Pub. L. 109-58, tit. XII, subtit. G, sec. 1284 (as amended)
ENFORCEMENT.
SEC. 1284. ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Complaints.—Section 306 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825e) is amended—
(1) by inserting “electric utility,” after “Any person,”; and
(2) by inserting “, transmitting utility,” after “licensee” each place it appears.
(b) Investigations.—Section 307(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825f(a)) is amended—
(1) by inserting “, electric utility, transmitting utility, or other entity” after “person” each place it appears; and
(2) in the first sentence, by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, or in obtaining information about the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce and the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce”.
(c) Review of Commission Orders.—Section 313(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825l) is amended by inserting “electric utility,” after “person,” in the first 2 places it appears and by striking “any person unless such person” and inserting “any entity unless such entity”.
(d) Criminal Penalties.—Section 316 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825o) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking “$5,000” and inserting “$1,000,000”; and
(B) by striking “two years” and inserting “5 years”;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking “$500” and inserting “$25,000”; and
(3) by striking subsection (c).
(e) Civil Penalties.—Section 316A of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825o–1) is amended—
(1) by striking “section 211, 212, 213, or 214” each place it appears and inserting “part II”; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking “$10,000” and inserting “$1,000,000”.