# Transparency Provisions of Section 23 of the Natural Gas Act
> **US Department of Energy** · Final Rule. · Published 2008-01-04 · Effective 2008-02-04 · 73 FR 1014
## Document
- **Document number:** E7-25478
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 1014
- **CFR reference:** 18 CFR 260
- **Publication date:** 2008-01-04
- **Effective date:** 2008-02-04
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. RM07-10-000
## Abstract

In the final rule, the Commission promulgates regulations that require certain natural gas market participants to report information regarding their reporting of transactions to price index publishers and their blanket sales certificate status, and to report annually certain information regarding their wholesale, physical natural gas transactions for the previous calendar year. Certain market participants engaged in a de minimis volume of transactions will not be required to report information regarding their transactions for the calendar year. The reported information will make it possible to estimate the size of the physical U.S. natural gas market, to assess the use of index pricing in that market, and to determine the size of the fixed-priced trading market that produces the information. These regulations facilitate price transparency in markets for the wholesale sale of physical natural gas in interstate commerce.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/01/04/E7-25478/transparency-provisions-of-section-23-of-the-natural-gas-act)
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