15 U.S.C. § 3372
Section 3372 · Assignment of contractual rights to receive surplus natural gas
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case 530 F. Supp. 411 - Tenneco, Inc. Ex Rel. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. Sutton (1981)
Most recently applied in 530 F. Supp. 411 - Tenneco, Inc. Ex Rel. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. Sutton (December 1981)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Commission may, by rule or order, authorize any intrastate pipeline to assign, without compensation, to any interstate pipeline or local distribution company all or any portion of such intrastate pipeline's right to receive surplus natural gas at any first sale, upon such terms and conditions as the Commission determines appropriate.
For the effect of an authorization under subsection (a) of this section, see section 3431 of this title (relating to the coordination of this chapter with the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.]).
For purposes of this section, the term “surplus natural gas” means any natural gas which is determined, by the State agency having regulatory jurisdiction over the intrastate pipeline which would be entitled to receive such natural gas in the absence of any assignment to exceed the then current demands on such pipeline for natural gas.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
The Natural Gas Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 21, 1938, ch. 556, 52 Stat. 821, as amended, 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 Tables.
Amendments
1989—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101 60 substituted “any natural gas” for “any natural gas—
“(1) which is not committed or dedicated to interstate commerce on November 8, 1978;
“(2) the first sale of which is subject to a maximum lawful price established under subchapter I of this chapter; and
“(3)”.
Effective Date of 1989 Amendment
Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 101 60 provided in part that the amendment by section 3(b)(2) of Pub. L. 101 60 is effective Jan. 1, 1993.