It shall be unlawful for any entity, directly or indirectly, to use or employ, in connection with the purchase or sale of natural gas or the purchase or sale of transportation services subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance (as those terms are used in ) in contravention of such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe as necessary in the public interest or for the protection of natural gas ratepayers. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a private right of action.
Structure US Code
§ 717. Regulation of natural gas companies
§ 717b. Exportation or importation of natural gas; LNG terminals
§ 717b–1. State and local safety considerations
§ 717c–1. Prohibition on market manipulation
§ 717d. Fixing rates and charges; determination of cost of production or transportation
§ 717e. Ascertainment of cost of property
§ 717f. Construction, extension, or abandonment of facilities
§ 717g. Accounts; records; memoranda
§ 717i. Periodic and special reports
§ 717j. State compacts for conservation, transportation, etc., of natural gas
§ 717k. Officials dealing in securities
§ 717m. Investigations by Commission
§ 717n. Process coordination; hearings; rules of procedure
§ 717o. Administrative powers of Commission; rules, regulations, and orders
§ 717q. Appointment of officers and employees
§ 717s. Enforcement of chapter
§ 717t–1. Civil penalty authority
§ 717t–2. Natural gas market transparency rules
§ 717u. Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties
§ 717y. Voluntary conversion of natural gas users to heavy fuel oil
§ 717z. Emergency conversion of utilities and other facilities