The project also will make electric service more reliable by reducing the number of power outages experienced by customers, and by reducing the duration of outages caused by falling trees or severe weather, the company said.
The project will take place in parts of Lackawanna, Monroe, Wayne, Pike and Luzerne counties.
It is part of more than $3bn in infrastructure improvements planned by PPL to benefit customers throughout its 29-county service territory.
PPL said the largest part of the project will be the construction of about 60 miles of new 230kV power line from the Wilkes-Barre area to an area west of Hawley, Wayne County, and the three new electrical substations will be built to serve customers along this line.
Also as part of the project, PPL will rebuild about 20 miles of an existing 69kV power line that runs from the Peckville area in Lackawanna County to Honesdale in Wayne County.
