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[CITE: 42USC8235e]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
             CHAPTER 91--NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
             Part C--Residential Energy Efficiency Programs
 
Sec. 8235e. Authority of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
        exempt application of certain laws
        
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may exempt from any 
provisions in sections 4, 5, and 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
717c, 717d, and 717f) and titles II and IV of the Natural Gas Policy Act 
of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3341 through 3348 and 3391 through 3394) the sale or 
transportation, by any public utility, local distribution company, 
interstate or intrastate pipeline, or any other person, of any natural 
gas which is determined (in the case of a regulated utility, company, 
pipeline, or person) by the State regulatory authority having rate-
making authority over such utility, company, pipeline, or person, or (in 
the case of a nonregulated utility, company, pipeline, or person) by 
such utility, company, pipeline, or person, to have been conserved 
because of a prototype residential energy efficiency program which is 
established under a plan approved under section 8235a(a) of this title, 
if the Commission determines that such exemption is necessary to make 
feasible the demonstration of such prototype residential energy 
efficiency program.

(Pub. L. 95-619, title II, Sec. 266, as added Pub. L. 96-294, title V, 
Sec. 562, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 749; amended Pub. L. 105-388, 
Sec. 5(c)(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3479.)

                       References in Text

    The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 
95-621, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3350, as amended. Title II of the Natural 
Gas Policy Act of 1978 was classified generally to subchapter II 
(Sec. 3341 et seq.) of chapter 60 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, prior 
to its repeal by Pub. L. 100-42, Sec. 2(a), May 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 314. 
Title IV of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 is classified generally 
to subchapter IV (Sec. 3391 et seq.) of chapter 60 of Title 15. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 3301 of Title 15 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-388 substituted ``(15 U.S.C. 717c'' for ``(17 
U.S.C. 717c''.
