18 CFR § 284.265 - Cost recovery by interstate pipeline.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s284.265"
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title: "18 CFR § 284.265 - Cost recovery by interstate pipeline."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "284.265"
section_name: "Cost recovery by interstate pipeline."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "OTHER REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "284"
part_name: "CERTAIN SALES AND TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS UNDER THE NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED AUTHORITIES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 717-717z, 3301-3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352; 43 U.S.C. 1331-1356."
regulatory_source: "Order 46, 44 FR 52184, Sept. 7, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "284"
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# 284.265 Cost recovery by interstate pipeline.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an interstate pipeline that provides emergency natural gas, whether from its system supply or by special purchase, must directly assign the emergency gas costs to the recipient.

(b) If an interstate pipeline cannot identify individual recipients, the interstate pipeline must roll the emergency gas costs into its general system supply costs.