The allocation or rationing and conservation program under the plan provided for by this Part shall include the following:
The commissioner may authorize the use of intrastate natural gas for use as boiler fuel if the industry demonstrates that it cannot convert to alternate fuel capability by reason of the fact that it is economically unfeasible, that the industrial plant would otherwise have to close, because it could not operate with a margin of profit considered reasonable in the particular industry, or that the cost of converting to alternate fuels is totally disproportionate to the existing investment in plant facilities. If the commissioner determines that for those reasons the industrial plant cannot reasonably be converted to the use of alternate fuel capabilities and remain in business, the commissioner may, if he determines that intrastate natural gas is available for such use, grant to that industry a higher priority of use than is herein provided;
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner shall have the authority to order the husbanding and storage of intrastate natural gas to the extent that he deems necessary to protect the public interest.
In the exercise of the powers, duties and functions granted to the commissioner in this Chapter, with respect to the production, transportation, distribution and delivery of natural gas and hydrocarbons received as royalties "in-kind" by private land or mineral owners under private leases and by the state pursuant to mineral leases by the state, its agencies and political subdivisions, the commissioner shall allocate and/or ration all such natural gas and other hydrocarbons received as "in-kind" royalties in accordance with the priorities established in Paragraphs (a) through (i), inclusive, of R.S. 30:572 and, notwithstanding any other provisions of R.S. 30:572 or any other law to the contrary the priorities established in said Paragraphs (a) through (i), without any change or modification thereof whatsoever, shall govern the allocation and/or rationing of natural gas and other hydrocarbons received as "in-kind" royalties unless the commissioner determines such priority in use is impractical under the circumstances.
La. R.S. § 30:572