10.29.09 PPL Electric Utilities to Receive $19 Million Federal Grant to Improve Harrisburg-Area Service

KARI ANDREN of The Patriot-News Reports:

PPL Electric Utilities will receive $19 million in federal stimulus money to use “smart grid” technology to improve electric service for about 60,000 Harrisburg-area customers.

The project aims to move power more efficiently, react instantaneously to changes on the delivery system and automatically reroute power around problems that occur, according to the company.

The federal grant money comes from a pot of more than $3.4 billion set aside by the federal government to update the nation’s power grid. Half of the $38 million project will be funded through the grant, the other half will be paid by PPL.

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