02-22-2012
02-22-2012 Sticker shock: Electricity rates keep falling
Electricity rates continue to fall for Pennsylvania utility customers. PPL Electric Utilities announced a 10.7 percent decline in the default rate paid by residential customers who do not select an alternate power supplier, knocking the price effective March 1 to 6.935 cents per... - Scranton Times
02-22-2012 PPL proposes 7 percent drop in electricity rate
PPL Electric Utilities is seeking a reduction in generation rates that would lower a typical resident’s monthly bill about 7 percent, a drop the company said is influenced by declining natural gas prices. The reduction -- effective March 1 -- would result in $8.33 less a month,... - Easton Express-Times
02-22-2012 High gasoline prices could boost natural gas vehicles
JOHNSTOWN — Should predictions of $5 per gallon gasoline by summer prove true, the push for natural gas-powered vehicles and refueling stations could increase significantly, an energy expert said Tuesday. Bud Strandquest of the Marshall-Teichert Group spoke after JARI’s... - Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
02-22-2012 PPL plans to cut rates
The new rate is the cheapest available in PPL territory, but it’s likely rival suppliers will cut their rates in response Originally Published Feb 21, 2012 21:29 By TIM MEKEEL Staff Writer PPL Electric Utilities said Tuesday it will cut its residential rates by... - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
02-22-2012 PPL to lower rates by 11 percent
PPL Electric Utilities will lower its electric generation rates by about 11 percent beginning March 1, dropping an average monthly bill by almost $10. That's good news for 60 percent of the company's electric customers. The other 40 percent, those who shopped around for a cheaper rate from a... - Reading Eagle
02-22-2012 PPL bills go lower thanks to cheap gas
Quarterly rates for residences will drop from 7.769 cents per kilowatt hour to 6.935 cents. Households buying their power from PPL Electric Utilities will save about $8 a month on their electric bills thanks to falling natural gas prices. click image to enlarge... - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
02-22-2012 Drop in PPL electricity rates likely to set trend
Electricity rates continue to fall for Pennsylvania utility customers. PPL Electric Utilities announced a 10.7 percent decline in the default rate paid by residential customers who do not select an alternate power supplier, knocking the price effective March 1 to 6.935 cents per... - Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice
02-22-2012 PPL rates set to drop for some customers
ALLENTOWN - PPL Electric Utilities has filed its generation rates and Price to Compare for the three months beginning March 1 with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. The new rates will be lower for residential and small-commercial customers on the utility's default supply service.... - Shamokin News-Item
02-21-2012 PPL Electric Utilities to Lower Generation Rate for Non-shopping Customers 3/1
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02-21-2012 PUC to Hold Public Input Hearing in PPL Rights-of-Way Cases
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02-21-2012 Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Announces New Joint Venture Pipeline
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02-21-2012 Exelon-Constellation Merger Approved by Maryland Public Service Commission
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02-21-2012 Coming soon: No more estimates for Columbia Gas meter readings
York, PA - Most local Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania customers know how to read their bills. They know that every other month, the utility calculates their statement using past data and the current temperature to arrive at an estimated meter reading. Soon, thanks to updated technology, Columbia Gas will do away with... - York Daily
02-21-2012 Fayette commissioners will enact impact fee, but not happy with it
By Amy Revak HeraldStandard.com | 0 comments The three Fayette County commissioners each said they will vote to enact an impact fee on the natural gas drilling industry, but none is completely satisfied with the law. “We’re handcuffed. Our choice is to take a little bit or take... - Uniontown Herald-Standard
02-21-2012 County may adopt gas impact fee
Council eyes being proactive as there now are no active drill sites to create revenue. By Jennifer Learn-Andes jandes@timesleader.com Luzerne County Reporter | Jenn Learn-Andes on Facebook | @TLJenLearnAndes on Twitter The Luzerne County Council plans to adopt a new state-approved natural gas... - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
02-21-2012 Regional medical center earns $500,000 for energy efficiency
Susquehanna Health has earned the largest custom incentive to date from PPL Electric Utilities for making energy-efficient improvements to help the health care system save energy and money. The $500,000 incentive will be used to reduce the utility expense in the current fiscal year.... - Williamsport Sun-Gazette
02-21-2012 Nonprofit to study Pa. gas drilling, public health
PITTSBURGH — A nonprofit group has opened an office to assess the public health effects of Marcellus Shale gas drilling in western Pennsylvania... - AP
02-21-2012 Power price to drop March 1 for PPL customers
PPL Electric Utilities said today that the price of electricity for most PPL customers will drop on March 1 from 7.769 cents per kilowatt hour to 6.935. The change impacts the majority of PPL residential and small business customers who have not switched from PPL to another company for the supply... - Harrisburg Patriot-News
02-20-2012 Natural gas detected, controlled in Garfield
Extremely high levels of natural gas were found inside a Garfield duplex on Sunday night, but firefighters and gas company workers averted potential explosions, officials said. Firefighters responded to the vacant duplex in the 400 block of North Aiken Avenue after someone noticed a strong odor of natural gas inside and... - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
02-20-2012 Too much is at risk for consumers
By Robert W. Ballenger and Philip A. Bertocci A recently released report recommending a sale of the city's gas utility identifies no significant benefits for its 440,000 residential customers. The proposed requirement that the buyer maintain Philadelphia Gas Works'... - Philadelphia Inquirer
02-20-2012 Inquirer Editorial: Selling Gas Works debated
Company finally attractive With an 18-month feasibility study in hand, Mayor Nutter has good reason to take the next step in exploring whether the city can get the right price and the right terms in a sale of the Philadelphia Gas Works. The prospect of netting more than $300 million under the best-case scenario... - Philadelphia Inquirer
02-20-2012 Compressed natural gas fueling site for public use under design
Filling up a car or truck with compressed natural gas sounds good, but finding a public filling station is next to impossible. There is one in Harrisburg, three or four in Philadelphia, one in State College and one near Pittsburgh, according to the website cnglocator.net.... - Williamsport Sun-Gazette
02-20-2012 Ohio gaining in ‘green’ electricity
The greening of Ohio is well under way, and consumers can expect to see more wind turbines and solar arrays as well as utility-sponsored energy-efficiency projects, says one of the state’s environmental advocacy groups. In its annual “Clean Energy Report Card,” published last week,... - Columbus Dispatch
02-20-2012 PUC to help utilities finance system upgrades faster
HARRISBURG - The state Public Utility Commission plans to use newly granted authority to spur utilities to upgrade basic infrastructure such as pipelines, power substations and electric circuits, Commissioner Robert Powelson told the Senate Appropriations Committee last week.... - Hazleton Standard-Speaker
02-19-2012 Drawing the Line at Power Lines
AS plans for the Keystone XL pipeline faltered over the last six months, its route through a pristine aquifer in Nebraska proved to be its fatal political flaw. Environmental groups had raised numerous other serious objections: Building the pipeline would lead to a rise in climate changing... - New York Times
02-19-2012 Sale of PGW a complicated matter
Mayor Nutter last week launched a process to explore the sale of city-owned Philadelphia Gas Works. Already some commentators are beginning to count up the millions the city will earn. Not so fast. Though a feasibility study by Lazard Freres & Co. L.L.C. said the city... - Philadelphia Inquirer
02-19-2012 PPL to invest $664 million in electric grid
PPL Electric Utilities, which suffered extensive power outages during two storms in 2011, plans to invest $664 million this year in the electric grid serving eastern and central Pennsylvania, including much of the Lehigh Valley. The investment represents nearly a 50 percent increase over what it spent... - Allentown Morning Call
02-19-2012 PUC hopes to spur utilities to upgrade basic infrastructure
HARRISBURG - The state Public Utility Commission plans to use newly granted authority to spur utilities to upgrade basic infrastructure such as pipelines, power substations and electric circuits, PUC Commissioner Robert Powelson told the Senate Appropriations Committee last week.... - Scranton Times
02-19-2012 PUC hopes to spur utilities to upgrade basic infrastructure
HARRISBURG - The state Public Utility Commission plans to use newly granted authority to spur utilities to upgrade basic infrastructure such as pipelines, power substations and electric circuits, PUC Commissioner Robert Powelson told the Senate Appropriations Committee last week.... - Scranton Times
02-17-2012 PPL Electric Utilities Plans $664 million in 2012 Improvements to Electric...
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02-17-2012 Payroll tax cut accord forged for '12
Benefits for jobless would be preserved Friday, February 17, 2012 By Tracie Mauriello, Post-Gazette Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Congressional negotiators reached a deal Thursday that extends a $1 billion federal payroll tax break through the end of the year,... - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
02-17-2012 Landlord ire over PGW's lien policy
YOU'D ASSUME that Gail Newman is using hyperbole when she calls the Philadelphia Gas Works a "fascist" regime run by "devious gangsters" relying on "Mafia-like" tactics to shake her down for $15,000 worth of natural gas she never used. Bit over the top, right? Turns out, Newman's not the only one who feels... - Philadelphia Daily News
02-16-2012 NRC Approves Indirect License Transfer Related to Exelon & Constellation Merger
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02-16-2012 Office of Inspector General Announces January 2012 Welfare Fraud Adjudications
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02-16-2012 PUC Chairman Powelson Encourages PA Utilities to Participate in Programs to...
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02-16-2012 PUC Finalizes Implementation of Pipeline Registry, Inspections, Assessments...
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02-16-2012 AG Wagner: Welfare Dept.'s Lax Contract Monitoring Neglected Accountability...
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02-16-2012 DN Editorial: Potential PGW sale a big deal
UNTIL ABOUT five years ago, Philadelphia Gas Works was known not simply as "PGW" but "the troubled PGW." Very few references were made to the city-owned utility without that descriptive flourish. But since then, thanks to the influence of its management team, the company... - Philadelphia Inquirer
02-16-2012 How to choose your electric supplier
Electric choice allows customers to choose their company that generates electricity. Our electric bill consists of generation (production of electricity), transmission (transport of high voltage electricity from the generation plant to substations), and distribution (local part of an electric system... - Erie Times-News
02-16-2012 How to choose your electric supplier
Electric choice allows customers to choose their company that generates electricity. Our electric bill consists of generation (production of electricity), transmission (transport of high voltage electricity from the generation plant to substations), and distribution (local part of an electric system... - Erie Times-News
02-16-2012 Gas utility line to be relocated on Hillside Road
JACKSON TWP. - Hillside Road at the Chase Road intersection will be rough going for a while as a natural gas utility line is relocated prior to bridge replacement. Both the bridge at the Farmer's Inn on Hillside Road and the bridge at Chase and Hillside roads will be replaced this year, starting with the... - Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice
02-16-2012 Somerset County to have two congressional primary races
MICHELLE GANASSI Daily American Staff Writer 9:00 p.m. EST, February 15, 2012 It appears Somerset County will have two congressional primary races on April 24. According to the unofficial candidate list from the Pennsylvania Department of State, Mark Critz, Johnstown, and Jason Altmire, McCandless, are the... - Somerset Daily
02-16-2012 Warmer weather helps energy program's funding
Warmer weather this winter has stretched the funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. And that's likely to be welcome news to social services workers concerned when the program funding was cut in the federal budget. After record demand for the program last year, the state is reporting fewer... - York Dispatch
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