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             UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.    20548

                     FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                             EXPECTED
                           MAY  9, 1983
                                                          121313

                           STATEMENT OF
             JAMES DUFFUS III, SENIOR GROUP DIRECTOR
     RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  DIVISION
                            BEFORE THE
  HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER AND MONETARY  AFFAIRS
                COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
                        IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
                                 ON
                         NATURAL GAS PRICES



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We are pleased to be here today to discuss  natural gas prices.

Recent price increases have been a matter of great  concern to both

the public and the Congress, here and throughout  the Nation.

     Our testimony today is based on our completed  and current

efforts to analyze developments in the natural gas market  and to

evaluate the effectiveness of Federal regulation of  the natural gas

industry.1/  In recent months we have focused primarily on  price

increases.  Among our current efforts is a series of  case studies

of why natural gas prices have increased  in five cities around the

country.  Detroit is one of these five cities,  in response to re-

quests from Congressman John Conyers, Jr., and Senator Carl  Levin.





1/Recently issued reports include the following:   Natural Gas
  Price Increases:  A Preliminary Analysis, GAO/RCED-83-76,  Dec.
  9, 1982; Information on Contracts Between Natural Gas Producers
  and Pipeline Companies, GAO/RCED-83-5, Feb.  22, 1983; and
  State and Local Responses to Natural Gas Price Increases,
  GAO/RCED-83-142, Apr. 25, 1983.

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