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Company: Kentucky Utilities
Current Parent Company: PPL Corp.
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Penalty: $136,400,000
Year: 2009
Date: February 3, 2009
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: air pollution violation
Mega-Scandal: Power Plant Emissions
Violation Description: Kentucky Utilities, a coal-fired electric utility, agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil penalty and spend approximately $135 million on pollution controls to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
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.