FERC Issues New Rules Governing the Accounting, Reporting and Rate Filing Requirements for Asset Retirement Obligations
By
William J. Harmon
of
Jones Day
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued new regulations that address the accounting, financial reporting, and rate filing requirements applicable to asset retirement obligations imposed on public utilities, hydroelectric licensees, natural gas companies, and oil pipeline companies. The effective date for the new accounting and reporting requirements is January 1, 2003 for a jurisdictional entity whose fiscal year begins on January 1, 2003.
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