I've received exp rewards for empowerment from both of her IMM characters. I think her comment on the officials is not that she doesn't give exp for empowerment but that she often forgets to give exp when she means too. She did state she doesn't give exp for Maran.

I guess I see it as 1200 exp for a role which I don't see as out of line. I've personally had role awards for much less and much more. And, then 1500 for empowerment which beats the normal 1k I seem to receive but isn't something I would think is out of line.