I.D. at 41-43. Recommendation Civil Penalty ALJs’ – On consideration of those provisions of the Settlement providing for the imposition of a civil penalty and Pa. G&E making a concomitant contribution to the hardship fund, the presiding ALJs also concluded that this condition of the Settlement was in the public interest and should be approved without modification. I.D. at 44. The presiding ALJs reviewed recent Commission decisions concerning civil penalties involving EGS companies and concluded that the Settlement amount in the instant proceeding was consistent with prior Commission decisions approving civil penalties on EGS companies for similar violations of the Code and Commission Regulations. The ALJs reasoned, in pertinent part: In particular, we note that, in the October, 2014 Order, the Commission found that a civil penalty of $1,000 for the 108 accounts physically switched to PaG&E without customer consent, for a total of $108,000 was appropriate. This amount was similar to the decision in cases involving Commission’s slamming intentional in nature where $1,000 civil penalties per account switched were imposed. Pa. v. I Pub. Util. Comm’n Docket No. M-00021618 (April 18, 2000); Energy Inc., Pa. Pub. Law Bureau Prosecutory Staff v. Mxenergy Util Comm’n, Docket No. M-2012-2201861 (August 29, 2013); Electric, Inc., Pa. Pub. Bureau of Investigation and Util Comm’n, Docket No. Enforcement v. Public Power, LLC (December 19, 2013) (penalties less than $1,000 per account were levied for accounts not yet physically switched, but in the process). Similarly, in Pa. Pub. Bureau of Util. Comm’n Investigation and Enforcement v. IDT Energy, Inc.,
I.D. at 41-43. ALJs’ Recommendation – Civil Penalty On consideration of those provisions of the Settlement providing for the imposition of a civil penalty and Pa. G&E making a concomitant contribution to the hardship fund, the presiding ALJs also concluded that this condition of the Settlement was in the public interest and should be approved without modification. I.D. at 44. The presiding ALJs reviewed recent Commission decisions concerning civil penalties involving EGS companies and concluded that the Settlement amount in the instant proceeding was consistent with prior Commission decisions approving civil penalties on EGS companies for similar violations of the Code and Commission Regulations. The ALJs reasoned, in pertinent part: In particular, we note that, in the October, 2014 Order, the Commission found that a civil penalty of $1,000 for the 108 accounts physically switched to PaG&E without customer consent, for a total of $108,000 was appropriate. This amount was similar to the Commission’s decision in cases involving slamming intentional in nature where $1,000 civil penalties per account switched were imposed. Pa. Pub. Util. Comm’n v. I Energy Inc., Docket No. M-00021618 (April 18, 2000); Pa. Pub. Util Comm’n, Law Bureau Prosecutory Staff v. Mxenergy Electric, Inc., Docket No. M-2012-2201861 (August 29, 2013); Pa. Pub. Util Comm’n, Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement v. Public Power, LLC Docket No. (December 19, 2013) (penalties less than $1,000 per account were levied for accounts not yet physically switched, but in the process). Similarly, in Pa. Pub. Util. Comm’n Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement v. IDT Energy, Inc.,
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