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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: 
utilities and power generation
Penalty Total since 2000: 
$22,034,168,398
Number of Records: 
1,895
Note: 
The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each 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 Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
American Electric Power$4,797,463,20457
Enron$2,085,725,32714
Duke Energy$1,973,226,09774
NRG Energy$1,645,848,29586
Dominion Energy$1,287,986,83596
FirstEnergy$1,209,669,49351
PG&E Corp.$1,117,233,81256
Alliant Energy$1,027,638,82413
WEC Energy Group$1,000,028,70627
Vistra Energy$849,690,31657


Individual Penalty Records:

Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
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Company Parent Primary Offense Typesort icon Year Agency Penalty Amount
Atmos Energy Corporation Atmos Energy environmental violation 2015 EPA $7,000
THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY Algonquin Power & Utilities environmental violation 2001 EPA $181,000
KANSAS CITY POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY Evergy Inc. environmental violation 2003 EPA $14,332
KANSAS CITY POWER AND LIGHT Evergy Inc. environmental violation 2004 EPA $407,788
WESTAR ENERGY, INC Evergy Inc. environmental violation 2010 EPA (*) $3,000,000
INTERSTATE POWER & LIGHT Alliant Energy environmental violation 2015 EPA (*) $1,100,000
TPI IOWA INC TPI Composites environmental violation 2014 EPA $26,758
AMERICAN WATER ENTERPRISES INC American Water Works environmental violation 2017 EPA $28,800
KANSAS CITY POWER AND LIGHT Evergy Inc. environmental violation 2018 EPA $9,500
DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES Duke Energy environmental violation 2001 EPA $6,300
MINNKOTA POWER COOPERATIVE Minnkota Power Cooperative environmental violation 2006 EPA (*) $850,000
Northwestern Energy NorthWestern Corp. environmental violation 2004 EPA $6,800
Questar Gas Management Company Dominion Energy environmental violation 2012 EPA $3,650,000
Avista Utilities Avista environmental violation 2010 EPA $35,625
Xcel Energy, Inc. Xcel Energy environmental violation 2009 EPA $95,000
PUBLIC SERVICE CO RIFLE GAS PLANT Xcel Energy environmental violation 2012 EPA $50,000
PUBLIC SERVICE CO BAXTER COMPRESSOR STATION Xcel Energy environmental violation 2012 EPA $50,000
PUBLIC SERVICE OF COLORADO Xcel Energy environmental violation 2013 EPA $14,400
DESERET GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOP Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative environmental violation 2013 EPA (*) $35,000
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY INC. Hawaiian Electric Industries environmental violation 2000 EPA $100,000
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY INC. Hawaiian Electric Industries environmental violation 2000 EPA $100,000
AES HAWAII AES Corp. environmental violation 2001 EPA $45,430
Pacific Gas and Electric PG&E Corp. environmental violation 2002 EPA $22,000
AmeriGasPropane LP UGI Corp. environmental violation 2007 EPA $19,432
PG&E PG&E Corp. environmental violation 2011 EPA $20,000
Global Solar Energy, Inc. Hanergy environmental violation 2010 EPA $12,100
Enel Stillwater LLC Enel environmental violation 2012 EPA $8,400
Enel Salt Wells LLC Enel environmental violation 2012 EPA $8,400
CALPINE SUTTER ENERGY CENTER Calpine environmental violation 2012 EPA $13,500
Southern California Edison Edison International environmental violation 2016 EPA $39,127
AMERIGAS PROPANE, L P UGI Corp. environmental violation 2006 EPA $57,248
Puget Sound Energy Inc Puget Sound Energy environmental violation 2008 EPA $471,900
Avista Corporation Avista environmental violation 2012 EPA $172,000
TransAlta Centralia Generation. LLC TransAlta environmental violation 2012 EPA $28,500
Golden Valley Assn, AK Industrial Development & Ex Golden Valley Electric Association environmental violation 2012 EPA (*) $115,000
AMERIGAS - TERRACE HEIGHTS UGI Corp. environmental violation 2014 EPA $12,960
Golden Valley Electric Association LLC Golden Valley Electric Association environmental violation 2018 EPA $110,570
Washakie Renewable Energy, LLC Washakie Renewable Energy environmental violation 2015 EPA (*) $3,000,000
Vestas Towers America, Inc. Vestas environmental violation 2012 EPA $15,000
ENEL Enel environmental violation 2018 EPA $76,997
Pacific Gas & Electric PG&E Corp. environmental violation 2020 CA-MULTI $4,000,000
Dominion Oklahoma Texas Exploration & Production Inc. Dominion Energy False Claims Act and related 2010 DOJ_CIVIL $2,219,974
Ormat Technologies Inc. et al. Ormat Technologies False Claims Act and related 2016 USAO $5,500,000
Progress Energy Duke Energy False Claims Act and related 2004 CA-SFCA $43,100,000
Dynegy Moss Landing, LLC Vistra Energy Family and Medical Leave Act 2014 WHD $56,868
TPI Iowa, LLC TPI Composites Family and Medical Leave Act 2013 WHD $5,468
ABB Ltd. ABB Ltd. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2010 DOJ_CRIMINAL $19,000,000
ABB Ltd. ABB Ltd. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2010 SEC $39,300,000
ABB Ltd ABB Ltd. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2004 SEC $5,900,000
Washington Gas Energy Systems AltaGas fraud 2014 DOJ_ANTITRUST $2,500,000
Mirant Energy Trading LLC NRG Energy fraud 2007 DOJ_CRIMINAL $11,000,000
San Diego Gas & Electric Company Sempra Energy investor protection violation 2010 CFTC $80,000
Sempra Energy Trading LLC Sempra Energy investor protection violation 2008 CFTC $175,000
Calpine Energy Services, L.P. Calpine investor protection violation 2004 CFTC $1,500,000
Duke Energy Corporation Duke Energy investor protection violation 2017 DOJ_ANTITRUST $600,000
Bluefire Renewables, Inc. BlueFire Renewables investor protection violation 2016 SEC $25,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON Edison International labor relations violation 2017 NLRB $40,000
AmeriGas Propane, Inc. UGI Corp. labor relations violation 2016 NLRB $13,222
Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation Iberdrola labor relations violation 2016 NLRB $114,083
First Solar Inc. First Solar labor relations violation 2015 NLRB $15,930
Dominion Energy Management, Inc. Dominion Energy labor relations violation 2012 NLRB $32,000
El Paso Electric Company El Paso Electric labor relations violation 2012 NLRB $79,692
Covanta Energy Corporation and Covanta SEMASS LLC, individually and as single and joint employers Covanta labor relations violation 2012 NLRB $1,277,227
Covanta Bristol, Inc. Covanta labor relations violation 2011 NLRB $10,671
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Company labor relations violation 2011 NLRB $105,370
Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc. Consolidated Edison labor relations violation 2011 NLRB $5,500
AmeriGas Propane Inc. UGI Corp. labor relations violation 2011 NLRB $28,579
Midwest Generation, EME, LLC NRG Energy labor relations violation 2010 NLRB $16,184,587
American Water American Water Works labor relations violation 2010 NLRB $6,612
Louisville Gas and Electric Company PPL Corp. labor relations violation 2010 NLRB $11,554
INDIANA GAS COMPANY, INC D/B/A VECTREN ENERGY DELIVERY OF INDIANA, INC. CenterPoint Energy labor relations violation 2010 NLRB $14,000
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. CenterPoint Energy labor relations violation 2010 NLRB $12,000
CenterPoint Energy CenterPoint Energy labor relations violation 2009 NLRB $6,150
National Grid National Grid labor relations violation 2009 NLRB $220,000
El Paso Electric Company El Paso Electric labor relations violation 2009 NLRB $11,500
Aquila, Inc. Evergy Inc. labor relations violation 2009 NLRB $20,000
NSTAR Gas & Electric Company EverSource Energy labor relations violation 2009 NLRB $1,500,000
American Electric Power d/b/a Public Service Co. of Oklahoma American Electric Power labor relations violation 2008 NLRB $19,000
FirstEnergy Generation Corp. FirstEnergy labor relations violation 2008 NLRB $12,160
Bay State Gas Company NiSource labor relations violation 2008 NLRB $12,000
Illinois-American Water Company American Water Works labor relations violation 2008 NLRB $41,500
Covanta Bristol, Inc. Covanta labor relations violation 2008 NLRB $50,000
NIPSCO NiSource labor relations violation 2008 NLRB $75,000
Aquila, Inc. Evergy Inc. labor relations violation 2008 NLRB $10,532
Central Maine Power Company Iberdrola labor relations violation 2007 NLRB $149,865
AREVA NP, Inc. EDF-Electricite de France labor relations violation 2007 NLRB $10,000
Washington Gas Light Company AltaGas labor relations violation 2007 NLRB $150,000
FirstEnergy Service Company FirstEnergy labor relations violation 2007 NLRB $15,000
NRG Energy, Inc. NRG Energy labor relations violation 2007 NLRB $10,308
National Grid, formerly New England Gas Company National Grid labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $22,500
Northern Indiana Public Service Company NiSource labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $262,616
Public Service Company of Colorado d/b/a Xcel Energy Xcel Energy labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $26,580
Public Service Company of Colorado (d/b/a Xcel Energy) Xcel Energy labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $26,508
Detroit Edison DTE Energy labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $46,093
Tampa Electric Company Emera labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $269,518
Western Massachusetts Electric Company EverSource Energy labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $18,647
Connecticut Natural Gas, Co. Iberdrola labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $7,000
CenterPoint Energy CenterPoint Energy labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $125,000
CINERGY CORP. Duke Energy labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $60,000
ABB Inc. ABB Ltd. labor relations violation 2006 NLRB $20,000
Midwest Generation NRG Energy labor relations violation 2005 NLRB $47,996
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