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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xcel Energy, Inc. 138 FERC ¶ 61,026 |
$2,000,000 Civil Penalty | Civil penalty and compliance monitoring resulting from the misuse of network transmission service in violation of the OATT. |
| In RE Joseph Polidoro, 138 FERC ¶ 61,018 |
$50,000 Civil Penalty; two-year ban from participation in PJM’s Demand Response markets | Civil penalty and two-year ban from participation in PJM’s Demand Response markets resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 1c and various PJM OATT provisions (1.7.4(a) and (d), 1.7.20(a), 1.8.2, and 3.3A.5(c) of Attachment K, sections A(2), (3) and (7) and provision I of Attachment DD-1). . |
| ConocoPhillips Company, 138 FERC ¶ 61,004 |
$545,000 Civil Penalty; $3,174,900 Disgorgement | Civil penalty, disgorgement, and compliance monitoring resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 1c.1 (capacity release policies), 18 C.F.R. § 284.8 (posting and bidding requirements), the shipper-must-have-title requirement, and a single violation of the prohibition of buy/sell transactions. |
Total penalties for all years: $172.34 million


