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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Less than a year after PPL Electric Utilities completed its smart grid pilot project in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., area, customers in counties around Pennsylvania’s capital city are already ...

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 ...

ALLENTOWN – The time of electric meters with rotating mechanical disks is coming to an end. Homes and businesses in Schuylkill County will see the replacement of their electric meters with modern ...

State regulators on Thursday approved a revised smart meter program for PPL Electric Utilities Corp. that aims to improve reliability — more than a year after the utility announced a $450 million ...

ALLENTOWN — Homes and businesses served by PPL Electric Utilities will start to get smarter – thanks to new meters PPL Electric Utilities will start installing next month. Allentown-based PPL Electric ...