James H. Miller

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
PPL Corporation



James H. Miller, chairman, president and chief executive officer of PPL Corporation, has more than 30 years of diverse experience in the electricity industry. He joined PPL in February 2001 as president of PPL Generation, PPL’s subsidiary that controls more than 11,000 megawatts of electrical generation capacity in the United States. He was promoted to executive vice president of PPL Corporation in January 2004 and became chief operating officer in September 2004.

Miller was named president and a member of the company’s board of directors in August 2005 and assumed the additional roles of chairman and CEO on Oct. 1, 2006. He also serves as a member of PPL’s Corporate Leadership Council, which sets the strategic direction for the company and its subsidiaries.

Before coming to PPL, Miller was executive vice president of USEC Inc. The company, based in Bethesda, Md., is an international supplier of enriched uranium to nuclear utilities. Previously, he was president of two ABB Group subsidiaries: ABB Environmental Systems, which supplied air pollution control equipment for the power industry, and ABB Resource Recovery Systems, which specialized in the design, construction and operation of waste-to-energy plants. He also served as president of the former UC Operating Services, an unregulated subsidiary of Constellation Energy and Louisville Gas and Electric Co. He began his career in the electricity industry at the former Delmarva Power & Light Co., where he held various engineering and management positions.

Miller is a member of the boards of the Electric Power Research Institute, the Edison Electric Institute and the Nuclear Energy Institute. He also serves on the boards of directors for the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and the Lehigh Valley Partnership, and on the board of trustees for Lehigh Valley Health Network. In addition, he is on the leadership team for Education 2010, a group of business and community leaders dedicated to improving education in Allentown, Pa.

A native of Wilmington, Del., Miller received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from  the University of Delaware. He also served in the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine program.

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), headquartered in Allentown, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to about 4 million customers in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom.