PPL
Summary
PPL, formerly known as PP&L or Pennsylvania Power and Light, is an energy company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. It currently controls over 11,000 megawatts (MW) of electrical generating capacity in the United States, primarily in Pennsylvania and Montana, and delivers electricity to 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania and 2.6 million in Great Britain.The majority of PPL's power plants burn coal, oil, or natural gas. PPL also owns peaking plants, which require few operators and have a high profit margin due to their ability to rapidly come online when the price of electricity spikes. PPL's largest plant is the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, a 2,352 MW nuclear power plant, located on the Susquehanna River seven miles (11 km) northeast of Berwick, Pennsylvania.The company is publicly-traded on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol NYSE: PPL.PPL is the seventh largest employer in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.
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BBC bosses kept close eye on progress of Olympic Games – with free tickets
Nine senior figures accepted hospitality, with former director general Mark Thompson attending opening and closing eventsRead the latest BBC expenses and hospitality claims report.
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MICK HUCKNALL TO BE AWARDED THE PPL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
One of the greatest British singing voices of all time, Mick Hucknall, will be presented with the PPL Lifetime Achievement Award at the PPL Hall of Fame Dinner during this year’s Radio Festival.
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Photo Essay: Independent Media Flexes Muscles at DNC
At the Democratic National Convention taking place in Charlotte this week, there's a huge focus on independent media, especially blogging and citizen journalism. With convention delegates and the media armed with iPhones and using Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, this election is more connected and real-time than any that has come before.
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Pandora: why they aren’t in the UK
Tim Westergren’s piece the other week in paidContent was an interesting one, since it (albeit with some very dodgy statistics, and a disappointing attempt to slag off the entire UK radio industry) tried to claim that PRS’s fees were unrealistic. He said:.
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Pandora – not radio, doesn’t understand radio
But, not only do I believe that Pandora is not radio (they stole our brand for a non-live, non-local, non-shared jukebox), it’s becoming rather more obvious that they don’t understand radio stats either.
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Commercial radio and songwriters in row over £22m music royalties
The commercial radio industry is engaged in a stand-off with PRS for Music, the association for composers and songwriters, after PRS tried to hike its fees for broadcasting music by up to 20%.
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Industry Moves: IPC Digital Director, RadiumOne, PPL CTO, iVillage
—IPC Media: IPC Inspire’s digital director Kevin Heery is becoming IPC Media’s digital technology director, reporting to Neil Robinson and replacing Kelly Waters who is emigrating to Australia.
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Lady Gaga rules airwaves as UK's most played artist
Bad Romance tops year's airplay list, with Alejandro at two and Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind at three.
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Mariah is most played Xmas tune
Eight of the top twenty are from the 80s, but the biggest seller - Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas - sits just outside the top 5. Here's the list in full. . . 1 All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey2 Last Christmas - Wham3 Fairytale of New York - The Pogues4 Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade5 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day - Wizzard6 Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid7 Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea8 Stop The Cavalry.
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Mariah Carey top of the tree at Christmas | Media Monkey
All I want for Christmas is. . . All I Want For Christmas Is You, by Mariah Carey. Actually, on second thoughts, don't bother, after music industry body PPL revealed the song was the most played festive tune of the last 10 years, ahead of Wham!'s Last Christmas in second place, and Fairytale of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl in third.
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