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Cover story18 WPD supplies crucial support to planned critical care hospital

Articles:4 PPL lobbyist Nikki Jones enjoys solving political puzzles

6 WPD engineers design new substation with 3D technology

8 LG&E and KU HR manager Jessica Wilson uses innovation to fill job openings

11 Board Spotlight: Community leader Keith Williamson cherishes role as D&I champion

12 PPL’s Pam Yale empowers community with volunteerism

14 Financial Focus

16 How bots are saving the company time and money

21 Your Take: Employees discuss job satisfaction

Also in this issue:10 Around the Company

20 Retiree Profile: In retirement, Chris Hermann serves others full time

22 In Memoriam

Cover: WPD Planner Rhys James oversees work by contractors in one of the narrow residential streets in Cwmbran, South Wales, where extensive excavations have taken place to accommodate supply to a new hospital.

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In order to select its Fortnightly 2018 Top Innovators, leading industry publication Public Utilities Fortnightly tasked a three-judge panel with whittling down a list of more than 160 innovators to a dozen individuals or teams for its prestigious recognition.

Among those to make the Top Innovator cut: Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities Senior Research Engineer Nick Jewell, who was recognized for his work at LG&E and KU’s Energy Storage Research and Demonstration site at E.W. Brown Generating Station.

“I was drawn to the Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities project,

led by Nick Jewell, which resulted in a world-class demo site for the latest energy storage technologies — the mundane and the exotic,” wrote Steve Mitnick, Public Utilities Fortnightly editor-in-chief and president, in the November 2018 issue.

Jewell’s interest in energy storage was first piqued while he was working with electric vehicles at the University of Louisville, where he earned his bach-

elor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Master of Engineering and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.

“My fascination with the charging process led to an interest in battery systems,” said Jewell. “At LG&E and KU, I was given the opportunity to help design and serve as the project manager during the construction and operation of the research and demonstration site.”

David Sinclair, vice president of Energy Supply and Analysis, said “It is an honor for LG&E and KU to host industry-leading technology research at our energy storage site and for Nick to receive this prestigious recognition.”

About the research and demonstration site

The site, co-located with LG&E and KU’s 10-megawatt solar facility, is a modular design with three testing bays for greater flexibility, allowing for both short- and long-term testing and evaluation.

“The work we do now contributes to valuable research at universities,

research organizations, equipment vendors and national research labs,” said Jewell, who’s been with LG&E and KU for more than four years. “These relationships are allowing us to stay at the forefront of this technology and drive critical research into integration, performance and the degradation of these systems.”

LG&E and KU, through their partnership with EPRI, currently have a one- megawatt, two-megawatt-hour lithium ion system located at the site. Jewell and those who oversee the site are exploring other ways to maximize the site’s use in the future.

This includes incorporating multiple units and evaluating interoperability; testing new storage technologies such as flow batteries; working with agencies to conduct certification testing; and working with universities, research organizations, and national labs on system modeling and performance monitoring.

“Any utilities that partner on these projects get the data and the operational experience,” said Jewell. “It benefits everybody in the end.”

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Storage research project leads to Top Innovator award for LG&E and KU engineer

Jewell explains how the storage system works during a tour for site visitors.

The Energy Storage Research and Demonstration site is co-located with LG&E and KU’s 10-megawatt solar facility at E.W. Brown Generating Station.

LG&E and KU’s Senior Research Engineer Nick Jewell was recognized as a 2018 Fortnightly Top Innovator.

Editor’s note:PPL truly is powered by people.

This edition of Dimensions highlights just some of the employees powering PPL, its family of companies and the community through tireless effort and innovative ideas.

The stories in this edition illustrate how our employees’ talent, hard work and ingenuity are at the heart of the company’s success.

We hope you enjoy and draw inspiration from these interesting profiles.

Thanks for reading.

Kevin Amerman, Editor

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Nikki Jones, director of state government relations for PPL Electric Utilities, was home on a snowy Saturday morning in January when she suddenly found herself in the crosshairs of a commercial truck ban that was threatening to keep utility trucks from travelling highways to restore customers’ power.

Jones’ crucial work on regulatory and legislative matters – like the heavy lifting she did to help get an alternative ratemaking law passed in 2018 – sometimes takes years. But in this case, there was little time to spare – it had to be solved immediately.

“When we have big storms, I have to be ready to respond to issues like this wherever I am,” said Jones, who has worked for PPL for eight years.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf had issued a ban that morning on commercial vehicles and some state officials

interpreted it as a prohibition on utility trucks. Jones immediately called the governor’s chief of staff, legislators and other energy lobbyists. PPL trucks were permitted on the highways and the ban was eventually lifted that day when the storm stopped. Jones’ calls helped highlight the need and ultimate push for better communications and coordination between the electric industry and state government officials during weather emergencies – an effort Jones and other energy lobbyists worked diligently on after the storm.

Responding to emergency situations is just part of Jones’ job. Most of her time is spent lobbying lawmakers on bills and issues that affect the company. She’s also co-chair of People for Good Government (PGG), PPL’s nonpartisan political action committee in Pennsylvania.

Jones, a licensed attorney, who grew up just outside Harrisburg and now lives

near Hershey with her husband and two young sons, played an instrumental role in the passage of Pennsylvania Act 58, PPL Electric Utilities’ top legislative priority in 2018. The act gives utilities the option of proposing alternative ratemaking structures. Utilities in Pennsylvania have traditionally earned revenues based on the amount of energy customers have used, but energy efficiency and the connection of solar power and other forms of distributed generation resources will likely result in less revenue to invest in the grid and keep it reliable. Now, PPL Electric Utilities and other utility companies across Pennsylvania can propose different ways to recover the costs of grid improvements.

Jones spent the summer of 2017 with other energy lobbyists working to draft the bill. PPL’s Regulatory Affairs team, Office of General Council and PPL Electric Utilities Communications department also played key roles.

Solving political puzzlesPPL lobbyist Nikki Jones enjoys the challenges of government relations work

Pennsylvania

Issue: Nuclear subsidies – The announced closure of a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania has resulted in the creation of a coalition of nuclear plant owners and legislators pushing for legislation to provide state subsidies to nuclear plants.

PPL position: PPL opposes nuclear subsidies, believing the cost of the subsidies will be passed on to electric customers, straining their ability to support crucial grid investments. PPL Electric Utilities estimates that its customers would collectively pay $140 million more annually under proposals in the House and Senate to save nuclear plants.

Kentucky

Issue: Net metering – Kentucky’s 2004 net metering law required the state’s utilities to credit net-metering customers at the retail rate for all of the energy they produce, creating a subsidy to private solar owners and shifting costs to all other ratepayers. Senate Bill 100 passed the legislature in early March and was approved by the governor. The updated regulation allows the Kentucky Public Service Commission to review the costs and benefits of the excess energy and determine a cost of that energy.

PPL position: PPL supported efforts to reform the net-metering law to minimize the cost shift and ensure that all customers are contributing fairly to the fixed cost of the energy grid.

United Kingdom

Issue: Brexit/future political landscape – Future U.K. energy policy faces a number of challenges, including the post-Brexit landscape implementing low-carbon technologies and maintaining security of supply.

PPL position: WPD has prepared for a no-deal Brexit and the impact is not expected to be significant. The U.K. has a 20-year record of stable regulation. WPD has an extensive political engagement program.

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Once the bill was drafted, Jones found a lawmaker to sponsor the bill – Sheryl Delozier of Cumberland County – and worked with legislators to get it passed through the House Consumer Affairs Committee. It passed in the Pennsylvania House by a vote of 191-1 in May 2018, then passed the Senate 41-8 the next month. Wolf then signed it into law.

While it was a challenge, Jones was certainly up to it. She enjoys climbing the legislative mountains she faces for PPL Electric Utilities. Her experience working for lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House for over nine years before coming to PPL has certainly helped.

“The thing I like most about this job is the constant challenge, the problem solving,” Jones said.

One of Jones’ next big challenges is opposing a proposal by Pennsylvania legislators that would provide state subsidies to nuclear plants.

PPL believes the cost of the subsidies will raise customers’ electricity bills without making service safer or more reliable. In addition, the company believes the subsidies would strain customers’ ability to support crucial grid investments. PPL Electric Utilities estimates that its customers would collectively pay $140 million more annually under proposals in the House and Senate to save nuclear plants.

While lobbyists who work for energy companies that have nuclear plants favor the proposal, PPL Electric Utilities does not. That could make lobbying against the bill especially challenging.

“It’s not an easy job. It’s often like a puzzle,” Jones said. “We have to do what’s best for the company while maintaining key relationships. It’s always a juggling act, but it’s fun.”

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The innovative use of 3D modelling technology is revolutionizing the design and creation of new substations at Western Power Distribution.

Engineers based at WPD’s Pegasus office have completed their first major project using 3D wizardry – a brand new $5.3 million 132/33 kilovolt substation in Tamworth, England.

Design engineers used the state-of- the-art 3D AutoCAD program to plan the substation down to the smallest detail, including measures to accommodate the sloping nature of the site.

Faced with a significant slope, they used the 3D model and a detailed topographical site survey to calculate the exact height and position of concrete foundation bases for the support structures to ensure the correct safety clearances.

“We started off with a bare patch of land at Tamworth and created a visual model of a whole new substation,” Design Engineer Simon Warnes said. “With a 2D drawing, what you see is flat. With 3D, you create an image of exactly what is going to be on the site – even to the extent of superimposing vehicles to ensure safe access for the construction and future maintenance of the site.”

Three-dimensional imagery not only makes it easier to visualize what will be on the site but is also a more efficient way of producing plans.

“With 2D, you draw a separate plan, side view and elevation. If you are changing the plan, you have to alter three different drawings each time,” Design Engineer Paul Boneham said. “But with a 3D model, you create it using library objects. You can also take slices out of the model and the program will automatically adjust the side and the elevation views.”

“The plan is definitely to roll out the use of AutoCAD and particularly the use of data extraction,” Boneham said. “Previously, design engineers had to look for each individual core number and manually enter that into a spreadsheet – it could mean hundreds of drawings. What used to take a few weeks can now be achieved in a few days, depending on the complexity of the project.”

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Adding another dimension WPD engineers use 3D technology to design new substation

With a 2D drawing, what you see is flat. With 3D, you create an image of exactly what is going to be on the site – even to the extent of superimposing vehicles to ensure safe access for the construction and future maintenance of the site. Simon Warnes, WPD design engineer

Conall Holly, engineering design team manager for the East Midlands (left), at the site of the new substation with Design Engineers Paul Boneham and Simon Warnes.

Design Engineer Paul Boneham worked on the 3D designs.

The CAD 3D model of the completed Tamworth site.

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qualified candidates to hiring managers and bring in the very best for in-person interviews.”

To date, nearly 600 candidates have interviewed via video.

Bridging the job skills gap

Every retirement poses a risk that “critical knowledge is walking out the door.”

Human Resources mitigates that risk by creating position action plans that document job processes, cross-train co-workers and recruit skilled replacements before retirements and subsequent job postings. The company needs to prevent “that one guy who has worked on that one piece of equipment forever” from not passing on irreplaceable knowledge, Wilson said.

According to Greg Meiman, LG&E and KU vice president-Human Resources, the innovation and energy that Wilson and Staffing Services bring to recruiting and hiring ensure smooth transitions for a rapidly changing workforce.

“Jessica and her team are our front line for attracting and hiring talent,” he said. “Their outstanding efforts help the company continue to employ the best people in the business.”

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The numbers show the challenge.

In 2017 and 2018 alone, 321 Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities employees retired, and the company welcomed 572 new hires.

Like companies nationwide, LG&E and KU are experiencing tremendous workforce change, prompted by the retirements of many long-term employees. With the company forecasting more than 100 annual retirements in the coming years, staffing is critical to its continued success. Jessica Wilson, manager of Staffing Services and Labor Relations, leads that charge.

Wilson has been with the company for 12 years, progressing from College Relations specialist to Human Resources manager. Promoted to her manager of staffing role in 2016, Wilson and her team keep the hiring pipeline flowing smoothly by recruiting, interviewing and conducting outreach to universities and the military.

Filling the applicant pipeline

Recruiting begins long before positions are posted. This includes marketing to both two- and four-year college students through career fairs and intern programs and targeting active military and veterans. Additionally, Wilson’s team offers career development training to current employees.

“Our ‘Tools for Success’ resume and interview skills workshops have been well-received by the more than 580 employees who have participated since 2015,” said Wilson.

Keeping up with open positions

For every employee hired, the company may review 75 to 100 applications and conduct four to five interviews. To handle the workload, Staffing Services identifies potential candidates and screens applicants using multiple channels and innovative technology.

Social media advertising has made reaching candidates for tough-to-fill

positions easier. Once candidates have applied, many receive computer-based Edison Electric Institute skills assessments that help Staffing Services efficiently conduct an initial assessment of applicants. Those assessments can be used for applicants applying for a variety of positions, including construc-tion and skilled trades, customer service, maintenance and plant operations, and technician occupations.

Her team also accelerates recruitment by using one-way video interviewing, allowing HR to send candidates initial interview questions via a video platform, with the candidate responding via computer webcam or smartphone camera.

“Candidates appreciate being able to complete the interview on their time,” Wilson said. “Likewise, staffing specialists can send questions for these interviews and keep the process moving even when they’re busy conducting other interviews. Video interviews allow us to present a higher number of

Replenishing the workforce LG&E and KU HR manager uses clear strategy, innovation to keep pace with holes created by retirements

Wilson discusses a new interview and hiring application with members of her team.

Video interviews allow us to present a higher number of qualified candidates to hiring managers and bring in the very best for in-person interviews. Jessica Wilson, LE&E and KU manager of Staffing Services and Labor Relations

Jessica Wilson, manager of LG&E and KU Staffing Services and Labor Relations, leads the 11-employee department that coordinates recruiting and hiring of company employees.

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LG&E and KU retire two units after decades of generation

LG&E and KU have retired E.W. Brown coal-fired Units 1 and 2 after decades of producing electricity for Kentucky Utilities customers.

Age and financial costs associated with retrofitting Units 1 and 2 to meet environmental requirements forced their retirements.

In their day, both units were integral to economic growth and prosperity in the KU service territory as well as the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky.

In the early 1950s, post-World War II industrial expansion boomed and the need for electricity skyrocketed. To meet the demand, KU added units to its Tyrone and Green River plants and began construction on the E.W. Brown Generating Station in Central Kentucky, where the plant also would serve as a hub for many critical KU transmission lines. The first of three Brown coal-fired units went online in May 1957, adding 115,000 kilowatts of much-needed power to the company’s generating capacity. Brown Unit 2 went online in June 1963, adding 165,000 kilowatts.

WPD takes charge with EV strategy

Western Power Distribution announced in March that it became the first distribution network operator

(DNO) in the U.K. to launch an Electric Vehicle Strategy.

The strategy was developed in consultation with local authorities, government officials, fuel station operators, home builders, vehicle manufacturers and fleet operators, among others.

“On average, an electric vehicle uses the same volume of electricity as a domestic house,” said WPD’s Policy Manager Paul Jewell. “At WPD we’re used to designing networks for housing, so it’s a case of adapting our existing methodologies to ensure EV charging can be accommodated in the most efficient and economic way.”

WPD’s business plan predicts that 217,000 chargers will be connected to its network by 2023, and the company is on course to achieve those volumes. The 2040 deadline for banning sales of new petrol and diesel cars translates into more than 3 million EVs in WPD’s area by 2023.

Falcon activity around PPL’s tower building provides optimism for another successful nesting season

Peregrine falcons are once again making their presence known around PPL’s 23-story headquarters in downtown Allentown, giving rise to hope they’ll once again nest near the top of the iconic building.

If so, the raptors this year will find a new nesting box, and the public will be able to see more of them thanks to streaming video from three new cameras installed inside and outside the box. PPL worked with WFMZ-TV to install the cameras and will also be working with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary as a science partner to attach telemetry tracking units to the falcon fledglings at the time the young birds are banded by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

A live video feed of the nesting box area can be viewed at pplelectric.com/falconcam.

“This is what environment and community are all about,” said Mike Hasel, PPL Electric Utilities manager of environmental compliance. “PPL has a long-standing involvement with efforts to restore the peregrine falcon population in Pennsylvania that dates to 1995 and the Pennsylvania Peregrine Project. We’re excited the birds have returned and hope they successfully nest again this year.”

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Keith Williamson, general counsel of St. Louis-based Centene Corporation and 14-year veteran of PPL’s Board of Directors, assisted PPL through its transformation over the past decade, helping the company emerge with a sophisticated outlook and global mentality.

“I’m proud to be a part of the result,” said Williamson. “PPL is a company that has very strong values around honesty, integrity and being a good corporate citizen. I’m impressed with the high quality of work and attention to customer satisfaction at PPL.”

Aligning with a company’s values is important to Williamson, who first pursued a legal career to help address housing issues, such as access and affordability. Through Centene, he now helps the underserved gain access to healthcare in communities across the U.S.

“I feel fortunate to be associated with companies like PPL and Centene, who are committed to being good corporate citizens and care very much about the impact they have on their communities,” Williamson said. “For someone like myself, it makes work more enjoyable when you feel connected to the purpose of the company.”

As a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School, Williamson places a high value on education. Having grown up in a poor section of St. Louis, he saw first-hand how easy it was to get off track. But having a great support system to model the way can help break that cycle.

“Education is so important. Without it, it’s so easy to get trapped in a world of limited opportunities. I was fortunate to have had great parents and older siblings as role models. They valued involvement in the community and the pursuit of education,” said Williamson.

Today, he focuses on providing a path to success for others in his community. He is chairman of the board for the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, a 101-year-old affiliate of the national organization helping African-Americans and others achieve economic self-reliance, social equality and civil rights.

“A very successful program called Save our Sons was born out of the civil unrest in Ferguson. It’s a six-week program that provides economically-disadvantaged young men with the necessary skills and training to become employed and be self-reliant,” Williamson said of the Urban League program.

He is also a founding board member of KIPP St. Louis, which stands for Knowledge is Power Program. It is a national nonprofit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating elementary, middle and high school students in underserved communities.

“It has been a slow and steady build-out, but the schools are achieving higher test results and high graduation rates,” Williamson said. “KIPP now has grown to six schools, including a high school, and is on track to serve over 3,000 students in the city of St. Louis.”

Williamson has also been instrumental in advancing minorities in the workplace. In 1997, he helped found the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, which provides mentoring, networking and professional development opportunities to promote diversity in law departments and law firms.

“When we formed MCCA, there was not as much representation of people of color and women in corporate law,” Williamson said. “This was a great way to help like-minded individuals form an organization that was focused on building new opportunities for minorities in the legal field.”

He continues to be a champion for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and serves as Centene’s executive co-sponsor of Mosaic, an employee inclusion group for people of color.

Reflecting back on his career, Williamson sees a few ingredients that have combined for a successful career.

“It is important to find something you are passionate about. Do the best job you can every day and take the time to get involved in the community,” said Williamson.

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Board Spotlight: Community leader Keith Williamson cherishes role as diversity and inclusion champion

PPL is a company that has very strong values around honesty, integrity and being a good corporate citizen. I’m impressed with the high quality of work and attention to customer satisfaction at PPL. Keith Williamson, 14-year veteran of PPL’s Board of DirectorsLG&E and KU have retired E.W. Brown coal-fired Units 1 and 2. The plant’s 409-megawatt Unit 3 remains in operation.

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‘It’s in my genes to give back’PPL employee powers community with her time and devotion

37-year PPL employee.

Kidney donor.

Life-long community volunteer.

Meet Pam Yale, PPL universal services representative for Regulatory Programs and Business Services in Hazleton.

From a young age, Yale was exposed to giving back to others through the actions of her mother and father.

“They have always put service for others before self,” said Yale. “I watched my dad work three jobs when we were growing up, all the while helping others who were less fortunate. For dinner, my mom would cook extra food so she could deliver it to neighbors who may not have had enough to eat. So, you might say that it’s in my genes to give back.”

Her volunteering credits include serving in numerous positions at the United Way of Greater Hazleton; Helping Hands, a nonprofit

organization serving special needs children and their families by providing educational and therapeutic services; the Hazleton YWCA; Big Brothers Big Sisters; the Catholic Social Services Divine Providence Homeless Shelter; and the Hazleton One Community Center.

“When I volunteer, I like to believe that I am making someone’s day better. It’s a great feeling. I think I get a whole lot more out of

volunteering than the people I help,” says Yale, who estimates her yearly volunteer hours in the hundreds. “I am very fortunate to work for PPL, which embraces and encourages volunteerism.”

On Mondays after work, you can find Yale at the Hazleton One Community Center assisting youngsters with their homework and helping them practice their English.

“In addition to helping with homework, I try to teach the

children accountability, respect and responsibility,” she said.

When she’s not shaping lives through her work with children, she is saving lives. As an O-negative blood donor, Yale is often sum-moned by local blood banks. Type O-negative is the rarest of blood types and can be donated to anyone.

Yale donated a kidney to her husband in 2011, in an ultimate act of selflessness.

“It’s not your everyday volunteer activity,” quipped Yale, who speaks in the Hazleton and Hershey communities in support of organ donation.

Recently, Yale was one of six women who was honored with the PEARL Award from the Hazleton YWCA. The PEARL Award – an acronym for Professional, Excellence, Achieve-ment, Role Model and Responsibility, and Leadership – honors outstand-ing local women who make signifi-cant contributions to the community and workforce and serve as role models for all women and girls.

What is her advice to others who may be thinking about volunteering, but haven’t taken that first step?

“Find something you are passionate about and start there. When you see the difference that you are making, you realize that just an hour a week or a couple hours a month of your time is time well spent. You are changing the life of someone for the better,” Yale said.

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Students at the Hazleton One Community Center enjoy after-school reading time with Pam Yale.

Find something you are passionate about and start there. When you see the difference that you are making, you realize that just an hour a week or a couple hours a month of your time is time well spent. You are changing the life of someone for the better Pam Yale, PPL universal services representative for Regulatory Programs and Business Services in Hazleton

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As PPL approaches a century of service, our business remains strong and our company is focused on the future — on building the grid of tomorrow, achieving operational excellence, strengthening service to customers and growing value for those who invest their hard-earned savings in PPL.

2019 focus and business imperatives Achieve our 2019 ongoing earnings guidance of $2.30 to $2.50 per share.

Deliver industry-leading customer service and reliability.

Drive continued safety improvements.

Execute $3.3 billion in infrastructure improvements to benefit customers.

Achieve a positive result in LG&E and KU’s Kentucky rate review.

Actively engage with U.K. regulators on the framework for RIIO-2, the U.K.’s next price control period (begins March 2023), to achieve favorable outcomes.

Influence positive legislative outcomes on key issues like nuclear subsidies in PA and net metering in KY.

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...PPL’s long-term strategy is to deliver best-in-sector operational performance, invest responsibly in a sustainable energy future, maintain a strong financial foundation, and engage and develop our people. In 2018, we remained steadfast in pursuit of this strategy...

...We provided award-winning customer service, ranking among the very best for customer satisfaction in each of the regions we serve...

...Focused on the future, we invested $3.3 billion in infrastructure improvements to benefit our customers and advance a cleaner energy future.

...As we look to the future, I remain tremendously proud of our team of 12,000 strong as we work to create additional value for shareowners, to deliver for our customers and to make a positive impact on society.

...Across PPL, from the

coast of Wales to the hills of Kentucky, we are embracing new technology and innovation. We’re fostering a culture of inclusion that welcomes and engages employees of all backgrounds and beliefs. We’re driving for continuous improvement. We’re enhancing our focus on sustainability, aiming to cut our carbon dioxide emissions 70 percent from 2010 levels by 2050. We are investing in the future, with plans for nearly $15 billion in new infrastructure investment through 2023. And we’re giving back to the communities we serve.

To view Bill’s full message to shareowners, visit www.pplweb.com.

QuotablesPPL Chairman Bill Spence used his annual message to shareowners in April to reaffirm our long-term strategy and highlight our strong financial results and operational performance in 2018. Below are excerpts from his message:

NotablesIncrease in ongoing earnings per share compared with 2017

292nd consecutive quarterly dividend paid by PPL since 1946

Invested in new infrastructure to benefit customers

46th and 47th J.D. Power awards received in the U.S.

In U.K. performance incentives earned

Top 4 network operators for customer satisfaction in the U.K.

kWh delivered safely and reliably

Top-quartile reliability performance in the U.S

kWh saved through PPL energy-efficiency programs

78K volunteer hours

Donated to charitable organizations

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$3.3B

$100M

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$1.36 $1.28

($0.17) ($0.11)

$0.59 $0.57

$0.62$0.51

$2.40$2.25

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OUTLOOK FOR 2019Bui lding momentum as we move forward

5-year capital planInvestment focus Modernize the grid, incorporating more automation and smart grid devices

Replace aging power lines and build new ones

Reinforce the bulk transmission system

Continue to enhance cyber and physical security

Complete a multi-year project to cap and close coal ash ponds at our Kentucky coal-fired power plants

Replace aging steel service gas lines in Kentucky

$4.5KY

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$5.6U.K.

$14.5BILLION5-YEAR CAPEX

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Infrastructure investments with timely recovery drive growth

5-7% rate base compound annual growth

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2018 OriginalOngoing Midpoint

2020 EstimatedProjected Range

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Inside the numbersOnce again, we delivered strong earnings results in 2018. At the same time,

we increased our dividend by 4 percent, our 16th increase in 17 years. We achieved these results while completing a $1.7 billion equity forward to address U.S. tax reform impacts, strengthen future credit metrics and support our solid investment-grade credit rating going forward. In short, 2018 added to our proven track record of delivering on our financial commitments to shareowners. We look to build on this momentum moving forward.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Vince Sorgi

Eric Slavinsky, chief information officer at LG&E and KU.

As part of the program, IT has established a Center of Excellence for RPA, with the governing committee identifying three areas of the company that may benefit from RPA. The group uses a scoring tool to determine a task’s effort and value. That is, projects that are high in value but low in effort are high on the list to be considered for RPA implementation.

First up? Billing Integrity, which recently collaborated with IT to use RPA to automate the work of existing manual processes. Every day, nearly 50,000 billing invoices are generated by LG&E and KU’s Customer Care System (CCS). When an exception to ordinary business processes occurs with a customer’s billing — such as when a bill is abnor-mally high or when usage is measured on an inactive account — CCS creates a

“case” for a Billing Integrity associate to analyze. Previously, assigning the case work to Billing Integrity associates was a manual process, requiring approximately two hours each morning.

Now, however, by using a combination of Microsoft Excel and automation software, IT mimicked the case assignment process so a bot now logs into CCS and mimics those manual processes.

“It was great that Billing Integrity could be part of the collaborative effort to bring the company’s first bot into production,” said Mimi Kelly, manager of Billing Integrity. “My team spends less time assigning cases for employees to investigate, all while having those cases available for employees as soon as they walk in the door in the morning. It’s a win-win situation.”

Brent Russell, an IT enterprise architect leading LG&E and KU’s project, said departments with RPA functions will have self-service access to run their automations ad-hoc or on a schedule without having to involve IT.

“We’re looking forward to expanding RPA to other lines of business after the initial soft launch is complete,” Russell said.

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Robotic Process Automation. It may sound futuristic, but it’s already integrated into nearly every part of your daily life.

When you shop online, use your credit card, or submit an online form, RPA is probably involved in some way. It’s incorporated in drones, in driving assistance features in the latest cars, and more.

Now, PPL companies are using RPA, or bots, to help drive efficiency in the business, reducing costs and allowing employee time to be used in other, more productive ways.

A short-hand way to describe RPA, or bots, is that it allows machines to interact with computers in much the same way humans do, but without the human interaction. It’s normally applied to highly-structured, repetitive tasks involving a lot of data.

“It’s like a robot that lives in a computer,” said Matt Green, vice president/chief information officer, PPL Electric Utilities.

In Pennsylvania, PPL Electric Utilities now has seven bots in operation in areas like Auditing, Finance and Supply Chain, and with work-order processing in both Distribution and Transmission operations.

A four-person bot-building team has dozens of others in development and Green hopes to implement many of them, up to 80, by the end of 2019.

Right now, Green said bots are saving about 6,000 hours of work time. That savings will jump significantly as new bots are brought online. Additional focus areas include an automatic process for handling accounts of customers who have declared bankruptcy and the security deposit waiver process.

“We are brand new at this (bot building), but the ability to create bots and RPA is not holding us back,” Green said. “The most complicated part is figuring out what to use it for in the future, the governance side of things. That’s extremely important.”

Green said sometimes a request for a bot doesn’t yield a new bot at all, but a change in an existing process. Studying processes to design a bot can sometimes weed out inefficiencies.

As PPL Electric Utilities moves along the path to greater digital transformation, bot or RPA technology will likely become much more integrated within business applications instead of being built separately. The idea, though, is to use bots and RPA to derive value now.

“They’re low-cost, high-reward,” Green said. “The development and use of bots will help us be more agile and accurate and that will pay off for both the company and its customers.”

In Kentucky, IT employees at Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities are using bots so employees can focus on more complex processes.

“RPA will help drive efficiency while maintaining high quality of certain tasks, allowing employees to focus their time on more complex matters,” said

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Lots of botsHow robotic process automation is helping PPL’s digital transformation

The development and use of bots will help us be more agile and accurate and that will pay off for both the company and its customers. Matt Green, vice president/chief information officer, PPL Electric Utilities

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Automating a manual task has saved LG&E and KU’s Billing Integrity team two hours daily. Since the bot’s first successful run in September 2018, Billing Integrity has seen several benefits.

• Case assignment time has decreased by 75 percent.

• Cases are assigned before employees arrive to work, allowing for more efficient time management.

• The bot creates and sends reports to management, increasing daily visibility of departmental workload.

• The bot also has plenty of capacity to perform other tasks. Billing Integrity’s RPA process only uses about 1 percent of the bot’s capabilities, allowing plenty of room for expansion.

As part of LG&E and KU’s implementation of the company’s first bot, IT and Billing Integrity collaborated to automate a previously manual task. Brent Russell, IT enterprise architect; Mimi Kelly, manager of Billing Integrity; Alex Molestina, IT business system analyst specialist; and Kalen Bruce, Business Continuity and Data Integrity support analyst, were part of the project.

PPL Electric Utilities’ bot-building team includes: (left to right) Jason Finck, Elisa Vetrano, Atif Gulzar and Rommel Dumlao.

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60-second interviewQ and A with Adrian Taylor, a Western Power Distribution engineering specialist involved with the Grange University Hospital project in South Wales.

Q: What’s your background?

A: I started as an apprentice fitter/jointer with the South Wales Electricity Board in 1983 at age 17, working in the old Cwmbran depot on Rees Road. I completed a four-year apprenticeship in both fitting and jointing. When WPD took over in 2000, I was appointed as the East Wales Cable Specialist, where I have remained ever since.

Q: How many projects like this do you work on?

A: I have approximately 12 planned construction projects ongoing at the moment, but as one finishes, another one appears.

Q: What’s the biggest challenge?

A: The biggest challenges are managing staff, contractors and customers/developers. In addition, when responding to network faults, there are very tight timescales to meet to get customers back on supply, which can be challenging when the weather is bad.

Q: What do you like best about your role?

A: I like the variety of work, not always knowing what each day will bring, dealing with customers and developers, and having the opportunity to work throughout the East Wales area, which has some stunning scenery.

Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?

A: I enjoy mountain and beach walks with my wife and two dogs, and mountain biking when time and weather permits.

Western Power Distribution is playing a crucial role in the construction of a new $458 million critical care hospital in South Wales.

Work on the new 560-bed Grange University Hospital in Llanfrechfa, Cwmbran began in spring 2017 and is due to be completed by autumn 2020.

WPD has been involved in the planning since November 2017. In May 2018, excavation work began to install over nine miles of 11 kilovolt cable and telecoms cables through surrounding areas of Cwmbran to bring power to the hospital as part of a $1.96 million investment.

Performing the work in a bustling town has presented challenges.

“WPD’s Cwmbran primary substation is located in the heart of Cwmbran, which is a vibrant and busy town, and some distance from the hospital site,” said WPD Planner Rhys James. “It has meant having to undertake extensive excava-tions through the main shopping area and residential housing estates with narrow streets, and underneath an old railway bridge and across playing fields.”

The next phase will involve excavating across and under the Afon Llwyd River, beneath a bypass road and a large and busy roundabout.

“For this stage we’ve enlisted the services of specialist contractor Simon Gleed of Gleed Services who will use directional drilling equipment to enable us to install a large pipe that will carry three cable ducts containing the 11-kilovolt service cables,” James said. “We’re installing two cables to feed the hospital and another separate cable as a backup should we ever lose supply via the two main cable feeds. The hospital will also have its own back-up generators.”

The new cables will emerge in the hospital grounds and connect to a new substation built on the site.

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WPD expects the site to be energized at the end of January 2019.

WPD Engineering Specialist Adrian Taylor said a key part of the project has been making sure residents and businesses are aware of why the work is so vital to the hospital.

“On the whole, everyone has been very understanding, and during our excavations, supplies to customers have not been affected,” Taylor said.

KAREN WELCH AND KEVIN AMERMAN

Site of the new Grange University Hospital Critical Care Unit that will serve the people of Gwent.

Ty Coch-based Planner Rhys James, is pictured on the site of the 560-bed hospital in South Wales.

On the fourth Wednesday of every month, Chris Hermann keeps the line at the emergency food bank orderly — but he also connects with people.

“It’s one of the most rewarding things I do,” says Hermann, whose people skills took root when he began working at Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities plants in the 1970s.

“As a young engineer, I got good advice: You need to know every person in this plant,” Hermann said. “People are the most important thing. I didn’t come out of college knowing that. But what I learned from my mentors carried me through, and that’s why I’m comfortable at the food pantry.”

In 2013, Hermann retired from LG&E and KU as senior vice president, Energy Delivery, with 43 years of service. He credits the corporate citizenship of LG&E and KU for the opportunity to get face-to-face with nonprofits. He served as an officer of many fundraising campaigns and, upon retirement, set out to use his “time, talent and treasure” to benefit the community.

Hermann chaired Metro United Way’s board from 2016 to 2018, during which time the organization raised a record $36 million. In 2017, Hermann received Louisville’s prestigious Bell Award, which honors people who have made a difference through community service.

“I almost felt bad about it,” he said. “I’m just one guy. There are all kinds of people [serving others].”

Now that Hermann has finished his term at Metro United Way, he’s devoting time to his church, his family and Leadership Louisville, a nonprofit that develops community leaders.

Every Monday, Hermann and his wife, Marcia, help organize their church’s food bank. On Tuesdays, Hermann picks up his two grandsons from school, then prepares dinner for the entire family.

“They love Pop’s meatballs!” he said.

The rest of the week, when he’s not taking care of other church needs, Hermann works with Encore, a Leadership Louisville program that

brings in retired professionals to do pro bono consulting for nonprofits. Hermann is currently helping stabilize the workforce at a facility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

“A lot of people struggle with retirement,” Hermann said. “I looked at it as a beginning.”

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PPL Retiree Club ContactsLE-GEN: Jim Carr, president, 484-375-5121, jhcarr@ptd.net

Hazleton/NE Region: Larry Piehota, president,

570-450-6903, lpiehota@ptd.netLancaster: Merle Farmer, president,

717-786-0125, mfarmer13@comcast.netHarrisburg: Corrin Aughenbaugh,

president, 717-697-3146; contact Connie Etzweiler, cele3155@comcast.net

Montoursville/Susquehanna: Richard DiGiacomo,

570-275-3831, rdigi@ptd.netScranton/Northeast:

Anthony DePaola, president, 570-347-6324, tonypsu@comcast.net

Lexington: Kim Gentry, 859-367-1362, Kim.Gentry@lge-ku.com

Louisville: Charlotte Self, 502-627-4790, charlotte.self@lge-ku.com

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What I learned from my mentors carried me through, and that’s why I’m comfortable at the food pantry. Chris Hermann

Your Take“What aspect of your job makes you the most satisfied and why?”

My workmates are roughly 40 years younger than me, but they keep me young and my job keeps me fit. Young people are sharp and learn quickly but so can I. It’s a tough job, but I love it and I’ve never wanted to leave. I love working outside and doing an important job.

Les Davies, overhead linesman for Western Power Distribution

I am most satisfied with the ability to take care of direct and indirect customers. There is nothing more fulfilling than teaming up with co-workers and conquering problems, ultimately satisfying customer issues and growing camaraderie with my teammates. The growth in our departmental and team relationships, and the knowledge we gain, is priceless.

Alex Vibbert, I&E technician B, LG&E and KU

I’m most satisfied by the sense of mission accomplishment that comes with the completion of a successful transmission line construction or reconstruction project. The right of way discipline plays a vital role in just about every project PPL undertakes, no matter how small or how ambitious. It is gratifying after all of the planning and all of the institutional kinetic activity to know that the PPL Transmission ROW Department, by acquiring the necessary land rights, was able to lay the foundation for a successful transmission line project.

Jeff Eberwein, senior right of way specialist, Transmission and Substations, PPL Electric Utilities

The aspect of my job that makes me the most satisfied is that I’m continuously challenged and learning everyday. Whether it’s a new transaction, changes in tax law or process improvements, not one day is ever the same. It helps to work in a department with great people who are fully engaged and collaborative.

Sonia DaSilva, manager-Tax, PPL Corporation

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Left to right: Chris’ wife, Marcia; grandson, Luke; Chris; and grandson, James, at Isle of Palms

in Charleston, S.C. in June 2018.

Chris Hermann and his wife, Marcia, at the emergency Dare to Care food bank at the Shawnee Neighborhood Food Pantry hosted and operated by Redeemer Lutheran Church, where the Hermanns have been members since 1974.

EMPLOYEES

Shauna McDonald of Louisville, Ky., died Jan. 16, 2019. She was an HR associate at LG&E and KU.

Christopher Short of Mt. Sterling, Ky., died March 13, 2019. He was an order specialist in Field Services for KU.

Mark Daniel Short of Schnecksville, Pa., died Jan. 10, 2019. Short was a Transmission System Operator for PPL Electric Utilities.

Lalgudi Venkataramanan (“Venkat”) of Louisville, Ky., died Feb. 18, 2019. He was an IT systems engineer specialist at LG&E and KU.

RETIREES

Earl H. Anderson of Danville, Pa., died Feb. 26, 2019. Anderson retired in 1994 as a coal equipment operator for the former PP&L.

Robert C. Auman of Northumberland, Pa., died Nov. 30, 2018. Auman retired in 1994 as a results analyst for the former PP&L.

Edward W. Babb Jr. of Quakertown, Pa., died Nov. 2, 2018. Babb retired in 2001 as a mobile workforce foreman for PPL Electric Utilities.

David Baxter of Shepherdsville, Ky., died Oct. 19, 2018. Baxter retired as a mechanic repair technician from LG&E in 2000.

John Beckham of Corydon, Ky., died Oct. 2, 2018. He retired in 2009 from Western Kentucky Energy as a senior equipment operator.

Andrew J. Bednar of Allentown, Pa., died Nov. 2, 2018. Bednar retired in 1993 as a senior application programmer for the former PP&L.

Betty Campbell of Lexington, Ky., died Nov. 19, 2018. She retired in 1988 from KU.

Delano Childress of Louisville, Ky., died Feb. 12, 2019. Childress retired in 1996 from LG&E.

Robert A. Compton of Harrisburg, Va., died Dec. 2, 2018. Compton retired in 1994 as a senior information specialist for the former PP&L.

Joe Covington of Louisville, Ky., died Oct. 18, 2018. He retired from LG&E in 1990.

Valerie Cowan of Lancaster, Pa., died Oct. 28, 2018. Cowan retired in 2014 as a facility records specialist for PPL Electric Utilities.

Doyle M. Creasy Jr. of Bloomsburg, Pa., died Dec. 2, 2018. Creasy retired in 1994 as a lineman leader for the former PP&L.

Terry Crider of Landisville, Pa., died Oct. 26, 2018. Crider retired in 2003 as a meter reader for PPL Electric Utilities.

Richard Curtis of Louisville, Ky., died Dec. 30, 2018. Curtis retired in 1999 from LG&E.

Dale Davidson of Jersey Shore, Pa., died Nov. 18, 2018. Davidson retired in 1994 as a lineman leader for PPL Electric Utilities.

Charles Ely Jr. of Corbin, Ky., died Dec. 31, 2018. He retired in 1998 from KU.

Joseph D. Frantz of Lykens, Pa., died Dec. 5, 2018. Frantz retired in 1998 as a warehouse operator for the former PP&L.

Robert Gaither of Bedford, Ky., died Dec. 16, 2018. He retired from LG&E in 1999.

James D. Garinger of Sunbury, Pa., died Jan. 11, 2019. Garinger retired in 1995 as a master mechanic-Electrical for the former PP&L.

Gene S. Gerhard of Weatherly, Pa., died Dec. 6, 2018. Gerhard retired in 1992 as a line maintenance inspector for the former PP&L.

Murrell Graybeal of Louisville, Ky., died Jan. 7, 2019. He retired in 1996 from LG&E.

Ronald E. Greiner of Manheim, Pa., died Nov. 8, 2018. Greiner retired in 2000 as a lineman leader-MWF for the former PP&L.

Nancy S. Guard of Berwick, Pa., died Jan. 14, 2019. Guard retired in 1994 as a steno/clerk-general for the former PP&L.

Adelia Gulley of Middlesboro, Ky., died Oct. 12, 2018. She retired from KU in 1993.

Edward A. Guro of Northampton, Pa., died Feb. 15, 2019. Guro retired in 2002 as a special project manager for PPL Electric Utilities.

James Hale of Lexington, Ky., died Nov. 13, 2018. He retired from KU in 1998.

William Hardin of Louisville, Ky., died Nov. 28, 2018. He retired in 1996 from LG&E.

Charles Heiser of Slatedale, Pa., died Feb. 1, 2018. Heiser retired in 2012 as an electrical test technician for PPL Electric Utilities.

Mervin H. Herr of Millersville, Pa., died Nov. 13, 2018. Herr retired in 1982 as a serviceman from the former PP&L.

John K. Hershey of Brokkeville, Md., died Jan. 1, 2019. Hershey retired in 1994 as a master mechanic-Electrical from the former PP&L.

Brenner Hilgert of Louisville, Ky., died Jan. 19, 2019. He retired in 2000 as a customer care representative at LG&E.

Edwin E. Hollenbach of Mifflinburg, Pa., died Aug. 30, 2018. Hollenbach retired in 2001 as a journeyman electric-MWF for PPL Electric Utilities.

Stephen Hunt of Marion, Ky., Dec. 27, 2018. He retired from KU in 2001 as a meter reader.

Carol A. Issermoyer of Wixom, Mich. died Feb. 5, 2019. Issermoyer retired in 1998 as a bookkeeper – senior for the former PP&L.

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James Johnson of Shepherdsville, Ky., died Nov. 25, 2018. He retired in 2001 from LG&E as a records coordinator.

Robert E. Jones of Lake Ariel, Pa., died Oct. 15, 2018. Jones retired in 1995 as an electric repairman-leader for the former PP&L.

Richard Karlen of Louisville, Ky., died Oct. 31, 2018. Karlen retired from LG&E in 1997.

William F. Keck Jr., died Feb. 3, 2019. Keck retired in 1994 as a lineman leader for the former PP&L.

Andrew A. Kozden of Phoenixville, Pa., died Feb. 7, 2019. Kozden retired in 1994 as a customer contact representative for the former PP&L.

Raymond Landers of Louisville, Ky., died Nov. 23, 2018. He retired in 2000 from LG&E as a team leader of line construction and maintenance.

Stephen J. Laylo of McAdoo, Pa., died Feb. 2, 2019. Laylo retired in 1994 as a stock clerk-Materials Management for the former PP&L.

Bernard G. Leonard of Oneida, Pa., died Dec. 31, 2018. Leonard retired in 1990 as an equipment operator for the former PP&L.

Kevin Love of Georgetown, Ind., died Oct. 12, 2018. Love retired in 2018 as an operations support supervisor at LG&E’s Mill Creek Generating Station.

Harold Lyons of Lexington, Ky., died Dec. 9, 2018. He retired in 1994 from KU.

Glenn McCrary of Fredericksburg, Ind., died Nov. 27, 2018. He retired in 1989 from LG&E.

Anna McIntosh of Sulphur, Ky., died Dec. 29, 2018. She retired in 1994 from LG&E.

Vaughn E. McKee of Dauphin, Pa., died Jan. 5, 2019. McKee retired in 2010 as a meter installer for PPL Services.

James McMillan of Leavenworth, Ind., died Nov. 4, 2018. He retired from LG&E in 1998.

Richard Miller of Louisville, Ky., died Feb. 1, 2019. He retired in 1999 from LG&E.

Cecil Morgan of Louisville, Ky., died Oct. 25, 2018. He retired from LG&E in 2000 as a substation construction electrician.

Larry E. Mordan of Danville, Pa., died Feb. 23, 2019. Mordan retired in 2007 as a lineman leader for PPL Electric Utilities.

Mildred V. Moser of Willlow Street, Pa., died Oct. 30, 2018. Moser retired in 2013 as a customer service representative for PPL Services.

J. Galen Moyer of Mifflinburg, Pa., died Oct. 25, 2018. Moyer retired in 1994 as a station mechanic-leader from PPL Electric Utilities.

E. N. Nemth of Allentown, Pa., died Jan. 3, 2019. Nemth retired in 2007 as an electrical test technician for PPL Services.

John D. Nichols of Scott Township, Pa., died Oct. 24, 2018. Nichols retired in 1994 as a foreman-multiple crews for the former PP&L.

David Pack of Crestwood, Ky., died Jan. 14, 2019. He retired from LG&E in 2000 as a mechanic – equipment shop.

Robert Parrish of Louisville, Ky., died Jan. 6, 2019. He retired in 1998 from LG&E.

George Reid Jr. of Stanford, Ky., died Nov. 26, 2018. He retired from KU in 1992.

Ronald W. Reiss of Whitehall, Pa., died Feb. 4, 2019. Reiss retired in 2009 as a senior staff specialist – Training for PPL Services.

Donald M. Rice of Bethlehem, Pa., died Nov. 16, 2018. Rice retired in 1996 as a building maintenance repairer for the former PP&L.

Truman R. Richard of Bethlehem, Pa., died Dec. 15, 2018. Richard retired in 1994 as a lineman 1/C for the former PP&L.

Donald Sanders of Louisville, Ky., died Nov. 17, 2018. Sanders retired in 2001 as a plant operator at LG&E’s Mill Creek Generating Station.

George Sandidge Jr. of Madisonville, Ky., died Nov. 12, 2018. He retired from KU in 1986.

E. Scott Sargen of Elizabethtown, Pa., died Feb. 16, 2019. Sargen retired in 1997 as a production coordinator for the former PP&L.

Robert Schafer of Sellersburg, Ind., died Dec. 3, 2018. He retired from LG&E as a relay electrician in 2001.

George E. Schindler of Northumberland, Pa., died Dec. 3, 2018. Schindler retired in 1999 as a coal equipment operator for the former PP&L.

James Smotherman of Louisville, Ky., died Nov. 1, 2018. He retired in 1998 from LG&E.

Edwin A. Spackman of Lancaster, Pa., died Feb. 22, 2019. Spackman retired in 1989 as a planner analyst for the former PP&L.

James Stanley of Harrogate, Tenn., died Dec. 1, 2018. He retired in 1998 from KU.

Eugene Staschak of Sinking Spring, Pa., died Jan. 12, 2019. Staschak retired in 2000 as a lineman leader for PPL Electric Utilities.

Ralph G. Todd of Girardville, Pa., died Feb. 1, 2019. Todd retired in 1995 as a senior groundman for the former PP&L.

Cecil VanDiver of Carrollton, Ky., died Dec. 6, 2018. He retired in 2001 as a power plant results coordinator at KU’s Ghent Generating Station.

Jay F. Vogler of Mechanicsburg, Pa., died Feb. 20, 2019. Vogler retired in 1994 as a line maintenance inspector for the former PP&L.

Bobby Weatherford of Louisville, Ky., died Jan. 27, 2019. He retired from LG&E in 1992.

Fred Wehr of New Tripoli, Pa., died Nov. 25, 2018. Wehr retired in 1993 as a chief lineman for the former PP&L.

William V. Weiler of Palm, Pa., died June 18, 2018. Weiler retired in 1993 as a chief local system operator for the former PP&L.

Joseph Wenger of Louisville, Ky., died Jan. 13, 2019. He retired from LG&E as a line technician in 2000.

Charles White of Harrodsburg, Ky., died Nov. 1, 2018. He retired from LG&E and KU in 2017 as project coordinator of major capital projects at the E.W. Brown Generating Station.

Francis Wimsatt of Louisville, Ky., died Jan. 20, 2019. Wimsatt retired in 1989 from LG&E.

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Statements contained in this issue of Dimensions are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although PPL Corporation believes that the expectations and assumptions reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the statements.

Any such forward-looking statements should be considered in light of such important factors and in conjunction with PPL Corporation’s Form 10-K and other reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In 2020, PPL will celebrate its 100th anniversary. We’re excited about sharing this celebration with all of our employees and retirees. To make it extra special, we want to document the unique and heartfelt experiences of our employees – past and present.

Do you have...

• A shining achievement during your time at PPL?

• A special memory of your work or co-workers?

• A stand-out example of PPL’s impact in our communities?

• A story about how you or a co-worker went above and beyond?

• A recollection of how the company has evolved?

Please submit your story idea along with your name and contact information to Corporate Communications at pplnews@pplweb.com.

Make sure to include PPL 100 in the subject.

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