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NUI Energy Brokers Pays $500,000 Fine, Pleads Guilty to Misconduct Charges

NUI Energy Brokers Inc. (NUIEB), the wholesale energy trading subsidiary of Bedminster, NJ-based NUI Corp., has agreed to pay the state of New Jersey $500,000 after pleading guilty to misconduct by a corporate official for transferring funds away from NUI’s utility subsidiaries as part of a gas purchasing program. In a separate agreement with the state on Wednesday, NUI Corp. agreed to fund and operate certain community service programs because of the misconduct.

July 1, 2004