Utility violated Clean Air Act

Charlotte-based Duke Energy has a monopoly on electric power in Cincinnati and other areas. Locals know of Duke's woes.

Now a federal jury has found Dook guilty of violating the Clean Air Act when it made changes at an Indiana power plant that significantly increased air pollution.

Jurors said Duke did not obtain the required permits, and that the changes increased the plant's sulfur dioxide output.

I guess Duke Energy thought it was above the law, seeing how it didn't even bother to obtain permits it needed.

It's unknown what penalty looms for Duke. Luckily, Indiana isn't under the 9th U.S. Circuit, which likes to absolve corporations of any responsibility for anything. (This despite conservatives' claims that the 9th Circus is too liberal.) So I'm sure there will be at least a heavy fine.

(Source: http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story/Jury-Finds-Duke-Energy-Violated-Clean-Air-Act/HZ7P6u4570C39QHSOnKXhA.cspx)