Mirant settles price-reporting charges

A subsidiary of Atlanta-based energy company Mirant has settled charges with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) of false reporting of natural gas prices. The commission found that Mirant Americas Energy Marketing (MAEM) traders made false reports to gas price compilers from January 2000 to December 2001 and has ordered the company to pay a penalty of $12.5 million.

MAEM elected to settle with the CFTC to avoid the expense, distraction and risk of litigation and enable the company’s resources to remain fully focused on Chapter 11 emergence, said Doug Miller, Mirant’s general counsel. Under the settlement, MAEM neither admitted nor denied the allegations that its employees reported false information in an attempt to manipulate pricing.

The false reports submitted by MAEM included false price, volume and/or counterparty information concerning natural gas

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