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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: 
utilities and power generation
Penalty Total since 2000: 
$23,639,898,271
Number of Records: 
2,042
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$4,797,282,75960
Duke Energy$2,830,459,718110
Enron$2,085,725,32714
NRG Energy$1,645,707,38583
Dominion Energy$1,564,179,099102
PG&E Corp.$1,281,604,68249
FirstEnergy$1,209,932,01460
Alliant Energy$1,027,637,42116
WEC Energy Group$999,576,96624
Vistra Energy$849,672,28360


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 Type Year Agencysort icon Penalty Amount
Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. Duke Energy energy market manipulation 2003 CFTC $28,000,000
Dynegy Marketing & Trade (Dynegy) and West Coast Power LLC Vistra Energy energy market manipulation 2002 CFTC $5,000,000
Avista Energy Avista energy market manipulation 2001 CFTC $2,100,000
Vestas Towers America Vestas environmental violation 2020 CO-DPHE $9,308
Public Service Company Xcel Energy environmental violation 2017 CO-DPHE $9,600
Vestas Blades America Inc. Vestas environmental violation 2017 CO-DPHE $7,875
Vestas Towers America Inc. Vestas environmental violation 2016 CO-DPHE $20,720
Vestas Towers America Inc. Vestas environmental violation 2014 CO-DPHE $19,075
Public Service Company Xcel Energy environmental violation 2014 CO-DPHE $7,000
Wexpro Co. Dominion Energy environmental violation 2014 CO-DPHE $17,850
Questar Gas Management Dominion Energy environmental violation 2013 CO-DPHE $23,800
Public Service Company Xcel Energy environmental violation 2013 CO-DPHE $8,050
Vestas Towers America Inc. Vestas environmental violation 2012 CO-DPHE $7,400
Wexpro Co. Dominion Energy environmental violation 2012 CO-DPHE $25,200
Wexpro Co. Dominion Energy environmental violation 2012 CO-DPHE $27,825
Questar Gas Management Dominion Energy environmental violation 2011 CO-DPHE $84,700
Public Service Company Xcel Energy environmental violation 2010 CO-DPHE $9,600
Questar Gas Management Dominion Energy environmental violation 2009 CO-DPHE $23,335
Questar Gas Management Dominion Energy environmental violation 2008 CO-DPHE $9,750
Public Service Company Xcel Energy environmental violation 2008 CO-DPHE $30,000
Questar Gas Management Dominion Energy environmental violation 2007 CO-DPHE $100,000
Dominion Energy Questar Pipeline Dominion Energy environmental violation 2006 CO-DPHE $319,307
Questar Gas Management Dominion Energy environmental violation 2005 CO-DPHE $14,000
Duke Energy Duke Energy environmental violation 2001 CO-DPHE $97,105
Public Service Company Xcel Energy environmental violation 2000 CO-DPHE $25,000
PUBLIC SERVICE CO Xcel Energy environmental violation 2020 CO-DPHE $7,000
Connecticut Light & Power EverSource Energy consumer protection violation 2006 CT-AG $8,000,000
Connecticut Natural Gas Iberdrola consumer protection violation 2007 CT-AG $130,000
Covanta Projects of Wallingford, L.P, Covanta environmental violation 2011 CT-AG $400,000
Dominion Retail, Inc. Dominion Energy consumer protection violation 2006 CT-AG $707,182
Enron Corp. Enron accounting fraud or deficiencies 2005 CT-AG $111,200,000
GDF Suez Energy Marketing NA, Inc. Engie tax violations 2012 CT-AG $8,730
United Illuminating Iberdrola consumer protection violation 2005 CT-AG $198,230
PSEG Power Connecticut, LLC Public Service Enterprise environmental violation 2019 CT-ENV $9,315
The Connecticut Light and Power Company dba Eversource Energy EverSource Energy environmental violation 2018 CT-ENV $115,000
Covanta Covanta environmental violation 2009 CT-ENV $355,000
Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation Iberdrola environmental violation 2005 CT-ENV $18,200
Covanta Projects of Wallingford, L.P. Covanta environmental violation 2003 CT-ENV $6,250
AES Thames, LLC AES Corp. environmental violation 2002 CT-ENV $7,720
Middletown Power LLC NRG Energy environmental violation 2002 CT-ENV $12,480
The Connecticut Light and Power Company EverSource Energy environmental violation 2000 CT-ENV $90,000
The Connecticut Light and Power Company EverSource Energy environmental violation 2000 CT-ENV $275,000
Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation Iberdrola environmental violation 2000 CT-ENV $82,750
Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) Exelon environmental violation 2014 DC-AG $850,000
Washington Gas Light Co. AltaGas consumer protection violation 2011 DC-AG $340,000
GenOn Holdings, Inc. NRG Energy environmental violation 2020 DC-AG $2,500,000
Pepco Energy Services, Inc. Exelon environmental violation 2009 DC-ENV $24,000
Conectiv Services Inc Calpine consumer protection violation 2001 DE-AG $150,000
Diamond State Generation Partners Bloom Energy environmental violation 2019 DE-ENV $45,454
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co. Chesapeake Utilities environmental violation 2005 DE-ENV $9,544
ABB, Inc. ABB Ltd. energy conservation violation 2017 DOE $37,040
Nicor Inc. Southern Company energy conservation violation 2014 DOE $6,000
Washington Gas Energy Systems AltaGas fraud 2014 DOJ_ANTITRUST $2,500,000
Exelon Corporation Exelon price-fixing or anti-competitive practices 2012 DOJ_ANTITRUST $400,000
KeySpan Corporation National Grid price-fixing or anti-competitive practices 2010 DOJ_ANTITRUST $12,000,000
ABB Middle East & Africa Participations AG ABB Ltd. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices 2001 DOJ_ANTITRUST $53,000,000
Duke Energy Corporation Duke Energy investor protection violation 2017 DOJ_ANTITRUST $600,000
Dominion Oklahoma Texas Exploration & Production Inc. Dominion Energy False Claims Act and related 2010 DOJ_CIVIL $2,219,974
ABB Ltd. ABB Ltd. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2010 DOJ_CRIMINAL $19,000,000
Mirant Energy Trading LLC NRG Energy fraud 2007 DOJ_CRIMINAL $11,000,000
American Electric Power American Electric Power data submission deficiencies 2005 DOJ_CRIMINAL $30,000,000
REC Silicon Inc REC Silicon benefit plan administrator violation 2009 EBSA $10,001
ENRON CORP. Enron benefit plan administrator violation 2008 EBSA $10,001
REC SILICON, INC. REC Silicon benefit plan administrator violation 2008 EBSA $50,001
AMERICAN WATER SERVICES OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE American Water Works benefit plan administrator violation 2007 EBSA $50,001
ENRON CORP. Enron benefit plan administrator violation 2006 EBSA $10,001
Georgia Power Company Southern Company employment discrimination 2012 EEOC $49,500
Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. Hawaiian Electric Industries employment discrimination 2012 EEOC $50,000
Luminant Mining Company Vistra Energy employment discrimination 2013 EEOC $150,000
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Consolidated Edison employment discrimination 2015 EEOC $3,800,000
Georgia Power Co. Southern Company employment discrimination 2016 EEOC $1,586,500
Conectiv, et al. Calpine employment discrimination 2008 EEOC $1,650,000
Commonwealth Edison Company Exelon employment discrimination 2000 EEOC $2,500,000
Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC Sempra Energy employment discrimination 2019 EEOC $50,000
Idaho Power Co. IDACORP employment discrimination 2004 EEOC $175,000
Duke Energy Duke Energy environmental violation 2015 EPA $5,375,000
Alabama Power Southern Company environmental violation 2015 EPA $1,600,000
Arizona Public Service Company Pinnacle West Capital environmental violation 2015 EPA $3,800,000
Southern California Edison Edison International environmental violation 2015 EPA $3,500,000
Public Service Company of New Mexico PNM Resources environmental violation 2015 EPA $3,800,000
El Paso Electric El Paso Electric environmental violation 2015 EPA $3,800,000
Tucson Electric Power Fortis environmental violation 2015 EPA $3,800,000
Duke Energy Duke Energy environmental violation 2014 EPA $3,000,000
Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative environmental violation 2013 EPA $295,000
Kentucky Utilities Company PPL Corp. environmental violation 2013 EPA $57,300,000
Golden Valley Electric Association Golden Valley Electric Association environmental violation 2012 EPA $40,365,000
Brad Foote Gear Works Inc. Broadwind Energy environmental violation 2013 EPA $1,500,000
Interstate Power and Light, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Alliant Energy environmental violation 2015 EPA $7,100,000
Duke Energy Corporation Duke Energy environmental violation 2015 EPA $102,000,000
Washakie Renewable Energy LLC Washakie Renewable Energy environmental violation 2015 EPA $3,000,000
Consumers Energy CMS Energy environmental violation 2014 EPA $10,250,000
Minnesota Power Allete environmental violation 2014 EPA $5,600,000
Wisconsin Power and Light Company Alliant Energy environmental violation 2013 EPA $1,010,950,000
Dominion Energy Dominion Energy environmental violation 2013 EPA $13,200,000
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation WEC Energy Group environmental violation 2013 EPA $307,200,000
Louisiana Generating (NRG Energy) NRG Energy environmental violation 2012 EPA $264,000,000
Dairyland Power Cooperative Dairyland Power Cooperative environmental violation 2012 EPA $155,950,000
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. NiSource environmental violation 2011 EPA $613,000,000
Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. Hoosier Energy environmental violation 2010 EPA $5,950,000
American Municipal Power American Municipal Power environmental violation 2010 EPA $15,850,000
Westar Energy Evergy Inc. environmental violation 2010 EPA $509,000,000
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