As wind topples a tree, snapping a wire and severing electricity to homes, a machine that PPL workers call Viper can start working to restore power automatically. Vipers, or vacuum reclosers, are part ...

PPL Electric says the future is now when it comes to preventing power outages. The provider’s new "smart grid" technology is already cutting down response times.“Each and every one of us, when we flip ...

NORTHUMBERLAND — With 50,000 miles of power lines serving 1.4 million customers in 29 counties, PPL Electric Utilities has a lot to maintain to ensure power keeps flowing to homes and businesses. With ...

Pennsylvania’s PPL Electric Utilities is deploying Alvarion’s BreezeMAX Extreme 3650 WiMAX solution as part of its smart grid communications network. The communication network upgrade, enabled by a ...

ALLENTOWN — There’s been a lot of talk about the importance of adding smart grid technology to the power network that supplies electricity to homes and businesses. But it’s not always easy to explain ...

A new automated power restoration system is turning the lights back on for PPL Electric Utilities customers in minutes, even before a work crew has made repairs. The system led to significantly ...

PPL Electric Utilities customers throughout Lancaster County can expect a visit from a technician in coming months, as the company swaps out conventional meters for new, high-tech "smart" meters.

So someone clips a pole and your power goes out. What happens next? A few years ago, this: As you sat in the dark and wondered if the frozen food was going to melt, someone would drive somewhere and ...

Last year PPL Electric Utilities spent almost one billion dollars in reliability investments and that includes a Smart Grid system that has been installed in the midstate. “Our Smart Grid pilot was ...

Turns out PPL’s smart meters aren’t that smart after all and customers may pay for it. The Allentown-based utility touted itself as a pioneer when it installed 1.3 million meters from 2002 through ...

Turns out PPL’s smart meters aren’t that smart after all, and customers may pay for it. The Allentown-based utility touted itself as a pioneer when it installed 1.3 million meters from 2002 through ...

For PPL electric customers, deregulation wasn’t a quick separation – it has been more of a long, bitter divorce. Whether PPL or its customers came out ahead is still the subject of debate. Looking ...