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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Portland General Electric Co.
Current Parent Company: Portland General Electric
Penalty: $4,966,000
Year: 2008
Date: May 2, 2008
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Along with PPL Montana (a subsidiary of PPL Corp.), Puget Sound Energy, Avista Corp. and PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric Co. was one of five owners of Montana's Colstrip power plant that agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the plant was contaminating the town's water supply. Details on how much each defendant would pay were not made public, but PPL and Avita disclosed that their shares totaled $10 million. Here we assumed the other $14.9 million was divided equally between Puget Sound, Portland General Electrical and PacifiCorp.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: Montana
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Oregon
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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