The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s claim on alleged breaches by PPL Corporation at the Keystone plant is ongoing.
In January 2009, the Company received a notice of violation from the EPA for projects undertaken at the Keystone plant at which the…
PPL Corporation’s affiliate, PPL Montana, LLC, is a defendant in a lawsuit filed in the Montana Sixteenth Judicial District Court, in which the suit alleges property damage from seepage from the freshwater and wastewater ponds at the Colstrip plant.
In May…
Certain of PPL Corporation’s electric generators are subject to New Source Review (NSR) requirements under the Clean Air Act.
In 1999, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency initiated enforcement actions against several electric generators, asserting that older, coal-fired power plants operated by…
PPL Corporation, in January 2009, received a notice of violation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for projects undertaken at the Keystone plant at which the Company is part owner.
The EPA alleges that the projects were undertaken without proper New…
PPL Corporation’s subsidiary, PPL Energy Supply, LLC, at June 30, 2009, had accrued a discounted liability of US$25 million to cover the costs of pumping and treating groundwater at two mine sites for 50 years and for operating and maintaining…
PPL Corporation’s affiliate, PPL Energy Supply, LLC, through June 30, 2009, spent US$28 million for remediation and related costs and an immaterial remediation liability remained.
In August 2005, there was a release of about 100 million gallons of water containing fly…
PPL Corporation currently plans to spend up to US$50 million to upgrade and/or replace certain wastewater facilities in response to seepages and for other facility changes.
Seepages have been detected at active and retired wastewater basins at various Company plants in…
The Environmental Protection Agency continues to evaluate the risks associated with naphthalene, a chemical by-product of coal gas manufacturing operations.
PPL Corporation said in its latest Quarterly Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that as a result of the…
PPL Corporation’s best estimate of the probable loss associated with the Martins Creek ash basin leak was US$35 million at Sept. 30, 2008, of which US$29 million relates to off-site costs, and the balance to on-site costs. These estimates reflect…
PPL Corporation said in its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that due to the closing of sale of the Company’s natural gas distribution and propane businesses, it will no longer be responsible for the resolution of the potential leakage…