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Kalibrate's "Market Intelligence" product passed on retailer-specific sales data from petrol stations that allowed conclusions to be drawn about competitors and could facilitate coordinated pricing behaviour. In an agreement registered with the Competition Tribunal, Kalibrate undertakes to supply only aggregated and time-delayed data – the first case under the reformed abuse of dominance rules.

Authority / court

Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement beim Competition Tribunal)

Area of law

Competition law · Abuse of market power

Legal basis

Abuse-of-dominance-Bestimmungen des Competition Act (Fassung 2023)

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

24 Sep 2026

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Between 2019 and 2021, untreated sewage, sewage residues, diesel from a generator and waste entered a stream and the sea around Faversham and Whitstable; the circumstances of one incident were not reported to the Environment Agency, around 70 fish died, and bathing warnings were in place at beaches in Tankerton and Herne Bay for almost a week. The court imposed a fine of 2,416,666.67 GBP, 69,894.04 GBP in costs and a 190 GBP victim surcharge; it was the company's second conviction that year (announcement of 22 September 2026, exact date of judgment not stated).

Authority / court

Bromley Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Regulations 12(1)(b) und 38(1)(a) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Repeat case

yes

Published

22 Sep 2026

Original amount 2,486,750.71 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Sep 2026.

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On a total of 249 days, the Portuguese branch of the energy supplier failed to hold the mandatory natural gas security reserves, did not correctly show network charges on invoices, did not publish, or published late, mandatory information and its quality report, and failed to meet the standards for hotline waiting times. In a settlement procedure, the Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (Portuguese Energy Services Regulatory Authority, ERSE) set a fine of 44,000 EUR and reduced it to 22,000 EUR.

Authority / court

Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)

Area of law

Other

Legal basis

Regime Sancionatório do Setor Energético (RSSE), Art. 28, 29; Decreto-Lei n.º 62/2020, Art. 96; RRC; RQS

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Settlement (transação) with full admission, remediation of all infringements

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Following a partial pipe collapse at the Fleetwood wastewater treatment works, untreated sewage flowed from three pumping stations into the Irish Sea for over 35 hours in June 2023; seven bathing waters were affected and shellfish beds were closed. The water company pleaded guilty to five offences and must pay a fine of 900,000 GBP, 62,225 GBP in costs and a 2,000 GBP victim surcharge.

Authority / court

Preston Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Regulation 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Around 38 million GBP invested in response and repair, and a voluntary payment of 250,000 GBP to Blackpool Council.

Published

8 Sep 2026

Original amount 964,225 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 8 Sep 2026.

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In several months of 2023 and 2024, the gas supplier did not hold the natural gas security reserves and did not name the competent alternative dispute resolution bodies in customer contracts. The Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (Portuguese Energy Services Regulatory Authority, ERSE) accepted the settlement proposal, set a fine of 24,000 EUR and reduced it to 12,000 EUR.

Authority / court

Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)

Area of law

Other

Legal basis

RSSE, Art. 29; Decreto-Lei n.º 62/2020, Art. 57, 96; Portaria n.º 59/2022; RRC Art. 22

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Settlement with admission and remediation

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In an action brought by Notre Affaire à Tous, Sherpa, ZEA, France Nature Environnement and the City of Paris, the Paris Judicial Court (Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, 34th chamber) ruled that climate risks fall under the French duty of vigilance law and that Scope 3 emissions are part of the oil and gas group's activities. The vigilance plan without Scope 3 is incomplete, the court held; TotalEnergies must supplement it within six months, with provisional enforceability, and implementation will be reviewed by the court in January 2027.

Authority / court

Tribunal judiciaire de Paris (34. Kammer)

Area of law

Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence

Legal basis

Art. L.225-102-1 und L.225-102-2 Code de commerce (Loi n° 2017-399, devoir de vigilance); Art. 1252 Code civil

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

25 Jun 2026

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Due to errors by a processor of the energy supplier, incorrect details of a direct debit mandate were recorded, so that three bills instead of one were debited from the customer's account; call recordings and the mandate form had not been retained. ZENITH responded inadequately to the access request and did not correct the data (100,000 EUR), while Piraeus Bank infringed the right of access (10,000 EUR and a reprimand); Decision No. 8/2026 of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

Authority / court

Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Hellenic DPA)

Area of law

Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. d, Art. 12 Abs. 3, Art. 15, Art. 28 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

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The manufacturer of solar tracking systems disseminated its results for 2023 by way of an "Otra Información Relevante" announcement containing inaccurate information. Spain's National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) imposed a fine of 190,000 EUR for a serious infringement; the company waived administrative appeals.

Authority / court

Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV)

Area of law

Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations

Legal basis

Art. 297.1.e i. V. m. 297.2.d Ley 6/2023; Art. 17 i. V. m. Art. 7 MAR

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

3 Aug 2026

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From November 2023 to June 2025, the Indian conglomerate bought allegedly Omani and Iraqi liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) via a trader in Dubai which in fact originated from Iran; 32 payments totalling around 192 million USD were routed through US banks. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) assessed the violations as egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed; Adani had recklessly ignored numerous warning signs (AIS manipulation by the tankers, implausible loading ports, conspicuous price discounts, irregularities in the certificates of origin).

Authority / court

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Area of law

Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes

Legal basis

Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 560); IEEPA

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Remedial measures after discovery and cooperation with OFAC

Published

18 May 2026

Original amount 275,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 May 2026.

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The Walloon water utility recorded and listened in on customer calls for quality control and training purposes; the Litigation Chamber of the Autorité de protection des données (Belgian Data Protection Authority, APD/GBA) found infringements of transparency and fairness as well as in the engagement of a sub-processor. It imposed two fines totalling 86,000 EUR (85,000 + 1,000) after reducing the amounts in view of the situation of the public utility; an appeal against the decision has been lodged with the Market Court.

Authority / court

Autorité de protection des données (APD/GBA) – Chambre Contentieuse

Area of law

Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency

Legal basis

DSGVO Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, Art. 6 Abs. 1, Art. 12 Abs. 1, Art. 13, Art. 28 Abs. 3

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Energy and utilities

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In 2020, malware entered the water supplier's network via a phishing e-mail and remained undetected for around 20 months; in 2022, attackers obtained administrator rights and stole data on 633,887 people, which ended up on the dark web. The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) criticised, among other things, monitoring of only 5% of the IT environment, outdated software such as Windows Server 2003 and a lack of vulnerability and patch management.

Authority / court

Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

UK GDPR Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 32 Abs. 1

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

40% reduction for early admission of liability; payment agreed without appeal.

Published

11 May 2026

Original amount 963,900 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 May 2026.

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A provider of public utility services used GPS transmitters in company vehicles to record employees’ location data permanently and without cause, without defining a purpose, carrying out a balancing of interests or providing sufficient information. The Informacijski pooblaščenec (Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia, IP) imposed 6,000 EUR on the company and 600 EUR on the responsible person.

Authority / court

Informacijski pooblaščenec Republike Slovenije (IP)

Area of law

Data protection · Employee data

Legal basis

Art. 5 und Art. 6 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Liability of senior managers

Additional fine of 600 EUR on the responsible person.

Published

15 Apr 2026

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Between 2016 and 2021, the transmission system operator did not adequately monitor, maintain and repair the civil structures of the 132 kV Harker substation near Carlisle – a hub for electricity exchange between Scotland and England – and thereby also delayed grid connections. NGET accepted the breaches and paid 20 million GBP into the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Area of law

Other

Legal basis

Electricity Act 1989, s. 9(2); Standard Licence Condition B7 (Transmission Licence)

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Original amount 20,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Mar 2026.

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The energy services company published incorrect results for the 2022 and 2023 financial years and for the first half of 2024; accounting judgements were influenced by the desire to maintain previously reported figures, and systems and controls were inadequate. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed a fine of 12,993,700 GBP (18,562,500 GBP without the 30 % discount).

Authority / court

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Area of law

Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations

Legal basis

Listing Rule 1.3.3R; Listing Principle 1

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

10,000 or more

Mitigating circumstances

30 % discount for early settlement and acceptance of the findings

Published

4 Mar 2026

Original amount 12,993,700 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Mar 2026.

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Between October 2018 and August 2019, untreated sewage entered a brook in Pools Brook Country Park on three occasions – due to a burst rising main, a blockage caused by wet wipes and a failing pipe coupling; during the first incident, fish died in the park lake. Yorkshire Water had already pleaded guilty in January 2024 and had not attended any of the interviews; the court imposed a fine of 733,333 GBP plus costs.

Authority / court

Derby Crown Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Regulations 12(1)(b) und 38(1)(a) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Repeat case

yes

Published

23 Feb 2026

Original amount 733,333 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Feb 2026.

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In a tender for industrial photovoltaic installations that was to be financed from EU Structural Funds, three bidders coordinated their bids so that a pre-selected bidder would win; the contracting entity BarCom acted as facilitator. The Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, PMÚ SR) imposed a total of 1,098,200 EUR and three-year procurement bans on all four; the EU funding was refused because of the indications of competition infringements, and the collusion was proven by e-mails secured during the inspection.

Authority / court

Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (PMÚ SR)

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

Slowakisches Wettbewerbsschutzgesetz (Submissionsabsprache)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

intentional

Published

11 Feb 2026

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A filling station operator (medium-sized company, name not published) did not send the originals of eight sheets from the statutory complaints book to the authority on time. The Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (Portuguese Energy Services Regulatory Authority, ERSE) imposed 16,000 EUR for eight negligent administrative offences; the Competition, Regulation and Supervision Court upheld the fine in full on 14 July 2026.

Authority / court

Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Decreto-Lei n.º 156/2005 (Livro de Reclamações); Regime Jurídico das Contraordenações Económicas, Art. 18, 19

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

50 to 249

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

No previous record, no economic advantage

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An employee of the customer service provider was serving two customers in chat at the same time and assigned one customer's e-mail address to the other; as a result, the complainant received the name, debts and billing data of a stranger. The Spanish data protection authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, AEPD) saw the cause in the process design, which allowed parallel chats, and imposed 500,000 EUR for lack of data protection by design; the request for reconsideration was rejected.

Authority / court

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)

Area of law

Data protection · Data processors

Legal basis

Art. 25 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

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In the reopened proceedings, the Javna agencija Republike Slovenije za varstvo konkurence (Slovenian Competition Protection Agency, AVK) found that the companies had shared the market for take-back schemes for packaging waste and agreed to stop providing their services to a competitor (now Interzero). The authority ordered immediate termination; the decision is not final, and an earlier decision from 2019 in the same matter is partly final.

Authority / court

Javna agencija Republike Slovenije za varstvo konkurence (AVK)

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

Art. 6 ZPOmK-1, Art. 101 AEUV (3062-5/2017)

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

16 Apr 2026

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Between 2016 and 2023, the shareholders of the Corsican fuel storage company DPLC made the use of the depots conditional on a shareholding by means of a contractual clause; non-shareholders had to buy their fuel from their competitors, which could push up pump prices in Corsica (decision 25-D-07). Fines: TotalEnergies Marketing France 115.82 million EUR, Rubis 64.67 million EUR, EG Retail 7 million EUR.

Authority / court

Autorité de la concurrence

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

Art. L.420-1 Code de commerce, Art. 101 AEUV

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

17 Nov 2025

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In 2024, Emsi acquired control of four filling stations in Kaunas, Vilnius and Maišiagala through leases (via an affiliated company) and purchases without obtaining the required clearances, ignoring previous notices from the Konkurencijos taryba (Lithuanian Competition Council). For two concentrations, fines of 545,160 EUR and 477,010 EUR were imposed, a total of 1,022,170 EUR, together with an obligation to remedy the situation within three months. Source: archived copy of the press release.

Authority / court

Konkurencijos taryba (Litauischer Wettbewerbsrat)

Area of law

Competition law · Merger control

Legal basis

Konkurencijos įstatymas (Anmelde- und Genehmigungspflicht für Zusammenschlüsse)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

6 Nov 2025

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In an action brought by Greenpeace France, Les Amis de la Terre and Notre Affaire à Tous, the Paris Judicial Court (Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, 34th chamber) found that TotalEnergies had advertised on totalenergies.fr with the goal of ‘carbon neutrality by 2050’ and its role as a player in the energy transition without disclosing that oil and gas production continues to be expanded – a misleading commercial practice. The court ordered the communication to cease, damages to be paid to the associations and the operative part of the judgment to be published on the website (RG 22/02955); claims relating to gas and agrofuels were dismissed.

Authority / court

Tribunal judiciaire de Paris (34. Kammer)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Misleading environmental and sustainability claims

Legal basis

Art. L121-1 ff. Code de la consommation (Umsetzung der Richtlinie 2005/29/EG)

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

23 Oct 2025

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The district heating company stored the passwords of almost 16,000 users of its customer portal ‘Moj račun’ in readable form and, when ‘forgot password’ was used, sent the old password by e-mail. The Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka (Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency, AZOP) imposed 320,000 EUR for lack of security measures and insufficient cooperation, as the company neither provided evidence of remediation nor disclosed all information (date = publication).

Authority / court

Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka (AZOP)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Art. 31, Art. 32 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

22 Jul 2025

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From January 2022, by internal instruction, the municipal water utility reserved to itself the installation of additional water meters (for example for garden water), thereby excluding other providers; customers also had to pay for sewerage they did not use. The Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council) found an abuse of a dominant position, imposed 78,055.79 EUR and ordered remedies.

Authority / court

Konkurences padome (Lettischer Wettbewerbsrat)

Area of law

Competition law · Abuse of market power

Legal basis

Art. 13 Konkurences likums

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

9 Jul 2025

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In 2019–2022, the waste management company charged the towns of Martin and Vrútky significantly higher prices for landfilling residual waste than other municipalities without objective justification, although they had no alternative. The Council of the Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, PMÚ SR) upheld the fine of 180,200 EUR; the decision became final on 3 July 2025.

Authority / court

Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (PMÚ SR)

Area of law

Competition law · Abuse of market power

Legal basis

Slowakisches Wettbewerbsschutzgesetz (Missbrauch einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

9 Jul 2025

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In a ‘code of ethics’, the industry association obliged its members not to poach each other’s employees. In its first decision on labour market cartels, the Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, PMÚ SR) imposed a symbolic fine of 10,000 EUR (first instance) as a warning to business.

Authority / court

Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (PMÚ SR)

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

Slowakisches Wettbewerbsschutzgesetz (Beschluss einer Unternehmensvereinigung)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

2 Jul 2025

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In 2022/23, the gas distribution network operator failed to meet the licence requirement in its southern England network to attend 97% of reported gas escapes within one or two hours respectively. Following self-reporting, it acknowledged the breach and paid 5.8 million GBP into the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Fund; the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) pointed to the significant risk to the public.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Area of law

Other

Legal basis

Gas Transporter Licence, Standard Special Condition D10 2(h)

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Self-reporting before the formal data submission; targets met for two years since.

Original amount 5,800,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 May 2025.

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In 2022/23, the gas distribution network operator failed to meet the licence requirement in its North London and North West networks to attend 97% of reported gas escapes within one or two hours respectively. Following self-reporting, it acknowledged the breach and paid 1.5 million GBP into the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Fund; the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) pointed to the significant risk to the public.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Area of law

Other

Legal basis

Gas Transporter Licence, Standard Special Condition D10 2(h)

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Self-reporting before the formal data submission; targets met for two years since.

Original amount 1,500,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 May 2025.

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In 2022/23, the gas distribution network operator failed to meet the licence requirement in its Scottish network to attend 97% of reported gas escapes within one or two hours respectively. Following self-reporting, it acknowledged the breach and paid 700,000 GBP into the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Fund; the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) pointed to the significant risk to the public.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Area of law

Other

Legal basis

Gas Transporter Licence, Standard Special Condition D10 2(h)

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Self-reporting before the formal data submission; targets met for two years since.

Original amount 700,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 May 2025.

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The Úrad na ochranu oznamovateľov (Slovak Whistleblower Protection Office) initially imposed 10,000 EUR because the water utility’s policy named an e-mail address that had been deactivated since October 2022 as a reporting channel available around the clock and because employees were not informed comprehensibly about external reporting channels. On appeal, the head of the authority dropped the e-mail allegation for procedural reasons, set aside the part concerning the failure to acknowledge a report and set the fine at 2,000 EUR solely for the missing information on reporting channels to the competent authorities (September 2023 to September 2024).

Authority / court

Úrad na ochranu oznamovateľov (Slowakei)

Area of law

Whistleblower protection · Missing or inadequate reporting channel

Legal basis

§ 10 Abs. 5, § 19 Abs. 3 Gesetz Nr. 54/2019 über den Schutz von Hinweisgebern

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

reduced

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

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A customer denied having registered in the EAC Mobile App and having changed his billing address there; the supplier could not prove that the mobile number used for identification originated from the customer himself. The Επίτροπος Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Commissioner for Personal Data Protection) found breaches of accountability and data security, issued a reprimand and ordered the delivery address to be clarified with the customer in writing.

Authority / court

Επίτροπος Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Commissioner for Personal Data Protection)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Art. 24, Art. 32 DSGVO

Action

Reprimand or warning

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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Between 2009 and 2011, more than 4 million EUR and more than 600,000 USD were paid to a senior employee of the Angolan state oil distributor in order to promote ship chartering and bunkering business of the Trafigura group. The court convicted the then parent company for lacking rules on the supervision of intermediaries, imposing a fine of 3 million CHF and a compensatory claim (Ersatzforderung) of 145,634,268 USD (amount converted at the ECB rate of 31 January 2025: 148,933,982 USD in total); three individuals received prison sentences. It was the first judgment of the Federal Criminal Court on corporate criminal liability for foreign bribery; it is not final.

Authority / court

Bundesstrafgericht (Strafkammer); Anklage durch die Bundesanwaltschaft

Area of law

Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials

Legal basis

Art. 102 StGB i. V. m. Art. 322septies StGB (Bestechung fremder Amtsträger); SK.2023.49

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

10,000 or more

Culpability

intentional

Liability of senior managers

A former senior manager of the group received a prison sentence of 32 months (12 of them unsuspended), the intermediary 24 months suspended, and the Angolan public official 36 months (names anonymised).

Published

31 Jan 2025

Original amount 148,933,982 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 31 Jan 2025.

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The U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) added the manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and solar modules from Jiangsu Province to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List because it sources material from Xinjiang. The company's goods are therefore presumed to have been produced with forced labour on import into the US unless the importer rebuts this.

Authority / court

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)

Area of law

Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour

Legal basis

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Section 2(d)(2)(B)(v)

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

15 Jan 2025

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During the HSR waiting period for the 1.4 billion USD acquisition of EP Energy, XCL and Verdun already took control of day-to-day operations: they halted drilling projects, managed customer contracts in Utah and coordinated prices in Texas (94 days). In a settlement filed by the DOJ on behalf of the FTC, the companies agreed to a civil penalty of 5.6 million USD – the highest ever for gun-jumping in the US; court approval under the Tunney Act was still pending at the time of publication.

Authority / court

Federal Trade Commission (Klage durch das U.S. Department of Justice)

Area of law

Competition law · Merger control

Legal basis

Hart-Scott-Rodino Act

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

7 Jan 2025

Original amount 5,600,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 Jan 2025.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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While copper conductors were being installed on a de-energised 44 kV line, a piece of conductor touched the uncovered 4.8 kV line running below it; a worker was seriously injured. The network operator had not complied with the safety rules for work near energised equipment. Fines of CA$250,000 (company, 19 November 2024) and CA$12,000 (supervisor, 13 August 2024).

Authority / court

Provincial Offences Court Goderich (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Sections 181, 183 O. Reg. 213/91 (Construction Projects) i. V. m. s. 132 Electrical Utility Safety Rules; ss. 27(1)(a), 25(1)(c) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Guilty pleas.

Liability of senior managers

Supervising manager personally fined CA$12,000.

Published

15 Jan 2025

Original amount 262,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Nov 2024.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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In 17 municipalities and towns with organised waste collection (16 price lists), the waste management company charged 8.33 to 20 EUR net per occasion for manually fetching containers over distances of 10 to 30 metres. The Konkurentsiamet (Estonian Competition Authority) considered this an abuse of a dominant position through excessively high prices and ordered the prices to be reduced to cost plus a reasonable profit by 31 October 2024.

Authority / court

Konkurentsiamet (Estnische Wettbewerbsbehörde)

Area of law

Competition law · Abuse of market power

Legal basis

§ 16 Nr. 1, § 61¹ KonkS; § 28 Abs. 1 KorS

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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The trading company sold physical gasoline below the bids in order to depress the benchmark price and thereby benefit its short positions in EBOB-related futures. Under the settlement, it is paying a civil penalty of 48 million USD.

Authority / court

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Area of law

Capital markets and financial supervision · Market abuse and insider dealing

Legal basis

Commodity Exchange Act und CFTC-Regulations (versuchte Marktmanipulation)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Original amount 48,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Aug 2024.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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Telesales agents of the energy supplier did not identify themselves as HEM, presented the calls as "price protection" or a contract review and put the people they called under pressure; the customers ended up in expensive fixed-price contracts with high cancellation fees. The ACM imposed a fine of 1.1 million EUR.

Authority / court

Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing

Legal basis

Niederländisches Verbraucherrecht: Verbot irreführender und aggressiver Geschäftspraktiken

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

3 Apr 2024

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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The Geneva-based commodities trading house failed to take all reasonable organisational precautions to prevent foreign public officials from being bribed on its behalf in connection with the Ecuadorian oil industry from 2013 to 2017. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (BA) – in coordination with US authorities – ordered Gunvor to pay around 86.7 million CHF, of which 4.3 million CHF is a fine.

Authority / court

Bundesanwaltschaft (BA)

Area of law

Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials

Legal basis

Art. 102 StGB (Unternehmensverantwortlichkeit) i. V. m. Bestechung fremder Amtsträger

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

intentional

Published

1 Mar 2024

Original amount 86,700,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Mar 2024.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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Unauthorised intermediaries exploited security gaps in Enel's customer and activation systems for illegal telemarketing; over several years, at least 9,300 contracts were activated, 978 of which were purchased from companies outside the sales network. The Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) imposed 79,107,101 EUR; the Rome court (Tribunale di Roma) upheld the decision on 18 September 2025, and an appeal is pending.

Authority / court

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

DSGVO; Codice privacy (Telemarketing)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

29 Feb 2024

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