The PPL Corporation is an energy company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. It currently controls about 8,000 megawatts of regulated electric generating capacity in the United States and delivers electricity to 10.5 million customers in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Great Britain.
Petitioner PPL Services Corporation (“PPL” or the “Company”) brings the instant action against Respondent International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1600 (“IBEW” or the “Union”) asking this Court to review and vacate the arbitration award granted to Noreen Crawford (“Grievant”) on March 24, 2011. Petitioner alleges the arbitrator’s award fails to draw its essence from the collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) entered into between PPL and IBEW, and therefore should be vacated pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S. § 7301. -PPL v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (2012)