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Article: PP&L, Inc. Mounts Massive Mobilization to Restore Record Number of Repairs In Wake of Floyd.
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- PR Newswire
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- September 17, 1999
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ALLENTOWN, Pa., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- PP&L, Inc., in a mobilization of more than 1,000 of its own employees, assisted by outside crews from as far away as Montreal and Toronto -- Friday (9/17) continues its massive, around- the-clock effort to restore power to customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania.
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Crews will need to make an estimated 2,000 repairs to equipment, the most ever necessary for PP&L as a result of a storm emergency. Hurricane Floyd has interrupted service to nearly 20 percent of PP&L's delivery customers since Wednesday evening.
As of 9:30 a.m. ...