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Company: Ferrellgas
Current Parent Company: Ferrellgas Partners
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Penalty: $85,000
Year: 2010
Date: December 21, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Ferrellgas entered into a master agreement to change its business practices and agreed to pay the state $85,000 to settle allegations that the liquid propane company violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by unilaterally modifying contracts with Arkansas consumers.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Arkansas Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Arkansas
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Kansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous energy products and systems
Specific Industry of Current Parent: energy supplies
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.