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Company: American Electric Power
Current Parent Company: American Electric Power
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Penalty: $8,500,000
Year: 2013
Date: February 25, 2013
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: An eight-state coalition reached an $8.5 million settlement with American Electric Power under which the companyagreed to reduce air pollution emissions to downwind states from its coal-fired electric power plants. The agreement enhanced a 2007 air pollution settlement with AEP.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.