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William H. Spence is chairman, president and Chief Executive Officer of PPL Corporation, one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States.
With more than three decades of experience in the utility industry, Spence oversees distribution and transmission subsidiaries in the United States and the United Kingdom. PPL’s
regulated delivery companies are expecting to invest $16 billion through 2019 – resulting in a projected $9 billion increase in the company’s regulated asset base.
Spence joined PPL in 2006 as executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer. He was named president and CEO in 2011 and chairman in 2012. Previously, he had 19 years of service with Pepco Holdings, Inc., where he held a number of senior management positions including president of Conectiv Energy and president of Pepco Energy Services.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Bentley College. Spence also is a graduate of the Executive Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the Nuclear Technology Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Spence is currently serving on the board of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Spence also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Edison Electric Institute and as co-chairman of EEI’s CEO Policy Committee on Reliability and Business Continuity. He is a member of both EEI’s CEO Policy Committee on Environment and the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council, which serves as the principal liaison between the federal government and the electric power sector to protect the grid from cyber and physical threats to critical infrastructure.
Spence serves on the executive board of the Lehigh Valley Partnership, as a trustee adviser to the Delaware Museum of Natural History and as a council member of the Pennsylvania Society. He is a member of the executive committee of the Downtown Allentown Community Development Initiative and serves on Allentown School District’s Building 21 Executive Committee.
PPL Corporation, with assets of more than $39 billion, is one of the largest companies in the U.S. utility sector. The PPL family of companies delivers electricity and natural gas to about 10 million customers in the United States and the United Kingdom, and is known for its world class utility customer service.
