Ever see a line of silver towers in a rural field? Or, maybe steel poles lining the road? Those are transmission lines, and you likely don’t give them much thought as you pass by in your car. But those transmission lines are crucial to most everything you do at home...
You’ve heard about PPL Electric Utilities using drones to patrol power lines. Here’s the story of an employee who uses drones to win prizes. Customer Experience Specialist Susie Smith recently competed in the MultiGP International Open, a drone racing event in Muncie,...
Instead of distributing candy this Halloween, we’re dishing out energy-saving tips! This year’s treat is learning how to cut down on phantom load, or energy vampires, that suck up your power and result in wasted energy. Energy vampires are small appliances or devices...
Monitoring tens of thousands of miles of power lines is important to keeping the lights on, and PPL Electric Utilities is increasing its use of drones to make that process more effective and efficient. We recently began using drones to patrol the lower-voltage...
We’ve never been afraid to experiment with new technology or implement innovative ideas if it means more reliable service for our customers. So as soon as battery technology became more advanced, our engineers were excited to launch a program within the PPL territory,...
“This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System.” It’s a phrase we’ve all heard countless times from our radios or TVs. We’ve heard it so many times that it’s easy to stop paying attention. The fact is that the Emergency Broadcast System — and other warnings like it...
Summer is winding down, but there’s still plenty of time to enjoy the outdoors. For many of us, outdoor fun in the summertime means splashing around at a nearby pool or relaxing by a stream with a fishing pole in hand. Water and electricity can be a deadly...
Ever see a line of silver towers in a rural field? Or, maybe steel poles lining the road? Those are transmission lines, and you likely don’t give them much thought as you pass by in your car. But those transmission lines are crucial to most everything you do at home...
PPL Electric Utilities offers tips to stay cool and save money as heat wave hits Pennsylvania
A single grain of pollen is invisible to the human eye, but the role it plays in our world is seen by everyone. Much of what we eat would not be possible without pollen, or pollinators, the insects that help transport pollen between flowers. About three quarters of...
PPL Electric Utilities opposes an idea that would require electric utilities to purchase as much as 50 percent of customer demand from nuclear energy as part of a new mandate under Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act.
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