§ 30:546 — General powers to control natural resources and energy

Louisiana § 30:546

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 30: Mortgages and Privileges

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§546. General powers to control natural resources and energy
A. The secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy shall have the
powers and duties of:
(1) Developing a program for the equitable distribution of energy supplies in
Louisiana.
(2) Preparing and implementing plans and procedures to carry out the policies and
programs of all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the mandatory and
voluntary conservation, allocation, rationing, and distribution of energy resources and
supplies.
(3) Promulgating regulations for the mandatory allocation of the use and end-use of
intrastate natural gas, and of such fossil fuels and other fuels as the state may be directed or
requested by the federal government to allocate, ration, conserve, or otherwise control.
(4) Investigating and monitoring the users or end users of hydrocarbons or
hydrocarbon products and the commodities produced, processed, or manufactured from
hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon products produced or delivered in this state.
(5) Adopting and promulgating rules and regulations requiring the users or end users
of hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon products to register with the secretary and report on the use
or end use of hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon products in the processing, production, or
manufacture of commodities, goods, or services.
(6) Preparing and implementing a natural gas storage plan by which surplus intrastate
natural gas and state royalty gas received under validly existing mineral leases granted by the
state, is placed in storage, whether above or below the surface of the earth, to be used during
periods of shortages or emergencies.
B. The secretary shall have and exercise all necessary power and authority to
supervise, govern, regulate and control the production, transportation, distribution, storage,
sale, use and end-use of intrastate natural gas, including the power and authority to supervise,
govern, regulate and control intrastate natural gas transporters and all aspects of sales of
intrastate natural gas including direct sales to industrial users for fuel or for other uses;
provided, however, the secretary shall have no authority to regulate the sale prices of
intrastate natural gas except as authorized by the provisions of this Chapter with respect to
prices on reallocated gas and prices under contracts executed after the effective date of this
Chapter.
C. The secretary is empowered to take such actions, and promulgate such rules,
regulations, and orders, as necessary to provide for the enforcement of the laws of the United
States and regulations of appropriate federal agencies to the extent such enforcement, power,
authority and responsibility is delegated to the state, for the mandatory allocation or rationing
of natural gas, crude oil, residual fuel oil, refined petroleum products and other fuels.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 482, §1, eff. July 13, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 617, §1; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.