Tennessee Code 65-28-205 – Rates and charges – Regulation
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-28-205
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Landfill methane: means the methane gas constituent of naturally-occurring emissions in gaseous form emanating from any landfill, whether such landfill is in current operation accepting additional fill material or is closed and not accepting any additional fill material, and whether or not any such landfill has or is required to have any collection system for the collection of landfill gas, including the landfill methane component of landfill gas. See Tennessee Code 65-28-202
- Person: means any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity of any kind, including this state, every county in this state, and every municipality in this state. See Tennessee Code 65-28-202
The rates and charges for transportation by pipeline of landfill methane, either alone or in combination with natural gas, and the construction of facilities for the transportation by pipeline of landfill methane, whether alone or in combination with natural gas, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Tennessee public utility commission to the same extent as the rates and charges, and the construction of facilities for, pipeline transportation of natural gas. No person that is exempt from regulation by the Tennessee public utility commission in the transportation of natural gas shall become subject to such regulation by operation of this section or the transportation by such person of landfill methane, either alone or in combination with natural gas. No person shall be required to transport landfill methane by pipeline in combination with natural gas, if the landfill methane tendered for transportation does not meet quality specifications reasonably required by such person for pipeline transportation of natural gas. The Tennessee public utility commission shall expedite the disposition of any proceeding brought concerning any rate, charge, or construction of facilities for transportation by pipeline of landfill methane.