PPL Montana is again offering four one-year $2,000 scholarships to help talented Montana students continue their education.

“These scholarships support our next generation of community, business and government leaders and encourage students to stay in Montana to finish their education,” said Lisa Perry, PPL Montana’s community affairs manager. “Education is one of PPL Montana’s guiding principles and the foundation for a strong economy.”

Any student who will graduate in 2008 from a Montana high school and enter a full-time degree program in an accredited college, technical school or university in the state is eligible. Scholarships will be awarded based on high school academic record, financial need, extracurricular accomplishments, two letters of recommendation and brief student essays.

More information about the scholarship program and an application form are available at www.pplmontana.com. The deadline for applying is March 28.

PPL Montana also supports education by funding environmental education grants, offering curricula that support classroom activities, and matching employee gifts to eligible high schools, colleges and universities. In addition, the PPL Montana Community Fund has awarded $600,000 in grants since 2005 for educational, environmental and economic development programs across the state.

PPL Montana provides safe, reliable energy from coal-fired power plants at Colstrip and Billings, as well as 11 hydroelectric plants along West Rosebud Creek and the Missouri, Madison, Clark Fork and Flathead rivers. It has a combined generating capacity of more than 1,200 megawatts and has offices in Billings, Butte and Helena. PPL Montana and its 500 employees are dedicated to Montana and its communities, supporting educational, environmental and economic development programs across the state. PPL EnergyPlus operates a trading floor in Butte that markets and sells power for PPL Montana in wholesale and retail energy markets throughout the western United States. PPL Montana and PPL EnergyPlus are subsidiaries of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL).