Montana Code 69-3-1416. Use of natural gas production and gathering resources
69-3-1416. Use of natural gas production and gathering resources. (1) Natural gas production and gathering resources acquired by a natural gas utility pursuant to this part:
Terms Used In Montana Code 69-3-1416
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- commission: means the public service commission provided for in 2-15-2602. See Montana Code 69-1-101
- Customer: means a natural gas customer or consumer of natural gas supply or natural gas transmission facilities, storage facilities, or distribution facilities. See Montana Code 69-3-1402
- Natural gas production and gathering resources: means plants or equipment, minerals, and mineral rights used to extract natural gas from the earth and to collect, purify, measure, regulate, compress, and transport natural gas from its place of production to its connection with a transmission facility. See Montana Code 69-3-1402
- Natural gas supplier: means a person, including aggregators, market aggregators, brokers, and marketers, licensed by the commission that is offering to sell natural gas to retail customers in the state of Montana. See Montana Code 69-3-1402
- Natural gas utility: means a utility regulated by the commission on May 2, 1997, that provides natural gas services to the public. See Montana Code 69-3-1402
(a)must be used by the natural gas utility to serve and benefit customers that have not made a choice of natural gas suppliers within the natural gas utility’s Montana service territory; and
(b)may not be removed from the rate base unless the commission finds that customers of the natural gas utility will not be adversely affected.
(2)Natural gas production and gathering assets cost of service may not be allocated to a customer being served by an alternative natural gas supplier.