Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 60 — Natural Gas Policy
§ 3394. Limitation on revoking or amending certain pre-1969 certificates of public convenience and necessity
Statutory text
General rule
The Commission may not, during the 10-year period beginning on , revoke or amend any certificate of public convenience and necessity issued before , under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C. 717f] for the transportation of natural gas owned by any electric utility except upon the application of the person to whom such certificate was issued.
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 et seq.].
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 95–621 title IV § 404 · 92 Stat. 3350
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3394
(Pub. L. 95–621, title IV, § 404, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3396.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–621, title IV, § 404, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3396.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 404. LIMITATION ON REVOKING OR AMENDING CERTAIN PRE-1969 CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY. (a) 15 USC 3394. General Rule.— The Commission may not, during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, revoke or amend any certificate of public convenience and necessity issued before 15 USC 717f. January 1, 1969, under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act 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 15 USC 717w. Gas Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Natural Gas Act, referred to in subsec. (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 Tables.