Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced Search

Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: PacifiCorp
Current Parent Company: Berkshire Hathaway
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $4,400,000
Year: 2022
Date: December 30, 2022
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: energy market violation
Violation Description: On December 30, 2022, the Commission approved a settlement agreement (Agreement) between FERC's Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and PacifiCorp resolving Enforcement's investigation into PacifiCorp's lack of compliance with the Reliability Standards that regulate transmission line clearancesand the resulting Order to Show Cause proceeding.PacifiCorp stipulates to the facts in the Agreement and neither admits nor denies Enforcement's determination that PacifiCorp violatedFederal Power Act section 215(b)(1) and 18 C.F.R. section 39.2(b) (2022) between August 31, 2009 and August 2017 by failing to comply with FAC-009-1 R1, which requires a transmission owner, such as PacifiCorp, to establish and have facility ratings that are consistent with its Facilities Rating Methodology.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Nebraska
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Source of Data: (click here)
Archived Source: (click here)
Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.