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Company: Peoples Energy
Penalty: $196,000,000
Year: 2006
Date: January 17, 2006
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Peoples Energy agreed to pay over $196 million in refunds, debt forgiveness and assistance for low-income households, in settlement of allegations it devised a fraudulent scheme with Enron to raise gas prices for consumers.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Illinois Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Illinois
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