PPL leaders explore the future of energy at CIGRE 2026
Innovation is transforming the energy industry at an unprecedented pace, and collaboration is more important than ever to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead.
LG&E and KU Are Advancing Kentucky’s Energy Future
LG&E and KU are making significant investments to ensure Kentucky’s energy infrastructure continues to deliver reliable, affordable and increasingly sustainable power for decades to come.
Cane Run Unit 7: A Legacy of Innovation Powering PPL’s Utility of the Future
Along the banks of the Ohio River, the Cane Run Generating Station stands as a symbol of transformation. Operated by Louisville Gas and Electric Company, it is part of a generation portfolio that includes stations run by LG&E’s sister utility, Kentucky Utilities Company. The Cane Run site reflects decades of energy innovation and a forward-looking approach to meeting Kentucky’s growing power needs.
PPL Hosts Inaugural Innovation Summit
PPL Corporation brought together leading technology innovators and research partners in November at an innovation summit in Lexington, Kentucky designed to accelerate progress toward building its energy utilities of the future.
100 Years of Power: Dix Dam, Dix Hydro and Herrington Lake Celebrate a Century
The E.W. Brown Generating Station and surrounding community are marking a major milestone — 100 years of renewable energy production from Dix Dam, the Dix hydroelectric plant and Herrington Lake.
Breakthrough in Direct Air Capture: What It Means
PPL is proud to announce a major milestone in our sustainability journey – a breakthrough in direct air capture (DAC) technology. This achievement makes PPL one of a handful of companies nationwide with this technology and the only electric utility company in the U.S. actively operating a DAC system.
Be there when it matters
Ever since her days at the University of Michigan, Wendy Stark always knew that she wanted to pursue a career in law; however, she did not envision that her journey would lead her into the world of utilities, and much less, into a leadership role.
“Oddly enough, I was not at all interested in corporate work at the time,” recalls Stark, who serves as executive vice president of utilities,chief legal officer and corporate secretary of PPL Corporation. “My career trajectory was certainly not a straight line; it was more about navigating a pathway that has changed over time.”
PPL Celebrates Women’s History Month
During Women’s History Month, we celebrate the many women here at PPL who are blazing trails and helping us create the utilities of the future. Together, we’re addressing energy challenges head-on by building smarter, more resilient and more dynamic power grids and advancing a cleaner energy future affordably and reliably for customers.
Meet some of the amazing women helping us lead the way.
PPL Celebrates National Mentoring Month
Employees across our companies are passionate about giving back to our communities, and that takes shape in many ways. In honor of National Mentoring Month, we’ve asked employees to share their mentoring experiences and how their mentors may have positively influenced their career journey.
It’s a bright look ahead in 2024
We’re excited for what the future holds and looking forward to 2024.
Across our PPL family of companies, we’ve set a goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining reliability and affordability for our more than 3.5 million customers in Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
We’re pursuing a comprehensive clean energy strategy to achieve this goal, and as part of our strategy, we’re focused on driving innovation and advancing technologies that can be scaled safely, reliably and affordably.