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Federal regulation of the interstate natural gas pipeline industry began with the passage of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) in 1938. The Act established a regulated system of private contract carriage, rather than common carriage, of natural gas. Pipelines contracted to buy gas from producers and sold it to distribution customers at the other end of their system.

The NGA gave the Federal Power Commission (FPC) the authority to establish just and reasonable rates for interstate pipelines, which has been interpreted as a requirement for cost-of-service regulation in noncompetitive markets. The NGA and subsequent case law also gave the FPC the authority to approve the construction of pipelines and the abandonment of pipeline service. Pipelines acquired the obligation to continue to serve their customers even after their customers' contracts had expired.


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  • Natural Gas Interchangeabiltiy INGAA Comments 6-9-05
    Submit Date:06/09/2005
    Pursuant to the Commission’s notice issued May 19, 2005, seeking comments on the Petition for Rulemaking on Natural Gas Quality and Interchangeability filed with the Commission by the Natural Gas Supply Association (“NGSA”) on May 16, and seeking further comments on the previously-filed NGC+ White Papers on those subjects,1 the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA”) submits the following comments.

  • Natural Gas Interchangeability INGAA Comments 4-1-05
    Submit Date:04/01/2005
    Comments on the two reports filed in this docket by the NGC+ Interchangeability Working Group and the Liquid Hydrocarbon Task Group: White Paper on Liquid Hydrocarbon Drop Out in Natural Gas Infrastructure and White Paper on Natural Gas Interchangeability and Non-Combustion End Use .

  • Natural Gas Interchangeability INGAA AGA Joint Statement 6-2-06
    Submit Date:06/02/2006
    Joint Statement of INGAA and AGA on issues related to natural gas quality, docket number PL04-3.

  • ETariff INGAA Comments 5-30-06
    Submit Date:05/30/2006
    Pursuant to the Commission's March Notice in this docket, 71 Fed. Reg. 11614 (March 8, 2006) the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA”) submits the following comments on the Commission’s electronic tariff (“eTariff”) proposal.

  • Creditworthiness INGAA Reply Comments 5-28-04
    Submit Date:05/28/2004
    INGAA submits the following reply comments to the initial comments filed in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in docket RM04-4.

  • Creditworthiness INGAA Comments 4-2-04
    Submit Date:04/02/2004
    INGAA comments submitted pursuant to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) on February 12, 2004, regarding “Creditworthiness Standards for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines”

  • Blanket Certificates Joint NGSA INGAA Letter to Kelliher 9-19-06
    Submit Date:09/19/2006
    INGAA and the Natural Gas Supply Association remain steadfast in our mutual support for reforms that facilitate natural gas infrastructure development.

  • Blanket Certificates INGAA Request for Rehearing 10-20-06
    Submit Date:10/20/2006
    A specification of rehearing errors, along with the issues and law on which INGAA relies in this rehearing request:

  • Blanket Certificates INGAA Comments 8-25-06
    Submit Date:08/25/2006
    INGAA submits the following comments on the Commission's proposal to amend its blanket certification regulations (Part 157, subpart F), by expanding the scope and scale of activities that may be undertaken pursuant to blanket authority.

  • Audit Matters INGAA Reply Comments 12-9-05
    Submit Date:12/09/2005
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