Unjust

FERC obtained more than $148 million in civil penalties and disgorgement of more than $119 million in unjust profits in fiscal year (FY) 2012, according to the agency’s annual report on enforcement, which was released Thursday.

KeySpan Corp. has been ordered to disgorge unjust profits and pay $12 million for an antitrust violation that involved the taking of a financial interest in the electricity capacity sales of its largest competitor in the New York City market, a move that likely led to higher retail electricity prices in the city over a two-year period, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said last week.

FERC last Thursday ordered Columbia Gas Transmission to disgorge $9 million in unjust profits for alleged violations of its parking and lending (PAL) service tariff between 1998 and 2003, and directed Columbia Gas and sister pipeline Columbia Gulf Transmission to pay a civil penalty of $1 million for violations related to their nominations and discount posting practices.

FERC Thursday ordered Columbia Gas Transmission to disgorge $9 million in unjust profits for alleged violations of its parking and lending (PAL) service tariff between 1998 and 2003, and directed Columbia Gas and sister pipeline Columbia Gulf Transmission to pay a civil penalty of $1 million for violations related to their nominations and discount posting practices.

The federal government obtained a record of more than $630 million in civil penalties, restitution and disgorgement of unjust profits in fiscal year (FY) 2008 from companies and traders that engaged in fraud, manipulation and other misconduct in the futures markets, including energy futures, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reported last Thursday.

The federal government obtained a record of more than $630 million in civil penalties, restitution and disgorgement of unjust profits in fiscal year (FY) 2008 from companies and traders that engaged in fraud, manipulation and other misconduct in the futures markets, including energy futures, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reported Thursday.

Continuing to rally against allegedly unjust practices by Nicor Gas, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) claims that the utility owes customers $143.3 million in refunds, or about $75 for the average customer, as a result of a complicated scheme the company allegedly embarked on to defraud consumers at a time when they were paying record high gas prices.

Continuing to rally against allegedly unjust practices by Nicor Gas, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) claims that the utility owes customers $143.3 million in refunds, or about $75 for the average customer, as a result of a complicated scheme the company allegedly embarked on to defraud consumers at a time when they were paying record high gas prices.