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Consumers Energy Fined $340,000 For Royal Oak Explosion

Consumers Energy will have to pay a $340,000 fine after a gas explosion killed a Royal Oak man in February, according to the Oakland Press: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/08/13/news/local_news/doc520acc6a968b3409854557.txt

The article also stated Consumers has agreed to pay $1 million to begin a fund to help natural gas disaster victims.

What do you think of the fines and the fund? Is it enough?

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