“I was in trouble,” singer-rapper Elbee Thrie says, recalling the day that his band — the Brooklyn progressive-R&B quintet Phony Ppl — was born in 2008. It was Thrie’s 16th birthday, and he was ...

The members of Phony Ppl teem with energy as they walk into ESSENCE’s Brooklyn office. They’re jovial and just the jolt you need in the middle of the day. The fun-loving Brooklyn-based group consists ...

A stock photo of a woman paying her house bills with card online. Last week, we brought you a live, exclusive interview with Maria Perrin, the president of Public Partnerships LLC, or PPL, the company ...

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Advocates for the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program asked for accountability on Wednesday after a massive leadership exodus at Public Partnerships LLC. A ...

WILLIAM F. HECHT is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of PPL Corporation, a worldwide energy company with headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania. PPL Corporation controls or owns about ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa.- PPL Corporation, the parent company of PPL Electric Utilities, will seek a base rate increase later this year in Pennsylvania, its first such increase in a decade. It was one of many ...

Something has changed at PPL – and not for the better for competitive markets or consumers. It was only a few years ago, PPL’s CEO praised Pennsylvania’s restructured electricity market: “With the ...

Pa. residents will pay more for electricity beginning Dec. 1, and state utility regulators are looking at an additional increase for local provider PPL Electric Utilities. PPL Electric Utilities and ...