Alaska Statutes Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs § 42.05.775. Penalties

(a) An electric reliability organization may impose a penalty on a user, owner, or operator of an interconnected electric energy transmission network for a violation of a reliability standard if, after notice and a hearing, the electric reliability organization

(b) The commission may, on its own motion or upon complaint, order a user, owner, or operator of an interconnected electric energy transmission network to comply with a reliability standard and impose a penalty against the user, owner, or operator if the commission finds, after notice and a hearing, that the user, owner, or operator has engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice that violates a reliability standard.

(c) A user, owner, or operator may appeal to the commission a penalty imposed under (a) of this section. The commission may, on its own motion, review a penalty imposed under (a) of this section. The commission shall, after notice and a hearing, issue an order affirming, modifying, reinstating, or revoking the penalty or remand the penalty to the electric reliability organization for further proceedings. Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, a penalty shall remain in effect during proceedings under this subsection. The commission shall expedite proceedings under this subsection.

(d) A penalty imposed under this section must bear a reasonable relation to the seriousness of the violation and take into consideration the effort of a user, owner, or operator to remedy the violation in a timely manner.