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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
Current Parent Company: Energy Transfer
Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2008
Date: March 17, 2008
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: energy market manipulation
Violation Description: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it obtained a $10 million civil monetary penalty in a consent order settling charges against Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., of Dallas, Texas, and three ETP subsidiaries: Energy Transfer Company, of San Antonio and Houston; Houston Pipeline Company, of Houston; and ETC Marketing, Ltd., located in San Antonio and Houston. The defendants were charged with attempting to manipulate natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel delivery hub.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pipelines
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pipelines
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