A western Massachusetts power plant has pleaded guilty to felony charges of tampering with emissions equipment and submitting false information to environmental and energy regulators in a profit-motivated scheme.
Berkshire Power Co., the Agawam, Mass.-based power-plant owner and management company, and Power Plant Management Services, the plant manager, pleaded guilty on May 3 in federal court to seven counts of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act and agreed to pay $8.5 million to resolve the case. Sentencing is set for August.