Gas and electricity customers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey -previously served by Florida-based FPL Energy Services – soon willbecome customers of PP&L Energy Plus. PP&L EnergyPlus Co.,the retail marketing arm of PP&L Resources Inc., agreed toserve the customers after FPL Energy Services decided to exit thecompetitive energy markets in the Northeast. Terms of thetransaction were not disclosed.

Customers include businesses, department stores, schooldistricts and industrial customers who now purchase retailelectricity and gas from FPL Energy Services. Service from PP&LEnergyPlus will begin during this quarter after any applicableregulatory and contractual requirements are met.

PP&L EnergyPlus is a subsidiary of Allentown, PA-basedPP&L Resources, Inc. PP&L Resources delivers electricityand gas to more than 1.3 million customers in Pennsylvania; sellswholesale and retail energy in 35 U.S. states and Canada; generateselectricity at power plants in Pennsylvania, Maine and Montana;delivers electricity to 1.4 million customers in southwest Britain;and delivers electricity to more than 800,000 customers in Chile,Bolivia and El Salvador.

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