Georgia Code
Article 5 - Natural Gas Competition and Deregulation
§ 46-4-156. Customer Assignment Methodology; Commission Determination of Adequate Market Conditions and Effect of Such Determination; Lost and Unaccounted for Gas; Notice to Customers; Petition Proceedings; Change of Marketers; Deposit

History. Code 1981, § 46-4-156 , enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 798, § 4; Ga. L. 1999, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1084, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1206, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 475, § 12.
The 2002 amendment, effective April 25, 2002, substituted “subsection (c)” for “subsection (d)” near the middle of paragraph (b)(3); in subsection (c), substituted “Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, the” for “The” at the beginning of paragraph (c)(1), in paragraph (c)(2), substituted “Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection,” for “The” at the beginning and deleted “and” from the end, substituted “; and” for a period at the end of paragraph (e)(3), and added paragraph (e)(4); in subsection (g), substituted “consumer” for “retail customer” in the first sentence and added the last three sentences; and in subsection (h), substituted “consumer” for “retail customer” throughout, in the first sentence, inserted “, not to exceed $150.00,” and substituted “consumer” for “customer; provided, however, that such deposit cannot exceed 100 percent of the customer’s average monthly bill based on past customer usage and current marketer prices”, added the second and third sentences, substituted “consumer” for “customer” twice in the present fourth sentence, and, in the last sentence, substituted “such consumer” for “a retail customer” and substituted “that such consumer” for “the retail customer”.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, “April 25, 2002” was substituted for “the effective date of this subsection” at the end of the third sentence in subsection (h).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2002, p. 475, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Natural Gas Consumers’ Relief Act.’ ”
Administrative rules and regulations.
Natural Gas Marketers’ Terms of Service, Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations of State of Georgia Public Service Commission, Gas Utilities, Chapter 515-7-9.
Law reviews.
For note on the 2001 amendment to O.C.G.A. § 46-4-156 , see 18 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 273 (2001).
For note on the 2001 amendment to O.C.G.A. § 46-4-156 , see 18 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 277 (2001).

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