Penalties reach as high as $1 million per day for FERC violations
FERC is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (www.ferc.gov). In EPAct 2005 Congress granted the Commission enhanced authority to assess civil penalties for violations of the Federal Power Act (FPA), Natural Gas Act (NGA), and the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA). EPAct 2005 made three major changes to the Commission's civil penalty authority.
1. Congress expanded the Commission's FPA civil penalty authority to cover violations of any provision of Part II of the FPA, as well as of any rule or order issued there under.