To ensure safe and reliable electric service for customers of PPL Electric Utilities, and for the rest of the mid-Atlantic region, PPL Electric Utilities will need to upgrade its electrical system.

This Web site is intended to update you on the project and encourage your input so that we can incorporate your preferences into our plans wherever we can.

Because of steadily growing use of electricity, new power lines are needed to keep up with that demand and to keep our power supply reliable.

PJM Interconnection, the independent company that operates the electric power grid for a 13-state region including Pennsylvania, has determined that if upgrades to the electric system are not made by May 2012, there is the potential for overloads and blackouts in eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania and throughout the region.

PJM is requiring a new 500-kilovolt transmission line from the Berwick area in Pennsylvania to the Roseland area in New Jersey. PPL Electric Utilities has been directed by PJM to construct the Pennsylvania portion of this power line.

A route for the new line will be chosen after extensive study and public input.

At PPL, we understand that new power lines can cause concern. We have a long history of building power lines in a way that strikes a balance between maintaining reliable electric service, minimizing impact on property owners, protecting the environment and keeping costs down -- because electric customers pay the costs of new lines.