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Drones assisting in power line inspections
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...
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Looking out for the safety of others
If there’s one thing PPL Electric Utilities employee Jeffrey Barton doesn’t have, it’s a walk-by attitude. If he sees a hazardous condition or something potentially unsafe, he’s going to say something about it. That safety mindset may have saved a life. Barton, an...
‘Always thinking about the next environmental initiative’
When PPL Electric Utilities unveiled its plan to give out thousands of trees as part of its Community Roots program, no one was more excited – or proud – than Eric Beaver. The PPL environmental professional and self-proclaimed lover of the outdoors saw a great...
Emergency preparedness can help save a life
When workers on a PPL contractor crew were faced with a life or death situation last year, they responded by helping to save someone’s life. And they managed to do so because they were alert and prepared to react in an emergency situation with the knowledge of how to...
Game of Drones: Tackling a fast new sport
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,...
Stepping up to protect birds, the environment
The sight of ospreys nesting at the overlook by Wallenpaupack Dam has become something local residents have come to expect for more than 20 years. So when the nesting platform originally put up by PPL Electric Utilities came down during a wind storm early in 2018, Meg...
Break out of bad electrical safety habits
This tip appears in the July 2018 issue of Connect, our customer newsletter. We're reprinting it here because it's good safety advice. Q. My buddy is a do-it-yourselfer and never bothers to turn off the circuit breakers when he’s working on an electrical outlet. How...
Enjoying the sight of birds in the sky
When Jeff Luzenski looks back on his days as a child growing up in the Lehigh Valley, he can’t recall ever seeing an osprey or peregrine falcon flying overhead. So the sight of ospreys on nesting platforms at various spots in Pennsylvania, and falcons feeding their...
New two-way texting: An easy way to take care of business
You asked for more convenience. We’re delivering with new two-way texting. It makes doing business with PPL faster and easier than ever! Paying your bill or reporting an outage is now as simple as sending a text message. You can also use two-way texting to find out...
Six tips for a safe storm season
Shown above: The Bloomsburg Fair following Hurricane Agnes, June 1972. Hurricane season starts June 1 and continues into the fall. And while we might think of the warm tropics when we think of hurricanes, experience shows these storms can have a big, destructive...
Drones get roped in to line restoration work
Drones are more than just an innovative way to patrol and review electric delivery lines. They can be an innovative tool to help string them, too. At least twice in recent weeks, our employees have turned to the unmanned aerial vehicles as a way to help with...
