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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
In Re PJM Up to Congestion Transactions,
142 FERC ¶ 61,088  PDF
(February 1, 2013)
$51,000 Civil Penalty
$29,563 Disgorgement
Civil penalty, disgorgement, and commitment to compliance training resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 1c.2 (prohibition of electric energy market manipulation); individual trader agrees to refrain from trading in electricity markets and products for one year.
Westar Energy, Inc.,
142 FERC ¶ 61,066  PDF
(January 25, 2013)
$420,000 Civil Penalty
$1,153,836 Disgorgement
Civil penalty, disgorgements, and compliance monitoring resulting from violations of Southwest Power Pool’s OATT (section 28.6).
Deutsche Bank Energy Trading, LLC, 142 FERC ¶ 61,056  PDF (January 22, 2013) $1,500,000 Civil Penalty
$172,645 Disgorgement
Civil penalty, disgorgement, and compliance monitoring resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 1c.2 (prohibition of electric energy market manipulation), 18 C.F.R. § 35.41(b) (prohibition of submission of false or misleading information or the omission of material information), and provisions of the CAISO tariff.
In re Progress Energy Florida, Inc., 142 FERC ¶ 61,041  PDF (January 16, 2013) $80,000 Civil Penalty Civil penalty and compliance monitoring resulting from violations of 18 C.F.R. § 35.10b (EQR filing requirements), Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements (Order No. 2001), PEF’s market based rate authority, and PEF’s cost based rates tariff.

Total civil penalties for all years: $308,735,029
Total disgorgement for all years: $158,287,207


CIVIL PENALTY ACTIONS
 


Updated: February 7, 2013