conservation, applies to this section.
§ 3202. Definitions
For purposes of this
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