Enforcement
Civil Penalty Actions
| Subject of investigation and ORDER and DATE | Total payment Civil Penalty, Disgorgement, Other |
Explanation of payments (civil penalty under the NGA, FPA, or NGPA; DISGORGEMENT OF PROFITS; other PAYMENTS) and compliance plans |
|---|---|---|
| North America Power Partners, 133 FERC ¶ 61,089 |
$500,000 Civil Penalty $2,258,127 Disgorgement |
Civil penalty, disgorgement, and compliance reporting resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 1c.2 (2010) and various provisions of Open Access Transmission Tariff. |
| RRI Energy, Inc., RRI Energy Wholesale Generation, LLC, 132 FERC ¶ 61,267 |
$750,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of open access transportation policies, including competitive bidding requirements for long-term, discounted rate capacity releases, and the prohibition on buy/sell transactions. |
| South Jersey Gas Co., South Jersey Resources Group, LLC, 132 ¶ 61,266 |
$950,000 Civil Penalty $120,551 Disgorgement |
Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of open access transportation policies, including competitive bidding requirements for long-term, discounted rate capacity releases, the shipper-must-have-title requirement, and the prohibition on buy/sell transactions. |
| In re Portland General Electric Co., 131 FERC ¶ 61,224 |
$375,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of Open Access Transmission Tariff, § 205 of FPA, and then- § 358.5(c)(5) of Commission Regulations. |
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In Re Noble Energy, Inc., 130 FERC ¶ 61,175 |
$4,000,000 Civil Penalty $160,487 Disgorgement | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of open access transportation policies, including circumvention of the posting and bidding requirements for released capacity, flipping, the shipper-must-have-title requirement, and violations of the prohibition on buy-sell transactions. |
| Florida Blackout, 130 FERC ¶ 61,163 |
$350,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty against Florida Reliability Coordinating Council, Inc. resulting from violations of Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,242 (2007). |


