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 PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005

119 STAT. 1131

(B) information relating to the public comments received under paragraph (2). (c) PUBLICATION.—After submission of the report under subsection (b) to the President and Congress, the Secretary shall publish the report. SEC. 1818. NATURAL GAS SUPPLY SHORTAGE REPORT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on natural gas supplies and demand. (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the report under subsection (a) is to develop recommendations for achieving a balance between natural gas supply and demand in order to— (1) provide residential consumers with natural gas at reasonable and stable prices; (2) accommodate long-term maintenance and growth of domestic natural gas-dependent industrial, manufacturing, and commercial enterprises; (3) facilitate the attainment of national ambient air quality standards under the Clean Air Act (43 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); (4) achieve continued progress in reducing the emissions associated with electric power generation; and (5) support the development of the preliminary phases of hydrogen-based energy technologies. (c) COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS.—The report shall include a comprehensive analysis of, for the period beginning on January 1, 2004, and ending on December 31, 2015, natural gas supply and demand in the United States, including— (1) estimates of annual domestic demand for natural gas, taking into consideration the effect of Federal policies and actions that are likely to increase or decrease the demand for natural gas; (2) projections of annual natural gas supplies, from domestic and foreign sources, under Federal policies in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; (3) an identification of estimated natural gas supplies that are not available under those Federal policies; (4) scenarios for decreasing natural gas demand and increasing natural gas supplies that compare the relative economic and environmental impacts of Federal policies that— (A) encourage or require the use of natural gas to meet air quality, carbon dioxide emission reduction, or energy security goals; (B) encourage or require the use of energy sources other than natural gas, including coal, nuclear, and renewable sources; (C) support technologies to develop alternative sources of natural gas and synthetic gas, including coal gasification technologies; (D) encourage or require the use of energy conservation and demand side management practices; and (E) affect access to domestic natural gas supplies; and (5) recommendations for Federal actions to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b), including recommendations that—

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