PPL Electric Utilities Earns J.D. Power and Associates Award for Business Customer Satisfaction
Posted on: Friday, 22 February 2008, 12:01 CST
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- For the seventh time in nine years, PPL Electric Utilities has ranked highest among electric utilities in the eastern United States in an annual study of business customer satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates.
"We're pleased that customers have expressed their satisfaction with us through the J.D. Power and Associates study," said David DeCampli, president of PPL Electric Utilities. "We've maintained a good relationship with our customers in central and eastern Pennsylvania for more than 80 years by providing safe, reliable and affordable electric service. Building on that relationship is important to us."
He said the company is investing in improvements to its distribution system, giving customers more information and tools to help them better manage their energy use, and adding employees to help support business customers.
He said independent studies such as the J.D. Power and Associates study and the company's own quarterly research help PPL Electric Utilities gauge how well it's doing, understand customers' expectations and identify ways to improve customer service.
The award is the company's 15th overall -- more than any other utility in the country -- since J.D. Power and Associates began studying utility customer satisfaction. In addition to its seven business customer satisfaction awards, PPL Electric Utilities has earned the top honor for residential customer satisfaction in the East eight out of nine years.
In its 2008 study of business customer satisfaction, J.D. Power and Associates interviewed more than 13,500 businesses served by the 58 largest electric utilities in the nation, based on the number of businesses served.
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation is a subsidiary of PPL Corporation and provides electricity delivery services to about 1.4 million customers in 29 Pennsylvania counties.
PPL Corporation, headquartered in Allentown, Pa., controls more than 11,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to about 4 million customers in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom. More information is available at http://www.pplweb.com/.
About J.D. Power and Associates
Headquartered in Westlake Village, Calif., J.D. Power and Associates is a global marketing information services firm operating in key business sectors including market research, forecasting, performance improvement, training and customer satisfaction. The firm's quality and satisfaction measurements are based on responses from millions of consumers annually. For more information, visit http://www.jdpa.com/.
PPL Electric Utilities
CONTACT: George Lewis of PPL Corporation, +1-610-774-5997
Web site: http://www.pplweb.com/http://www.jdpa.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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