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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Power Plant Emissions
Description: This list shows cases in which utility companies paid penalties of $25 million or more in cases involving emissions from their power plants.
Penalty Total since 2000: $14,002,726,883
Number of Penalty Records: 24
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| American Electric Power | $4,675,000,000 | 2 |
| Dominion Energy | $1,219,200,000 | 1 |
| FirstEnergy | $1,133,500,000 | 1 |
| Alliant Energy | $1,010,950,000 | 1 |
| Duke Energy | $973,116,883 | 3 |
| WEC Energy Group | $930,400,000 | 2 |
| East Kentucky Power Cooperative | $650,750,000 | 1 |
| NiSource | $613,000,000 | 1 |
| Vistra Energy | $524,000,000 | 1 |
| Evergy Inc. | $509,000,000 | 1 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| American Electric Power | American Electric Power | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $4,675,000,000 |
| American Electric Power | American Electric Power | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $4,675,000,000 |
| Virginia Electric Power Co. | Dominion Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $1,219,200,000 |
| Ohio Edison Company | FirstEnergy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2005 | EPA | $1,133,500,000 |
| Wisconsin Power and Light Company | Alliant Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $1,010,950,000 |
| Duke Energy | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2021 | NC-AG | $855,000,000 |
| East Kentucky Power Cooperative | East Kentucky Power Cooperative | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $650,750,000 |
| Wisconsin Electric Power Company | WEC Energy Group | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $623,200,000 |
| Northern Indiana Public Service Co. | NiSource | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $613,000,000 |
| Dynegy Midwest Generation | Vistra Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2005 | EPA | $524,000,000 |
| Westar Energy | Evergy Inc. | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $509,000,000 |
| Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District | | | environmental violation | 2008 | EPA | $400,950,000 |
| PSEG Fossil LLC | Public Service Enterprise | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2002 | EPA | $344,400,000 |
| Wisconsin Public Service Corporation | WEC Energy Group | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $307,200,000 |
| Louisiana Generating (NRG Energy) | Macquarie | financial services | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | $264,000,000 |
| Alabama Power Company | Southern Company | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $200,000,000 |
| Dairyland Power Cooperative | Dairyland Power Cooperative | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | $155,950,000 |
| Kentucky Utilities | PPL Corp. | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $136,400,000 |
| Duke Energy | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $93,000,000 |
| Nevada Power Company | Berkshire Hathaway | diversified | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $90,110,000 |
| Nevada Power Company | Berkshire Hathaway | diversified | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $60,700,000 |
| Kentucky Utilities Company | PPL Corp. | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $57,300,000 |
| Constellation Energy Group | Constellation Energy Corporation | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $54,000,000 |
| Duke Energy Progress | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2015 | NC-ENV | $25,116,883 |
