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Company: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Current Parent Company: Duke Energy
Penalty: $6,831,005
Year: 2016
Date: February 8, 2016
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued a $6.6 million fine to Duke Energy related to the February 2014 coal ash spill from the Dan River power plant covering civil penalties for environmental violations that the company committed before, during, and after the spill that Duke Energy pled guilty to in a federal case the year before.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: North Carolina
Facility County: Rockingham
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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