Learn what transmission costs cover on your PPL Electric bill, why they change, and how new large energy users like data centers affect what customers pay.
Planting trees is great for your property and the planet—but choosing the right tree and the right location is crucial. Find out how to plant trees safely and responsibly to prevent power outages and protect your community.
Do you know the only category of energy use that’s increasing in homes? In our energy quiz last month, 63% of our customers correctly answered that appliances and devices use around 21% of a home’s energy each year. And device use is rapidly rising. Each year, energy...
Utilities across the U.S. are in constant battle with these thieves who try to fleece their customers. Don’t let it happen to you.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
