Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is asking state lawmakers to hold firm on local zoning restrictions included in legislation to impose an impact fee on natural gas drillers.
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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Go into Overtime on Impact Fee, Local Control
On the final evening of debate before state lawmakers recessed for the year, critics of a impact fee in Pennsylvania fought to increase the amount of revenue raised by the proposal.
PPL Corp. Paying $7.6B for Kentucky Utilities
PPL Corp. of Allentown, PA, is growing its exposure to the regulated utility industry by paying $7.625 billion to acquire E.ON U.S. LLC, the parent of Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Co. in the fourth big power industry transaction announced this year.
UGI Says PA Gas Explosion Caused by ‘Human Error’
A contractor working on a natural gas meter in an Allentown, PA, home on Saturday apparently removed the wrong fitting, which allowed gas to escape and lead to an explosion that leveled three homes and damaged a fourth, according to UGI Utilities. No one was seriously injured, according to authorities.
Energy Companies Support Relief Effort
PPL Corp. was lighting the peace candle on the west side of its 22-story headquarters building in Allentown, PA, Thursday night and continuing through the weekend “as a symbol of the light that the American spirit can bring to even the darkest circumstances.” The commemorative gesture, and an accompanying donation, was just one of the many donations and supportive messages from energy companies in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States Sept. 11, 2001.
PA Utility Asks Regulators to Raise Gas Supply Charge
In an effort to recover escalating gas costs, PPL Utilities ofAllentown, PA, has asked Pennsylvania regulators to increase thegas supply charge for customers served by its two gas distributors- PFG Gas Inc. and North Penn Gas Co.
Industry Briefs
Allentown, PA-based electric utility PP&L said it set acompany record Monday for delivering summertime power. During hightemperatures and heavy humidity in central and easternPennsylvania, PP&L delivered 6,128,000 kWh of electricity tocustomers between 1 and 2 p.m. Monday. The company’s formersummertime record of 6,046,000 kWh was set July 15, 1997. PP&Lsaid it was able to set the delivery record without anyinterruption or curtailment of service to customers. In otherregional power news the New England Independent System Operatorcanceled a power warning that had been set through last night andsaid customers could resume normal power usage.
PP&L Inks Major Power Marketing Deal with ENE
PP&L, Inc., a subsidiary of Allentown, PA-based PP&LResources, said it expects to sign an agreement to providewholesale electric power marketing, trading and risk-managementservices on a “round- the-clock” basis to Energy New England LLC,an energy cooperative organization formed to provide energy andrelated services to public power entities in New England. ENErepresents about 700 MW of peak load and 850 MW of energy supply.It is the largest wholesale aggregator of public power system loadand generation assets in the New England region.