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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Energy prices to increase, including PPL rate hikes starting Jun. 1
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – Some Pennsylvania power customers will see their electric bill increase in June as PPL Electric Utilities will raise their generation supply price. The Allentown-based utility is hiking rates by about 15%, from 10.771¢/kWh to 12.490¢/kWh for residential customers effective June 1. This applies to the generation supply price, or 'Price to Compare.' Customers can select a different generation supplier than PPL and potentially find a cheaper price. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now 'We are seeing demand for electricity that's rising rapidly,' Kelly Palmer, the regional affairs director for PPL, said. 'We are seeing older power plants that are retiring and going offline and there just isn't enough new generation coming online fast enough to keep up with that demand.' PPL says they directly pass generation supply costs on to the customer without any markup or profit. Local country club announces multi-million-dollar renovation plans The utility says that if customers are looking for resources to help manage their bills, they are encouraged to look into 'budget billing,' which allows customers to spread their electricity costs throughout the year to make monthly bills more predictable. They also suggest shopping for a competitive energy supplier. You can do so at the Public Utility Commission's website here. 'We're always reminding our customers to set a reminder and go back and check on these rates, often because they can and they do change,' Palmer said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
09-04-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Plans for 3G pitch in Louth prompts threat of legal action
A council has been threatened with legal action if plans for a 3G football pitch are have told East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) they believe Wood Lane playing fields in Louth is the wrong location for the artificial grass pitch, adding they would seek a judicial review if the planning is Timson, leader of the Save Wood Lane group, said the authority "should be expanding football facilities on new sites, protecting existing green space and amenity in the process". A spokesperson for ELDC said the application, due to go before planners on Thursday, is recommended for approval, but said it was unable to comment further. Mr Timson said: "Residents have written to the council to say they will take legal action in the event of an approval on Thursday. In the first instance, this would take the form of an application for a judicial review into the planning process. "In the event of the 3G [pitch] ever being built on Wood Lane Playing Field, residents would be forced into taking legal action to prove a statutory noise nuisance exists. It is very important that ELDC are aware of this now as many 3G pitches in England have been built in the wrong place, leading to abatement notices and full or partial closures." Impact on crime Mr Timson claimed this "would be a disaster for the football community and local residents".Commenting on the application, Sgt Kelly Palmer, of Lincolnshire Police's Wolds Neighbourhood Policing Team, indicated that the proposed development's 14ft- high (4.5m) wooden fence could impact crime and antisocial behaviour in the immediate a document, seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, she wrote: "The 100m [long] fence which runs along the boundary with the railway line will create a dark 'alley' between the fence and the hedgerow."Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Green Careers Discovery Day held at Steelton-Highspire High School
STEELTON, Pa. (WHTM) – The demand for green jobs is growing. Steelton-Highspire students explored environmental careers on Tuesday at Green Careers Discovery Day. Industry professionals were on hand and hands-on experiences were offered. 'A lot of the students really are interested in working hands-on,' says Kelly Palmer with PPL Electric Utilities. 'We talked about some of our line worker programs and construction programs as well.' 'There are plenty of careers that are available for all levels of learning,' says Partnership for Career Development CEO Lynda Morris. 'We've had even a group of special needs students out here to learn what it's like to smash their trash.' Mechanicsburg Area School District student hospitalized after being struck by vehicle A live trash compacter demonstration was given. Students got to try using the controls. Steelton-Highspire School District received six electric buses with charging infrastructure in time for the 2024-2025 school year. Superintendent Dr. Mick Iskric says the district was awarded during the first round of funding in the EPA's clean school bus program. The high school and elementary school are powered by a solar field that was installed in 2021 through a partnership with McClure Company. Iskric says that through a partnership with Harrisburg University, students can take two enrollment courses with an aquaponics and hydroponics greenhouse at the school. 'Being able to utilize our green careers here that are on campus and exposing them to what the possibilities could be outside these four walls is a definite plus,' says Dr. Iskric. McClure Company explained the variety of career paths students can take to work in solar panel installation. 'A lot of times people think about just straight up engineering as the opportunity for being involved in a construction space, green engineering, our green building products, etc., but really our job here is to show that everyone from a marketing background, an accounting background, a legal background, political science, etc., there's all opportunities. We all work together to really build these projects as a whole,' says Marketing Manager Matt Custer. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Students got to learn how plants and fish grow in the aquaponics lab and how AI can help. 'They could take a picture of the plant and see exactly what plant it was and like what species it was and if it was invasive or not,' says sophomore Jaxon Brosnahan. Dr. Iskric says the hope is to incorporate electric buses into more STEM lessons at Steelton-Highspire. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
