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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Blackout, 129 FERC ¶ 61,016 |
$25,000,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty resulting from violations of Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power System Order No. 693, FERC Stats & Regs ¶ 31,342 (2007). |
| Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., 128 FERC ¶ 61,269 |
$5,000,000 Civil Penalty $25,000,000 Disgorgement |
Civil penalty resulting from violations of market behavior rule 18 C.F.R. § 284.403(a) (2005). |
| Enserco Energy, Inc., 128 FERC ¶ 61,173
|
$1,400,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty resulting from violations of the Commission's open access transportation program, including, improper release and acquisition of discounted rate capacity through flipping transactions, and violations of the shipper-must-have-title requirement. |
| In re Amaranth Advisors., et al 128 FERC ¶ 61,154
|
$7,500,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. §1C.1 (Natural Gas Anti-Market Manipulation Rule). |
| In re Southern Company Services, Inc., 128 FERC ¶ 61,013
|
$350,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of buy-sell transactions and shipper-must-have-title requirements. |
| In re Wasatch Oil & Corp. and Wasatch Energy LLC, 127 FERC ¶ 61,322
|
$320,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of § 284.8(h) posting and bidding requirements, improper release and acquisition of discounted rate capacity through flipping transactions. |
| In re ProLiance Energy, LLC, 127 FERC ¶ 61,321
|
$3,000,000 Civil Penalty $195,959.44 Disgorgement | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of § 284.8(h) posting and bidding requirements, improper release and acquisition of discounted rate capacity through flipping transactions, violations of shipper-must-have-title requirements and violations of buy-sell transaction rules |
| In re Sequent Energy Management, L.P. and Sequent Energy Marketing, L.P.,
127 FERC ¶ 61,320
|
$5,000,000 Civil Penalty $53,728.18 Disgorgement | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of § 284.8(h) posting and bidding requirements, improper release and acquisition of discounted rate capacity through flipping transactions, violations of shipper-must-have-title requirements and violations of buy-sell transaction rules. |
| In re Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc.,
127 FERC ¶ 61,319
|
$1,250,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of § 284.8(h) posting and bidding requirements, improper release and acquisition of discounted rate capacity through flipping transactions. |
| In re Puget Sound Energy, 127 FERC ¶ 61,070 |
$800,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 284.8(h) posting and bidding requirements, improper release and acquisition of discounted rate capacity through flipping transactions and self-reported violations of shipper-must-have-title requirements. |
| In re Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 127 FERC ¶ 61,069 |
$1,100,000 Civil Penalty $232,423.40 Disgorgement | Civil penalty, disgorgement and compliance reporting resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 284.8(h) posting and bidding requirements, improper release and acquisition of discounted rate capacity through flipping transactions. |
| In re Louisville Gas and Electric Co., 127 FERC ¶ 61,068 |
$350,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 284.8(h) posting and bidding requirements, improper release and acquisition of discounted rate capacity through flipping transactions. |
| In re Jefferson Energy Trading, LLC, Wizco, Inc., Golden Stone Resources, LLC, 126 FERC ¶ 61,040 |
$585,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 1c.1, in connection with an attempt to engage in multiple affiliate bidding to impair the pro rata allocations in an auction. |
| In re Klabzuba Oil & Gas, F.L.P., 126 FERC ¶ 61,040 |
$300,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance reporting resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 1c.1, in connection with an attempt to engage in multiple affiliate bidding to impair the pro rata allocations in an auction. |
| In re ONEOK, Inc., 126 FERC ¶ 61,040 |
$4,500,000 Civil Penalty $1,914,945 Disgorgement | Civil penalty, disgorgement and compliance monitoring resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 1c.1, in connection with the submission of multiple affiliate bids to impair the pro rata allocation mechanism in an auction. Also violations of shipper-must-have-title requirements and open access transportation requirements. |
| In re Tenaska Marketing Ventures, 126 FERC ¶ 61,040 |
$3,000,000 Civil Penalty $1,972,842 Disgorgement | Civil penalty, disgorgement and compliance monitoring resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 1c.1, in connection with the submission of multiple affiliate bids to impair the pro rata allocation mechanism in an auction. |


