---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 38.2"
title: "18"
number: "38.2"
heading: "Communication and information sharing among public utilities and pipelines."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/38.2"
---

# §38.2. Communication and information sharing among public utilities and pipelines.

- (a) Any public utility that owns, operates, or controls facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce is authorized to share non-public, operational information with a pipeline, as defined in [§ 284.12(b)(4)](/cfr/18/284.12.md?p=b-4) of this chapter, or another public utility covered by this section for the purpose of promoting reliable service or operational planning.
- (b) Except as permitted in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, a public utility, as defined in this section, and its employees, contractors, consultants, and agents are prohibited from disclosing, or using anyone as a conduit for the disclosure of, non-public, operational information received from a pipeline pursuant to [§ 284.12(b)(4)](/cfr/18/284.12.md?p=b-4) of this chapter to a third party or to its marketing function employees as that term is defined in [§ 358.3(d)](/cfr/18/358.3.md?p=d) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 70187, Nov. 22, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 791-825r, 2601-2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352.

### Source

Source: Order 676, 71 FR 26212, May 4, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 70187, Nov. 22, 2013]