Abstract
"Many changes have occurred in recent months in both federal and state natural gas regulation. Those changes have increased the options of industrial energy consumers for purchasing and moving natural gas.
This panel will discuss important developments in federal and state regulatory arenas and their impacts on purchasing options. Among the issues discussed will be:
1. Federal Regulation
a. Self-implementing transportation
b. Service obligation
c. Pipeline capacity brokering
d. Non-regulated and partially regulated sales e. FERC Order No. 500
f. Rate treatments impacts
2. State Regulation
a. Prorationing impacts
b. Federal preemption of state conservation authority
3. Regulatory and Contract Problems Facing the Natural Gas Marketer
4. The Contours of the Current Marketplace
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Watkins, G. (1988). Natural Gas Regulatory Policy: Current Issues. Energy Systems Laboratory. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /148967.