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Company: Duke Energy
Current Parent CompanyDuke Energy
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Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: December 22, 2009
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: Duke Energy agreed spend $1 million on environmental projects to resolve litigation brought by the attorneys general of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York concerning air pollution generated by the company's power plant in New Albany, Indiana. This was part of a larger $93 million settlement negotiated by the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
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: North Carolina
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.