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News Breaks | | | | November 30, 2012 | | 05:22 EDT |  | PPL | PPL's operators restart Unit 2 at Susquehanna nuclear plant
Operators at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant reconnected Unit 2 to the regional power grid Thursday after repairing a hydraulic system associated with the unit's main turbine. The hydraulic system operates valves that enable steam to bypass the turbine during startup and certain operating conditions. Plant operators detected the leaks as part of routine inspections during startup procedures while at very low power levels. Operators then followed established procedures and safely shut down Unit 2 to allow for repairs. The oil leaks did not affect employee or public safety. Employees quickly cleaned up the leaks and properly disposed of the oil. Unit 1 continues operating safely at full power. | |
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| May 20, 2013 | | 15:35 EDT | | PPL | U.S. Supreme Court rules for PPL in foreign tax case
By a unanimous 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal appeals court ruling on that had denied PPL's claim of a credit against its U.S. income taxes for a "windfall tax" paid to the government of the United Kingdom. In the decision, the Supreme Court ruled that "the economic substance of the U.K. windfall tax is that of a U.S. income tax ... therefore the tax is creditable... We agree with PPL and conclude that the predominant character of the windfall tax is that of an excess profits tax, a category of income tax in the U.S. sense," the court wrote in its opinion. "The U.S. tax code allows companies to claim a credit for payment of foreign taxes that are similar in substance to U.S. income taxes. We have held throughout the process that because the U.K. windfall tax was based on income, it should therefore be creditable against our U.S. income taxes. We are pleased not only that the Supreme Court agreed, but that the agreement was unanimous," said Robert Grey, PPL executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. | | | 12:59 EDT |  | PPL | Ruling on PPL may have positive read-through for other utilities, Reuters says
The Supreme Court ruled PPL (PPL) can claim $39M in U.S. foreign tax credits against a 1997 British windfall tax and other utility companies, like Entergy (ETR) and American Electric Power (AEP), are in the same position, having been hit by the windfall tax after they acquired British utility companies that were later privatized, reported Reuters. Reference Link | | | 12:57 EDT | | PPL | Supreme court rules in favor of PPL on foreign tax credits
 Subscribe for More Information | | | May 9, 2013 | | 06:28 EDT | | PPL | PPL Corp. announces Susquehanna nuclear power plant begins planned outage
Operators at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant disconnected Unit 1 from the regional power grid early Thursday at the start of a scheduled outage to install turbine modifications. The modifications are the first phase of a long-term plan that is expected to resolve the turbine blade issues that have affected plant operations in recent years. | |
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