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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
Current Parent Company: Energy Transfer
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Penalty: $30,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: September 21, 2009
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: energy market manipulation
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: ETP agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations that it manipulated physical wholesale natural gas prices at Houston Ship Channel on specific dates from 2003 through 2005.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Energy Regulatory 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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