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A Gas Act, with its variations, is a stock short title used internationally for legislation relating to the regulation, production, distribution, ...
The Gas Act of 1986 repealed the whole of the Gas Act 1960, and parts of the Gas Act 1965, as well as parts of the Gas Act 1972. Section 1 of the 1986 Act established the Director-General of Gas Supply and the Office of Gas Regulation (OFGAS). This was an economic regulator, independent of Government but accountable to Parliament.
The Gas Act 1965 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which extended the powers of the Gas Council to buy, make or supply gas; it authorised and controlled the underground storage of gas; and permitted the sale of industrial gas for non-fuel purposes. The Act was in response to changing technologies that had developed since ...
Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989: Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to declare that the price guidelines for the first sale of natural gas. 1992 Energy Policy Act: Required alternative fuel vehicle use in some private/government fleets. 2005 Energy Policy Act: Provided tax incentives for conservation and use of alternative ...
The principal role of the twelve area gas boards, established under the Gas Act 1948, was to maintain a supply of gas to match the demand. [1] This was through the operation of local gas works manufacturing gas by coal carbonisation or catalytic reforming of refinery light-end products such as methane, naphtha or light oils. [2]
The Natural Gas Act of 1938 had an enormous impact on the future of not only the interstate natural gas market, but the U.S. energy policy and regulation. The natural gas industry has undergone tremendous change since 1938, and pipeline companies no longer function as resellers of gas to local distribution companies (LDCs), the ideas behind the ...
The Gas Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 22 January 1948 by Hugh Gaitskell the Minister of Fuel and Power. The committee stage of the Bill was prolonged including a session of 51 hours. [3] The Gas Act 1948 received royal assent in July 1948. Its long title is: ‘An Act to provide for the establishment of Area Gas Boards and a ...
The Electricity and Gas Act 1963 (c. 59) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which increased the amounts that could be borrowed by the Electricity Council, the electricity boards, the Gas Council, and the area gas boards. It enabled monetary advances to be made to these bodies, and provided for members of the bodies to be recompensed.