The Diminishing Role of Regulation in the Natural Gas Industry

Charles C. Stalon

The Energy Journal, 1986, vol. 7, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: The natural gas industry grew to maturity under a system of strong monopoly power of pipelines and local distribution companies (LDCs) and balkanized markets at wellheads and burnertips. Recent developments in the industry, especially phased deregulation of wellhead prices implemented by the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) and competition induced by the gas bubble since 1982, have somewhat reduced pipeline monopoly power in some markets. Considerations of economic efficiency and economic justice now require that competitive forces be strengthened further. The FERC's Order 436 was an attempt to do that.

Keywords: Natural gas industry; Deregulation; Energy policy; Economic efficiency; Competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol7-No2-1

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