Compliance, Enforcement, and Terminations

Compliance, Enforcement, and Terminations
Compliance with your License
PG&E must comply with all terms and conditions in each license that it holds. This includes compliance with all requirements in ordering paragraphs, license articles, and approved plans and reports. It also includes compliance with the FPA and FERC’s regulations which are incorporated into all FERC licenses. Legally, the enforceable provisions of a FERC license follow the statements “The Director Orders” or “The Commission Orders” found toward the end of each license.
It is important to remember that when reviewing your license, PG&E must consider any changes that have been made over time. Therefore, PG&E must check records or FERC’s eLibrary to see if any amendments have been made to applicable terms and conditions contained in a license. Reviewing your license order, without looking for any subsequent amendments or reviewing filings on eLibrary, does not ensure the proper amount of diligence and could result in a project becoming out of compliance.


FERC's Enforcement and License Terminations
Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of your license could result in FERC using its enforcement and termination powers contained in section 31 of the Federal Power Act (FPA). Section 31 and FERC’s regulations allow FERC to take various actions to enforce license conditions or to terminate a license entirely. These actions include issuing non-compliance letters, a compliance order, a cease generation order, a show cause order, and assessing civil penalties. FERC can assess a civil penalty exceeding $27,893 dollars per violation/per day. FERC may also terminate a license after providing due process and after notice and opportunity for a hearing.