Need to revise eligibility criterion for one natural gas price category and eliminate backlog in refund control work

Technical Report · Thu Aug 18 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5497907

The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 created eight price categories for natural gas and set the criteria for charging each price. GAO found that the Commission's implementing regulations for one higher priced category included natural gas that the Congress did not intend to include. The Commission had over a 3-year backlog at the end of fiscal year 1982 in its program to detect and require refunds of overcharges in various categories and has been slow in reducing that backlog. A large continuing backlog could adversely affect the orderly completion of the compliance program when price controls end. GAO recommends that the Commission revise its criterion for the one category and eliminate the refund control backlog.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Resources, Community and Economic Development Div.
• OSTI ID: 5497907
• Report Number(s): GAO/RCED-83-3; ON: DE84900326
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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