Feb 4, 2002
PPL Electric Utilities Installing Automated Electric Meters
PRNewswire-FirstCall
ALLENTOWN, Pa.
PPL Electric Utilities has begun a project to install automated electric meters for its 1.3 million customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania.
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The first phase is a small-scale test starting in early February in the Allentown and Bethlehem areas. The company has mailed letters to customers selected for that program.
"Automated meter reading reaffirms our commitment to customer service excellence," said Michael E. Bray, president of PPL Electric Utilities, "and enables us to continue our leadership position in customer satisfaction in the utility industry."
With a successful completion of the program's first phase this spring, PPL Electric Utilities will begin full implementation, which involves replacing all electric meters in its 10,000-square-mile service area of eastern and central Pennsylvania.
PPL Electric Utilities has signed a contract with DCSI Inc., a Missouri- based company, to provide automated meter reading technology.
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation is a subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL). Headquartered in Allentown, Pa., PPL Corporation controls or owns more than 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, markets energy in select U.S. states and Canada, and delivers electricity to nearly 6 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America.
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SOURCE: PPL Corporation
Contact: George Lewis of PPL Corporation, +1-610-774-5997, or fax,
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