A History of Giving Powers a Stronger Tomorrow
PPL has been empowering economic vitality and quality of life for the communities it serves for a century.
Transforming Communities & Powering Growth
PPL is powering lives, communities, organizations, governments and businesses every second of every hour of every day.
Virtual and augmented reality point to real-world advances for PPL Electric Utilities
When Devraj Banerjee dons virtual reality headgear in a room at PPL’s headquarters in downtown Allentown, it covers his eyes, but his view of the job at hand is expanded like never before.
Customers seeing benefits from distribution automation
LG&E’s and KU’s investments in distribution automation have helped prevent more than 16,000 electric service interruptions for customers
New research is helping us prepare for a changing energy future
We are exploring the power of solar energy, battery storage and new technology to help us prepare, innovate and be ready for the demands of tomorrow’s energy grid.
PPL board member Phoebe Wood brings leadership into focus
Phoebe A. Wood, the newest addition to PPL’s diverse Board of Directors, has honed her leadership style during an impressive career spanning more than three decades. She has been successful in many different roles – from financial management to business development.
A PPL memory book: women at work through generations
Take a look through our memory book, recognizing some of the women of PPL who blazed new trails, shattered expectations and boldly stepped into new roles. Today and every day, we celebrate all of the women past and present who have contributed to the forward progress of PPL.
Natural gas line upgrades ahead of the curve
LG&E completed a long-term gas main replacement project reached in the heart of downtown Louisville in June 2017. The final stretch of work wrapped up an initiative that began back in 1996 when LG&E established a program to replace 540 miles of aging cast iron, wrought iron and bare steel natural gas pipelines, which are more vulnerable to degradation over time, with more durable plastic natural gas pipelines.
Innovative project positions PPL Electric as a provider in the grid of the future
The Keystone Solar Future Project is an example of the innovative thinking PPL Electric is using as new on-site generation technologies transform the utility environment. The project will set up a “distributed system platform” that leverages the company’s existing smart grid technology to plan for, monitor and control distributed energy resources such as solar panels.