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Natural Gas Pipeline Competition Study

The Railroad Commission shall conduct a study that:

  1. Examines and determines the extent to which viable competition exists in the in the Texas natural gas pipeline industry from the wellhead to the burner tip;
  2. Recommends solutions to bring market competition to any non-competitive segments of the industry; and
  3. Assesses the effectiveness of current laws, regulations, enforcement and oversight in addressing any abuses of pipeline monopoly power and makes recommendations for any necessary changes.

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPETITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT - OCTOBER 30, 2006pdf format

The following are comments received by the RRC concerning the Natural Gas Pipeline Competition Advisory Committee Report: (All reports are in Adobe Acrobat format pdf format)

Natural Gas Pipeline Competition Study Outline pdf format

Natural Gas Pipeline Competition Workshops Presentations

Gas Gathering Statistics

Natural Gas Industry Overview Presentation - October 26, 2005 by J. Richard Moore
Video Clips Real Media Video Clip of Mr. Moore's Presentation (video clip provided by Senate Media)

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