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Basic Information

PPL Corporation is a global energy company based in Allentown, Pa., that delivers electricity and natural gas to more than 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania; sells energy in key U.S. markets; provides energy services for businesses in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States; generates electricity at power plants in Pennsylvania, Montana, Connecticut, Illinois, New York and Maine; and delivers electricity to about 2.6 million customers in the United Kingdom. PPL's four principal business subsidiaries are PPL Generation LLC, PPL EnergyPlus LLC, PPL Global LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

General Office

Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, PA 18101-1179
610-774-5151

Corporate Web site address
www.pplweb.com

Stock exchange listing
Symbol: PPL
New York Stock Exchange

Board of Directors

Most Recent Financial Highlights

Number of Employees: about 11,150 worldwide
(Employment numbers approximate, as of Dec. 31, 2007)

By Business Line

  • PPL Generation: 2,674
  • PPL Global:
    • Domestic: 8
    • United Kingdom: 2,334  
  • PPL Electric Utilities: 2,238
  • PPL Energy Services Group: 2,083
  • PPL Services: 1,254
  • PPL Gas Utilities: 373   
  • PPL EnergyPlus: 114
  • PPLSolutions: 71

* Note: PPL Energy Services Group total includes the mechanical contractors.

By Geography

  • Worldwide total: about 11,150
  • United Kingdom total: 2,334
  • United States total: about 8,815
    • Pennsylvania: 7,591
    • Montana: 523
    • New York: 312
    • Massachusetts: 237
    • Connecticut: 113
    • Maine: 20
    • Maryland: 8
    • Illinois: 6
    • District of Columbia: 4
    • Other: 1

Operating Locations
(including partial ownership)

  • Power Generation
    Domestic: Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania 
  • Electric Delivery
    Domestic: Pennsylvania
    International: United Kingdom
  • Wholesale Energy Marketing and Trading
    Key U.S. markets

U.S. Electricity Delivery Business (Pennsylvania)

  • PPL powerlinesAbout 1.4 million customers
  • 10,000-square-mile area covering all or parts of 29 counties in central and eastern Pennsylvania
  • 39,790 miles of transmission and distribution lines

U.S. Natural Gas Delivery Business

  • 76,500 customers
  • 34 counties in Pennsylvania and part of northern Maryland
  • 3,500 miles of pipeline

U.S. Propane Delivery Business

  • 34,000 customers
  • Serves portions of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia
  • 13 million gallons in annual sales

International Electricity Delivery Business

  • About 2.6 million customers in United Kingdom
    (WPD South West and WPD South Wales)

Peak Electric Use

PPL Electric Utilities Winter Peak

7,577 megawatt/hours
(set Feb. 5, 2007)

PPL Electric Utilities Summer Peak

7,554 megawatt/hours
(set Aug. 1, 2006)

 

U.S. Power Supply

PPL Power PlantControls about 11,400 megawatts of generating capacity (winter rating).

Coal-fired

 

4,226 MW

Nuclear

 

2,117 MW

Natural Gas & Oil

 

3,772 MW

Hydro

 

947 MW

Qualifying Facilities

 

356 MW

Energy Sales

  • Sells energy in key U.S. markets.

Energy Services

  • Provides project design and development, facilities management and energy information services.
  • Mechanical contracting firms in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Noteworthy Achievements

  • FORTUNE 500® – No. 346 in 2008.
     
  • Forbes 2000 – No. 559 in 2008.
     
  • PPL Electric Utilities has received 15 J.D. Power and Associates awards
    for customer satisfaction among electric utilities in the eastern United
    States - more than any other utility in the country. The company holds seven awards for business customer satisfaction, and eight for
    residential customer satisfaction.
      
  • PPL's Pennsylvania-based electricity and natural gas delivery businesses combined placed first in 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
     
  • Western Power Distribution, PPL's electricity delivery affiliate in the United Kingdom, is the only energy company to earn the coveted Charter Mark Award – the government's accolade for customer service. WPD has held the award since it was first issued in 1992.
     
  • The U.S. Department of the Interior in 2008 gave PPL and its partners in Maine’s Penobscot River Restoration Project the Cooperative Conservation Award, which recognizes groups and individuals who work together to achieve excellence in conservation.
     
  • PPL Corporation was named one of the 100 best corporate citizens for 2008 by CRO magazine.
     
  • The Arbor Day Foundation, in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters, recognized PPL Electric Utilities in 2008 as a Tree Line USA utility for its tree-pruning program and educational efforts. This is the third consecutive year the company has received this honor.
     
  • A PPL Corporation subsidiary’s renewable energy work was named a “Project of the Year” by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The 3.2-megawatt methane-to-energy power generation system in Lancaster County, Pa., is a partnership with PPL Energy Services, the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Turkey Hill Dairy. 
     
  • A dozen PPL facilities are certified as Star sites under the Voluntary Protection Program run by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
     
  • PPL Montana's electric generation business earned the "Outstanding Stewardship of America's Rivers Award" by the National Hydropower Association in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006 for its program for operations, recreation, fisheries, wildlife, habitat, water quality and cultural resources at eight of its hydroelectric dams. 
      
  • The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program of the U.S. Green Building Council awarded a gold rating for PPL's new office building in Allentown, Pa., in 2004.