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Power Grid Organization Elects New Board Member

She succeeds a retiree who previously served the King of Prussia consortium for 15 years.

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Dec. 22, 2011, photo of the Limerick Generating Station from Raven's Claw Golf Course in Limerick PA by Corey Cahill via Twitpic

After Japan Disaster, Officials Claim LGS Better Prepared

Now approaching the one-year anniversary of an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor disaster in Japan, officials at Exelon’s nuclear energy plants in Limerick say they are better prepared for “the unthinkable and unimaginable.”

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NRC Asks Exelon To Say How It Will Cover Shortfall

Decommissioning its Limerick Unit 1 nuclear power plant will cost Exelon Corp. $628 million, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission estimates. By the end of 2011, the company had only $528 million saved for the work. How will it close the gap?, the NRC wants to know.

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PA Will Install Electric Car Chargers Across Turnpike

It’s part of an effort to put 1 million electric vehicles on roads nationwide by 2015.

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PJM, In King Of Prussia, Expands Control Over Grid

The consortium of utility companies like Exelon and other power industry partners has just completed a major investment in its ability to control a multi-state electrical grid from any one of several control centers.

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Shaw Group Renews Exelon Maintenance Contract

A Louisiana company will provide a variety of support services at Exelon’s Limerick Generating Station under terms of a just-renewed contract.

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Royersford Trucks Rolling For Energy Independence

(With Video) A heating oil supplier in Royersford PA made a public statement about the need to reduce consumption of foreign oil by putting its company trucks into a road convoy.

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Sanatoga’s Shaner Propane In $2.9B Company Sale

The Sanatoga PA-based provider of propane fuel is one of many subsidiary companies being sold by a Dallas TX partnership to Amerigas in Valley Forge PA, the nation’s largest propane distributor.

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Official: Utilities Need Better Customer Communication

The head of the state Public Utilities Commission charged Tuesday that electric utility companies must do more to keep customers informed about power outages and restoration during severe storms.

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Grant Helps College Create 6 Job Training Programs

A $1.19 million grant will help Montgomery County Community College create six new job training programs targeted to meet the employment needs of specific area industries that can’t find enough qualified workers.

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  • Paoli Hospital to deliver a renovated maternity department in 2013 May 18, 2012
    Paoli Hospital said Friday it plans to spend $11 million to expand and renovate its maternity department. The project will involve the construction of 24 private patient rooms; 12 labor, delivery and recovery suites; four triage rooms; and a larger nursery and level-II neonatal intensive-care unit. In addition, hospital officials said all existing patient ro […]
  • Devon Medical Products opens door to distribution in China May 18, 2012
    Devon Medical Products entered into an agreement Friday with PKUcare BeiYi Pharmaceutical Co. to distribute Devon’s medical devices and equipment in China. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the agreement, Devon Medical Products of King of Prussia will also identify other U.S. medical device companies that manufacture products domestically […]
  • Philly Beer Week media preview: Slideshow May 18, 2012
    It’s always seemed that one of the most ingenious ideas from Philly Beer Week was extending the “week” to 10 days. On Wednesday, Philly Beer Week 2012 Executive Director Don Russell hosted a media preview and beer garden at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia. In its fifth year, Beer Week will span June 1-10 and include hundreds of events, including dinne […]
  • Pa. Supreme Court Justice Orie Melvin charged, relieved of duties May 18, 2012
    Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin has been “relieved of any and all judicial and administrative responsibilities” after the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office charged her with nine criminal offenses, including four felonies, following a grand jury investigation into accusations she used her staff for campaign work. Orie Melvin has […]
  • As others settle, PNC denying wrongdoing in overdraft fees case May 18, 2012
    PNC Bank customers won court permission to proceed as a class in a lawsuit over what they say are excessive checking account overdraft fees. The lawsuit, part of a multidistrict litigation involving more than 30 different banks, is pending before U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King in Miami. PNC and the other banks are accused of using software to re-seq […]