PPL Corp News

Dividend stocks are more attractive to investors these days due to the decline in interest rates and with the recent reduction in the tax rate on most dividends.

More than 2,400 children in central and eastern Pennsylvania submitted their creative suggestions on how to save energy to the PPL Electric Utilities 2012 THINK! ENERGY with E-POWERA Bright Ideas poster contest.

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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has unanimously agreed to investigate a request by PPL Electric Utilities to raise distribution rates by $104.6 million, or 2.9 percent.

Last year at this time, the arrival of damaging thunderstorms signaled the start to a stormy summer and fall throughout PPL Electric Utilities ' service area in eastern and central Pennsylvania.

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PPL Electric Utilities will increase its default power rates June 1 for residential and commercial customers who do not choose another electricity supplier.

Recent stock market volatility has pressed some investors to seek refuge in proven safe havens among traditional income-producing stocks.

The opportunity for the Mazurek family to play a role in the search for a cure arose last year when... PPL's top executive told shareholders this week at the company's annual meeting that the parent company of PPL Montana is a fundamentally different company compared with two years ago, having changed its business mix to include more regulated ... (more)

PPL Corp. has named Mark Wilten vice president of finance and treasurer, taking over for the retired James Abel.

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Bethlehem, PA, May 16, 2012 - PPL Corporation is a fundamentally different company compared with two years ago, having changed its business mix, nearly doubled its asset base and grown its market capitalization by 40 percent, the company's top executive told shareowners at PPL's annual meeting.

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced its quarterly dividend of 55 cents per share, an increase of about 10% over its prior dividend in February of 50 cents.

PPL Corp. has fundamentally repositioned itself in two years to concentrate its business on rate-regulated utilities rather than the more volatile power-generation sector, William H. Spence, PPL chairman and chief executive, told shareholders at its annual meeting Wednesday in Bethlehem.

Summer in the City Music Series will feature 19 bands this summer at 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. every Thursday.

The analysts wrote, "We believe that underperformance at PPL - largely driven by lower natural gas/power prices - remains overdone as regulated earnings growth largely offsets the decline at the merchant segment.

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's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks in a note issued to investors on Monday.