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Safety/Security

Our top priority is safety.

Your safety and the security of your information are important to us.

We want you to know the risks of electricity and how to stay safe around it. And when extreme weather strikes, we want you to be prepared so you can keep your family safe and comfortable.  

We also want to help protect you from utility scams and other deceptive and misleading tactics you need to know to stop scammers in their tracks.  

How to stay safe in a winter storm

How to stay safe in a winter storm

It’s winter storm season in Pennsylvania.  Even if you don’t tune into the weather reports, you’ll recognize the signs of an impending storm by the parking lot of your local grocery store. So how can you prepare in advance and stay safe when a winter storm strikes? ...

When disaster strikes, know the warnings

When disaster strikes, know the warnings

“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...

Looking out for the safety of others

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...

Emergency preparedness can help save a life

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...

Break out of bad electrical safety habits

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...

Six tips for a safe storm season

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...

Please don’t post on our poles

Please don’t post on our poles

Thinking about promoting your yard sale, band concert, or campaign for township supervisor by posting signs on utility poles? Please don't. Posting signs or posters on utility poles is unsafe and, in many cases, illegal. Our line workers can be injured if their...

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