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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Western Energy Crisis
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more in cases related to the Western U.S. energy crisis of the early 2000s, which included blackouts linked to deregulation.
Penalty Total since 2000: $5,431,700,000
Number of Penalty Records: 13
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Kinder Morgan | $1,520,000,000 | 2 |
| NRG Energy | $1,209,700,000 | 2 |
| BC Hydro | $750,000,000 | 1 |
| Devon Energy | $417,000,000 | 1 |
| JPMorgan Chase | $410,000,000 | 1 |
| Vistra Energy | $281,500,000 | 1 |
| Duke Energy | $207,500,000 | 1 |
| Barclays | $134,000,000 | 2 |
| BP | $102,000,000 | 1 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| El Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $1,450,000,000 |
| Powerex | BC Hydro | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | CA-AG | $750,000,000 |
| Mirant Corporation | NRG Energy | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | CA-AG | $749,700,000 |
| Reliant Energy, Inc. | NRG Energy | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $460,000,000 |
| Williams Energy Marketing & Trading | Devon Energy | oil and gas | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | MULTI-AG | $417,000,000 |
| JP Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | FERC | $410,000,000 |
| Enron Power Marketing Inc. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | FERC | $400,000,000 |
| Dynegy | Vistra Energy | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | CA-AG | $281,500,000 |
| Duke Energy | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $207,500,000 |
| Barclays Bank PLC | Barclays | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | FERC | $105,000,000 |
| BP Energy Company | BP | oil and gas | False Claims Act and related | 2018 | CA-AG | $102,000,000 |
| El Paso Corp | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | AZ-AG | $70,000,000 |
| Barclays Bank PLC | Barclays | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $29,000,000 |
