U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard sentenced Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) on Thursday for environmental violations that included the Dan River coal-ash spill, saying the $102 million in fines and reparation was the largest financial penalty he could find record in any N.C. federal criminal case.
Howard accepted the fine and five-year probationary sentence recommended in the plea deal Duke worked with federal prosecutors.
Before Howard passed sentence at the U.S. District Court in Greenville, N.C., Duke…Huwebes, Mayo 14, 2015
Judge: Duke Energy’s coal-ash fine largest ever for a criminal case in N.C. federal courts
U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard sentenced Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) on Thursday for environmental violations that included the Dan River coal-ash spill, saying the $102 million in fines and reparation was the largest financial penalty he could find record in any N.C. federal criminal case.
Howard accepted the fine and five-year probationary sentence recommended in the plea deal Duke worked with federal prosecutors.
Before Howard passed sentence at the U.S. District Court in Greenville, N.C., Duke…
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