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Company: Cinergy Corporation
Current Parent CompanyDuke Energy
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Penalty: $30,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: December 22, 2000
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: air pollution violation
Violation Description: Cinergy agreed to pay $30 million -- consisting of an $8.5 million fine and $21.5 million in spending on environmental projects -- to Connecticut, New Jersey and New York as well as the federal government to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its coal-fired power plants. This was part of a larger $1.4 billion settlement announced by the Justice Department; 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.