Susquehanna-Roseland power line, a $1.4 billion project, switched on (EAP -...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is seen in this undated photo looking west from Kittatinny Ridge in New Jersey down the...
View ArticlePPL Electric customers to see $7.55 monthly hike, under proposed settlement
We are in the midst of game-changing improvements in the quality of service for our customers." PPL Electric Utilities customers would pay more, though not as much as the company had hoped, under a...
View ArticlePPL Electric customers to see $7.55 monthly hike, under proposed settlement...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) PPL Electric Utilities customers would pay more, though not as much as the company had hoped, under a proposed settlement in a rate case before the...
View ArticleTalen Energy posts profit in first quarterly earnings report (EAP - Energy...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) Talen Energy Corp.'s first quarterly earnings as a stand-alone company stood out fairly well, the company CEO reported Tuesday. The Allentown-based...
View ArticleUnit 1 reactor at Susquehanna Nuclear Plant shuts down
BERWICK, Pa., Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Â Unit 1 at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant automatically shut down at approximately 11:32 a.m. this morning (11/12/15) based on the designed activation of...
View ArticleFeds sign off on PPL's Talen spinoff, with conditions (EAP - Energy...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) Federal regulators granted conditional approval Thursday to PPL Corp.'s plan to spin off its power plants and energy-marketing business and combine it...
View ArticleTalen selling Lake Wallenpaupack, 2 other power plants
Allentown-based Talen Energy is selling Lake Wallenpaupack and two other Pennsylvania power plants, the company said. The sales of the lake in the Poconos -- actually a hydroelectric plant -- and two...
View ArticleSusquehanna Unit 1 Reconnected to Power Grid
BERWICK, Pa., Nov. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Operators at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant reconnected Unit 1 to the regional power grid Thursday night (11/19). The Unit 1 reactor shut down...
View ArticleTalen Energy laying off 131 workers at Pennsylvania sites
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — Talen Energy plans to cut 53 jobs at a central Pennsylvania nuclear power plant, and dozens of other...
View ArticlePPL Request for Transfer of Susquehanna Nuclear Plant Licenses Approved by...
ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday (4/10) approved PPL Susquehanna's request for indirect transfer of control of the operating licenses for...
View ArticleTalen Energy drops plans for new Pennsylvania nuke plant
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — Talen Energy has dropped plans to build another nuclear power plant next to one it already owns in northeastern Pennsylvania....
View ArticleNRC denies request for hearing on PPL transfer (EAP - Energy Association of...
(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) Federal regulators have denied a request from a PPL Corp. retiree to hold a hearing on the licenses transfer for the Susquehanna nuclear power plant....
View ArticleSuperfund sites profiled in Lehigh Valley, northwestern New Jersey
Superfund, the United States' program for cleaning up the nation's worst polluted properties, turns 35 years old this year. Of 1,322 sites on the program's National Priorities List, New Jersey is home...
View Article12k gallons of diesel siphoned in four counties lead to arrest, police say
The lead suspect in the theft of more than $50,000 worth of diesel fuel, in a scheme spanning 18 months and four counties, was arraigned on 20 felony charges Monday. Gregory L. Sportelli, 55, of the...
View ArticleBB&T closing two branches, cutting 87 jobs in Lehigh Valley
BB&T Corp. says it is closing and consolidating two Lehigh Valley branches as part of its acquisition of National Penn Bancshares Inc. The company also announced Tuesday 241 job losses, including...
View Article13 Lehigh Valley businesses cited for liquor law violations, police say
Pennsylvania State Police on Monday announced citations against liquor-license holders in Lehigh and Northampton counties. The agency's Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement said it cited: SRAC Casual...
View ArticlePennsylvania teen was killed, mother is jailed, report says
Remains found in northeastern Pennsylvania were confirmed as that of a Montgomery County teenage girl missing since July, reports say following a news conference Thursday on the case. Grace Packer, 14,...
View ArticleRoute 33 bridges over Route 22 set for rapid replacement
An ambitious effort to replace 558 aging bridges in three years across Pennsylvania is coming to Northampton County. The public-private Rapid Bridge Replacement Project is taking aim at both the...
View ArticleManhunt continues in Pennsylvania police officer assault
Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville said Thursday night there was no update in the search for a man accused of assaulting a police officer Wednesday evening in Schuylkill County. RELATED:...
View ArticlePPL Request for Transfer of Susquehanna Nuclear Plant Licenses Approved by...
ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday (4/10) approved PPL Susquehanna's request for indirect transfer of control of the operating licenses for...
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