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Comments for PPL

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sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show: "I like PPL on the fundamentals, let's not own it for the split. I prefer Exelon (EXC) over PPL, though."	Love	May 28, 2008
Marietta Osinski	had performed very well over last 15 years	Love	May 07, 2008
High Dividends	10%	Love	February 24, 2008
Bob Hughes	biggest holding	Love	January 26, 2008
judith/jack	% up	Love	January 10, 2008
KFelten	work for the company	Love	January 08, 2008
maw358	Great management. Low cost DRP plan.	Love	December 22, 2007
BIGCOOP	EVER CHANGING WAYS TO BURN COAL MORE EFFICIENT AND CLEANER	Love	December 08, 2007
gambler47	dividend	Love	November 30, 2007
tilak	ppl corporation	Love	October 09, 2007
carlmz1	dividend & growth	Love	September 16, 2007
Dr. Watson	PPL generates and transmits electricity throughout northeastern and central Pennsylvania. Where I live it is considered a local company and its activities are extensively covered in my hometown newspaper. I have kept track of this company for many years and believe its management to be conservative, consistent. and capable. This is a company you can trust. It is very good at anticipating future demand and marshalling the resources necessary to meet that demand. For example, a few years ago when a major portion of the U.S. power grid collapsed, PPL had more than sufficient capacity to supply electricity to its customers without interruption. PPL compensates its workers well and, as a result, their employees are loyal and hardworking. Morale is always high and turnover is low. High employee turnover in this industry can be costly, as it takes many years to gain the experience necessary to become a competent lineman. Northeastern PA is subject to extreme weather during the winter. When ice forms on trees causing them to fall down, they usually take down several power lines and transformers with them. PPL crews can be seen working 24/7 in the harshest weather conditions to restore power within hours, not days. Even more impressive is the sight of a lineman being lowered from a helicopter to work on a 500-foot-tall transmission tower carriying enough juice to light up half of NYC while the helicopter hovers above the tower in 25 mph winds. In short, PPL is able to instill such pride in its workforce that they will perform above and beyond the call of duty when necessary. Only a handful of companies can claim such loyalty. This is yet another reason to own PPL stock. "A company's most valueable assets cannot be listed on a balance sheet." PPL just announced plans to build a transmission line from my hometown in NEPA to customers in northern New Jersey. They have also applied for permission to expand the capacity of their Susquehanna Steam-to-Electricity Power Generation Facility (a/k/a/ nuclear reactor) in order to produce the electricity it plans to transmit over the new line. PPL isn't a sexy company, but it has experienced high, consistent growth over the last five years with no end in sight. They also pay a generous dividend on a regular basis which, if reinvested, has paid off handsomely for many of my neighbors when they retired	Love	August 23, 2007
dori9274	was a gift and easy to add to	Love	August 11, 2007
supratrade	BUY	Love	August 09, 2007
em1ss	company stock ownership option	Love	July 18, 2007
twelvedozn	- 4% dividend - about to get permission to gradually rase regulated rates during next two years. - polr status in 2009 why not on buy list? need to do some diligence. e.g. want to check if regulation will turn money losing plants into profitable ones with stead cash flows-->refinancing	Love	March 05, 2007
Lucia Vicari	stability	Love	January 09, 2007
James Wilson	Well-managed electricity supplier in essential industry with expected long term appreciation and high dividends	Love	January 04, 2007