15 U.S.C. § 717t — General penalties

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General penalties

15 U.S.C. § 717t

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15 U.S.C. § 717t.

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(a)Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers to be done any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who willfully and knowingly omits or fails to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, or willfully and knowingly causes or suffers such omission or failure, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.

(b)Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any rule, regulation, restriction, condition, or order made or imposed by the Commission under authority of this chapter, shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine of not exceeding $50,000 for each and

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(a) Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers to be done any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who willfully and knowingly omits or fails to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, or willfully and knowingly causes or suffers such omission or failure, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.
(b) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any rule, regulation, restriction, condition, or order made or imposed by the Commission under authority of this chapter, shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine of not exceeding $50,000 for each and every day during which such offense occurs.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, a Division of Tenneco Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Entex, Inc., Columbia Gas Transmission Company, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Northern Illinois Gas Company and New England Customer Group (Bay State Gas Co.), Intervenors. Public Service Commission of the State of New York v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, New England Customer Group, Northern Illinois Gas Co. And Public Service Electric and Gas Co., Intervenors. Interstate Natural Gas Association of America v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Public Service Electric and Gas Co. And Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Intervenors. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., United Cities Gas Company, Public Service Electric & Gas Company, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. And Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Intervenors. Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Wisconsin Natural Gas Co., Associated Natural Gas Co. And Michigan Gas Utilities Co., Intervenors

606 F.2d 1094 (D.C. Circuit, 1979)

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Texas Pipeline Ass'n v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

661 F.3d 258 (Fifth Circuit, 2011)

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City of Willcox and Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Federal Power Commission, San Diego Gas & Electric Co., American Smelting and Refining Co., Southern Union Gas Co., General Motors Corporation, El Paso Natural Gas Co., Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, Department of Water and Power, Etc., the People of the State of California, Etc., Tucson Gas & Electric Co., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Nevada Power Company, Southwest Gas Corporation, Southwest Natural Gas Consumers, Arizona Fuel Users Association, Pioneer Natural Gas Co., Intervenors. Arizona Public Service Company v. Federal Power Commission, San Diego Gas & Electric Co., City of Willcox, Arizona and Arizona Electric Power Coop., Inc., American Smelting and Refining Co., Southern Union Gas Co., Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, General Motors Corporation, Tucson Gas & Electric Co., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co., El Paso Natural Gas Co., People of the State of California and the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Nevada Power Company, Southern California Gas Co., Southwest Natural Gas Consumers, Southwest Gas Corporation, Arizona Fuel Users Asso., Pioneer Natural Gas Co., Intervenors. Nevada Power Company v. Federal Power Commission, American Smelting & Refining Co, General Motors Corp., Tucson Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Gas Co., San Diego Gas & Electric Co., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., City of Willcox Arizona and Arizona Electric Power Coop., Inc., Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, People of the State of California and the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, El Paso Natural Gas Co., Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, Southwest Gas Corp., Southern Union Gas Co., Southern California Edison Co., Southwest Natural Gas Consumers, Arizona Fuel Users Asso., Pioneer Natural Gas Co., Intervenors. Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Federal Power Commission, Southern Union Gas Co., City of Willcox Arizona, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, American Smelting and Refining Co., Southwest Gas Corp., the People of the State of California, El Paso Natural Gas Co., General Motors Corporation, Southern California Edison Company, Arizona Public Service Co., Nevada Power Co., Tucson Gas and Electric Co., Intervenors. San Diego Gas & Electric Company v. Federal Power Commission, Southern Union Gas Co., City of Willcox, Etc., People of the State of California, General Motors Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, El Paso Natural Gas Co., Southwest Gas Corp., Southern California Edison Co., Nevada Power Company, American Smelting and Refining Co., Arizona Public Service Co., Tucson Gas & Electric Co., Southwest Natural Gas Consumers, Arizona Fuel Users Association, Pioneer Natural Gas Co., Intervenors. Southern California Gas Company v. Federal Power Commission, San Diego Gas, Southern Union Gas Co., City of Willcox, Etc., Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles, the People of the State of California, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, El Paso Natural Gas Co., General Motors Corporation, Southern California Edison Co., American Smelting and Refining Co., Arizona Public Service Co., Southwest Gas Corp., Nevada Power Company, Tucson Gas & Electric Co., Southwest Natural Gas Consumers, Arizona Fuel Users Asso., Pioneer Natural Gas Co., Intervenors. Southern California Edison Company v. Federal Power Commission, Nevada Power Co., El Paso Natural Gas Co., the People of the State of California, San Diego Gas and Electric Co., American Smelting and Refining Co., Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Tucson Gas and Electric Co., Southwest Natural Gas Consumers, Arizona Fuel Users Association, Pioneer Natural Gas Co., Intervenors

567 F.2d 394 (D.C. Circuit, 1978)

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Federal Power Commission v. Corporation Commission

362 F. Supp. 522 (W.D. Oklahoma, 1973)

1 case citations

Union Producing Co. v. Federal Power Commission

127 F. Supp. 88 (District of Columbia, 1954)

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History

(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, §21, 52 Stat. 833; Pub. L. 109–58, title III, §314(a)(1), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 690.)

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2005—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–58, §314(a)(1)(A), substituted "$1,000,000" for "$5,000" and "5 years" for "two years".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–58, §314(a)(1)(B), substituted "$50,000" for "$500".

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