Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
American Electric Power
Current Parent Company:
American Electric Power
Penalty:
$4,675,000,000
Year:
2007
Date:
October 9, 2007
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
To resolve a multistate air pollution lawsuit, AEP agreed to invest approximately $4.6 billion to cut over 800,000 tons of emissions yearly from its 16 power plants. AEP also agreed to pay $75 million for penalties and environmental projects. All this was part of a settlement that also involved the U.S. Justice Department, which issued its own announcement; see the Violation Tracker entry at https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/-american-electric-power-0
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Ohio
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Parent:
utilities
Source of Data:
https://web.archive.org/web/20100213174102/http://www.ag.ny.gov/media_center/2007/oct/oct9a_07.html
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
