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…
Foster Wheeler AG says that, in June 2009, its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (FWEC) submitted comments opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed listing of a portion of FWEC’s former manufacting facility in Pennsylvania to the National Priorities List…
Questar Corporation says that subsidiary Questar Exploration and Production Company’s (Questar E&P) petition to challenge an administrative order on Questar E&P’s Flat Rock 14P Well was filed on July 10, 2009.
Questar E&P filed the petition with the U.S. Tenth Circuit…
American Electric Power Company, Inc. says that defendants’ motion to dismiss the Native Village of Kivalina and the City of Kivalina, Alaska’s lawsuit on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is still pending.
In February 2008, Kivalina filed a lawsuit in Federal Court…
Questar Corporation’s affiliate, Questar Gas Management Company, faces an environmental lawsuit concerning five compressor stations located in the Uinta Basin of eastern Utah.
In United States of America v. Questar Gas Management Co., Civil No. 208CV167, filed on Feb. 29, 2008,…
American Electrical Power Company, Inc. says that its subsidiary, Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), recorded remediation expense of US$3 million in March 2009.
By-products from the generation of electricity include materials such as ash, slag, sludge, low-level radioactive waste and spent…