PPL seeks rate hike as it threatens eminent domain for benefit of private business

ALLENTOWN – PPL Electric Utilities filed for a rate hike Tuesday, which they say would increase residential bills by about 7%.

This comes as the Lehigh Valley-based company is threatening to take property in the Conyngham Valley by eminent domain for the benefit of private business.

The rate increase, they claim, is “its first distribution base rate request in a decade” as “PPL Electric operating and maintenance expenses have increased by only 7.4% nominally since 2015.”…

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