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PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) plans to release its consolidated second-quarter 2005 earnings results before the stock market opens on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 2. PPL management will discuss these results as well as the company's strategy, long-term forecast and general business outlook during a meeting with financial analysts at 3 p.m. (EDT) that day.

On that day, William F. Hecht, PPL chairman and chief executive officer, will conduct the meeting, which will include other members of PPL's executive management team. The meeting will be available online live in audio format along with slides of the presentation on PPL's Internet Web site at http://www.pplweb.com/. For those who cannot listen to the live webcast, a replay will be accessible on PPL's Web site for 30 days.

PPL Corporation, headquartered in Allentown, Pa., controls about 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to nearly 5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America. More information is available at http://www.pplweb.com/.

SOURCE: PPL Corporation

CONTACT: Timothy J. Paukovits, for financial community, +1-610-774-4124
or George E. Biechler, for news media, +1-610-774-5997, both of PPL

Web site: http://www.pplweb.com/