$15 Million Civil Penalty Assessed for Licensee Failure to Respond to FERC Directives Following Michigan Dam Breaches
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/04/21
In an April 15 order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, or the Commission) imposed a historic $15 million civil penalty on the licensee for the Sanford, Secord, and Smallwood Dams in Michigan for failing to follow FERC orders and staff directives following the catastrophic failure of the Sanford Dam and non-jurisdictional Edenville Dam in May 2020. The dam failures and resultant flooding caused the evacuation of over 10,000 citizens and was estimated by the state of Michigan to...
By: Troutman Pepper