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David J. Bonenberger to serve as president of Narragansett Electric upon transaction’s close<\/h2>\n

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\n ALLENTOWN, Pa.<\/span>, June 22, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) announced today that David J. Bonenberger<\/span>, PPL vice president of Operations Integration, will serve as president of The Narragansett Electric Company upon PPL’s planned acquisition of the Rhode Island<\/span> utility from National Grid.<\/p>\n

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Bonenberger, who has nearly four decades of energy industry experience, has played a leading role in driving PPL Electric Utilities’ operational excellence and grid modernization over the past decade. He will report directly to PPL Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Gregory N. Dudkin<\/span>. Bonenberger and his wife Francine will reside in Rhode Island<\/span>. <\/p>\n

“Dave has been a key architect of our multi-year efforts to modernize the energy grid within our Pennsylvania<\/span> operations in ways that have cut power outages by nearly one-third, paved the way to accommodate increased distributed energy resources, and delivered these benefits while keeping operating costs essentially flat and energy bills affordable,” said Dudkin. <\/p>\n

“Dave will bring this same energy, mindset and experience to his new role as we seek to drive significant value for Rhode Island<\/span> families and businesses and support the state’s forward-looking clean energy goals,” Dudkin added.<\/p>\n

In addition to selecting Bonenberger to serve as president of Narragansett Electric, pending regulatory approval of the transaction between PPL and National Grid, PPL today also announced additional Rhode Island<\/span> leadership team members, all of whom currently work for National Grid and will report to Bonenberger upon closing of the transaction:<\/p>\n