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Civil Penalty Actions – 2010


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 (October 28, 2010) $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 (September 27, 2010) $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 (September 27, 2010) $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 (June 4, 2010) $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.
In Re Noble Energy, Inc., 130 FERC ¶ 61,175 (March 12, 2010) $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 (March 5, 2010) $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).


CIVIL PENALTY ACTIONS
 


Updated: October 12, 2011