The 1980s

Major financial growth

The 1980s were a decade of immense financial change. In 1981, the company topped the billion-dollar mark in operating revenues for the first time. In 1986, revenues doubled that mark, reaching nearly $2.2 billion.

1981

Surpassing the 1 million mark

The company surpasses 1 million customers served.

1981

New decade, new goals

PP&L develops new goals to purchase electricity produced by alternative energy technologies and begins exploring development projects using alternate energy sources such as small hydro, solar, wind, refuse and cogeneration. The company also begins conservation and energy demand management programs to scale back energy consumption, especially during peak times.

PPL hosted energy conservation talks with students at area schools.

1984

Going nuclear

PP&L goes nuclear with the Susquehanna Nuclear Generating Station. When fully operational, the plant was capable of producing 63 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per day.

The first section of the nuclear reactor at the Susquehanna Nuclear Generating Station in Salem...

The first section of the nuclear reactor at the Susquehanna Nuclear Generating Station in Salem Township, near Berwick, is carefully guided into place on March 27, 1976. Photo courtesy of The Times-Tribune.