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Basic Information

PPL Corporation is a global energy company based in Allentown, Pa., that delivers electricity 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 10,375 worldwide
(Employment numbers approximate, as of March 1, 2009)

By Business Line

  • PPL Generation: 2,645
  • PPL Global:
    • Domestic: 4
    • United Kingdom: 2,270  
  • PPL Electric Utilities: 2,160
  • PPL Energy Services Group: 1,880
  • PPL Services: 1,230  
  • PPL EnergyPlus: 115
  • PPLSolutions: 70

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

By Geography

  • Worldwide total: about 10,375
  • United Kingdom total: 2,270
  • United States total: about 8,105
    • Pennsylvania: 7,015
    • Montana: 525
    • New York: 280
    • Massachusetts: 175
    • Connecticut: 80
    • Maine: 20
    • Illinois: 5
    • Other: 5

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

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 or owns more than 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity (winter rating).

Coal-fired

 

4,243 MW

Nuclear

 

2,165 MW

Natural Gas & Oil

 

4,402 MW

Hydro

 

970 MW

Other

 

222 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. 314 in 2009.
     
  • Forbes 2000 – No. 487 in 2009.
     
  • Barron's 500 - No. 330 in 2008
     
  • James H. Miller, PPL's chairman, president and chief executive officer, was named on the National Safety Council’s annual list of CEOs Who “Get It." The list recognizes corporate leaders from all industries who understand the importance of engaging employees in a strong, effective safety program.
     
  • PennFuture gave PPL Electric Utilities a Green Power award in September 2008 for the company's efforts to promote energy efficiency and help customers take greater control of their electric use. In presenting the award, PennFuture, one of the state’s leading environmental advocacy organizations, praised the company for its online Energy Analyzer, which provides customers with daily electricity usage information, helps them analyze their home’s energy use, and provides tips to save.
     
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave PPL its Coal Combustion Products Partnership enhanced utilization award in July 2008 for beneficially using 100 percent of the coal ash produced at its Brunner Island and Montour power plants in Pennsylvania. PPL is one of the few coal-fired generation companies to be ahead of the EPA’s voluntary recommendation to increase the percentage of coal ash that companies use beneficially to 50 percent by 2012.
     
  • The Arbor Day Foundation, in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters, recognized PPL Electric Utilities in 2009 as a Tree Line USA utility for its tree-pruning program and educational efforts. This is the fourth consecutive year the company has received this honor.
     
  • 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 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 business and former 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 tthe 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.
     
  • PPL Corporation was named one of the 100 best corporate citizens for 2008 by CRO magazine.
     
  • 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.