FERC Assessed a Civil Penalty of $105,000, and disgorgement of $674,064 to PJM Against Montpelier Generating Station, LLC, and Rockland Capital
Summary of NERC Penalties
REGION | WHEN? | ENTITY | COMPLIANCE AREA | VIOLATION | REASON | PENALTY AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PJM | Quarter 1 - October 2025 | Montpelier Generating Station, LLC and Rockland Capital, LP | PJM Tariff Regulations | PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff and 18 C.F.R. Section 35.41(b) violations | By misclassifying Forced Outages as Maintenance Outages in PJM submissions, Montpelier and Rockland evaded Performance Assessment Interval penalties during Winter Storm Elliott, violating compliance obligations. | $105,000 |
PJM | Quarter 1 - October 2025 | Montpelier Generating Station, LLC and Rockland Capital, LP | PJM Tariff Regulations | PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff and 18 C.F.R. Section 35.41(b) violations | Montpelier and Rockland avoided penalties by misclassifying a Forced Outage as a Maintenance Outage during Winter Storm Elliott, violating PJM tariff regulations and market behavior rules. | $674,064 |
Summary:
FERC approved the Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between the Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and Montpelier Generating Station, LLC, (Montpelier) and Rockland Capital, LP (Rockland). The Agreement resolves Enforcement’s investigation into whether the Companies violated the PJM Interconnection (PJM) Open Access Transmission Tariff and the Commission’s Market Behavior Rule, 18 C.F.R. Section 35.41(b), by classifying a Forced Outage as a Maintenance Outage in submissions to PJM during the period October 25, 2022, through January 11, 2023, causing Montpelier to avoid Performance Assessment Interval penalties during Winter Storm Elliott in December 2022.
Additional Discussion:
Montpelier agreed to
(a) disgorge $674,064 in avoided penalties to PJM, plus $84,690 in interest.
(b) pay a civil penalty of $105,000 to the United States Treasury.
(c) submit an annual compliance monitoring report to Enforcement for two years with a third year at Enforcement’s discretion.
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