In the United States, the maximum Penalty amount that NERC or a Regional Entity will assess for a violation of a Reliability Standard Requirement is $1,000,000 per day per violation. NERC and the Regional Entities will assess Penalties amounts up to and including this maximum amount for violations where warranted pursuant to these Sanction Guidelines.
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Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI) Received a Penalty of $42,000 for Self-report of Facility Ratings Violations, FAC-009-1 R1 and FAC-008-5 R6
AECI notified SERC that it was in violation of FAC-008-3 R6. AECI failed to have a Facility Ratings that were consistent with its associated Facility Ratings methodology. SERC determined that this noncompliance began…
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…
