Company: PPL Corp

Power company PPL corp. on Friday said its first-quarter profit rose as a big acquisition last year in England boosted results.

A federal judge has blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from releasing data about PPL Corp.'s Colstrip power plant in southeastern Montana to two environmental groups until a challenge by the plant's operator can be heard.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from releasing data from PPL Corp.'s Colstrip power plant in southeastern Montana.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission on Thursday approved the construction of a natural gas-fired generating plant at LG&E's Cane Run facility in Louisville and the purchase of an existing plant in Oldham County.