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The financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes contained in each Registrant&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;'&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;2011 Form 10-K&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;.  The results of operations for the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;three months ended March&amp;#160;31, 2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;December&amp;#160;31, 2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;, or other future periods, because results for interim periods can be disproportionately influenced by various factors and developments and seasonal variations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;The classification of certain prior period amounts has been changed to conform to the presentation in the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;March&amp;#160;31, 2012 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;financial statements.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0px;"&gt;(PPL)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;On April 1, 2011, PPL, through its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary PPL WEM, completed its acquisition of all of the outstanding ordinary share capital of Central Networks East plc and Central Networks Limited, the sole owner of Central Networks West plc, together with certain other related assets and liabilities (collectively referred to as Central Networks and subsequently renamed WPD Midlands), from subsidiaries of E.ON AG.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Therefore, 2012 includes three months of operating results &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;of WPD Midlands &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;with no comparable amounts for the same period in 2011.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;See Note&amp;#160;8 for additional information. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;PPL consolidates WPD, including WPD Midlands, on a one-month lag.  Material intervening events, such as debt issuances that occur in the lag period, are recognized in the current period financial statements.  Events that are significant but not material are disclosed.      &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</us-gaap:OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsDisclosureTextBlock>
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  <ppl:PurchasesOfAccountsReceivable id="ID_51950_USD_Millions" decimals="-6" contextRef="FROM_Jan01_2011_TO_Mar31_2011" unitRef="USD">254000000</ppl:PurchasesOfAccountsReceivable>
  <us-gaap:SignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock id="ID_31604" contextRef="FROM_Jan01_2012_TO_Mar31_2012">&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;"&gt;2.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Summary of Significant Accounting Policies&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0px;"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt; Energy Supply, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt; Electric&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;, LKE, LG&amp;amp;E and KU&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;The following accounting policy disclosures represent updates to Note&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; in each Registrant's &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;2011 Form 10-K&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; and should be read in conjunction with th&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;ose disclosures&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;"&gt;Accounts Receivable &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;(PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;, PPL Energy Supply&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt; and PPL Electric)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;PPL Electric's customers may &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;choose an alternative supplier for their generation supply&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;In accordance with a PUC-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;approved&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; purchase of accounts receivable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; program, PPL Electric &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;continues to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;purchase certain accounts receivable from alternative suppliers at a nominal discount, which reflects a provision for uncollectible accounts&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;The alternative suppliers (including PPL &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Electric's affiliate,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;EnergyPlus) have no continuing involvement or interest in the purchased accounts receivable.  The purchased accounts receivable are initially recorded at fair value using a market approach based on the purchase price paid and are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.  PPL Electric receives a nominal fee for administering &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;its&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; program.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Duri&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;ng the three months ended March&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;31, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;, PPL Electric purchased $&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;287&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; million &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;of accounts receivable &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;unaffiliated &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;third parties&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;98&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; million from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;its affiliate, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;PPL EnergyPlus.  During the three months ended March&amp;#160;31, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;2011,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; PPL Electric purchased $&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;254&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; million &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;of accounts receivable &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;from&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; unaffiliated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; third parties&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;$61&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; million from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;its affiliate, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;PPL EnergyPlus.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;"&gt;New Accounting Guidance Adopted &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt; Energy Supply, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt; Electric, LKE, LG&amp;amp;E and KU)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;margin-left:0px;"&gt;Fair Value Measurements&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;Effective January 1, 2012, the Registrants prospectively adopt&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;ed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; accounting guidance that was issued to clarify existing fair value measurement guidance as well as enhance fair value disclosures.  The additional disclosures required by this guidance include quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used for Level 3 measurements, qualitative information about the sensitivity of recurring Level 3 measurements, information about any transfers between Level 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy, information about when the current use of a non-financial asset is different from the highest and best use, and the hierarchy classification for assets and liabilities whose fair value is disclosed only in the notes to the financial statements. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;The adoption of this standard resulted in&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; additional footnote disclosure &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;but did not have a significant impact on the Registrants.  See Note &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;13&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; for &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;additional &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;disclosures &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;required by this guidance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;margin-left:0px;"&gt;Testing Goodwill for Impairment&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;Effective January 1, 2012, the Registrants prospectively adopt&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;ed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; accounting guidance which allow&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;s&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; an entity to elect the option to first make a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood of an impairment of goodwill.  If, based on this assessment, the entity determines it is not more likely than not the fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, the two-step goodwill impairment test is not necessary.  However, the first step of the impairment test is required if an entity concludes it is more likely than not the fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying amount based on the qualitative assessment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;The adoption of this standard &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;did not&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; have a significant impact on the Registrants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</us-gaap:SignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:ReceivablesPolicyTextBlock id="ID_31605" contextRef="FROM_Jan01_2012_TO_Mar31_2012">&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;"&gt;Accounts Receivable &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;(PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;, PPL Energy Supply&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt; and PPL Electric)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;"&gt;PPL Electric's customers may &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;choose an alternative supplier for their generation supply&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;In accordance with a PUC-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;approved&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; purchase of accounts receivable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; program, PPL Electric &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;continues to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;purchase certain accounts receivable from alternative suppliers at a nominal discount, which reflects a provision for uncollectible accounts&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;The alternative suppliers (including PPL &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Electric's affiliate,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;EnergyPlus) have no continuing involvement or interest in the purchased accounts receivable.  The purchased accounts receivable are initially recorded at fair value using a market approach based on the purchase price paid and are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.  PPL Electric receives a nominal fee for administering &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;its&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; program.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Duri&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;ng the three months ended March&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;31, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;, PPL Electric purchased $&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;287&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; million &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;of accounts receivable &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;unaffiliated &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;third parties&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;98&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; million from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;its affiliate, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;PPL EnergyPlus.  During the three months ended March&amp;#160;31, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;2011,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; PPL Electric purchased $&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;254&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; million &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;of accounts receivable &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;from&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; unaffiliated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; third parties&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;$61&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; million from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;its affiliate, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;PPL EnergyPlus.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</us-gaap:ReceivablesPolicyTextBlock>
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text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;2011&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Income Statement Data&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Revenues from external customers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Kentucky Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt; 705&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt; 766&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;U.K. Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; 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border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt; 2,388&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt; 1,365&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Total&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt; 4,112&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt; 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text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Net Income Attributable to PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Kentucky Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 42&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 75&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;U.K. Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 165&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 55&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Pennsylvania Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 33&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 52&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Supply (a)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 301&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 219&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Total&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 541&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:20px;"&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;March 31,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;December 31,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;2011&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Balance Sheet Data&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Total Assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Kentucky Regulated (b)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 10,225&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 10,229&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;U.K. Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 13,779&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 13,364&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Pennsylvania Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 5,600&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 5,610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Supply (b)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 14,478&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 13,445&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Total&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 44,082&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 42,648&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;margin-left:-0.699999999999999px;"&gt;(a)&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;Includes unrealized gains and losses from economic activity.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;See Note 14 for additional information.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;margin-left:-0.699999999999999px;"&gt;(b&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;)&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;A portion of the goodwill related to the 2010 LKE acquisition has been attributed to PPL's supply segment&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt; 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text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Net Income Attributable to PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Kentucky Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 42&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 75&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;U.K. Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 165&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 55&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Pennsylvania Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 33&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 52&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Supply (a)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 301&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 219&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Total&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 541&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:20px;"&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;March 31,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;December 31,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 72px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:72px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;2011&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Balance Sheet Data&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Total Assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Kentucky Regulated (b)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 10,225&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 10,229&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;U.K. Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 13,779&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 13,364&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Pennsylvania Regulated&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 5,600&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 5,610&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Supply (b)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 14,478&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 13,445&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 518px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:518px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Total&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 44,082&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 42,648&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt'&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;margin-left:-0.699999999999999px;"&gt;(a)&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;Includes unrealized gains and losses from economic activity.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;See Note 14 for additional information.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt; 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border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 396&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 483px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:483px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Income (loss) from discontinued operations (net of income taxes) available to PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; 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3&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 483px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:483px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Net income attributable to PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 541&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Less amounts allocated to participating securities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 3&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Net income available to PPL common shareowners&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 538&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 399&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 483px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:483px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Shares of Common Stock (Denominator)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Weighted-average shares - Basic EPS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 579,041&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 484,138&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Add&amp;#160;incremental non-participating securities:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 488px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:488px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Stock options and performance units&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 486&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 207&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; 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text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 488px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:488px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Income from continuing operations after income taxes &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; 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text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 541&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 398&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; 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border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Income from continuing operations after income taxes available to PPL common shareowners&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 538&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 396&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 483px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:483px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; 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text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Net income attributable to PPL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 541&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Less amounts allocated to participating securities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 3&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Net income available to PPL common shareowners&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 538&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 399&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 483px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:483px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Shares of Common Stock (Denominator)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; 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text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 579,041&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 484,138&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Add&amp;#160;incremental non-participating securities:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 488px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:488px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Stock options and performance units&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 486&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 207&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Weighted-average shares - Diluted EPS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 579,527&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 484,345&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 483px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:483px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Basic EPS &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Available to PPL common shareowners:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 488px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:488px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Income from continuing operations after income taxes &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 0.93&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 0.82&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 488px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:488px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Net Income&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 0.93&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"&gt; 0.82&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 483px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:483px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; border-top-style:double;border-top-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Diluted EPS &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td colspan="4"  style="width: 508px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:508px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Available to PPL common shareowners:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:60px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 12px"&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"  style="width: 488px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:488px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;Income from continuing operations after income taxes &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td   style="width: 60px; 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the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue issued interpretive guidance on the treatment of bonus depreciation for &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt;Pennsylvania&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"&gt; income tax purposes.  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