PPL CORP: Unit Expends $28MM Through March 31 for Martins Creek

PPL Corporation says that, through March 31, 2011, its PPL Energy Supply, LLC subsidiary has spent US$28 million for remediation for the Martins Creek plant fly ash release and related costs and an insignificant remediation liability remained.

In 2005, there was…

PPL CORP: Potentially Liable for Cleanup at Superfund Locations

PPL Corporation is a potentially responsible party at several sites listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Superfund program, including the Columbia Gas Plant Site, the Metal Bank site and the Ward Transformer site.

Clean-up actions have been…

PPL CORPORATION: Still Subject to EPA’s NSR Enforcement Efforts

PPL Corporation continues to be subject to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Review (NSR) enforcement efforts.

This initiative targets coal-fired power plants. The EPA has asserted that modification of these plants has increased their emissions, and consequently they are…

PPL CORP: PPL Energy Supply Unit Subject to Conemaugh River Case

A subsidiary of PPL Corporation’s PPL Energy Supply, LLC subsidiary is subject to an environmental lawsuit regarding discharges at Conemaugh River.

In April 2007, PennEnvironment and the Sierra Club brought a Clean Water Act citizen suit in the U.S. District Court…

PPL CORP: KU Responds to NOV on Breach at Ghent Generation Plant

PPL Corporation’s Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) subsidiary is responding to a notice of violation alleging that KU violated certain provisions of the Clean Air Act’s rules governing New Source Review (NSR) and prevention of significant deterioration by installing flue gas…

PPL CORP: Probe on Breaches at Mill Creek, Ghent Plants Pending

PPL Corporation says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s inquiry into alleged violations at the Mill Creek and Ghent plants is pending.

In August 2007, Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) received information requests for their Mill…

PPL CORP: PPL Montana Subject to Lawsuit on Breaches at Colstrip

PPL Corporation’s PPL Montana, LLC subsidiary is subject to an environmental lawsuit regarding alleged breaches at the Colstrip plant.

In 2007, six plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the Montana Sixteenth Judicial District Court against the Colstrip plant owners asserting property damage…

PPL CORP: Potentially Responsible at Various Superfund Locations

PPL Corporation’s subsidiary, Electric Utilities Corporation, is a potentially responsible party at several sites listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Superfund program, including the Columbia Gas Plant Site, the Metal Bank site and the Ward Transformer…

PPL CORP: Probes on Montour, Brunner Island Plants Still Ongoing

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s investigation on PPL Corporation’s Montour and Brunner Island coal-fired power plants is ongoing.

The EPA has reinitiated its New Source Review enforcement efforts. This initiative targets older, coal-fired power plants. The EPA has asserted that modification…

PPL CORP: Plans to Spend up to $64Mil for Basin Seepage Matters

PPL Corporation currently plans to spend up to about US$64 million to upgrade and/or replace certain wastewater facilities in response to basin seepages in Pennsylvania and for other facility changes.

Seepages have been detected at active and retired wastewater basins at…

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