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Company: Consumers Energy
Current Parent Company: CMS Energy
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2013
Date: August 12, 2013
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Consumers Energy agreed to pay $1 million to improve safety for utility workers and first responders and set up a fund to help victims of natural gas disasters, in settlement of possible allegations following a natural gas explosion that killed a customer.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Michigan Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Michigan
Facility City: Royal Oak
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Michigan
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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