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Company: TXU Electric Delivery Company
Current Parent Company: Vistra Energy
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Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2007
Date: June 6, 2007
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: TXU agreed to pay the Texas Public Utility Commission a $5 million fine to resolve allegations that it broke state law by signing up thousands of businesses to new one-year electric contracts without obtaining their explicit consent.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Texas Public Utility Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Texas
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: power systems
Source of Data: TXU is fined $5 million, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 6, 2007 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.