Electrical Inspections

PPL EU's Right To Refuse Service

PPL EU’s electric service tariff provides that PPL EU may refuse to connect a service or may disconnect an existing service when in PPL EU’s judgment or when PPL EU has received notice that the customer's installation is not in proper operating condition or does not conform with these rules or the customer's equipment or use thereof impairs PPL EU’s equipment or the service to other customers.

Inspection Requirements

Rule 19 of REMSI describes PPL EU’s inspection requirements.

Choice of Agency or Inspector

PPL EU does not recommend one electrical inspection agency or electrical inspector in preference to another. The choice of agency or inspector is the responsibility of the customer or the customer’s electrical contractor.

Certification Requirements

Effective May 10, 2004, PPL EU will accept electrical inspection cut-in cards only from inspectors who are registered or certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and whose names appear on the Listing of Certified and Registered Code Officials Web page click on Certification List (updated daily).

PPL EU will accept cut-in cards only for service entrance facilities of one- and two-family dwellings from electrical inspectors who are registered or certified in module 2A.

PPL EU will accept cut-in cards for all non-residential service installations from electrical inspectors who are registered or certified in modules 2A and 2B.

Accepted Signed Cut-in Cards

PPL EU accepts signed cut-in cards from an inspector with the understanding that the inspector is responsibly enforcing the standards of the Uniform Construction Code, NEC, REMSI and any other applicable code. Continued acceptance of an inspector’s signed cut-in cards is contingent upon the inspector maintaining satisfactory performance.

An inspector whose signed cut-in cards are accepted by PPL EU may inspect in any region or area of PPL EU.

Cut-In Card Documents:

Handwritten Version (.pdf) - Print out, fill in by hand and FAX to PPL EU.

Electronic Version  (.doc) - Use word document to fill in fields (use tab to navigate through document), print and FAX to PPL EU.  This version gives the user the ability to save the form electronically for their files.

Violation Cut In Card:

Handwritten Version (.pdf) - Print out, fill in by hand and FAX to PPL EU.

Electronic Version  (.doc) - Use word document to fill in fields (use tab to navigate through document), print and FAX to PPL EU.  This version gives the user the ability to save the form electronically for their files.

PPL EU Contacts

Office Name
Area Served
Phone/Fax/E-mail
Office Address
Lehigh Region
Allentown area 484-634-3743 FAX
E-mail: beleonard@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
827 Hausman Road
Allentown, PA 18104-9392
Lehigh Region
Bethlehem/Buxmont areas 610-762-5801 FAX
E-mail: dtbobb@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
1047 N. Plymouth Street
Allentown, PA 18109-1539
Central Region
Hazleton/Schuylkill area (Marion Heights, Frackville, Orwigsberg, Hazleton, Panther Valley) 570-570-874-5011 FAX
E-mail: epjohnson@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
178 Industrial Road
Frackville, PA 17931
Central Region Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Bear Creek and White Haven areas 570-821-5839 FAX
E-mail: drlehman@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
503 New Market Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702-6693
Northeast Region
Pocono, Hamilin and Honesdale areas 570-620-3313 FAX POCONO
570-253-7075 FAX HAMLIN/HONESDALE
E-mail: tlbaumgardner@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
600 Larch Street
Scranton, PA 18509-2899
Northeast Region Scranton and Carbondale areas 570-348-4670 FAX
E-mail: WFarber@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
600 Larch Street
Scranton, PA 18509-2899
Office Name
Area Served
Phone/Fax/E-mail
Office Address
Harrisburg East Harrisburg East, Hershey and Elizabethville areas 717-257-5740 FAX
E-mail: ssseip@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
1801 Brookwood Street
Harrisburg, PA 17104-2222
Harrisburg West Harrisburg West, West Shore, Newport and Carlisle areas 717-691-2999 FAX
E-mail: wlprzyuski@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
100 Commerce Drive
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-2675
Lancaster East Sinking Springs, Cocalico and Quarryville areas 717-721-4991 FAX
E-mail: mailto:dgoswandel@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
501 N. Reading Road
Ephrata, PA 17522-9690
Lancaster West Lancaster City and West areas 717-560-2460 FAX
E-mail: dppreziosi@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
651 Delp Road
Lancaster, PA 17601-3034
Susquehanna Region Sunbury/Bloomsburg Area 570-473-4257 FAX
E-mail: MJTripoli@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
434 Susquehanna Trail
Northumberland, PA 17857-8511
Susquehanna Region
Williamsport and Lock Haven areas 570-368-5311 FAX
E-mail: drlehman@pplweb.com		 PPL Electric Utilities
4810 Lycoming Mall Drive
Montoursville, PA 17754-8301

 

 

Multiple Inspections

When PPL EU receives a cut-in card specifying NEC violations at a premises, PPL EU requires the customer or customer's contractor to:

  • correct the situation, and

  • secure the services of the same inspector who issued the violation card to re-inspect the corrected facilities.

Re-inspection by another inspector is acceptable to PPL EU only if the original inspector is unavailable due to illness or other unforeseen circumstances, and the customer requires immediate service.

Unsatisfactory Performance of a Code Official (Inspector)

When PPL EU personnel discover NEC or REMSI violations for service entrance facilities after PPL EU has received a cut-in card, a letter may be sent to the Code Official (Inspector).

The letter shall:

  • explain the problem(s) with the service entrance facilities discovered by PPL EU personnel,

  • ask the inspector to contact the electrician or customer and arrange to correct the problem(s), and

  • ask the inspector to re-inspect the corrected service entrance facilities and send a new cut-in card to PPL EU.

If the frequency or severity of violations indicates that the inspector is either:

  • not looking at all services for which PPL EU received cut-in cards, or

  • not adequately ensuring that the requirements of the NEC or REMSI are met, a complaint may be made to the Field Operations Manager at the Department of Labor and Industry for investigation. The complaint form and address for the Field Operations Manager may be found at:

    UCC Complaints

06-25-2010