Dive Summary:
- Dominion Energy reached a settlement Monday with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Clean Air Act violations at coal-fired plants in Illinois, Indiana and Massachusetts.
- Virginia-based Dominion sold the Illinois and Massachusetts plants and permanently closed its State Line Indiana plant in 2012.
- Dominion will pay a $3.4 million fine while $10 million of the settlement will fund community projects, help reduce locomotive pollution at Chicago rail yards and improve land near the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
From the article:
“A Dominion spokesman says the company denies the pollution allegations. He says the new owner will assume any upgrades that aren’t completed.”