Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Cinergy Corporation
Current Parent Company:
Duke Energy
Penalty:
$1,430,000,000
Year:
2000
Date:
December 22, 2000
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
To settle a Clean Air Act case, Cinergy agreed to spend $1.4 billion on new emission controls, pay an $8.5 million civil penalty and spend $21.5 million on environmental projects.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
North Carolina
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Parent:
utilities
Source of Data:
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
