Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/754

 92 STAT. 3386

Ante, p. 3171.

PUBLIC LAW 95-621—NOV. 9, 1978

order, b u t in no event may such compensation exceed just Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; and (B) for transportation, storage, delivery, and other services, based upon reasonable costs, as determined by the '• President. (3) COMPENSATION FOR OTHER NATURAL GAS ALLOCATED.—For
 * >'';; •; compensation prescribed in section 607 of the Public Utility

the purpose of any supplemental order under paragraph (1), if the party making emergency deliveries pursuant to subsection (c) or(d) — (A) indicates a preference for compensation in kind, the President shall direct that compensation in kind be provided as expeditiously as practicable; (B) indicates a preference for compensation, or the President determines that, notwithstanding paragraph (A) of this subsection, any portion thereof cannot practicably be compensated in kind, the President shall calculate the amount of compensation— -' • (i) for supplies of natural gas, based upon the amount required to make the pipeline and its local distribution companies whole, in the case of any order under subsection (o), or to make the user from whom n a t u r a l gas is allocated whole, in the case of any order under subsection (d), including any amount actually paid by such '• pipeline and its local distribution companies or such user for volumes of natural gas or higher cost synthetic gas acquired to replace natural gas subject to an order under subsection (c) or (d); and (ii) for transportation, storage, delivery, and other services, based upon reasonable costs, as determined by the President. Compensation received by an interstate pipeline under this subsection shall be credited to the account of any local distribution company served by that pipeline to the extent ordered by the President to make such local distribution company whole. (h) RELATED TRANSPORTATION AND F A C I L I T I E S. — The P r e s i d e n t may,

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by order, require any pipeline to transport natural gas, and to construct and operate such facilities for the transportation of natual gas, as he determines necessary to carry out any order under subsection (b), (c), or (d). Compensation for the costs of any construction or transportation ordered under this subsection shall be determined under subsection (g) and shall be paid by the person to whom supplies of natural gas are ordered allocated under this section. (i) MONITORING.—In order to effect the purposes of this subtitle, the President shall monitor the operation of any order made pursuant to this section to assure that n a t u r a l gas delivered pursuant to this section is applied to high-priority uses only. (j) COMMISSION STUDY.—Not later than June 1, 1979, the Commission shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report regarding whether authority, to allocate natural gas, which is not otherwise subject to allocation under this subtitle, is likely to be necessary to meet high-priority uses. (k) DEFINITION o r H I G H - P R I O R I T Y U S E. — For purposes of t h i s sec-

tion, the term "high-priority use" means any— (1) use of natural gas in a residence; (2) use of natural gas in a commercial establishment in amounts less than 50 Mcf on a peak d a y; or

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