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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 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 (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. Duke Energy Corp. has agreed to settle charges that it violated the federal Clean Water Act by spilling coal ash into the Dan River in North Carolina last year, and will pay $102.2 million in penalties and restitution. The deal with federal investigators about a year after 39 million tons of coal ash spilled into a North Carolina river. Duke Energy announced it has agreed to pay $102 million in a proposed settlement with the government over nine misdemeanor violations of the Clean Water Act, the company RALEIGH, North Carolina — Federal prosecutors Goldsboro and Mt. Holly. Duke said Friday in statements and court filings that it has already negotiated a plea agreement under which it will admit guilt and pay $102 million in fines, restitution and .

Late Friday afternoon, after many had gone home for the weekend, news broke that The Department of Justice filed federal charges in all three of NC’s federal district courts against Duke Energy for proposed $102 million payment will not solve .