§ 6408. Market survey and consumer protection

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.

1. 1996

   Propane Education and Research Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–284 § 9 · 110 Stat. 3370

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6408

   Pub. L. 104–284, § 9, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3375

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 104–284, § 9, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3375

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 9. MARKET SURVEY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION. (a) Price Analysis.— Beginning 2 years after establishment of the Council and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce, using only data provided by the Energy Information Administration and other public sources, shall prepare and make available to the Council, the Secretary of Energy, and the public an analysis of changes in the price of propane relative to other energy sources. The propane price analysis shall compare indexed changes in the price of consumer grade propane to a composite of indexed changes in the price of residential electricity, residential natural gas, and refiner price to end users of No. 2 fuel oil on an annual national average basis. For purposes of indexing changes in consumer grade propane, residential electricity, residential natural gas, and end user No. 2 fuel oil prices, the Secretary of Commerce shall use a 5-year rolling average price beginning with the year 4 years prior to the establishment of the Council. (b) Authority To Restrict Activities.— If in any year the 5-year average rolling price index of consumer grade propane exceeds the 5-year rolling average price composite index of residential electricity, residential natural gas, and refiner price to end users of No. 2 fuel oil in an amount greater than 10. 1 percent, the activities of the Council shall be restricted to research and development, training, and safety matters. The Council shall inform the Secretary of Energy and the Congress of any restriction of activities under this subsection. Upon expiration of 180 days after the beginning of any such restriction of activities, the Secretary of Commerce shall again conduct the propane price analysis described in subsection (a). Activities of the Council shall continue to be restricted under this subsection until the price index excess is 10. 1 percent or less.

2. 2014

   Propane Education and Research Enhancement Act of 2014

   Pub. L. 113–269 § 2(b) · 128 Stat. 2947

   Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 6408(a)

   Pub. L. 113–269 substituted “the refiner price to end users of consumer grade propane, as published by the Energy Information Administration” for “only data provided by the Energy Information Administration”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–269 substituted “the refiner price to end users of consumer grade propane, as published by the Energy Information Administration” for “only data provided by the Energy Information Administration”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Market Survey and Consumer Protection Price Analysis.— Section 9(a) of the Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 (15 U.S.C. 6408(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking “only data provided by the Energy Information Administration” and inserting “the refiner price to end users of consumer grade propane, as published by the Energy Information Administration”.

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