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(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. (Photo: Chuck Burton, AP) 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 North Carolina’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources Bruce Henderson The filing of criminal charges against Duke Energy for mishandling coal ash waste is a highly unusual event in the utility industry. But far from being an industry Update: On Friday, Feb. 20, the Associated Press reported that Duke Energy, the nation’s largest power company, has been charged with criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at five North Carolina power plants, including the plant in Asheville. after Duke Energy leaked 35 million gallons of coal ash into it last February. Late Friday, federal prosecutors in North Carolina, along with the Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Section, filed nine misdemeanor charges against Duke Energy for A spate of recent reports paint a glowing picture of North Carolina's burgeoning solar industry. Duke University calculates the industry The N.C. Sustainable Energy Association estimates the industry's 2014 N.C. revenue around $1.6 billion. .

Duke said the agreement means Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress will pay In a statement Wednesday, North Carolina's environmental agency said it was not involved in the settlement negotiations between Duke and the U.S. Justice Department. The largest penalty the Environmental Protection Agency has levied under the Clean Water Act is $1 billion. It went against Transocean Deepwater Inc. in 2013 for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. Because coal-fired power plants are (CNN) - The federal government on Friday filed criminal charges against Duke Energy for alleged environmental violations, 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 The criminal charges, filed against three subsidiaries of the company by attorneys for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, were announced late Friday. A Duke Energy statement released around the same time said the company had .