Who was sanctioned, and for what?

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

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

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). According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2026, the company had around 3,109 employees.

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

Employees

1,000 to 9,999

Repeat case

yes

Published

22 Sep 2026

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

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

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

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

On 17 September 2026 the Shatin Magistrates' Courts (a Hong Kong magistrates' court), on prosecutions brought by the Labour Department (Hong Kong's labour authority), fined four companies for breaches of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations, the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Electricity) Regulations and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations (Hong Kong workplace safety rules). The case concerned a fatal accident on 10 September 2023 at Hong Kong Science Park, in which a worker received an electric shock while carrying out electrical work. China Power International Development Limited and Towngas - China Power (HK) Integrated Energy Company Limited pay 908,000 HKD each, A. Kourage Limited 904,250 HKD and Skynet Engineering Company Limited 417,000 HKD, 3,137,250 HKD in total.

Authority / court

Shatin Magistrates' Courts, Hongkong (Anklage: Labour Department)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations; Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Electricity) Regulations; Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

17 Sep 2026

Original amount 3,137,250 HKD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Sep 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Because revenue had been overstated at the company and its consolidated subsidiary or subsidiaries, the quarterly report for the third quarter of 2023 (filed on 10 November 2023) showed a consolidated loss of 1,382,861 thousand JPY instead of 1,662,516 thousand JPY; the registration statement for a share issue relied on this report, and on 26 February 2024 3,784,200 shares were issued for 3,999,899,400 JPY. After the company admitted the facts and the amount, an administrative monetary penalty (kachōkin) of 91,495,000 JPY was imposed: 1,500,000 JPY for the quarterly report and 89,995,000 JPY for the registration statement.

Authority / court

Financial Services Agency (FSA, 金融庁) auf Empfehlung der Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC, 証券取引等監視委員会)

Area of law

Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations

Legal basis

Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA, 金融商品取引法) Art. 172-4 Abs. 2 a. F., Art. 172-2 Abs. 1 Nr. 1, Art. 185-7 Abs. 1 und 14

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Both partial amounts were halved because the company had filed a report for a reduction before the inspection began (Art. 185-7(14) FIEA).

Published

17 Sep 2026

Original amount 91,495,000 JPY, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Sep 2026.

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2026, the company had around 6,678 full-time equivalent employees.

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

Employees

1,000 to 9,999

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.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

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

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

In a settlement procedure the energy regulator ordered electricity and gas supplier Enforcesco to pay 107,920 EUR in total: 90,000 EUR (halved from 180,000 EUR) under the energy-sector sanctions regime and 17,920 EUR in voluntarily paid fines for economic administrative offences. The breaches included taking over 6,853 customers without explicit consent, failing to hold the required natural gas security reserves from January 2023 to February 2025, incorrect invoices, an unlawful disconnection and a call-centre answer rate of only 57.8% in 2023.

Authority / court

Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Lei n.º 9/2013 (RSSE), Art. 28 und 29, i. V. m. RRC 2020 und geltendem RRC, RQS, Diretivas ERSE n.º 1/2018 und 22/2022, Portaria n.º 59/2022; RJCE

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Full admission, cooperation, remedying of all breaches, the company's financial situation and compensation of three customers (150 EUR in total) were taken into account in the settlement procedure.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Canterbury Crown Court fined Southern Water £7,127,083 for 13 breaches of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016, plus £149,000 in prosecution costs and a £181 victim surcharge. Between 2019 and 2021, failed pumps and poorly maintained equipment at the Margate and Broadstairs pumping stations led to several discharges of untreated sewage into the sea, some of which were reported only the next day or weeks later; beaches had to be closed. The company also admitted 35 further unlawful discharges from the same period.

Authority / court

Canterbury Crown Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Reg. 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

17 Jul 2026

Original amount 7,127,083 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jul 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The company paid HMRC a compound settlement of £569,157.07 for alleged breaches of the Russia sanctions. According to HMRC, while withdrawing from Russia in 2022/2023 it allegedly made sanctioned industrial goods available on two occasions to a person connected with Russia or for use in Russia, and provided related technical assistance. According to HMRC, this is the first time it has publicly named the company behind such a settlement.

Authority / court

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

Area of law

Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes

Legal basis

Reg. 46Y(2)(c) und Reg. 46Z(1)(b) Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Voluntary disclosure and full cooperation with HMRC.

Published

29 Jun 2026

Original amount 569,157.07 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 29 Jun 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

Esso was fined £1m and ordered to pay £12,277 in costs. On 8 November 2022, a corroded steel tower at the Fawley refinery partially collapsed, damaged pipework and released around 2,400 kg of liquefied petroleum gas over 33 hours; workers were exposed to the risk of falling debris and potential burns. According to the Health and Safety Executive's investigation, the corrosion had been known since 2010 without appropriate action being taken.

Authority / court

Southampton Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Section 3(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Guilty plea; no injuries.

Published

15 Jun 2026

Original amount 1,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Jun 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

Ofgem found that OVO Energy did not adequately monitor prepayment customers in vulnerable situations, did not properly support customers who self-disconnected and did not maintain the Priority Services Register properly; some internal training materials were unclear and contradictory. By way of alternative action, OVO is paying GBP 7m into the voluntary redress fund and providing GBP 3.4m in credit and debt relief to its most vulnerable customers; under a separate compliance engagement it is also paying GBP 1.1m to customers in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Standard Licence Conditions 26.1, 26.4, 26.5(d)(f), 27A.1, 28.1A/28.1B, 28.2 und 28.4 der Gas- und Stromversorgungslizenzen

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Remedial action during the investigation, including welfare visits to customers who had been disconnected for more than 72 hours.

Published

3 Jun 2026

Original amount 10,400,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Jun 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

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.

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

The CADE Tribunal convicted three petrol station companies because in 2017 they had divided the lots of municipal fuel tenders in Coronel Vivida (Paraná) among themselves in advance and had also coordinated retail pump prices. The fines on the companies initially totalled 43,953,905.42 BRL (Comércio de Combustíveis Stang 25,801,726.15; a further petrol station company 9,406,784.68; Pato Comércio de Combustíveis 8,745,394.59 BRL). On motions for clarification (embargos) the Tribunal reduced, on 1 July 2026, the fines on Stang to 4,615,849.76 BRL and on Pato to 1,090,682.28 BRL owing to a subsequently arising fact relevant to the calculation, leaving 15,113,316.72 BRL. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.

Authority / court

Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), Tribunal Administrativo

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

Lei nº 12.529/2011; Art. 38 VI (Handelsverbot für natürliche Personen)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

reduced

Sector

Energy and utilities

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not set out here.

Published

13 May 2026

Original amount 15,113,316.72 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

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.

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

In two incidents in July and August 2022 around 423,000 litres of untreated sewage escaped in Carramar because plant had not been properly maintained, affecting a residential property, a sports field, bushland and Prospect Creek. After a guilty plea, the Land and Environment Court convicted Sydney Water and imposed AUD 225,000 for breaching its environment protection licence and AUD 15,000 for failing without lawful excuse to provide CCTV footage requested by the EPA.

Authority / court

NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA NSW) / Land and Environment Court of NSW

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Bedingungen der Environment Protection Licence; Pflicht zur Vorlage von Informationen und Unterlagen gegenüber der EPA NSW

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

25% discount for an early guilty plea.

Published

7 May 2026

Original amount 240,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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.

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

Measures against individuals are not reported here.

Published

15 Apr 2026

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

The ICO fined Energy Prices Direct Limited, an energy switching broker, £160,000. The ICO found that the company had obtained contact details from public sources and list providers and did not screen them against the TPS/CTPS registers before making marketing calls. The legal basis is regulations 21 and 24 of PECR. Under the notice, timely payment reduces the amount by 20% to £128,000.

Authority / court

Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

Regulations 21 und 24 PECR; section 55A DPA 1998

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Original amount 160,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Mar 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

Following a cyber attack in spring 2025 in which data of about 375,000 current and 540,000 former customers was exfiltrated, including bank account, driver's licence and social insurance numbers, Nova Scotia Power signed a compliance letter to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The company commits to delete customers' social insurance numbers and, by 31 October 2026, to submit an independent security assessment – including employee training and notification processes – and to report on implementing its recommendations; only then will the investigation be discontinued. According to the letter, the starting point was an employee clicking a link in a pop-up on a compromised website, which installed malware.

Authority / court

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA); Einstellung nach Paragraph 12.2(1)(c) bei Erfüllung der Zusagen

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

25 Mar 2026

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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.

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

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.

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

The Kartellgericht (Cartel Court) fined Killer GmbH & Co KG and Killer GmbH allegedly 278,000 EUR for taking part in the nationwide waste management cartel from July 2002 to March 2021, mainly in Lower and Upper Austria and occasionally in Tyrol. The participants fixed prices, shared territories and customers and exchanged competitively sensitive information, including in tenders for waste collection. The fine was reduced because of leniency status and the consensual termination of the proceedings.

Authority / court

Oberlandesgericht Wien als Kartellgericht (Antrag der Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde)

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

§ 1 Abs. 1 KartG und Art. 101 Abs. 1 AEUV; § 29 Abs. 1 Z 1 lit. a und d KartG

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Repeat case

no

Mitigating circumstances

Reduction for cooperation under the leniency programme and the consensual termination of the proceedings.

Published

15 Sep 2026

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2026, the company had around 4,481 employees.

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

Employees

1,000 to 9,999

Culpability

negligent

Repeat case

yes

Published

23 Feb 2026

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

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

Clarence Colliery Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Centennial Coal Company, was sentenced by the Land and Environment Court of NSW after pleading guilty to five offences under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, after untreated mine water with elevated nickel and zinc levels from the coal mine near Lithgow entered the Wollangambe River in December 2023 and April 2024. The offences comprised two water pollution offences, a licence breach, non-compliance with a prevention notice and a pollution incident response plan that had not been tested for 269 days. The court imposed fines totalling 543,500 AUD and ordered 86,500 AUD for rehabilitation of Long Swamp; in addition, the EPA's legal and investigation costs of 170,000 AUD and 15,548 AUD are payable.

Authority / court

NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA NSW)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW) s 120(1) (zwei Fälle), s 64(1), s 97(1), s 153E; Zahlungsanordnung nach s 250(1)(e)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Repeat case

yes

Mitigating circumstances

Early guilty pleas (25% discount).

Published

23 Feb 2026

Original amount 543,500 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Feb 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The Environment Agency accepted an enforcement undertaking from Severn Trent Water under which the company pays £1,500,000 to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, covers the agency's costs and commits to remedial action. It concerns two unauthorised sewage discharges from the Blackminster treatment works near Evesham into Broadway Brook on 12 June and 20 August 2022 and a breach of permit conditions.

Authority / court

Environment Agency

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Reg. 38(1) und 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010/2016

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Original amount 1,500,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Feb 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC, Spanish competition and markets authority) imposed a fine of 20,500,000 EUR on Repsol group companies, for which Repsol S.A. and Repsol Customer Centric are also jointly and severally liable as parent companies: between April and December 2022 Repsol used its dominant position in the wholesale supply of motor fuels to service stations to squeeze the diesel margins of independent stations by raising wholesale prices while granting additional discounts to professional drivers at its own stations. In addition, three companies are barred for six months from public tenders for the supply of diesel fuel.

Authority / court

Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)

Area of law

Competition law · Abuse of market power

Legal basis

Art. 2 und Art. 62.4.b) Ley 15/2007 de Defensa de la Competencia; Art. 102 AEUV; Vergabeverbot nach Art. 71.1.b) Ley 9/2017 de Contratos del Sector Público

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

3 Feb 2026

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The energy regulator punished 13 offences by EDP Comercial with a combined fine of 260,000 EUR, halved to 130,000 EUR in the settlement procedure. The offences included supplier switches without explicit consent or without checking entitlement, unlawful disconnections and capacity reductions, missed call-centre response targets in 2023 and 2024, an absolutely prohibited standard contract clause and a marketing message that did not disclose its commercial purpose.

Authority / court

Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Lei n.º 9/2013 (RSSE) i. V. m. RRC 2021/2023, RQS 2023 und Diretiva ERSE n.º 22/2022; Art. 18 Decreto-Lei n.º 446/85; Art. 9 Decreto-Lei n.º 57/2008 i. V. m. RJCE

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Partial admission, cooperation, evidence of remediation, the company's financial situation and compensation of six customers (50 EUR each) were taken into account in the settlement procedure.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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

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

Following numerous complaints about marketing calls for Heron, the Archi Prostasias Dedomenon (Hellenic Data Protection Authority) found in Decision 43/2025 shortcomings in the controls over the call centres engaged and in security measures, with the result that subscribers on the opt-out register under Art. 11 of Law 3471/2006 were also called; in addition, some data had been collected unlawfully. It imposed a total of EUR 165,000: EUR 115,000 on Heron (Art. 32 GDPR) together with a warning and an order to introduce, within six months, an audit procedure for call-centre partners with checks at least once a year, EUR 35,000 on ICOMM (5,000 Art. 32, 10,000 Art. 29, 20,000 Art. 5(1)(a) GDPR) with an erasure order, and EUR 15,000 on a further call centre (Art. 32 GDPR).

Authority / court

Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Hellenic Data Protection Authority)

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, Art. 29, Art. 32, Art. 58 Abs. 2 lit. d, f und i DSGVO; Art. 11 ν. 3471/2006; Art. 21 ν. 2472/1997 i. V. m. Art. 84 ν. 4624/2019

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The Environment Agency accepted an enforcement undertaking from Perenco UK: the company pays £401,447 to five local organisations (£60,000, £30,000, £200,547, £10,000 and £100,900), covers the agency's costs and commits to remedial measures. The underlying offence was a breach of a permit condition: an inadequately maintained oil pipe at the Wytch Farm site had corroded, and on 23 March 2023 crude oil or reservoir fluid escaped into Ower Bay in Poole Harbour. According to the agency, the overall package amounts to around £6.1m, including response and clean-up costs and £620,000 paid to affected parties.

Authority / court

Environment Agency

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Reg. 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010/2016; Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Substantial costs already incurred for response and clean-up, and measures taken to prevent a recurrence (the agency's reasons for accepting the offer).

Published

13 Mar 2026

Original amount 401,447 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Dec 2025.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) fined an energy company 210,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising. Callers often posed as the consumer's energy supplier, and in many cases contracts were foisted on the people called; the company has appealed.

Authority / court

Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Energy and utilities

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) imposed fines totalling 100,500 EUR on a solar photovoltaic company: 66,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising and 34,500 EUR for withholding caller numbers on sales calls. Callers concealed who the calls were really for and in some cases falsely presented sales calls as mere advisory calls.

Authority / court

Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern; Verbot der Rufnummernunterdrückung bei Werbeanrufen

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

16 Apr 2026

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

Shell UK pleaded guilty to two charges under the offshore fire and explosion regulations (PFEER 1995) and was fined £560,000. On 19 May 2017, around 200 kg of gas and 1,550 kg of crude oil escaped into a concrete leg of the Brent Charlie platform from corroded pipework that had originally been installed only temporarily; the ventilation systems had also been inadequately maintained. More than 170 people on board were exposed to a potential fire and explosion risk.

Authority / court

Aberdeen Sheriff Court (Ermittlung: Health and Safety Executive)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 (PFEER), zwei Anklagepunkte

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Guilty plea; the court set the fine after taking mitigating factors into account.

Published

28 Nov 2025

Original amount 560,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Nov 2025.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Applying Section 32f(2) of the German Competition Act (GWB) for the first time, the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) required Rethmann SE & Co. KG and its affiliated companies (the Rethmann Group, which includes Remondis) to notify for three years before completion even mergers below the general turnover thresholds, where the target generates more than 1 million EUR in domestic turnover and at least 100,000 EUR in the collection of non-hazardous municipal waste or the processing of hollow glass. The decision builds on the findings of the sector inquiry into municipal waste completed at the end of 2023; it was not yet final when announced.

Authority / court

Bundeskartellamt

Area of law

Competition law · Merger control

Legal basis

§ 32f Abs. 2 GWB (Az. B5-31/24)

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

24 Nov 2025

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) imposed fines totalling 130,000 EUR on an energy company for its sales calls: 105,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising to consumers and 25,000 EUR for withholding caller numbers on sales calls. Callers frequently concealed their identity, so that people called were often signed up to contracts they had not wanted; the company has appealed.

Authority / court

Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern; Verbot der Rufnummernunterdrückung bei Werbeanrufen

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Energy and utilities

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

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

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

According to the AGCM, Eni, Kuwait Petroleum Italia (Q8), Italiana Petroli (IP), Esso Italiana, Tamoil Italia and Saras raised the price component for blending biofuels (the "componente bio") simultaneously and in a coordinated manner from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2023; price information in the trade publication Staffetta Quotidiana, among other things, served to stabilise the arrangement. The fines total 936,659,087 EUR: Eni 336,214,660, Kuwait Petroleum Italia 172,592,363, Italiana Petroli 163,669,804, Esso Italiana 129,363,561, Tamoil Italia 91,029,755 and Saras 43,788,944 EUR. Eni's basic amount was increased by 10–15% for its leading role in initiating and monitoring the coordination.

Authority / court

Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

Art. 101 AEUV; Art. 15 Legge n. 287/1990

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Saras received a reduction of 5–10% because it submitted its antitrust compliance programme in January 2024, which the AGCM regarded as in good time; the AGCM could no longer take into account the programmes that Eni and IP only submitted in June 2025.

Published

26 Sep 2025

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTE) again entered Centroálcool S/A (em recuperação judicial) on 6 April 2026 in the register of employers that have kept workers in conditions akin to slavery (the ‘Lista Suja’). The entry is based on a labour inspection in 2025 involving 58 affected workers and the administrative finding of 8 September 2025. The company is already on the list with two entries from a 2023 inspection in Inhumas (GO) (53 and 5 workers, finding of 28 February 2024).

Authority / court

Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego (MTE), Inspeção do Trabalho

Area of law

Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour

Legal basis

Portaria Interministerial MTE/MDHC/MIR nº 18/2024, Art. 2

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Repeat case

yes

Published

6 Apr 2026

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Despite price guarantees it had given, an electricity and gas supplier tried at the end of July 2022 to impose unilateral price increases from 1 September 2022, often raising the unit price by several hundred per cent. The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) found that it had breached the information and transparency duties of Section 41(5) of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG), that the increases were therefore invalid and that from March 2023 it had nonetheless billed customers who had objected at the higher prices; it ordered all adjustments to be withdrawn and reversed within six months and threatened a penalty payment of 100,000 EUR. The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf) upheld the decision on 13 August 2026 (not final).

Authority / court

Bundesnetzagentur (Bescheid bestätigt durch OLG Düsseldorf, 5. Kartellsenat, Beschluss vom 13.08.2026)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

§ 41 Abs. 5 Satz 1 und 3 EnWG; § 40 Abs. 2 Satz 1 Nr. 3 Alt. 2 EnWG; OLG-Az. VI-5 Kart 2/26 [V]

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

14 Aug 2026

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

In 2020 the ASX-listed coal mining company used two ASX announcements and an open letter to shareholders to present as false the allegations of a former senior employee about coal quality certificates amended without proper justification, although an independent investigation at least partly supported them. On the basis of an admission and a jointly proposed penalty, the Court found a contravention of the prohibition on victimising whistleblowers and allegedly imposed AUD 7.5 million (payable in two instalments); TerraCom also pays AUD 1 million of ASIC’s costs. It is ASIC’s first enforcement outcome for breaches of the whistleblower protection provisions.

Authority / court

Federal Court of Australia (auf Antrag der Australian Securities and Investments Commission, ASIC)

Area of law

Whistleblower protection · Retaliation against whistleblowers

Legal basis

s 1317AC(1) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); Strafe nach s 1317G

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

intentional

Repeat case

no

Mitigating circumstances

Admission of the contravention and jointly proposed penalty following mediation; revised whistleblower policy and training for senior leaders and the board in May 2025; no previous court findings of a similar kind.

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not set out here.

Published

27 Aug 2025

Original amount 7,500,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Aug 2025.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The energy regulator imposed a combined fine of 400,000 EUR on electricity and gas supplier Petrogal, halved to 200,000 EUR in the settlement procedure. The trigger was an incident in 2023 in which an external service provider deleted all customer call recordings older than 30 days; further breaches were unpaid compensation, incorrect invoice data, deficient customer information, late replies to telephone enquiries and complaint-book entries that were not forwarded.

Authority / court

Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Lei n.º 9/2013 (RSSE) i. V. m. RRC 2020, RRC 2023, RQS 2021/2023 und Diretiva ERSE n.º 1/2018; Decreto-Lei n.º 134/2009; Decreto-Lei n.º 156/2005

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Cooperation, remedying of the breaches, compensation of the customer and the company's financial situation were taken into account in the settlement procedure.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Samkeppniseftirlitið (Icelandic Competition Authority) found that the dominant electricity producer Landsvirkjun, from 2017 to 2021, in many cases bid lower in the tenders of grid operator Landsnet for transmission losses than the price at which it sold wholesale electricity to competitors, so that they could only keep up at a loss (margin squeeze). The authority classified this as an intentional abuse of a dominant position and imposed a fine of 1,400,000,000 ISK; aggravating factors were the long duration and the fact that the conduct increased after Landsvirkjun knew of the investigation.

Authority / court

Samkeppniseftirlitið

Area of law

Competition law · Abuse of market power

Legal basis

Art. 11 Samkeppnislög Nr. 44/2005 (isländisches Wettbewerbsgesetz) und Art. 54 EWR-Abkommen; Geldbuße nach Art. 37 Samkeppnislög

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

intentional

Published

18 Aug 2025

Original amount 1,400,000,000 ISK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Aug 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

After an inlet valve failed at Ingbirchworth water treatment works, around one million litres of chlorinated water a day flowed via the emergency overflow into Ingbirchworth Dike from November 2017; more than 430 dead fish were found on a single day. The capacity alarm was set above the overflow level; fine of 865,000 GBP plus 34,979.79 GBP in costs. According to its annual accounts (to March 2026), the utility employed an average of 4,481 people.

Authority / court

Sheffield Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

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

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

1,000 to 9,999

Culpability

negligent

Repeat case

yes

Published

31 Jul 2025

Original amount 865,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Jul 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Havindustritilsynet (Havtil, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority) ordered Equinor to ensure and document that work in area L201 of the Hammerfest LNG plant is fully prudent before it resumes, including specialist analyses of exposure conditions at the work site. The order followed three incidents between June 2024 and June 2025 in the Snøhvit Future project in which workers developed symptoms – after the first, 17 people went to an emergency clinic; the authority considered Equinor's own criteria for resuming work to be insufficient.

Authority / court

Havindustritilsynet (Havtil)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

§ 69 i. V. m. § 10 rammeforskriften; §§ 11, 16 und 18 styringsforskriften

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

20 Jun 2025

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Ofgem found that the business electricity supplier lacked robust, documented processes – they relied on the knowledge of a single employee – and therefore collected direct debits from customers it was not, or no longer, supplying; 25 customers suffered a detriment of around GBP 175,000. Following a provisional order in May 2024, the authority confirmed a penalty of GBP 223,676, from which it deducted GBP 9,096 in goodwill payments already made, leaving GBP 214,580 to pay.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) für die Gas and Electricity Markets Authority

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Standard Licence Condition 4A.1 der Stromversorgungslizenz; section 27A Electricity Act 1989

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

Under 50

Mitigating circumstances

Remedial action after the provisional order; goodwill payments of GBP 9,096 already made were credited.

Published

19 Jun 2025

Original amount 214,580 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jun 2025.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

The backup pump at Fossbridge pumping station in York was out of action for five months, although the defect had repeatedly been noted during maintenance; as a result, sewage flowed into Foss Dyke in March 2018. For the discharge and the breach of the maintenance permit condition, the court imposed 350,000 GBP plus 14,028.65 GBP in costs. According to its annual accounts (to March 2026), the utility employed an average of 4,481 people (previous year 3,876).

Authority / court

York Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Regulation 12(1)(b), 38(1)(a) und 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

1,000 to 9,999

Published

30 May 2025

Original amount 350,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 May 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

Because another customer's switching request with an almost identical name was recorded in the complainant's customer account, gas and electricity contracts for a supply point unknown to her ran under her data, and a third party, as contract holder, gained access to that data. The AEPD imposed 130,000 EUR for breaching the accuracy principle (Art. 5(1)(d)) and 1,250,000 EUR for inadequate security measures (Art. 32), 1,380,000 EUR in total.

Authority / court

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. d, Art. 32 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Joint investigations with the Guardia di Finanza showed that a network of agencies called people on behalf of Acea Energia who had recently switched energy supplier, pretending there were non-existent technical problems with the switch, and used data lists that had been passed on without consent and without prior information. The Garante (Italian data protection authority) fined Acea Energia 3,000,000 EUR because its control over processors and the sales chain was inadequate; the company must inform the data subjects and review the agencies' contracts with sub-agents. In a separate decision, fines totalling 850,000 EUR were imposed on the agencies and companies involved.

Authority / court

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und f, 6, 7, 13, 24, 25, 28 und 32 DSGVO; Art. 130 Codice privacy (D.Lgs. 196/2003)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Once the investigation findings became known, Acea withdrew the mandate from the agency concerned and took measures to improve security; cooperation during the proceedings.

Published

7 May 2025

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Trafigura Beheer B.V. entered into a leniency agreement with the Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) and the Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU, Office of the Attorney General) in which it admitted paying undue advantages to public officials and using front persons to conceal its interests. It allegedly pays BRL 435,410,672.26: BRL 153,710,689.11 within ten days (the conversion of USD 26,829,346; under its agreement with the US Department of Justice on a fine of USD 80,488,040, this part of the US fine may be offset by the payment to the Brazilian authorities) and BRL 281,699,983.15 (the conversion of USD 49,169,165.53) as the remaining balance. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.

Authority / court

Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)

Area of law

Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials

Legal basis

Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 I und III, Art. 16; Lei nº 8.429/1992; Decreto nº 11.129/2022

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Coordination with the US proceedings so that part of the Brazilian payment can be credited against the US fine; obligation to improve the integrity programme under CGU monitoring for 36 months.

Original amount 435,410,672.26 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Mar 2025.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

A gas supplier had stopped supplying around 350,000 household customers without notice in December 2021 and terminated the contracts retroactively. When it sought to resume business in 2023, the Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) made this subject to conditions because of the management's continuing unreliability: only gradual customer growth until spring 2028, submission of audited annual accounts for 2023 to 2026 and notification of changes to procurement, tariffs and terms until the end of 2027, with penalty payments of up to 100,000 EUR for breaches. The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf) dismissed the appeal on 23 July 2026; a further appeal on points of law has been allowed.

Authority / court

Bundesnetzagentur (Bescheid bestätigt durch OLG Düsseldorf, 5. Kartellsenat, Beschluss vom 23.07.2026)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

EnWG – Teiluntersagung der Tätigkeit als Energielieferant wegen Unzuverlässigkeit der Geschäftsleitung (Auflagen mit Zwangsgeldandrohung); OLG-Az. VI-5 Kart 1/26 [V]

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Energy and utilities

Liability of senior managers

The decisive factor was the unreliability of management; according to the court's findings it showed no insight and settled customers' losses only inadequately.

Published

23 Jul 2026

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

The energy regulator punished 25 offences by Gold Energy with a combined fine of 180,000 EUR, halved to 90,000 EUR in the settlement procedure. They included 15 supplier switches without explicit consent, missing information on the social tariff in contracts, incomplete and miscalculated invoices, an unlawful disconnection, price increases without 30 days' notice and false information given to consumers as an unfair commercial practice.

Authority / court

Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Lei n.º 9/2013 (RSSE) i. V. m. RRC 2021/2023 und Portaria n.º 348/2017; Art. 7 und 8 Decreto-Lei n.º 57/2008 (unlautere Geschäftspraktiken) i. V. m. RJCE

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Admission, cooperation, evidence of remediation, customer compensation and the company's financial situation were taken into account in the settlement procedure.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Paprec Group undertook, in a CJIP (convention judiciaire d'intérêt public, French deferred prosecution agreement), to pay a public interest fine of 17,538,990 EUR, including 4,828,000 EUR already seized, and to implement a three-year compliance programme under the supervision of the Agence française anticorruption (French anti-corruption agency) (costs up to 1,000,000 EUR). The background is a judicial investigation including for bribery, favouritism in procurement, money laundering and unlawful agreements concerning contracts and concessions of French local authorities for waste treatment; validated on 11 February 2025.

Authority / court

Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris

Area of law

Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials

Legal basis

Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

11 Feb 2025

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Between 2009 and 2011, more than 4 million EUR and more than 600,000 USD were paid to an official in Angola 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). 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

Published

31 Jan 2025

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

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

Under a consent decree with the EPA, the US Department of Justice and the New Mexico Environment Department, HF Sinclair Navajo Refining will allegedly pay a total of 35,000,000 USD for its refinery in Artesia (New Mexico): a civil penalty of 33,916,450 USD for excess emissions of, among others, benzene, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide, and 1,083,550 USD for breaches of a 2002 settlement; the civil penalty is split between the federal government and New Mexico. In addition, measures estimated at USD 137m are required, including real-time air monitors at the fenceline and in the town with publicly available results, and a flare gas recovery system. The authority allegedly made the findings set out here; this account is not based on a final judgment. The decision is not final.

Authority / court

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) / U.S. Department of Justice mit New Mexico Environment Department (U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Clean Air Act (NESHAP für Erdölraffinerien und Benzolabfälle, NSPS, Title-V-Genehmigung); New Mexico Air Quality Control Act; Consent Decree von 2002

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Repeat case

yes

Published

17 Jan 2025

Original amount 35,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jan 2025.

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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

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

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

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, Region 10) imposed a civil penalty of 8,770 USD by consent agreement and final order on the City of Boardman (Oregon), whose drinking water system serves around 4,490 people. According to the EPA, the city had not prepared the risk and resilience assessment and emergency response plan required by the Safe Drinking Water Act on time and had not complied with a 2022 EPA order: at an inspection in April 2024 the assessment was an empty template, and the emergency response plan dated from 2005 and contained no cybersecurity section. The city admitted jurisdiction without admitting or denying the factual allegations and waived its right to appeal. The authority allegedly made the findings set out here; this account is not based on a final judgment.

Authority / court

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10

Area of law

Information security and cyber · Critical infrastructure

Legal basis

Safe Drinking Water Act Section 1433(a) und (b) (42 U.S.C. § 300i-2) sowie Section 1414(g)(3)(A); Strafe nach Section 1414(g)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. § 300g-3(g)(3)(B))

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Repeat case

yes

Published

7 Jan 2025

Original amount 8,770 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 Jan 2025.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Because of a blockage caused by unflushable items, a pumping station in Ormesby St Margaret discharged untreated sewage in 2018 into Spring Dyke, which flows into a drinking water supply and nature conservation area; thousands of fish died. The court found the company negligent and imposed 300,000 GBP plus 21,896.56 GBP in costs. According to its 2025 annual report, the utility employed an average of 5,874 full-time equivalents.

Authority / court

Basildon Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

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

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

1,000 to 9,999

Culpability

negligent

Repeat case

yes

Published

6 Dec 2024

Original amount 300,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Dec 2024.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

The Kartellgericht (Cartel Court) fined Saubermacher Dienstleistungs-Aktiengesellschaft, Trüger Recycling- und Transport-GesmbH and pink robin gmbh 7.085 million EUR for taking part in a nationwide cartel in waste collection (July 2002 to March 2021). The participants fixed prices, shared markets and exchanged information on public and private tenders; the three companies' periods of involvement differed in length. Starting from 15.58 million EUR, the Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde (BWB, Federal Competition Authority) granted a reduction for the consensual termination of the proceedings.

Authority / court

Oberlandesgericht Wien als Kartellgericht (Antrag der Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde)

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

§ 1 Abs. 1 KartG und Art. 101 Abs. 1 AEUV; § 29 Z 1 lit. a und d KartG

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Repeat case

no

Mitigating circumstances

Reduction for the consensual termination of the proceedings (starting amount 15.58 million EUR).

Published

8 May 2026

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

In 2017 two employees were cutting pipes with an angle grinder on top of an eleven-metre-high slurry tank without fall protection; sparks ignited gases, the tank exploded, both were seriously injured and one had a leg amputated. There was no safe tank design, no risk assessments, no permit-to-work procedures, no training and no supervision, and the operator also breached its environmental permit; fines totalling 304,500 GBP plus 229,988 GBP in costs. The company is a micro-enterprise with fewer than 10 employees.

Authority / court

Nottingham Crown Court (Anklage: Environment Agency und Health and Safety Executive)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Section 2(1) und 3(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; Regulation 38(2) Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016; Section 33(1)(c) Environmental Protection Act 1990

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

Under 50

Published

28 Nov 2024

Original amount 304,500 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Nov 2024.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

Because of a billing system error, former prepayment customers of E.ON Next did not receive final bills on time between February 2021 and September 2023; more than 248,000 customer accounts were affected, credit balances were not refunded and mandatory compensation was not paid. After self-reporting, the company paid GBP 14.5m in total (4.7m in credit refunds, 6.6m in compensation under the Guaranteed Standards of Performance and 3.2m in additional redress) and also wrote off the debts of almost 150,000 former customers.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Standard Licence Condition 27.17 der Gas- und Stromversorgungslizenzen; Guaranteed Standards of Performance Regulations

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Self-reporting, commendable engagement in the compliance process and the company's past performance were taken into account in setting the redress; the billing systems were corrected.

Published

20 Nov 2024

Original amount 14,500,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Nov 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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. Fine of CA$250,000 (19 November 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 plea.

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not reported here.

Published

15 Jan 2025

Original amount 250,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Nov 2024.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

The US company Freepoint Commodities LLC admitted, in a leniency agreement with the CGU and the AGU, to having paid undue advantages to public officials through intermediaries (Art. 5 I and III Lei 12.846/2013) and allegedly pays BRL 108,710,739.68 as a fine plus disgorgement. According to Annex III, BRL 60,919,037.14 is the fine payable to the Union (after a 67% reduction) and BRL 47,791,702.54 is disgorgement. Damages to Petrobras of BRL 22,542,907.62 are set out only in the text. The agreement also stated a total of BRL 131,253,647.32 (USD 22,744,839.85); the two centavos by which that total exceeds the fine, the disgorgement and the damages are not smoothed. If the company resumes business in Brazil within five years, it must adapt its compliance programme to Brazilian law and report to the CGU. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.

Authority / court

Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)

Area of law

Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials

Legal basis

Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 5 I und III, Art. 6 I, Arts. 16, 17 und 19 I; Lei 8.429/1992; Decreto 11.129/2022

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Credit was given for remediation of damage (1%), cooperation (1.5%) and voluntary admission (2%); no reduction was granted for a compliance programme.

Liability of senior managers

Tolerance or knowledge by management was applied as an aggravating factor at 2.5%.

Original amount 108,710,739.68 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Nov 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Opus Energy self-reported that two faults in its billing system had led to overcharging on 87,825 business customer accounts between 2003 and 2023, for example through wrong tariffs or duplicated billing periods. Ofgem found breaches of the licence conditions on fair treatment, operational capability and billing based on meter readings; Opus is paying a package of GBP 7,077,077 in total, made up of GBP 3,914,531 in refunds, GBP 1,597,058 in inflation uplift, GBP 1,304,555 in goodwill payments and GBP 260,933 to the energy industry voluntary redress fund.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Standard Licence Conditions 0A, 4A und 21B der Gas- und Stromversorgungslizenzen

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Self-reporting, full cooperation and swift remediation; according to Ofgem the package would otherwise have been higher.

Published

13 Nov 2024

Original amount 7,077,077 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 Nov 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

At Bowerhill Lodge pumping station (Melksham), technical failures in 2018 caused discharges into Clackers Brook lasting more than 54 hours, killing more than 2,100 fish; in addition, a rising main at Wick St Lawrence that was known to be critical but was not monitored burst. The court found the company negligent; the utility had also failed to report discharges immediately. It imposed 500,000 GBP plus 60,000 GBP in costs. According to its annual accounts (to June 2025), the utility employed an average of 2,890 people.

Authority / court

Swindon Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Regulation 12(1)(b), 38(1)(a) und 38(2) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

1,000 to 9,999

Culpability

negligent

Published

11 Nov 2024

Original amount 500,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Nov 2024.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

In an offering document filed in December 2022 the listed energy company said it would spend about CAD 1.5 million of the offering proceeds on data analysis, but routed most of that money through a service provider to a Dutch company to settle payment obligations of a related company. In its settlement with the ASC, Avila admitted misleading statements and a false certificate filed with the Commission; it pays the settlement amount of CAD 60,000 (including CAD 10,000 in costs) jointly with a further settling party (joint payment) and must arrange training for its officers, directors and audit committee.

Authority / court

Alberta Securities Commission (ASC), Executive Director (Settlement Agreement and Undertaking)

Area of law

Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations

Legal basis

Securities Act (Alberta), RSA 2000, c. S-4, s. 92(4.1) (irreführende Angaben) und s. 221.1 (falsche Bescheinigung)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Repeat case

no

Mitigating circumstances

No previous ASC sanctions and cooperation with investigators; the settlement avoided a contested hearing.

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not reported here.

Published

23 Oct 2024

Original amount 60,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Oct 2024.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

In 17 municipalities and towns with organised waste collection (16 price lists), an Estonian waste management company charged 8.33 to 20 EUR net per occasion for manually fetching containers over distances of 10 to 30 metres. The Estonian Competition Authority (Konkurentsiamet) 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 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Company name anonymised since 7 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Under an enforcement undertaking accepted by the Environment Agency, the water company pays £1,000,000 to a nature conservation charity and covers the agency's costs. Ash from two sludge-powered generators at the Beckton and Crossness treatment works had been disposed of without the relevant permit at a non-hazardous waste landfill in Essex between January 2014 and April 2016.

Authority / court

Environment Agency

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances

Legal basis

Reg. 38(1) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010/2016

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Original amount 1,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Sep 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 20 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The court hearing the charge found that in April 2021, at a refinery in Ontario, steam from a steam-tracer leak that had been known since January and whose repair had been deferred bored into an adjacent line, releasing about 1,150 litres of slop oil. Neighbouring businesses and residents reported odours, irritation, headaches and nausea. The operator was convicted under the Environmental Protection Act of discharging a contaminant causing an adverse effect and fined CAD 900,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of CAD 225,000.

Authority / court

Gericht in Sarnia (Ermittlung und Anklage: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Legal basis

Environmental Protection Act (Ontario), RSO 1990, c E.19 – Einleitung eines Schadstoffs, die eine nachteilige Wirkung verursacht hat oder wahrscheinlich verursacht

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

13 Nov 2024

Original amount 900,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Sep 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 16 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Ofgem found that the power station operator had submitted inaccurate annual profiling data on its biomass for the Renewables Obligation compliance period April 2021 to March 2022, in particular on forest type and sawlog content of Canadian consignments, and could not support these data because of inadequate data governance. The operator accepted the findings, is paying GBP 25m into the energy industry voluntary redress fund, is re-reporting the data and is commissioning an external audit of its supply chain data; Ofgem found no incorrect issue of subsidy certificates.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability

Legal basis

Renewables Obligation Order 2015 (Berichtspflichten zu jährlichen Profildaten)

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

29 Aug 2024

Original amount 25,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 29 Aug 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 29 Aug 2026 · Direct link

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 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 27 Aug 2026 · Direct link

Following complaints from three employees, the President of the CNIL (French data protection authority) issued a French energy group with a reprimand (rappel à ses obligations légales under Art. 20 III of the Loi Informatique et Libertés, the French Data Protection Act). The employees were affected by an internal investigation following reports; the company had rejected their objection to the processing without sound reasons, informed them incompletely, refused access requests and answered one request late. On 1 December 2025 the Conseil d'État (French supreme administrative court) confirmed that the processing was based on legitimate interest rather than a legal obligation, so the right to object applied, and that access had to be given, with redactions where needed to protect third parties.

Authority / court

Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL), présidente

Area of law

Data protection · Employee data

Legal basis

Art. 20 III Loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 (Loi Informatique et Libertés); Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c und f, 12, 15 und 21 DSGVO

Action

Reprimand or warning

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Employees

10,000 or more

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 19 Jul 2026 · Direct link

The consumer protection department of Senacon fined an electricity distributor 12,500,000.00 BRL because interruptions to the power supply and delayed restoration breached the requirements of the Consumer Protection Code on adequate public services. The decision was also communicated to the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the regulator ANEEL.

Authority / court

Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon), Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor (DPDC)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Art. 4 VII, 6 X, 20, 22 und 57 Lei nº 8.078/1990 (Código de Defesa do Consumidor); Art. 24–28 Decreto nº 2.181/1997

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

28 Jun 2024

Original amount 12,500,000 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Jun 2024.

Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 28 Jun 2026 · Direct link

From 2014 to April 2019 the US trading company of an international commodity trading group traded gasoline while in possession of confidential information that an employee of a Mexican trading entity had passed on in breach of his duties, and in February 2017 it artificially pushed up the USGC HSFO benchmark by buying 80 cargoes of fuel oil (3.6 million barrels) in the Platts trading window to benefit its own derivatives positions. In addition, broadly drafted confidentiality clauses in employment and separation agreements (2017–2020) hindered employees from contacting the CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission) directly – according to the regulator, its first action of this kind against a company. Under a settlement, the trader pays a civil monetary penalty of 55,000,000 USD and must amend the clauses.

Authority / court

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Area of law

Capital markets and financial supervision · Market abuse and insider dealing

Legal basis

Section 6(c)(1) und Section 23(h)–(j) Commodity Exchange Act; CFTC Regulations 180.1(a)(1), (3) und 165.19

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

According to the trader, it voluntarily took remedial action (market integrity policies, controls on market-related communications, more training and compliance testing).

Published

17 Jun 2024

Original amount 55,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jun 2024.

Checked against the official source on 8 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 17 Jun 2026 · Direct link

The consumer protection department of Senacon fined an electricity distributor 13,067,441.04 BRL because interruptions to the power supply and delayed restoration amounted to an inadequate service in an essential public utility. It also invited the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the regulator ANEEL to consider administrative intervention or revocation of the concession; the Senacon Secretary rejected the appeal in November 2024. Shortly before, the authority had issued a decision for the same amount against another electricity distributor of the same group.

Authority / court

Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon), Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor (DPDC)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Art. 4 VII, 6 X, 20, 22 und 57 Lei nº 8.078/1990 (Código de Defesa do Consumidor); Art. 24–28 Decreto nº 2.181/1997

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

14 Jun 2024

Original amount 13,067,441.04 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Jun 2024.

Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 14 Jun 2026 · Direct link

After 108 reports and 7 complaints about unwanted promotional calls, the Garante (Italian data protection authority) found that calls were made for the energy supplier without consent or to numbers entered in the do-not-call register and that the company did not adequately control agencies and sub-agencies: in a sample week, 657 of 747 contracts stemmed from unlawful contacts. In addition to a fine of 6,419,631 EUR, the authority prohibited further processing of the complainants' data and ordered that the 657 data subjects be informed and that controls be introduced to keep contracts from unlawful contacts out of the systems.

Authority / court

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, d und f, Abs. 2, Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a, 24 Abs. 1, 25 und 28 DSGVO; Art. 130 Abs. 3 und 3-bis Codice privacy (D.Lgs. 196/2003)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Repeat case

yes

Mitigating circumstances

Mitigating: prompt compliance with earlier orders of the Garante (Art. 83(2)(i) GDPR).

Published

26 Jun 2024

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 6 Jun 2026 · Direct link

The Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon, National Consumer Secretariat) fined an electricity distributor 13,067,441.04 BRL. It found that the company had interrupted the electricity supply, an essential public service, and restored it only with delay, so that the service met neither legitimate expectations nor regulatory standards. The National Consumer Secretary dismissed the company’s appeal in November 2024.

Authority / court

Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Art. 4 VII, Art. 6 X, Art. 20 und Art. 22 Código de Defesa do Consumidor (Lei nº 8.078/1990); Art. 57 CDC; Art. 24–28 Decreto nº 2.181/1997

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

4 Jun 2024

Original amount 13,067,441.04 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Jun 2024.

Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 4 Jun 2026 · Direct link

The operator of the offshore wind farm accepted that it had breached the Transmission Constraint Licence Condition by charging excessive prices in the balancing mechanism to reduce its output during grid constraints, thereby pushing up costs for consumers. Instead of a formal investigation, it paid GBP 33.14m into Ofgem's redress fund and changed its bid pricing policy; in its own view the breach was unintentional.

Authority / court

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Area of law

Competition law · Abuse of market power

Legal basis

Condition 20A Electricity Generation Standard Licence Conditions (Transmission Constraint Licence Condition)

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Admission, full cooperation and immediate change to its bid pricing policy; closed without a formal investigation.

Published

28 May 2024

Original amount 33,140,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 May 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 28 May 2026 · Direct link

From April 2022 to January 2023, the utility claimed on its website and in a brochure that two household tariffs of one of its tariff plans were cheaper than its standard tariff for households using up to, or more than, 400 kWh a month respectively. Because the fuel-cost adjustment in these tariffs turned out higher, this was not true in some cases; following a joint investigation with a regional office of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC, 公正取引委員会), a surcharge of 1,655,940,000 JPY was imposed (1,086,170,000 JPY for one tariff, 569,770,000 JPY for the other).

Authority / court

Consumer Affairs Agency (消費者庁, CAA)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing

Legal basis

Art. 8 Abs. 1 i. V. m. Art. 5 Nr. 2 Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations (不当景品類及び不当表示防止法, Gesetz Nr. 134/1962)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Published

28 May 2024

Original amount 1,655,940,000 JPY, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 May 2024.

Checked against the official source on 8 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 28 May 2026 · Direct link

Telesales agents of the energy supplier did not disclose that they were calling on its behalf, 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 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 3 Apr 2026 · Direct link

Telesales staff of the intermediary concealed the purpose of their calls when selling energy contracts and posed, for example, as the grid operator or the existing supplier. The ACM (Autoriteit Consument & Markt, Dutch competition and consumer authority) imposed a fine of 400,000 EUR on the company; on 19 June 2025 the Rechtbank Rotterdam (Rotterdam District Court) upheld the infringements but, because of the excessive length of proceedings, reduced the fine to 395,000 EUR. The amount covers only the fine imposed on the company.

Authority / court

Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing

Legal basis

Art. 8.8 Whc i. V. m. Art. 6:193c Abs. 1 lit. c, Art. 6:193d und Art. 6:193f lit. b BW; Bußgelder gegen faktische Leiter nach Art. 5:1 Abs. 3 Awb i. V. m. Art. 51 Abs. 2 Sr

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

reduced

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Reduction of 5,000 EUR by the Rechtbank for exceeding the reasonable time for proceedings.

Published

8 Apr 2024

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 8 Mar 2026 · Direct link

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 the trading house 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 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 1 Mar 2026 · Direct link

The Council of the Slovak competition authority PMÚ (Antimonopoly Office) sanctioned bid rigging in the tender of the transmission system operator for the conversion of the 400 kV Podunajské Biskupice substation with fines totalling 7,165,100 EUR: 4,436,700 EUR, 1,792,500 EUR, 776,200 EUR and 159,700 EUR on the four companies. The first three companies were also excluded from public procurement for three years. The first-instance decision of 11 September 2023 had provided for a total of 7,233,751 EUR and a one-year ban for the fourth company; proceedings against two further companies were discontinued.

Authority / court

Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (PMÚ SR), Rada úradu

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

§ 4 Abs. 1 i. V. m. Abs. 4 lit. a, c und f, § 38 Abs. 1, § 38e, § 38h Zákon č. 136/2001 Z. z. (Fassung bis 26. 12. 2016); Art. 101 AEUV

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

14 Mar 2024

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 21 Feb 2026 · Direct link

The court fined the water company £1,072,000 and £1,000,000 (£2,072,000 in total) plus £16,476.67 in costs because around 260 million litres of raw sewage entered the River Trent in breach of permit from the Strongford treatment works near Stoke-on-Trent between November 2019 and February 2020. One of three pumps had been out of action for weeks when a second one failed; in addition, the works' flow limits had been altered manually. The judge found the lack of proper contingency planning to be reckless.

Authority / court

Cannock Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Guilty plea at an earlier hearing; measures put in place on site after the incident.

Published

20 Feb 2024

Original amount 2,072,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Feb 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 19 Feb 2026 · Direct link

Unauthorised intermediaries exploited security gaps in the supplier'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

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 8 Feb 2026 · Direct link

The group's parent company, acting as processor, operates a shared database for several group companies; in the attack on the group's grid subsidiary, the attacker also reached customer data of other group companies because the logical separation was inadequate. As the group had not analysed the risks of joint storage or taken appropriate measures, the AEPD imposed 2,000,000 EUR (Art. 5(1)(f)) and 1,000,000 EUR (Art. 32), 3,000,000 EUR in total.

Authority / court

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)

Area of law

Data protection · Data processors

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 32 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

18 Apr 2024

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 7 Feb 2026 · Direct link

A processor working for the energy supplier used data from another supplier's customer database to sign up customers by telephone while giving the impression that it was calling on behalf of their existing provider; the energy supplier only terminated the contract months later. The AEPD imposed 2,500,000 EUR each for breaching fairness and transparency (Art. 5(1)(a)) and accountability (Art. 5(2)), 5,000,000 EUR in total, and ordered a risk analysis and controls over its sales service providers; the request for reconsideration was dismissed.

Authority / court

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)

Area of law

Data protection · Data processors

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, Art. 5 Abs. 2 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

18 Sep 2024

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 6 Feb 2026 · Direct link

An attacker exploited a vulnerability in a web application of the electricity distribution network operator and accessed data of around 1.35 million customers. The AEPD imposed 2,500,000 EUR for breaching Art. 5(1)(f) GDPR and 1,000,000 EUR under Art. 32 GDPR, 3,500,000 EUR in total.

Authority / court

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 32 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

18 Apr 2024

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 5 Feb 2026 · Direct link

The energy regulator punished 49 offences by a Portuguese electricity and gas supplier with a combined fine of 279,000 EUR, reduced to 139,500 EUR in the settlement procedure. The case mainly concerned electricity and gas contracts and supplier switches without explicit and informed consent, late switch requests and missing mandatory information on the website; affected customers received 1,600 EUR in compensation in total.

Authority / court

Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Lei n.º 9/2013 (RSSE), Art. 28 Abs. 3 lit. j und Art. 29 Abs. 3 lit. j, i. V. m. RRC-SE 2014, RRC-GN 2016 und RRC 2020

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Admission, cooperation, acceptance of negligent liability, remedial measures and customer compensation in the settlement procedure.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 27 Dec 2025 · Direct link

During an unannounced inspection as part of an investigation into the fuel market, a Greek oil company, according to the decision of the Hellenic Competition Commission, did not actively cooperate but caused obstacles and delays and did not ensure the integrity and availability of the business records. The Commission fined the company EUR 9,200,000.

Authority / court

Επιτροπή Ανταγωνισμού (Hellenic Competition Commission)

Area of law

Competition law

Legal basis

Art. 39 Abs. 5 ν. 3959/2011

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not reported here.

Published

30 Sep 2024

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 14 Dec 2025 · Direct link

The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) fined a business that had commissioned sales calls for energy supply 285,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising. Together with the other energy proceedings it contributed to total fines of 1.435 million EUR for unlawful telephone advertising imposed by the agency in 2023.

Authority / court

Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Version 2 · Company name anonymised since 13 Nov 2025 · Direct link

The energy supplier learned of unauthorised access to customer data through adverts on a social network offering login credentials to one of the supplier's platforms. The AEPD imposed 2,500,000 EUR (Art. 5(1)(f)), 1,500,000 EUR (Art. 32), 800,000 EUR each for the late notification (Art. 33) and the incomplete communication to data subjects (Art. 34) and 500,000 EUR for transfers to service providers in third countries (Art. 44), 6,100,000 EUR in total, and ordered the transfers to be brought into line with the law.

Authority / court

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, 32, 33, 34, 44 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

26 Jan 2024

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 25 Oct 2025 · Direct link

The energy regulator fined an electricity distribution network operator 121,000 EUR, reduced to 60,500 EUR in the settlement procedure, because it cut off six consumers without a lawful reason, paid compensation owed to five customers late and did not name the competent dispute resolution bodies on its website. The customers not yet compensated received 50 EUR each.

Authority / court

Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail

Legal basis

Lei n.º 9/2013 (RSSE), Art. 28 Abs. 3 lit. j, i. V. m. Decreto-Lei n.º 29/2006, Regulamento das Relações Comerciais, Regulamento da Qualidade de Serviço und Lei n.º 23/96

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Partial admission, acceptance of negligent liability, remedial measures and compensation in the settlement procedure.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 18 Oct 2025 · Direct link

The Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment fined a Dutch company whose activities include building and maintaining offshore wind farms EUR 27,000: according to the findings of the mining regulator Staatstoezicht op de Mijnen (Dutch State Supervision of Mines), twelve members of a project crew working on the construction of an offshore wind farm had worked on more than 14 consecutive days between 23 November and 20 December 2022; eleven of them for 20 days and one for 27 days in a row. The company argued without success that the working time rules for seafarers applied to the crew, which worked mainly on a crane vessel; the competent court dismissed its appeal on 20 November 2025.

Authority / court

Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid (Bußgeld; Aufsicht: Staatstoezicht op de Mijnen); bestätigt durch Rechtbank Rotterdam

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Working time

Legal basis

Arbeidstijdenwet; Art. 5.14:2 Abs. 3 i. V. m. Art. 5.17:2 Arbeidstijdenbesluit (Arbeit auf, von oder für einen Windpark auf See)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

1 Dec 2025

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 13 Oct 2025 · Direct link

The energy supplier concluded electricity and gas contracts through a network of around 280 door-to-door sales agents without using alert systems, agency checks or accuracy checks to ensure that the data entered belonged to the actual users of the supply points; this led to unsolicited contracts with inaccurate or outdated data of more than 5,000 people. The Garante (Italian data protection authority) imposed a fine of 10,000,000 EUR, ordered technical and organisational remedial measures and definitively restricted further processing of the data of the customers concerned.

Authority / court

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Area of law

Data protection

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und d, Art. 5 Abs. 2 und Art. 24 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Culpability

negligent

Repeat case

no

Mitigating circumstances

Prompt initial measures to limit the consequences, active cooperation, no previous infringements and the costs the company had borne in favour of complainants with unsolicited contracts.

Published

23 Oct 2023

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 28 Sep 2025 · Direct link

For about two and a half years, a file containing names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and contract data of at least 750 people was available on the energy supplier's website and findable via search engines. The website also set non-essential cookies before consent and kept them even after refusal. The ANSPDCP (Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal, Romanian data protection authority) imposed RON 124,150 under the GDPR and RON 40,000 under Law 506/2004 (RON 164,150 in total) and ordered remedial action.

Authority / court

Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Art. 32 Abs. 1 lit. b und d, Abs. 2 DSGVO; Art. 4 Abs. 5 Legea nr. 506/2004 (rumänisches ePrivacy-Gesetz)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

26 Sep 2023

Original amount 164,150 RON, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Sep 2023.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 26 Sep 2025 · Direct link

Six providers of engineering, maintenance, dismantling and waste treatment services at nuclear sites colluded in tenders of the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) for the Marcoule site: within a framework agreement in force from March 2016 until a dawn raid in February 2019, and in individual tenders between April 2014 and October 2017, including through cover bids. The Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority) fined a first provider (with two group companies) EUR 13,911,000, a second (with its parent group) EUR 11,056,000, a third (with its parent group) EUR 6,242,000, a fourth EUR 20,000 and a fifth EUR 10,000. The sixth provider, as leniency applicant, received full immunity.

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 Abs. 1 AEUV

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Energy and utilities

Mitigating circumstances

Leniency: full immunity from fines for the sixth provider and its parent companies.

Published

7 Sep 2023

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 7 Sep 2025 · Direct link

On 3 August 2023 the ICO fined a UK provider of an automatic energy switching service GBP 30,000. According to the ICO's findings, between 20 October 2020 and 10 May 2021 recipients received 39,906,342 marketing emails sent by partners on the company's behalf, and between 1 June 2020 and 4 May 2021 subscribers received 1,511,547 marketing texts sent by the company itself, in each case without valid consent. 102,132 of those texts did not contain a valid opt-out address. The ICO treated this as a breach of regulations 22 and 23 of PECR. The ICO published the case on 25 August 2023.

Authority / court

Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

Regulation 22 und 23 PECR; section 55A DPA 1998 (Geldbuße)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Original amount 30,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Aug 2023.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 3 Aug 2025 · Direct link

The ČNB (Czech National Bank) fined a listed energy group 1,000,000 CZK. The group did not publish as soon as possible, and did not send to the ČNB, a counter-proposal received on 14 June 2022 from its majority shareholder, represented by the Ministry of Finance, to raise the dividend by 4 CZK to 48 CZK per share and to defer its payment, although the proposal was inside information. The ČNB Bank Board upheld the decision on 16 November 2023, apart from an editorial change.

Authority / court

Česká národní banka (ČNB)

Area of law

Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations

Legal basis

Art. 17 Abs. 1 MAR (Verordnung (EU) Nr. 596/2014); § 127 Abs. 2, § 172 Abs. 2 lit. c, § 177 Abs. 1 lit. b und Abs. 4 lit. a Zákon č. 256/2004 Sb. (ZPKT)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Original amount 1,000,000 CZK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Jul 2023.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 25 Jul 2025 · Direct link

The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC, Spanish competition and markets authority) fined the power generator 6,000,000 EUR because between March 2019 and December 2020 one of its gas-fired plants submitted unjustifiably excessive bids in the technical constraints market that differed markedly from its own bids in the day-ahead market. In addition, the company must pay 35,500,000 EUR as compensation over 22 months to the system operator (Operador del Sistema) for the benefit of the demand side; this compensation is not a fine and is not included in the amount.

Authority / court

Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)

Area of law

Other

Legal basis

Art. 65.33 und Art. 69.1.b) Ley 24/2013 del Sector Eléctrico

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

27 Jul 2023

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 20 Jul 2025 · Direct link

Two companies of a former energy engineering group concluded a CJIP (convention judiciaire d'intérêt public, French deferred prosecution agreement) with the Parquet national financier (PNF, French national financial prosecutor) over possible bribery of foreign public officials in connection with contracts concluded in 2008 and 2009 in Ghana and Equatorial Guinea. The French company pays a public interest fine of 54,146,000 EUR and the British company 154,792,000 EUR, 208,938,000 EUR in total; the agreement was validated on 28 June 2023.

Authority / court

Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris

Area of law

Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials

Legal basis

Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale (corruption d'agent public étranger)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Energy and utilities

Published

28 Jun 2023

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 28 Jun 2025 · Direct link

The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) fined a business that had commissioned sales calls for energy supply 275,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising. According to the agency's annual review, callers in the 2023 energy cases frequently pretended to be from the current supplier or a price comparison site.

Authority / court

Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)

Area of law

Data protection · Marketing and consent

Legal basis

UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Energy and utilities

Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Version 2 · Company name anonymised since 28 Jun 2025 · Direct link