The familiar strains of Joe Cocker singing “With a Little Help From My Friends” brought us right back to the late 1960s and early ’70s in the beautifully crafted coming-of-age series the Wonder Years.

He also recurred on the Clint Eastwood series ‘Rawhide’ and was finicky as Morris the Cat on TV commercials in the 1970s.

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: ...