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.
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.
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.
Smart Grid, Smart Jobs
The transition to a smarter grid has benefits beyond network efficiency and reliability: it also provides job growth opportunities.
PPL engineers improve safety, operations through creativity and innovation
PPL Electric Utilities recently acquired three patents for creative solutions. During National Engineers Week, we salute them.
PPL Electric Utilities uses groundbreaking innovation to enhance safety
Last year, more than 1,100 customers lost power when a tree in the Harrisburg area knocked down a wire, creating potential hazards to anyone close to it. But a new system being used by PPL Electric Utilities detected the downed line and automatically powered it off.
The Evolving Power Grid
Delivering electricity: The evolving power grid
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