8003 Natural Gas Service Reliability and System Planning Standards - 10.0 Penalties and Other Remedies

10.1Any GDCs subject to Commission regulation who violate any of the requirements of this regulation is subject to penalties and other remedial actions in accordance with this section and other applicable Delaware law.#

10.2No penalty shall be assessed except after a public hearing at which the GDC, Staff, the DPA, or any other affected person may present evidence. The Commission shall be responsible for assessing any penalty under this section, consistent with Delaware law.#

10.3A GDC shall be considered in violation of the AOR or AOD performance Benchmark standard when its actual results exceed the Benchmark standards as defined in subsection 4.2. However, no GDC shall be penalized before the Commission has established Benchmark standards in accordance with the procedure described in subsection 4.2.#

10.4Penalty assessments are payable as provided by Delaware statute.#

10.5Nothing in this section relieves any GDC from penalties that may be assessed due to non-compliance with any requirement set forth under any other federal, state or local regulation, statute, ordinance or order.#