The line for electric generators stretched across the front of Cabela’s in Berks County Wednesday, and then doubled back. Employees stationed at the front of the line repeated their sales pitch over and over, pointing to an image of the generator on a laminated placard. “The generator we have is this one right in the middle. …You [...]
Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission has studied power outages caused by last year’s severe fall storms, and concluded PPL had the most “preventable” problems. Nearly 15 percent of the utility’s power outages could have been avoided, the report determined. More from the Morning Call: The PUC found that PPL had the highest percentage of customers with [...]
Electric company PPL is making plants to expand an Allentown power plant, with the goal of turning trash and sewage into methane gas. Allentown City Council approved a 25-year agreement last month: the city will supply the sewage-generated gas, and purchase the power. One problem: the city’s Environmental Advisory Board doesn’t like the plan. The [...]
Plans for new high-voltage power lines through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area have hit a snag with this week’s release of the draft environmental impact statement by the National Park Service. The statement says canceling the project would be the best option to preserve “the biological and physical environment,” and protect “…the historic, [...]
PPL has announced a route for a new power line it says will improve electricity for 250,000 customers in northeastern Pennsylvania. The Morning Call has more details. The $200 million project will construct three new substations, build 60 miles of new 230-kilovolt power lines and rebuild 20 miles of existing 69 kilovolt lines for customers [...]
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