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potter 3/16<div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Of course, not all the fundraising occurs in dreary call center cubicles and trade-association-owned townhouses in D.C. As the New York Times investigative reporter Eric Lipton chronicled in 2014, “destination events” have become all the rage. Republicans join lobbyists and business executives for spa weekends in Las Vegas and ski trips at the Four Seasons resort in Vail. Democrats join lobbyists and business executives on the Ritz-Carlton’s private beach in Puerto Rico and on quail hunts in Georgia.</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Such trips are often sponsored by political campaigns or political action committees, which are funded, in part, by . . . you guessed it: the lobbyists and corporate executives who are attending the festivities, and who have business interests they think the members of Congress might be able to help them with.</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As Lipton reported, among those attending a Vail event in January of 2014 were:</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Representative Edward Whitfield, Republican of Kentucky, and Katie Ott, a lobbyist for PPL Corporation, the single biggest contributor to Mr. Whitfield.</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mr. Whitfield is chairman of the Energy and Commerce subcommittee that regulates energy utilities, making him one of the most important players in Congress for the industry. Only days after the Vail trip, he introduced legislation that would allow utilities like PPL to build new coal-burning power plants, overriding environmental restrictions recently imposed by the Obama administration.</div>wikiPPL Corporation, formerly known as PP&L or Pennsylvania Power and Light,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> is an energy company headquartered in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allentown,Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Allentown, Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">USA</a>. It currently controls about 19,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawatt" title="Megawatt" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">megawatts</a> (MW) of electrical generating capacity in the United States, primarily in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pennsylvania</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana" title="Montana" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Montana</a>, and delivers electricity to 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania, nearly a million in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky</a>, and 7.8 million in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Great Britain</a>. It also provides natural gas delivery service to 321,000 customers in Kentucky.The majority of PPL's power plants burn <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal" title="Coal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">coal</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil" title="Oil" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">oil</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">natural gas</a>. PPL also owns <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaking_power_plant" title="Peaking power plant" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">peaking plants</a>, which require few operators and have a high profit margin due to their ability to rapidly come online when the price of electricity spikes. PPL's largest plant is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susquehanna_Steam_Electric_Station" title="Susquehanna Steam Electric Station" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Susquehanna Steam Electric Station</a>, a 2,352 MW <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_plant" title="Nuclear power plant" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">nuclear power plant</a>, located on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Susquehanna River</a> seven miles (11 km) northeast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick,Pennsylvania" title="Berwick, Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Berwick, Pennsylvania</a>.The company is publicly traded on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New York Stock Exchange</a> under ticker symbol <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">NYSE</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:PPL" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">PPL</a>.PPL is the fourth largest employer in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lehigh Valley</a> region of Pennsylvania.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> The company's headquarters is based in the PPL Building, the tallest building in Allentown.On November 1, 2010 PPL Corporation purchased E.ON US, the parent company of Kentucky's two major utilities, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_Gas_%26_Electric" title="Louisville Gas & Electric" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Louisville Gas & Electric</a> Company and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Utilities" title="Kentucky Utilities" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky Utilities</a> Company for $7.625 billion from German utility firm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.ON" title="E.ON" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">E.ON</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a>On June 6, 2014 PPL announced it will be divesting its electrical generation facilities.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#cite_note-talen-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#History" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 History</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#Subsidiaries" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Subsidiaries</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#Controversy_in_foreign_subsidiary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Controversy in foreign subsidiary</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#Customer_Satisfaction" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 Customer Satisfaction</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#Headquarters" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 Headquarters</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#PPL_Building" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5.1 PPL Building</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#The_Plaza_at_PPL_Center" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5.2 The Plaza at PPL Center</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#Marketing" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6 Marketing</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Corporation#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">8 External links</a></li></ul></div>==
PPL, based in Allentown, Pa., spent $1. 9 million on lobbying. According to FirstStreet data, it spent $610,000 just in the first quarter of 2012, a big jump from the last three quarters of 2011 when it spent about $250,000 each quarter. It has hired just two other firms, and has a PAC that has distributed more than $480,000 so far this election cycle to a long list of members of the House and Senate, primarily those on the energy and environment panels, including Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., and Whitfield, as well as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

PPL, formerly known as PP&L or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> Power and Light,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL%28utility%29#cite_note-0">[1]</a> is an energy company headquartered in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allentown,Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown, Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a>. It currently controls about 19,000 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawatt" title="Megawatt" class="mw-redirect">megawatts</a> (MW) of electrical generating capacity in the United States, primarily in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a>, and delivers electricity to 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania, nearly a million in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, and 2.6 million in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>. It also provides natural gas delivery service to 321,000 customers in Kentucky.

The majority of PPL's power plants burn <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil" title="Oil">oil</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>. PPL also owns <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaking_power_plant" title="Peaking power plant">peaking plants</a>, which require few operators and have a high profit margin due to their ability to rapidly come online when the price of electricity spikes. PPL's largest plant is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susquehanna_Steam_Electric_Station" title="Susquehanna Steam Electric Station">Susquehanna Steam Electric Station</a>, a 2,352 MW <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_plant" title="Nuclear power plant">nuclear power plant</a>, located on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a> seven miles (11 km) northeast of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick,_Pennsylvania" title="Berwick, Pennsylvania">Berwick, Pennsylvania</a>.

The company is publicly-traded on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a> under ticker symbol <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">NYSE</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/quickquote.html?ticker=ppl">PPL</a>.

PPL is the seventh largest employer in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a> region of Pennsylvania.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_note-1">[2]</a> The company's headquarters is based in the PPL Building, the tallest building in Allentown.

On November 1, 2010 PPL Corporation purchased E.ON US, the parent company of Kentucky’s two major utilities, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_Gas%26_Electric" title="Louisville Gas & Electric">Louisville Gas & Electric</a> Company and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Utilities" title="Kentucky Utilities">Kentucky Utilities</a> Company for $7.625 billion from German utility firm <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.ON" title="E.ON">E.ON</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL%28utility%29#cite_note-2">[3]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<ul>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#History">1 History</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#Subsidiaries">2 Subsidiaries</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#Controversy_in_foreign_subsidiary">3 Controversy in foreign subsidiary</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#Customer_Satisfaction">4 Customer Satisfaction</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#PPL_Building">5 PPL Building</a>

<ul>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#History_of_the_PPL_Building">5.1 History of the PPL Building</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#The_Plaza_at_PPL_Center">5.2 The Plaza at PPL Center</a></li>

</ul>

</li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#Marketing">6 Marketing</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#References">7 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#External_links">8 External links</a></li>

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<h2>History</h2>

PPL was founded in 1920 out of a merger of eight smaller Pennsylvania utilities. It confined its activities to central and northeastern Pennsylvania for several decades until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deregulation" title="Deregulation">deregulation</a> of electrical utilities in the 1990s encouraged PPL to purchase assets in other states. The largest of these transactions was PPL's 1998 purchase of 13 plants from Montana Power (leaving NorthWestern Energy - the buyer of the former Montana Power transmission and distribution systems - vulnerable to high "spot" prices on the energy market). This added over 2,500 MW of capacity and was the largest expansion in PPL's history.

PPL's 2008 revenue was $8.2 billion, with a net profit of $930 million, making it number 314 on the 2009 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> list.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_note-3">[4]</a>

In March 2011, PPL acquired from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.ON" title="E.ON">E.ON</a> the British distribution company Central Networks for £3.5 billion.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_note-powergen020311-4">[5]</a>

<h2>Subsidiaries</h2>

<ul>

<li>PPL Electric Utilities (formerly Pennsylvania Power & Light)</li>

<li>PPL EnergyPlus</li>

<li>PPL Generation</li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG%26E_and_KU_Energy" title="LG&E and KU Energy">LG&E and KU Energy</a>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_Gas_and_Electric" title="Louisville Gas and Electric" class="mw-redirect">Louisville Gas and Electric</a></li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Utilities" title="Kentucky Utilities">Kentucky Utilities</a></li>

</ul>

</li>

<li>PPL Global</li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Power_Distribution" title="Western Power Distribution">Western Power Distribution</a> including former Central Networks</li>

</ul>

<h2>Controversy in foreign subsidiary</h2>

After the controversial takeover[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] in 2000 of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>' largest company, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder" title="Hyder">Hyder</a>, to form half of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Power_Distribution" title="Western Power Distribution">Western Power Distribution</a> (a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK" title="UK" class="mw-redirect">UK</a>-based energy distribution company and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">subsidiary</a> of PPL), a local beauty spot and part <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSSI" title="SSSI" class="mw-redirect">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a> in the Welsh capital city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanishen_Reservoir" title="Llanishen Reservoir">Llanishen Reservoir</a>, was acquired as an asset.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL%28utility%29#cite_note-5">[6]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL%28utility%29#cite_note-6">[7]</a> Western Power and PPL's plans to redevelop the surface area of the reservoir to include 300 new houses with a smaller 'wildlife area' are highly controversial, and the issue has been taken by various British MPs to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Assembly" title="Welsh Assembly" class="mw-redirect">Welsh Assembly</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_parliament" title="UK parliament" class="mw-redirect">UK parliament</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL%28utility%29#cite_note-7">[8]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL%28utility%29#cite_note-8">[9]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSSI" title="SSSI" class="mw-redirect">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a>

<h2>Customer Satisfaction</h2>

PPL Electric Utilities, which serves 1.4 million customers in 29 counties of Pennsylvania in the United States, has received 15 J.D. Power and Associates awards for customer satisfaction — more than any other utility in the United States.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]

<h2>PPL Building</h2>

The PPL Building is the tallest building in Allentown. The building has 23 stories and is 322 feet (98 m) tall. It is the second tallest building in the Lehigh Valley after Bethlehem's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Tower" title="Martin Tower">Martin Tower</a>. It is located at the intersection of Hamilton and Ninth Streets in the downtown area of the city.

The building is often uniquely illuminated at night, especially during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> season. During the 1960s, Pennsylvania Power & Light Company supported the local United Fund community fund drive program by using the building's brightly lit windows at night to spell out the abbreviation "U.F." to remind area residents to contribute to the fund drive.

<h3>History of the PPL Building</h3>

The PPL Building was built from 1926 to 1928. It was built by the PPL corporation and to this day has been the headquarters of the company. The building was designed by architect and skyscraper pioneer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Wiley_Corbett" title="Harvey Wiley Corbett">Harvey Wiley Corbett</a> (who would later have a hand in designing New York's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center" title="Rockefeller Center">Rockefeller Center</a>) and was supervised by his assistant, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Harrison" title="Wallace Harrison">Wallace Harrison</a> (who would later design <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Center" title="Lincoln Center" class="mw-redirect">Lincoln Center</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport" title="LaGuardia Airport">LaGuardia Airport</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Building" title="United Nations Building" class="mw-redirect">U.N. Headquarters Building</a>). The building exterior features <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas-relief" title="Bas-relief" class="mw-redirect">bas reliefs</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Archipenko" title="Alexander Archipenko">Alexander Archipenko</a>. In 1930, the PPL Building was named the "best example of a modern office building" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a>, and also featured the world's fastest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator" title="Elevator">elevator</a>.

<h3>The Plaza at PPL Center</h3>

The Plaza at PPL Center, PPL’s new office building in downtown Allentown, Pa., boasts a long list of environmental features, including a vegetative roof and innovative energy and water-saving devices.

It has been awarded the Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design" title="Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design">Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design</a> program for making use of sustainable development principles.

<h2>Marketing</h2>

In February 2010, the PPL Corporation purchased the naming rights to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_Park" title="PPL Park">PPL Park</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester,Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester, Pennsylvania</a> (which is outside of PPL's service territory), the home stadium of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a>. As part of the $25 million, 11-year deal, PPL EnergyPlus will provide <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_energy" title="Sustainable energy">sustainable energy</a> to PPL Park derived from other sources in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL%28utility%29#cite_note-9">[10]</a>

<h2>References</h2>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-0">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pplweb.com/about/our+history/ppl+corporation+timeline.htm">PPL Corporation Timeline</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-1">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lehighvalley.org/pdf/Employ_Largest.pdf">List of Largest employers in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-2">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pplweb.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=12270&item=17850">PPL press release: "PPL Completes Acquisition of Two Kentucky Utility Companies", November 1, 2010.</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-3">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/snapshots/2027.html">Fortune 500 2009</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-powergen020311-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-powergen020311_4-0">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.powergenworldwide.com/index/display/articledisplay/4661978251/articles/powergenworldwide/Business/m-and-a/2011/03/ppl-to_acquire_e_on.html">"SPPL to acquire E.ON's UK grid networks for GBP3.5bn"</a>. Power-Gen Worldwide (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PennWell_Corporation" title="PennWell Corporation">PennWell Corporation</a>). 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2011-03-02.</li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-5">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/885873.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/885873.stm</a> BBC News - Hyder faces fresh battle</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-6">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.westernpower.co.uk/Finance.aspx">http://www.westernpower.co.uk/Finance.aspx</a> Western Power - Finances</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-7">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/tm_headline=developer-s-threat-to-drain-reservoir%26method=full%26objectid=18152781%26siteid=50082-name_page.html">http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/tm_headline=developer-s-threat-to-drain-reservoir&method=full&objectid=18152781&siteid=50082-name_page.html</a> South Wales Echo report.</li>

<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-8">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.llanishenrag.com/news.htm">http://www.llanishenrag.com/news.htm</a> Llanishen RAG News</li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPL_%28utility%29#cite_ref-9">^{</a></span}> Jasner, Andy (February 25, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://philadelphiaunion.com/ReadNews.aspx?aid=285">"PPL buys naming rights"</a>. Philadelphia Union. Retrieved February 26, 2010.</li>

</ol>

</div>

<h2>External links</h2>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pplweb.com">PPL Official Web Site</a>.</li>

</ul>

=6/152014<table class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 630px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">ouse</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00026171&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Dent, Charlie (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$34,899</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00025495&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Barletta, Lou (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003675&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Boehner, John (R-OH)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00033054&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Daines, Steven (R-MT)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001373&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Doyle, Mike (D-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00027229&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Fitzpatrick, Michael G (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00029675&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Guthrie, Brett (R-KY)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001821&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00031777&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Marino, Tom (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001633&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Pitts, Joe (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004961&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Shimkus, John M (R-IL)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00013770&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Shuster, Bill (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004133&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Upton, Fred (R-MI)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003467&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Whitfield, Ed (R-KY)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00024992&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Murphy, Tim (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$8,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00027503&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Casey, Bob (D-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$7,500</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00002408&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Clyburn, James E (D-SC)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$7,500</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00006249&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Enzi, Mike (R-WY)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$7,500</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00007724&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Wyden, Ron (D-OR)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$7,500</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00006236&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Barrasso, John A (R-WY)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$7,000</td></tr></tbody></table>2012<table class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 630px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00026171&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Dent, Charlie (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$38,750</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001489&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Toomey, Pat (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$28,549</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00027503&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Casey, Bob (D-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$21,300</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004645&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Rehberg, Denny (R-MT)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,500</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003675&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Boehner, John (R-OH)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=MT01&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Daines, Steven (R-MT)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00025025&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Gerlach, Jim (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00031777&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Marino, Tom (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00031134&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Meehan, Patrick (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004133&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Upton, Fred (R-MI)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003467&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Whitfield, Ed (R-KY)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001469&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Holden, Tim (D-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$8,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001633&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Pitts, Joe (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,500</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00027605&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Tester, Jon (D-MT)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,250</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001127&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Crowley, Joseph (D-NY)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001821&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003389&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00007364&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,500</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00025495&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Barletta, Lou (R-PA)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00006236&cycle=2012" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Barrasso, John A (R-WY)</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,000</td></tr></tbody></table>