Duke Energy Charlotte nc: Duke Energy Payment

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(CN) - The nation's largest electric power holding company will pay $102 million to clean up a 2014 coal ash spill in North Carolina's Dan River. Duke Energy's agreement with federal regulators identified nine misdemeanor violations of the Clean Water Act Duke Energy Corp. has agreed to pay $102.2 million to settle violations stemming from a coal ash spill last year. Under the plea agreement with the Justice Department, subject to court approval, the North Carolina energy company has agreed to pay $68.2 Deputies said a man pretending to be from Duke Energy has been calling people and businesses all over York County, threatening to turn off their power in the next half-hour if they do not pay. The man claims the person has several missed payments that A year after a massive coal ash spill into a North Carolina river, Duke Energy said Friday it would pay $102 million in a proposed settlement of nine criminal charges filed against the company by the U.S. government. The charges, all misdemeanors alleging Duke Energy’s mistake endangered countless people and animals High fines also may be considered to promote big business because small companies cannot pay the larger fines that have been proposed. This can be resolved by having the size of the The agreement would also require Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress to pay a total of $68.2 million in fines and restitution and $34 million for community service and mitigation. These payments will be borne by shareholders, not customers. .

No mention of the guilty plea in the headline or the story. The Wall Street Journal ran a story under the headline — Duke Energy Agrees to Pay $102.2 Million for Coal-Ash Spill: U.S. government charges company violated Clean Water Act. No mention of the Federal prosecutors charged Duke Energy on Friday with violating the Clean Water Act for spilling coal ash from its power plants into North Carolina rivers, but the company said it had reached an agreement with the government to pay more than $102 million (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp has agreed to pay a fine of about $102 million for environmental violations related to a power plant's coal ash spill into a North Carolina river last year and the company's management of coal ash basins in the state. .