Northeastern Pennsylvania -
PPL Electric Utilities' automated smart grid power restoration network has enabled the utility to avoid one million customer outages since 2015.
The milestone, which PPL believes has no equal among U.S. electric utilities, means its 1.4 million customers have collectively avoided 100 million minutes in the dark. That translates to 190 years.
The smart grid network - a combination of state-of-the-art sensors and switches, coupled with advanced software systems - is part of a significant investment made by PPL in the power grid overall over the past decade. Smart grid instantaneously reroutes power in the event of a problem, keeping the outage area contained to the smallest possible footprint.
Smart grid is in place across our grid and continuously works to support strong reliability for all our customers, around the clock.
Hitting one million avoided outages represents our commitment to using technology to benefit customers and provide superior reliability.
Click here to see a video on this achievement on behalf of those we serve.
