[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR284.286]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 284_CERTAIN SALES AND TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS UNDER THE 
NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED AUTHORITIES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart J_Blanket Certificates Authorizing Certain Natural Gas Sales by 
                          Interstate Pipelines
 
Sec. 284.286  Standards of conduct for unbundled sales service.

    (a) To the maximum extent practicable, the pipeline must organize 
its unbundled sales and transportation operating employees so that they 
function independently of each other.

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    (b) The pipeline must conduct its business to conform to the 
requirements set forth in Sec. 284.7(b)(2) and Sec. 284.9(b)(2) with 
respect to the equality of service by not giving shippers of gas sold by 
the pipeline any preference over shippers of gas sold by any other 
merchant in matters relating to part 284 transportation.
    (c) The pipeline must comply with part 358 by considering its 
unbundled sales operating employees as an operational unit which is the 
functional equivalent of a marketing affiliate.
    (d) The pipeline must comply with Sec. 250.16 of this chapter by 
considering its unbundled sales operating employees as an operational 
unit which is the functional equivalent of a marketing affiliate.
    (e) A pipeline that provides unbundled sales service under Sec. 
284.284 must have tariff provisions on file with the Commission 
indicating how the pipeline is complying with the standards of this 
section.

[Order 636, 57 FR 13318, Apr. 16, 1992, as amended by Order 566, 59 FR 
32899, June 27, 1994; Order 581, 60 FR 53074, Oct. 11, 1995; Order 2004, 
68 FR 69157, Dec. 11, 2003]