...natural gas when to do so would impair its ability to render adequate service to its customers. (b) No natural-gas company shall abandon all or any portion...unwarranted, or that the present or future public convenience or necessity permit such abandonment. (c) No natural-gas company shall undertake the construction or...

...jurisdiction of the Commission. The Commission is authonzed to approve such abandonment if it finds that the available supply of natural gas is depleted to the extent that the continuance of servite is unwarranted or that the present or future public convenience or necessity permits such abandonment....

...service" under the contracts between the respondents and Texas Illinois. Section 7 (b) of the act reads : means of such facilities, without the permission and...unwarranted, or that the present or future public convenience or necessity permit such abandonment. The respondents have been found to be natural-gas companies subject...

...cf per year. (2) Panhandle had the burden of proving on the record in this proceeding (1) that its "available supply of natural gas is depleted to the...that the continuance of service is unwarranted" or (2) that "the present or future public convenience or necessity permit" its proposed abandonment of...

...Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc. and Co&ot Oas Corporation, supra, pp. 357-367. 7. Being unable to conclude or find that the available supply of natural gas is depleted to the extent that discontinuance of service is warranted, and that the present and future public convenience and necessity...

...G-1725, et al. Commission approval following "due hearing" and a finding by the Commission that (1) "the available supply of natural gas is depleted to the extent that continuation of service is unwarranted," or (2) "that the present or future public convenience or necessity...

...natural gas when to do so would impair its ability to render adequate service to its customers. (b) resented, concerning the character of such securities...Sec. TITLE 15.— COMMERCE AND TRADE I 80a-2 lected, or necessity permit such abandonment. (c) No natural-gas company or person which will be a natural-gas...

...of the Commission, or any service rendered by means of such facilities, without the permission 5>nd approval of the Commission first had and obtained,...unwarranted, or that the present or future public convenience or necessity l'ii-inii - such abandonment. but the competing company registers a complaint to th§...

...without the permission and approval of the Commission first had and obtained, after due hearing, and u finding by the Commission that the available supply...unwarranted, or that the present or future public convenience or necessity permits such abandonment. Mr. SANDERS. I am not talking about abandoning any customers...

..."necessary or desirable in the public interest," abandonment of facilities may be ordered when the supply is "depleted to the extent that the continuance of...unwarranted, or that the present or future public convenience or necessity 81 This pattern with its effects on local regulatory efforts will be observed in our decisions....