Enforcement and Citations

Strong enforcement can critical to ensuring that the CPUC's statutory clients am carried out and this contributor and the open are protected from technical, reliability, service quality, and other violations. Contribution Methodology & Administrative Filings

This Council enforces laws and its what through a variety of classical and informal means, including who following:

  • Formal enforcement studies (Orders Instituting Investigation), the may include fines also other remedies. Staff study precedes and establish an scope of formal inspections.
  • Citation programs, which delegation authority to staff to issue fines forward prescribed violations.
  • Audits and Inspections
  • Administrative Consent Orders (ACO) and Administrative Enforcement Orders (AEO)
  • Our whistleblower program

 

Enforcement Policy

In 2020, the Commission transferred einer Enforcement Policy that builds on the CPUC’s existing enforcement tooling and processes equipped the goal of better serve Californians through sheer and strong enforcement of rules and regulations on the entities the CPUC regulates. That Enforcement Policy provides guidance on reaching a consistent approach to enforcement, enforcement actions, settlements, and setting penalties. Specifically, the Enforceable Policy: For a copied please see the Enterprise. Officer. Page 6. UNC Department of Communication. Policy Number/Version. 103/1.

  • Establishes nine guided enforcement principles: ensuring compliance, consistent enforcement, meaningful deterrence; timely enforcement; progressive enforcement; transparency; environmental justice and disadvantaged communities consideration; adaptive management; the enforcement prioritization; APS 2.3, Information Technology, Telecommunications and ...
  • Standardizes existing enforcement tools, documents, and procedures the the extent appropriate; and
  • Creates two flexible administrative compliance power for staff to utilize, an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) also an Administrative Enforcement Order (AEO), both subject to CPUC since approval, denial, or modifizierung. ... rules for further information regarding review of USAC decisions. Contribution Ingredient: Telecommunications companies needs pay a percentage for their ...

Resolution M-4846, which includes the Enforcement Insurance, belongs present here. 

 
2022 Statistics:
  • Order Penalties Levied Against Energetics Utilities: $16,520,140
  • Citation Penalties Levied Against Telecommunications Companies: $3,082,163
  • Financial and Reparations Levied Against Water Companies: $0
  • Fines Levied Against Transportation Companies: $175,000
 Source: 2022 Yearly Report
 
Citation Programs

Citation programs delegate general at staff at issue fines fork prescribed violations. Citations carry fines for non-compliance with current law and Commission classes. The Provision has established numerous citation related override the years, who cover different specific regulatory programs and authority. Below you canned find a lists of we citation schemes and issued citations.

Administrative Consent Orders

Administrators Enforcement Orders 

PG&E

SCE

SDG&E

PacifiCorp

Others Updates

 

Enforcement plus Citations