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Company: Illinois Power Co. and Dynergy Midwest Generation
Current Parent Company: Ameren
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Penalty: $24,000,000
Year: 2005
Date: March 7, 2005
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Illinois Power Company and its successor Dynegy Midwest Generation agreed to pay $24 million -- consisting of a $9 million civil penalty and $15 million in spending on projects to mitigate harm caused by unlawful emissions -- to Illinois and the federal government in settlement of Clean Air Act violations at five Illinois power plants. The case was also reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Illinois Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Illinois
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Missouri
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.