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ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) declared a quarterly common stock dividend on Wednesday (5/15) of $0.3675 per share payable July 1, 2013, to shareholders of record as of June 10, 2013. This is PPL Corporation's 270th consecutive quarterly dividend. With annual revenue of more than $12 billion, PPL Corporation is one of the largest companies in the U.S. utility sector. The PPL family of companies delivers electricity and natural gas to about 10...
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Earth Resources, Inc. (OTCPINK: BERI), through its wholly-owned Petro Resources subsidiary, has completed a material expansion of its Louisiana acquisition announced on May 8, 2013. The initial acquisition involved a 37.5% WI (working interest) in Spider Field leases in DeSoto Parish, LA. BERI has now acquired an additional 25% WI in these 14 Spider Field wells for consideration of 8 Million shares of restricted common...
- $120,000 Dominion Foundation grant made the long-needed boat launch site possible RICHMOND, Va., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the most beautiful tidal stretches of the James River is more accessible to boaters today, thanks to a new boat ramp in Charles City County made possible by a $120,000 grant from the Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic organization for Dominion Resources Inc. Dominion, Charles City County and the Chesapeake Conservancy officials cut...
BUTTE, Mont., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) has issued a Request for Proposal seeking energy supply resources to serve Montana customers beginning in 2014. NorthWestern Energy is seeking up to 100 megawatts (MW) of firm supply for the period of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017 at Mid-C or on NorthWestern's system and up to 300 MW of firm supply for the period of July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 on the...
ATLANTA, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today announced that Tom Wilson has been elected vice president and chief information security officer of Southern Company Services, Inc. In this role, Wilson will manage the company's cyber security risk. Since 2008, Wilson has served as the company's director of IT security. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130514/CL13864 )(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080801/SOCOLOGO ) "As cyber security issues...
Consumers Energy Foundation supports first non-profit food hub in mid-Michigan LANSING, Mich., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy Foundation has awarded Allen Neighborhood Center $15,000 in support of its emerging Allen Market Place. When it opens this summer, the Allen Market Place will be the first non-profit food hub in mid-Michigan, helping to connect regional farmers and food producers with retail merchants, restaurants, schools and others interested in 'buying...
LINCOLN, Neb., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation is a 2013 Tree Line USA utility for the eighth year in a row, the Arbor Day Foundation announced today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/MM74349LOGO) Tree Line USA is a national program recognizing public and private utilities for pursuing practices that protect and enhance America's urban trees. A partnership between the Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters, Tree Line USA promotes...
In the news release, DTE Pipeline Co. announces Bluestone interconnection, issued 13-May-2013 by DTE Energy over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the second paragraph, first sentence, should read "The 44.5 mile pipeline can transport up to 600,000 Mcf/day..." rather than "The 44.5 mile pipeline can transport up to 600,000 MMcf/day..." as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows: DTE Pipeline Co. announces Bluestone interconnection...
MADISON, Wis., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to an independent report released last week, Focus on Energy, Wisconsin utilities' statewide program for energy efficiency and renewable energy, significantly increased energy savings in 2012, up 17 percent from the previous year. The 2012 study, conducted by The Cadmus Group, Inc., an independent evaluator, analyzed the program's performance and its benefits and costs for the state of Wisconsin. (Logo:...
DETROIT, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Pipeline Co. announced it has placed the northern portion of the Bluestone Project which interconnects with Millennium Pipeline in New York into service. The 44.5 mile pipeline can transport up to 600,000 MMcf/day combined to both the Millennium Pipeline in Broome County, New York and the Tennessee Gas Pipeline in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. The southern portion of Bluestone which interconnects with Tennessee Pipeline went into...
