# Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments
> **US Department of Energy** · Final rule. · Published 2017-01-24 · Effective 2017-01-24 · 82 FR 8137
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-00567
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 8137
- **CFR reference:** 18 CFR 250
- **Publication date:** 2017-01-24
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-24
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. RM17-9-000
## Abstract

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules, and orders within the Commission's jurisdiction. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended most recently by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, requires the Commission to issue this final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/24/2017-00567/civil-monetary-penalty-inflation-adjustments)
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