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Company: Duke Energy Progress
Current Parent Company: Duke Energy
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $25,116,883
Year: 2015
Date: March 10, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources fined Duke Energy Progress $25.1 million for groundwater contamination from coal ash at the Sutton Plant near Wilmington.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: North Carolina
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: North Carolina
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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