<ARTICLE> UT
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated statement of income, consolidated balance sheet, and consolidated
statement of cash flows for the form 10-Q dated June 30, 1998 and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000317187
<NAME> PP&L, INC.
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000,000
       
                             
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<PERIOD-END>                               JUN-30-1998
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<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                        692
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<FN>
<F1>Net income includes an extraordinary item of ($948) million ($1,614 million net
of $666 million of income taxes) reflecting the effects of a Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission Restructuring Order and the deregulation of PP&L's 
electric generation operations.
</FN>