---
kind: "unit"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
key: "ch15B"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 15B"
heading: "Natural Gas"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/ch15B"
sections_count: 31
---

# Chapter 15B — Natural Gas

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

## Sections

- [§717. Regulation of natural gas companies](/usc/15/717.md)
- [§717a. Definitions](/usc/15/717a.md)
- [§717b. Exportation or importation of natural gas; LNG terminals](/usc/15/717b.md)
- [§717b–1. State and local safety considerations](/usc/15/717b-1.md)
- [§717c. Rates and charges](/usc/15/717c.md)
- [§717c–1. Prohibition on market manipulation](/usc/15/717c-1.md)
- [§717d. Fixing rates and charges; determination of cost of production or transportation](/usc/15/717d.md)
- [§717e. Ascertainment of cost of property](/usc/15/717e.md)
- [§717f. Construction, extension, or abandonment of facilities](/usc/15/717f.md)
- [§717g. Accounts; records; memoranda](/usc/15/717g.md)
- [§717h. Rates of depreciation](/usc/15/717h.md)
- [§717i. Periodic and special reports](/usc/15/717i.md)
- [§717j. State compacts for conservation, transportation, etc., of natural gas](/usc/15/717j.md)
- [§717k. Officials dealing in securities](/usc/15/717k.md)
- [§717l. Complaints](/usc/15/717l.md)
- [§717m. Investigations by Commission](/usc/15/717m.md)
- [§717n. Process coordination; hearings; rules of procedure](/usc/15/717n.md)
- [§717o. Administrative powers of Commission; rules, regulations, and orders](/usc/15/717o.md)
- [§717p. Joint boards](/usc/15/717p.md)
- [§717q. Appointment of officers and employees](/usc/15/717q.md)
- [§717r. Rehearing and review](/usc/15/717r.md)
- [§717s. Enforcement of chapter](/usc/15/717s.md)
- [§717t. General penalties](/usc/15/717t.md)
- [§717t–1. Civil penalty authority](/usc/15/717t-1.md)
- [§717t–2. Natural gas market transparency rules](/usc/15/717t-2.md)
- [§717u. Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties](/usc/15/717u.md)
- [§717v. Separability](/usc/15/717v.md)
- [§717w. Short title](/usc/15/717w.md)
- [§717x. Conserved natural gas](/usc/15/717x.md)
- [§717y. Voluntary conversion of natural gas users to heavy fuel oil](/usc/15/717y.md)
- [§717z. Emergency conversion of utilities and other facilities](/usc/15/717z.md)