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NERC Submits Comments Regarding the Proposed Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines

On June 14, 2010, NERC submitted comments in Docket No. PL10-4-000 regarding FERC’s March 18, 2010 Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines.  Generally, NERC recommends that the Commission not apply the Proposed Penalty guidelines to Reliability Standards, or if it does than that it restrict use of the guidelines only to cases where the Commission has initiated its own investigation under Part 1b of its regulations. To read NERC’s comments, click here.