La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XI-127

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XI-127 - Intrastate Natural Gas

A. This regulation shall apply to the price of intrastate natural gas sold by a natural gas company under contracts executed after December 8, 1973, under the provisions of Part V of the Natural Resources and Energy Act of 1973, being Sections 591 thereof. No contract shall be exempt under the provisions of Section 595.

B. Any and all hearings, investigations, and proceedings conducted or held under Part V of the Act shall be in accordance with the rules of procedure of the commissioner of conservation.

C. Each natural gas company who enters into a contract for the sale of intrastate natural gas shall file with the commissioner, within 30 days after the execution of such contract, one complete copy of said contract and one complete copy of all classifications, practices, and regulations affecting such prices.

D. All notices of contracts, agreements, or understandings, or proposed contracts, agreements, or understandings, which may be submitted to the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of Section 597 of the Act shall be filed on forms approved by the commissioner, shall contain the following information:

1. the exact legal name and status of the purchaser and seller and the name, title, and mailing address of the person(s) to whom communications concerning the notice are to be addressed;

2. parties: seller, purchaser, owner, transporter;

3. date of contract;

4. term of contract;

5. quantities of gas;

a. maximum daily quantity seller is obligated to deliver (MCF/ Day or MMBTU/Day);

b. minimum daily quantity purchaser is obligated to receive (MCF/Day or MMBTU/Day);

c. measurement: pressure base;

d. service firm or interruptible. (Give conditions under which deliveries or receipts can be interrupted or curtailed and minimum level of daily volume during interruption or curtailment);

6. type of sale: industrial, sale for resale, transportation or other;

7. point(s) of delivery;

8. delivery pressures: minimum, maximum;

9. price.

E. Unless the commissioner gives notice to the contrary to the parties within 15 days from the date of filing hereunder, any contract, agreement or understanding, or proposed contract, agreement or understanding, filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 597 of the Act shall be deemed to have been accepted or approved by the commissioner without objection and to be in compliance with the provisions of Part V of the Act. If, however, the commissioner deems it advisable to consider the proposal further, he shall notify the parties accordingly and the matter shall thereafter be processed by the commissioner in accordance with his rules and regulations.

F. All reports to be filed under the provisions of Part V of the Act, exclusive of those permitted or required under Section 597 thereof, shall be filed upon such forms and in such manner as prescribed by the commissioner and as directed by him.

G. The commissioner, upon receipt of a petition from any party to a contract or sale complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any natural gas company in contravention of the provisions of Part V of this Act, shall pursuant to the provisions of Section 602 of this Act, forward a statement of the complaint to the natural gas company which shall have 20 days from receipt to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in writing. In the event additional time to answer the complaint is requested by the natural gas company, in writing, the commissioner may, for good cause shown, grant same, but in no case shall the additional time granted exceed 30 days.

H. In connection with filings made with the commissioner by a natural gas company under provisions of Part V of the Act, interested parties shall be the parties to each such contract so filed.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XI-127

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 5:355 (November 1979).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501-599, 601-606.