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Company: Intermatic Incorporated
Penalty: $250,000
Year: 2000
Date: May 24, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Intermatic Incorporated, a manufacturer of consumer and industrial energy control products such as appliance timers and low-voltage outdoor lighting, agreed to pay a $250,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company violated a 1979 order by making unsubstantiated energy savings claims about an electric water heater timer.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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