January 23, 2025

FERC Office of Enforcement

FERC Fines Algonquin Plant $1M for Bungled Offers
FERC approved a penalty of $1 million against Algonquin Power’s Windsor Locks plant for mishandling generators when offering into the ISO-NE markets.
FERC Audit Finds ALLETE Overcharged Customers
FERC’s Office of Enforcement found that ALLETE overbilled its wholesale transmission customers through improper accounting practices.
Report: FERC Enforcement Actions down Sharply in FY20
FERC’s Office of Enforcement opened only six new investigations in FY 2020 and managed to get just $550,000 in penalties from the three it closed.
GreenHat Maneuvers to Remove FERC from Shell Case
GreenHat Energy has filed a motion to bar FERC’s Office of Enforcement from working on a breach-of-contract case involving Shell Energy.
FERC Rejects Mystic Cost-of-service Amendment
FERC rejected Exelon’s request to allow it the option to terminate its cost-of-service agreement to keep Mystic Units 8 and 9 in operation until 2024.
Slow Year for FERC Enforcement, Report Shows
FERC Enforcement opened 12 new investigations and negotiated two settlement agreements worth $14.4 million in penalties and disgorgements in FY19.
FERC Shuffles Enforcement Staff, Disbands DEMO
FERC has shifted several employees out of its Office of Enforcement, eliminating the office’s Division of Energy Market Oversight.
FERC Proposes $6.8M Fine for CAISO Market Manipulation
FERC ordered Vitol and a senior trader to show cause why they should not be fined for manipulating CAISO’s market to limit losses on the company’s CRRs,
FERC Ends Notices of Alleged Violations
FERC rescinded its policy of allowing its Office of Enforcement to publicly disclose investigations of possible misconduct and subjects’ identities.
FERC Drops Salem Harbor ‘False Offer’ Case
FERC ended its enforcement action against the Salem Harbor Power Station, dropping allegations that plant operators made ISO-NE supply offers they could not meet.

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