AES Corporation Received $2.97 Million Penalty in Disgorgement to CAISO and a Civil Penalty of $3.03 Million in Violation of 18 C.F.R., § 35.41(b), and § 35.41(a)

AES Corporation is the ultimate parent company of AES. AES Corporation is a publicly traded, diversified global energy company that indirectly owns electric…
Avangrid Received a Penalty of $615,000 for Numerous Facility Ratings Violations

New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation, Central Maine Power Company, Maine Electric Power Company, and United Illuminated Company (Avangrid) was penalized $615,000…
Georgia-Pacific Crossett LLC (Georgia-Pacific) Assessed a Penalty of $1,200,000 by FERC

FERC Enforcement determined that Georgia-Pacific Crossett LLC (Georgia-Pacific) abandoned a pipeline without prior Commission…
Big River Steel LLC (BRS) and Entergy Arkansas, LLC (EAL) Received a Penalty of $26,974,179 in Violation of § 38.2.5(d)(ii)(e) of the MISO Tariff

Entergy Arkansas was (as the Market Participant for BRS) selling energy, in the form of reduced energy usage, in MISO’s Day Ahead and Real Time markets…
NRG Energy, Inc. Receives a Penalty of $70,000 Due to the Violations of Section 6.6 of the PJM Tariff and 18 C.F.R. § 35.41(a) (2022)

NRG was assessed a Civil penalty of $37,342 to the United States Treasury; disgorgement of $32,658, inclusive of interest, to PJM Interconnection, LLC; and compliance…
BP Corporation North America, Inc., BP America Production Company, and BP Energy Company (collectively BP) Assessed a Penalty of $10,750,000 in Violation of the NGA Section 4A

FERC Enforcement investigated BP’s Southeast Gulf Texas Team’s physical, next-day fixed-price natural gas trading at Houston Ship Channel and related transport of natural gas from Katy…
FERC Levies a Civil Penalty of $360,000 and a Disgorgement of $154,623 on Pacific Summit Energy, LLC (PSE) Due to a Violation of Section 4A of the NGA

FERC Enforcement concluded that PSE’s October 2017 Bidweek physical trading had the effect of inflating physical natural gas prices in Transco Zone 6, resulting in increases in the…
Entergy Arkansas (EAL) Receives a $52,000 Penalty in Violation of Section 40.2.5.e of the MISO Tariff and Sections 35.41(a) and 35.41(b) of the Commission’s regulations

FERC Enforcement determined that EAL violated Section 40.2.5.e of the MISO Tariff and Sections 35.41(a) and 35.41(b) of the Commission’s regulations. MISO Tariff Section 40.2.5…
Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI) Ordered to Pay $42,000 for FAC-008-3 R6 Violation

AECI notified SERC that it was in violation of FAC-008-3 R6. AECI failed to have a Facility Rating that was consistent with its associated Facility Ratings methodology for a single Facility…