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Chester County Daily News: Business Briefs
Six Pennsylvania Branches Face Closure by BB&T As part of its proposed $1.8 billion purchase of National Penn Bancshares, BB&T said in a legal notice on September 25th, that it has selected six branches and two business centers in Pennsylvania for closure. The National Penn branches facing closure are in Abington, Elverson, Quarryville, Reading and…
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Chester County Daily News: Business Briefs
VISTA Today Business Briefs are concise stories that bring you up to date with what’s happening around Chester County. This Morning: Senator Andy Dinniman Recognizes Bob Wagner’s with 40 Years in Business Award A longtime Chester County company, Bob Wagner’s Flooring America, was recently recognized for being in business for 40 years. State Senator Andy…
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Schramm Deepens its Presence in Oil-Rich Houston
Schramm has set its sights on drilling deeper relationships with key oil industry players, and in order to do that, the West Chester maker of land drilling rigs is expanding its presence in the so-called Energy Capital of the World. Schramm is enlarging its Houston sales and marketing office with a showcase for its flagship…
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PECO to Invest $2.2 Million in Chester County Vegetation Management Program
In order to improve the electricity service provision for over 24,000 customers in southeastern Chester County, PECO, the electricity and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, has started its vegetation management along 320 miles of aerial electric lines. The company which serves 1.6 million electricity and more than 506,000 natural gas customers in southeastern…
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Impacts of A Pipeline Easement On Your Property
By Tony Verway Chester County currently has several active pipeline projects winding through it. The Columbia Pipeline Group’s Eastside Expansion Project which runs from West Vincent to West Bradford, and Sunoco Logistics Mariner East 2 Project running from northwest to southeast Chester County are two of the most used pipelines in the county. Hundreds of…
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New Financing Ignites Alternative Energy Development Group’s Growth
A bank’s infusion of money into a Berwyn solar company has blazed a path for three new solar energy projects in the state of Vermont. The future is bright for Alternative Energy Development Group and its affiliate SolarSense, which received a full charge of more than $3.7 million from Crestmark, according to an ABL Advisor…
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Chester County Well Represented On State Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force
Several Chester County leaders will have boots on the ground and work to responsibly channel the flow of the area’s gush of new natural gas pipelines, according to selections made for the Pennsylvania Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force. State Sen. Andy Dinniman will lead the charge as one of two lawmakers in the group, with help…
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Proposed Sunoco Logistics Pipeline Neighbors Rally To Be In The Know
While a major energy company itches to get liquefied natural gas flowing through its proposed new Mariner East pipeline, Chester County residents are trying to turn up the flow of information. Sudden negotiations over the land on which a new Sunoco Logistics pipeline — or two — will carry the precious energy source to its Marcus…
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Exton Electrical Contractor Proposes New Coatesville Multi-Source Energy Park
If Bob Keares, President of Keares Electrical Contracting, has his way, Coatesville area eco-friendly businesses looking for sustainable power to fuel their operations may have everything they need in a new multi-source energy park. The 20-megawatt or more City of Coatesville Energy Park Keares proposed last week will attract new office or warehouse buildings to…
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West Goshen Approves Sunoco Pumping Station Settlement
Sunoco is ready to move forward with its plans for the Boot Road pumping station. According to a Daily Local News report, the West Goshen Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to accept and sign the settlement agreement that will ensure the safety of the project. As part of Sunoco’s Mariner East Phase I project, the…
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CCEDC, CCCBI Hosting Conversation On Fracking This Friday
The Chester County Economic Development Council is hosting an event, “Continuing the Conversation: Natural Gas in Southeastern Pennsylvania” to explore the impact and opportunities related to natural gas in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The panel will include Brittany Thomas, coordinator of external affairs for Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Joseph F. McGinn, senior manager of public affairs…
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Local Lawmakers Propose Pipeline Impact Fee
Local political leaders have more than taken notice of the growing presence of oil and gas pipelines in Chester County — they have taken action to pay their communities back for the hassles and headaches created by the energy infrastructure. West Whiteland Sen. Andy Dinniman has joined Montgomery County Sen. John Rafferty in introducing a pipeline impact…
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Did You Know?
There are approximately 600 miles of gas pipelines that crisscross through the landscape of Chester County’s 760 square miles, the third-highest percentage of pipelines in Pennsylvania. Of Chester County’s 73 townships and municipalities, 60 are intersected by one of the 20+ pipelines coursing through the county. Check out Chester County Planning Commission’s innovative Pipeline Information…
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Christine Simeone To Keynote Annual Chester County Economic Development Council Energy Briefing
Insights into this year’s energy markets, policies and opportunities will be highlighted by Christine Simeone when The Smart Energy Initiative and the Chester County Economic Development host their third annual energy briefing on Friday, Feb. 27. Simeone, deputy director of the Kleinman Energy Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, will also give updates on…
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Exelon Underwrites PAFA Art Exhibit On Henry Ossawa Tanner
Exelon Corp. and the Exelon Foundation are sponsoring a Henry Ossawa Tanner exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and will this summer put 100 students in this region to work enhancing Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and Wissahickon Valley Green Park. The foundation approved a $150,000 grant to give…
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Powhatan Energy Fund Finds New Evidence, Seeks More Time
The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) long-simmering dispute with West Chester-based Powhatan Energy Fund LLC over what FERC alleges were illegal energy trades, took an unexpected turn last week when a recording surfaced that could absolve Powhatan’s trader of wrongdoing. The August 2010 recording of phone conversation between a FERC contractor monitoring trading compliance and a…
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Penn Energy, Rabobank Move Forward On Solar Energy Projects
Penn Energy Renewables, Ltd. of Bala Cynwyd and Rabobank have closed financing for three solar energy projects in Ontario, Canada. The projects will sell power under three separate 20-year Power Purchase Agreements to the Ontario Power Authority as part of the OPA’s Feed-In-Tariff program. The financing involves $125 million in construction and term loans. Penn…
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Pipeline Project Will Give Downingtown Area School District A $500,000 Boost
The Downingtown Area School District will this year receive a $500,000 payment from Columbia Gas for an easement to put a pipeline through the property of three Downingtown schools, CBS Philly is reporting. Columbia Gas will put 9.5-mile pipeline through Chester County and nearly a mile of it cuts through Downingtown Middle School, Shamona Creek…
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