Georgia Code, Title 46, Chapter 4, Article 5 - Natural Gas Competition and Deregulation

• § 46-4-150 - Short Title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Natural Gas Competition and Deregulation Act."
• § 46-4-151 - Legislative Findings and Intent; Bill of Rights for Consumers
  (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) It is in the public interest to establish a new regulatory model for the natural gas industry in...
• § 46-4-152 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Adequate market conditions" means the existence of market conditions in relation to distribution service within a...
• § 46-4-153 - Certificates of Authority
  (a) (1) No person other than a gas company or a regulated provider shall sell or offer to sell in intrastate commerce to any...
• § 46-4-153.1 - Certificates of Authority for Emc Gas Affiliates; Terms and Conditions; Requirements
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 4 of Chapter 3 of this title, the commission shall have authority to issue...
• § 46-4-154 - Notice of Election; Unbundling; Rates; Application Requirements; Surcharge on Interruptibles
  (a) A gas company may elect to become subject to the provisions of this article by filing a notice of election with the commission...
• § 46-4-155 - Regulation of Unbundled Services; Peaking Service; Customer Services; Interstate Capacity Assets
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, an electing distribution company which offers firm distribution service remains subject to the jurisdiction of the...
• § 46-4-156 - Customer Assignment Methodology; Commission Determination of Adequate Market Conditions and Effect of Such Determination; Lost and Unaccounted for Gas; Notice to Customers; Petition Proceedings; Change of Marketers; Deposit
  (a) No later than December 31, 1997, the commission shall promulgate regulations which prescribe a methodology for the random assignment to each marketer certificated...
• § 46-4-157 - Temporary Directives
  (a) If, in an expedited hearing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act": (1) The commission...
• § 46-4-158 - Obligations of an Electing Distribution Company; Conditions
  (a) An electing distribution company which provides firm distribution service under this article must: (1) Offer an allocation of such distribution service to marketers...
• § 46-4-158.1 - Rules and Regulations; Reporting on Service Quality; Noncompliance With Service Quality Standards; Third Party Forecasting; Independent Auditors; Gas Held in Storage for Marketer
  (a) (1) Not later than September 1, 2002, the commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to establish service quality standards for each electing distribution...
• § 46-4-158.2 - Rules Governing Marketer's Terms of Service
  The commission shall by September 1, 2002, adopt rules governing a marketer's terms of service for natural gas consumers. Such rules shall provide, without...
• § 46-4-158.3 - Adequate and Accurate Consumer Information Disclosure Statements; Bills
  The commission shall, by September 1, 2002, adopt rules and regulations requiring marketers which provide firm distribution service under this article to provide adequate...
• § 46-4-158.4 - Authority to Establish Minimum Standards for Nonresidential Customers
  The commission shall by September 1, 2002, adopt rules establishing minimum standards for a marketer's terms and conditions of service for various classes of...
• § 46-4-158.5 - Continuing Review by Commission
  The commission shall continually review marketers' compliance with rules promulgated in accordance with Code Sections 46-4-158.2, 46-4-158.3, and 46-4-158.4.
• § 46-4-159 - Standards of Conduct for Electing Distribution Companies; Response to Complaints
  (a) As used in this Code section and notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the term: (1) "Control" includes without limitation the possession,...
• § 46-4-160 - Commission's Authority Over Certificated Marketers; Access to Records; Investigations and Hearings; Price Summary; Billing; Violations; Slamming
  (a) With respect to a marketer certificated pursuant to Code Section 46-4-153, the commission shall have authority to: (1) Adopt reasonable rules and regulations...
• § 46-4-160.1 - Dispute Resolution Between Marketer and Retail Customer; Reporting to Credit Bureaus
  In any case where there is a dispute between a marketer and a retail customer concerning the amount of a gas bill, the marketer...
• § 46-4-160.2 - Requirements of Marketer for Billing Errors; Requiring Written Request for Credit or Refund Prohibited
  (a) Whenever a marketer discovers or has called to its attention a billing error or other mistake reported to or acknowledged by the marketer,...
• § 46-4-160.3 - Voluntary Contributions for Low-Income Residential Customers
  In order to assist low-income residential consumers, the commission may establish a system by which each marketer's customers may make voluntary contributions to assist...
• § 46-4-160.4 - Natural Gas Consumer Education Advisory Board; Membership; Responsibilities
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1015, § 9, effective May 14, 2008.
• § 46-4-160.5 - Retail Customer Recovery for Violations
  (a) Any retail customer who is damaged by a marketer's violation of any provision of Code Section 46-4-160, any duly promulgated rules or regulations...
• § 46-4-161 - Universal Service Fund
  (a) The commission shall create for each electing distribution company a universal service fund for the purpose of: (1) Assuring that gas is available...
• § 46-4-162 - Commission's Authority to Approve Certain Pilot Programs
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the commission from approving, upon application by a gas company, pilot programs which allow increased...
• § 46-4-163 - Special or Negotiated Contracts Valid
  Any special or negotiated contract between a gas company and a retail customer approved by the commission shall not be invalidated or modified by...
• § 46-4-164 - Construction of Article; Electric Membership Corporations and Emc Gas Affiliates; Liquefied Petroleum Gas
  (a) Nothing in this article shall be deemed to apply or impose requirements not otherwise existing on gas distribution companies owned by any county,...
• § 46-4-165 - Annual Reports
  The commission shall report to the General Assembly annually through the year 2002 on the status of the transition to competitive markets for natural...
• § 46-4-166 - Selection by Proposal of Regulated Provider to Service Low-Income Residential Consumers and Certain Firm Natural Gas Consumers; Rates; Annual Review
  (a) By July 1, 2002, the commission shall select a regulated provider of natural gas to serve: (1) Group 1, low-income residential consumers; and...

Last modified: October 14, 2016