Section 140: Powers of a Transportation Network Operator.

Subject to this Act, the Authority may grant the following special powers or authority to a gas transportation network operator to facilitate the conduct of its licenced activities—
(a) the power to request for and obtain from the relevant shippers, information required to operate the nominations and balancing mechanism, to operate the network or to facilitate competition;
(b) the right to recover on the basis of an invoice, expenses reasonably incurred in undertaking its licenced activities, subject to any restrictions or conditions imposed by the Authority with respect to both the level and structure of its charges; and
(c) to purchase natural gas for its own operations for purposes such as testing and commissioning of facilities, compression and line fill, but shall not supply natural gas to customers on its own account.