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• PPL Electric Utilities Names Senior Vice President-Operations

  - 2009-06-22

  ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gregory N. Dudkin, who has more than three decades of experience in telecommunications, electric and gas utility operations, including 11 years in executive positions, has been named senior vice president-Operations for PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, the electricity delivery subsidiary of PPL Corporation ....

• PPL Electric Utilities Receives PUC Approval of Post-2010 Electricity Purchase Plan

  - 2009-06-18

  ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PPL Electric Utilities has received approval for its plan to begin buying the electricity its customers will need in 2011 and beyond and will start the purchase process during this current period of relatively lower wholesale market prices for electricity. The...

• PPL to Pay Quarterly Stock Dividends July 1

  - 2009-05-20

  ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PPL Corporation on Wednesday (5/20) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.345 per share, payable July 1, 2009, to shareowners of record as of June 10, 2009. This is the company's 254th consecutive quarterly dividend. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a...

• Prices Drop in Fifth Round of PPL Electric Utilities Power Purchases for 2010

  - 2009-04-02

  Electricity prices in latest power purchase result in a smaller estimated 2010 increase for typical residential customer ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lower wholesale energy prices make it likely that PPL Electric Utilities customers will experience a smaller than anticipated 2010 price increase. The...

• Fitch Rates PPL Electric Utilities Sr Secured Bonds 'A-'

  - 2008-10-15

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A-' rating to the $400 million, 7.125% senior secured bonds issued by PPL Electric Utilities Corp. PPLEU. The bonds mature Nov. 30, 2013. The Rating Outlook is Stable. Proceeds will be used to partially fund the repayment at maturity of...

• Electric Rate Increases to Spur Construction

  - 2008-08-01

  WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Electric utilities are about to undertake major construction projects to rebuild and expand the nation's aging power grid. That will pose a service and supply challenge for electric utility fleets currently slammed by soaring fuel costs and burdened by aging vehicles, an electric industry executive said. ...

• Fitch Affirms PPL's IDR at 'BBB'; Lowers Electric Utilities Preferred Stock to 'BBB'

  - 2008-03-20

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'BBB' Issuer Default Ratings IDR and other debt ratings of PPL Corp. and its subsidiaries as shown below. In addition, Fitch has lowered the preferred stock ratings of PPL Electric Utilities Corp. to 'BBB' from 'BBB+' and assigned short-term IDR ratings of...

• PPL: Rate Cap Extensions Will Harm Reliability, Customers

  - 2008-02-12

  To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Dan McCarthy of PPL Corporation, +1-610-774-5758, Fax:+1-610-774-5281 ALLENTOWN, Pa., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A bill that wasthe subject of hearings Tuesday (2/12) in the Pennsylvania House ofRepresentatives has the potential to undermine the reliability ofthe state's electricity delivery system, PPL Electric Utilities' topexecutive said. ...

• PPL Electric Utilities Taps Mapframe's Fieldsmart Software for Mobile Mapping and Field Automation

  - 2008-01-22

  Wireless News01-22-2008PPL Electric Utilities Taps Mapframe's Fieldsmart Software for Mobile Mapping and Field AutomationWIRELESS NEWS-January 22, 2008-PPL Electric Utilities Taps Mapframe's Fieldsmart Software for Mobile Mapping and Field Automation C2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com MapFrame announced that PPL Electric Utilities will implement MapFrame's FieldSmart View, FieldSmart Route, and Field Flow...

• PPL Electric Utilities Selects Mapframe's Fieldsmart Software for Mobile Mapping and Field Automation

  - 2008-01-21

  DALLAS, TX -- MapFrame Corporation today announced that PPL Electric Utilities will implement MapFrame's FieldSmart[R] View, FieldSmart[R] Route, and Field Flow Manager[TM] to fulfill their mobile mapping and field automation requirements. MapFrame will compress and extend PPL Electric Utilities' ESRI GIS throughout the enterprise and work seamlessly with the Ventyx...