Counties served
29
Central and eastern PA
Customers
~1.4 M
Residential, commercial & industrial
Footprint
~10,000 mi²
About 22% of Pennsylvania's land area
Major cities
12+
Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Scranton
What PPL Electric does in its territory
PPL is a wires-only utility: it owns and operates the poles, wires, substations and smart meters, but does not own generation. Pennsylvania has had full retail choice since the 1996 Electricity Generation Customer Choice Act, so the supply portion of your bill is shoppable, while delivery stays with PPL.
Delivery (the wires)
PPL owns, maintains and upgrades the poles, wires and substations bringing power to your home. Always PPL, no matter who you pick as a supplier.
Default supply (PTC)
If you have not chosen a supplier, PPL provides "default service" at the Price to Compare, reset every June 1 and December 1.
Outage response
As the wires operator, PPL handles every power outage in the 29-county territory, 24/7.
Why PPL's footprint matters: the geography-versus-population gap
PPL, FirstEnergy's Penelec and FirstEnergy's Met-Ed together cover the majority of Pennsylvania's land surface, but most Pennsylvanians live in just two utility territories: PECO around Philadelphia and Duquesne Light around Pittsburgh. The result is a two-tier reality for retail choice.
Land area
~22%
Share of Pennsylvania's land surface covered by the PPL service territory (~10,000 sq mi of the state's ~46,055 sq mi).
Population
~28%
Share of Pennsylvania residents inside the PPL footprint. PECO (Philadelphia metro) and Duquesne (Pittsburgh) together cover more people in much less area.
For shoppers, this matters: PPL's relatively rural-to-suburban mix means the residential PTC is set by a different procurement schedule than PECO's, and competitive supplier offers tend to be priced for the PPL load shape. A "best PA rate" on a comparison site is not always the best PPL-territory rate.
Major cities served by PPL Electric
PPL is the electric utility for most of central and eastern Pennsylvania's mid-size cities and the Lehigh Valley conurbation.
Allentown
Lehigh County
Bethlehem
Lehigh / Northampton
Harrisburg
Dauphin County (PA capital)
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Scranton
Lackawanna County
Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Williamsport
Lycoming County
Pottsville
Schuylkill County
Carbondale
Lackawanna County
Lock Haven
Clinton County
Pittston, Shamokin, Sunbury
Luzerne & Northumberland
Easton (Northampton County) is served by Met-Ed, not PPL. State College (Centre County) sits at the western edge of the PPL territory.
Full PPL Electric service area, county by county
PPL serves part or all of these 29 PA counties. Tap a county to see the boroughs and townships inside the PPL territory.
Berks County
Boroughs
Morgantown, New Morgan, Robesonia, Shillington, Sinking Spring, Wernersville, West Lawn, Womelsdorf, Wyomissing, Wyomissing Hills.
Townships
Caernarvon, Cumru, Heidelberg, Lower Heidelberg, South Heidelberg, Spring.
Bucks County
Boroughs
Richlandtown, Sellersville, Silverdale, Telford, Trumbauersville.
Townships
East Rockhill, Haycock, Hilltown, Milford, Richland, Springfield, West Rockhill.
Carbon County
Boroughs
Beaver Meadows, Bowmanstown, East Side, Jim Thorpe, Lansford, Nesquehoning, Palmerton, Parryville, Summit Hill, Weissport.
Townships
Banks, East Penn, Franklin, Kidder, Lausanne, Lehigh, Lower Towamensing, Mahoning, Packer, Penn Forest, Towamensing.
Chester County
Boroughs
Atglen, Elverson, Honey Brook.
Townships
Honey Brook, West Nantmeal, West Sadsbury.
Clinton County
Cities & boroughs
City of Lock Haven. Boroughs of Avis, Flemington, Loganton, Mill Hall, Renovo, South Renovo.
Townships
Allison, Bald Eagle, Castanea, Chapman, Colebrook, Crawford, Dunnstable, Gallagher, Greene, Grugan, Logan, Noyes, Pine Creek, Wayne, Woodward.
Columbia County
Towns & boroughs
Town of Bloomsburg. Boroughs of Ashland, Benton, Berwick, Briar Creek, Centralia, Millville, Orangeville, Stillwater.
Townships
Beaver, Benton, Briar Creek, Catawissa, Cleveland, Conyngham, Fishing Creek, Franklin, Greenwood, Hemlock, Jackson, Locust, Madison, Main, Mifflin, Montour, Mount Pleasant, North Centre, Orange, Pine, Roaring Creek, Scott, South Centre, Sugarloaf.
Cumberland County
Boroughs
Camp Hill, Carlisle, Lemoyne, Mechanicsburg, New Cumberland, Newville, Shiremanstown, West Fairview, Wormleysburg.
Townships
Dickinson, East Pennsboro, Hampden, Lower Allen, Middlesex, Monroe, North Middleton, North Newton, Penn, Silver Spring, South Middleton, South Newton, Upper Allen, West Pennsboro.
Dauphin County
Cities & boroughs
City of Harrisburg (state capital). Boroughs of Berrysburg, Dauphin, Elizabethville, Gratz, Halifax, Highspire, Hummelstown, Lykens, Millersburg, Paxtang, Penbrook, Pillow, Steelton, Williamstown.
Townships
Derry, East Hanover, Halifax, Jackson, Jefferson, Lower Paxton, Lower Swatara, Lykens, Middle Paxton, Mifflin, Reed, Rush, South Hanover, Susquehanna, Swatara, Upper Paxton, Washington, Wayne, West Hanover, Wiconisco, Williams.
Juniata County
Boroughs
Mifflin, Mifflintown, Port Royal, Thompsontown.
Townships
Delaware, Fayette, Fermanagh, Greenwood, Milford, Monroe, Susquehanna, Turbett, Walker.
Lackawanna County
Cities & boroughs
Cities of Carbondale and Scranton. Boroughs of Archbald, Blakely (part), Clarks Green, Clarks Summit, Dalton, Dickson City, Dunmore, Jermyn, Jessup, Mayfield, Moosic, Moscow, Old Forge, Olyphant (part), Taylor, Throop, Vandling.
Townships
Abington, Benton, Carbondale, Clifton, Covington, Elmhurst, Fell, Glenburn, Greenfield, Jefferson, La Plume, Lehigh, Madison, Newton, North Abington, Ransom, Roaring Brook, Scott, South Abington, Spring Brook, West Abington.
Lancaster County
Cities & boroughs
City of Lancaster. Boroughs of Adamstown (part), Akron, Christiana, Columbia, Denver, East Petersburg, Elizabethtown, Ephrata (part), Lititz, Manheim, Marietta, Millersville, Mount Joy, Mountville, New Holland, Quarryville, Strasburg, Terre Hill.
Townships
Bart, Brecknock, Caernarvon, Clay, Colerain, Conestoga, Conoy, Drumore, Earl, East Cocalico, East Donegal, East Drumore, East Earl, East Hempfield, East Lampeter, Eden, Elizabeth, Ephrata, Fulton, Lancaster, Leacock, Little Britain, Manheim, Manor, Martic, Mount Joy, Paradise, Penn, Pequea, Providence, Rapho, Sadsbury, Salisbury, Strasburg, Upper Leacock, Warwick, West Cocalico, West Donegal, West Earl, West Hempfield, West Lampeter.
Lebanon County
Boroughs & townships
Borough of Richland. Townships of Heidelberg and Millcreek.
Lehigh County
Cities & boroughs
Cities of Allentown and Bethlehem. Boroughs of Alburtis, Catasauqua, Coopersburg, Coplay, Emmaus, Fountain Hill, Macungie, Slatington.
Townships
Hanover, Heidelberg, Lower Macungie, Lower Milford, Lowhill, North Whitehall, Salisbury, South Whitehall, Upper Macungie, Upper Milford, Upper Saucon, Washington, Whitehall.
Luzerne County
Cities & boroughs
Cities of Hazleton, Pittston and Wilkes-Barre. Boroughs of Ashley, Avoca, Bear Creek Village, Conyngham, Dupont, Duryea, Exeter, Freeland, Hughestown, Jeddo, Laflin, Laurel Run, Nescopeck, Nuangola, Penn Lake Park, West Hazleton, West Pittston, White Haven, Yatesville.
Townships
Bear Creek, Black Creek, Buck, Butler, Dennison, Dorrance, Exeter, Fairview, Foster, Hanover, Hazle, Hollenback, Jenkins, Nescopeck, Pittston, Plains, Rice, Salem, Slocum, Sugarloaf, Wilkes-Barre, Wright.
Lycoming County
Cities & boroughs
City of Williamsport. Boroughs of Duboistown, Hughesville, Jersey Shore, Montgomery, Montoursville, Muncy, Picture Rocks, Salladasburg, South Williamsport.
Townships
Anthony, Armstrong, Bastress, Brady, Clinton, Eldred, Fairfield, Franklin, Hepburn, Jordan, Limestone, Loyalsock, Lycoming, Mifflin, Mill Creek, Moreland, Muncy, Muncy Creek, Nippenose, Old Lycoming, Penn, Piatt, Porter, Shrewsbury, Susquehanna, Upper Fairfield, Washington, Watson, Wolf, Woodward.
Monroe County
Boroughs
East Stroudsburg (part), Mount Pocono, Stroudsburg (part).
Townships
Barrett, Chestnuthill, Coolbaugh, Eldred, Jackson, Paradise, Pocono, Polk, Price, Smithfield, Stroud, Tobyhanna, Tunkhannock.
Montgomery County
Boroughs & townships
Boroughs of East Greenville, Pennsburg, Red Hill, Souderton, Telford. Townships of Franconia, Hatfield, Upper Hanover.
Montour County
Boroughs & townships
Boroughs of Danville and Washingtonville. Townships of Anthony, Cooper, Derry, Liberty, Limestone, Mahoning, Mayberry, Valley, West Hemlock.
Northampton County
Cities & boroughs
City of Bethlehem. Boroughs of Freemansburg, Hellertown, Nazareth (part), North Catasauqua, Northampton, Pen Argyl (part), Stockertown, Tatamy, Walnutport.
Townships
Allen, Bethlehem, Bushkill, East Allen, Forks, Hanover, Lehigh, Lower Mount Bethel, Lower Nazareth, Lower Saucon, Moore, Palmer, Plainfield, Upper Nazareth, Washington, Williams.
Northumberland County
Cities & boroughs
Cities of Shamokin and Sunbury. Boroughs of Herndon, Kulpmont, Marion Heights, McEwensville, Milton, Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Riverside, Snydertown, Turbotville.
Townships
Coal, Delaware, East Cameron, East Chillisquaque, Jackson, Jordan, Lewis, Little Mahanoy, Lower Augusta, Lower Mahanoy, Mount Carmel, Point, Ralpho, Rockefeller, Rush, Shamokin, Turbot, Upper Augusta, Upper Mahanoy, Washington, West Cameron, West Chillisquaque, Zerbe.
Perry County
Boroughs
New Bloomfield, Landisburg, Liverpool, Marysville, Millerstown, New Buffalo, Newport.
Townships
Buffalo, Carroll, Centre, Greenwood, Howe, Juniata, Liverpool, Miller, Northeast Madison, Oliver, Penn, Rye, Saville, Southwest Madison, Spring, Tuscarora, Tyrone, Watts, Wheatfield.
Pike County
Townships
Blooming Grove, Greene, Lackawaxen, Palmyra, Porter, Shohola.
Schuylkill County
Cities & boroughs
City of Pottsville. Boroughs of Ashland, Auburn, Coaldale, Cressona, Deer Lake, Frackville, Gilberton, Girardville, Gordon, Landingville, Mahanoy City, McAdoo, Mechanicsville, Middleport, Minersville, Mount Carbon, New Philadelphia, New Ringgold, Orwigsburg, Palo Alto, Pine Grove, Port Carbon, Port Clinton, Ringtown, Shenandoah, Tamaqua, Tower City, Tremont.
Townships
Barry, Blythe, Branch, Butler, Cass, Delano, East Brunswick, East Norwegian, East Union, Eldred, Foster, Frailey, Hegins, Hubley, Kline, Mahanoy, New Castle, North Manheim, North Union, Norwegian, Pine Grove, Porter, Reilly, Rush, Ryan, Schuylkill, South Manheim, Tremont, Union, Upper Mahantongo, Walker, Washington, Wayne, West Brunswick, West Mahanoy, West Penn.
Snyder County
Boroughs
Beavertown, Freeburg, McClure, Middleburg, Selinsgrove, Shamokin Dam.
Townships
Adams, Beaver, Centre, Chapman, Franklin, Jackson, Middlecreek, Monroe, Penn, Perry, Spring, Union, Washington, West Beaver, West Perry.
Susquehanna County
Boroughs & townships
Boroughs of Forest City and Union Dale. Townships of Clifford and Herrick.
Union County
Boroughs & townships
Boroughs of Hartleton and New Berlin. Townships of Gregg, Hartley, Kelly, Lewis, Limestone, Union, West Buffalo, White Deer.
Wayne County
Boroughs
Bethany, Hawley, Honesdale, Prompton, Waymart.
Townships
Berlin, Canaan, Cherry Ridge, Clinton, Damascus, Dreher, Dyberry, Lake, Lebanon, Lehigh, Mount Pleasant, Oregon, Palmyra, Paupack, Salem, South Canaan, Sterling, Texas.
Wyoming County
Boroughs & townships
Borough of Factoryville. Townships of Clinton, Nicholson, Overfield, Tunkhannock.
York County
Boroughs & townships
Boroughs of East Prospect and Wrightsville. Townships of Fairview, Hellam, Lower Windsor.
If your municipality is not listed, you may be served by another PA electric utility such as Met-Ed, Penelec, PECO, West Penn Power or Duquesne Light.
How to lower your bill if PPL is your utility
PPL's delivery charges are fixed by the PA PUC, so the only line you can really move is supply. Three lever positions, in order of impact:
Shop the supply
Compare the current PPL Price to Compare with offers from licensed PA suppliers at PA PowerSwitch. A 1¢/kWh saving on 1,000 kWh/month is $120/year.
Cut consumption
PPL's E-Power rebates cover heat pumps, smart thermostats, LED lighting and weatherization. The Home Energy Analysis is free.
Apply for assistance
Income-qualified households can stack LIHEAP, PPL OnTrack (CAP), the Hardship Fund and Weatherization grants for permanent bill reduction.
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