-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, At+MhAnZTH98ankYauwcYBbc+rV2ub6avFwrbRZQeuHgfhjSjMmdOcZ5mvlQBZJD QrGrIdeKa39DejRKCyTHDQ== 0000922224-05-000116.txt : 20051116 0000922224-05-000116.hdr.sgml : 20051116 20051116082925 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922224-05-000116 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051116 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant.s Certifying Accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20051116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051116 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000922224 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 232758192 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0819 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11459 FILM NUMBER: 051208226 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 181011179 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101-1179 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP&L RESOURCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941123 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL ENERGY SUPPLY LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001161976 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-74794 FILM NUMBER: 051208228 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINETH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000317187 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 230959590 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00905 FILM NUMBER: 051208227 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N NINTH ST CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107745151 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH NINTH STREET CITY: ALLENTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18101-1179 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP&L INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970912 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PP & L INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970912 8-K 1 ppl8k11-16.htm PPL CORP FORM 8K 11-16-05 PPL Corp Form 8K 11-16-05
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 10, 2005

Commission File
Number
Registrant; State of Incorporation;
Address and Telephone Number
IRS Employer
Identification No.
     
1-11459
PPL Corporation
(and the PPL Employee Stock Ownership Plan)
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Pennsylvania)
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, PA 18101-1179
(610) 774-5151
23-2758192
     
333-74794
PPL Energy Supply, LLC
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Delaware)
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, PA 18101-1179
(610) 774-5151
23-3074920
     
1-905
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Pennsylvania)
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, PA 18101-1179
(610) 774-5151
23-0959590
     

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



Section 4 - Matters Related to Accountants and Financial Statements
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

(a)  On November 10, 2005, following the solicitation process described in (b) below, the audit committee of the board of directors of PPL Corporation (the “Company”) determined that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PricewaterhouseCoopers”) will be dismissed as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company, its two subsidiaries PPL Energy Supply, LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (collectively with the Company, the “Registrants”), and the PPL Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “ESOP”), effective upon completion by PricewaterhouseCoopers of its procedures described in the next paragraph.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has served as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrants and the ESOP since 1995. PricewaterhouseCoopers remains the independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrants and the ESOP as of and for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005, subject to completion of its procedures regarding the financial statements of each of the Registrants as of and for the year ending December 31, 2005 and the Annual Report on Form 10-K in which such financial statements will be included, and its procedures regarding the financial statements of the ESOP as of and for the year ending December 31, 2005 and the Annual Report on Form 11-K in which such financial statements will be included.

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ reports on the financial statements of the Registrants and the ESOP for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004 did not contain any adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, and through November 10, 2005, (1) there were no disagreements with PricewaterhouseCoopers on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of PricewaterhouseCoopers, would have caused PricewaterhouseCoopers to make reference thereto in its reports on the financial statements of the Registrants or the ESOP for such years, and (2) there have been no “reportable events” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company has provided a copy of the above disclosures to PricewaterhouseCoopers and requested PricewaterhouseCoopers to provide it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not PricewaterhouseCoopers agrees with those disclosures. A copy of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ letter, dated November 16, 2005, confirming its agreement with those disclosures is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

(b)  Also on November 10, 2005, the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors appointed Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrants and the ESOP as of and for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006. This appointment followed a solicitation and review process conducted by the Company pursuant to the audit committee’s previously announced policy to solicit competitive proposals for audit services from independent accounting firms at least once every seven years.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, and through November 10, 2005, (1) Ernst & Young had not been engaged as the principal accountant of the Registrants or the ESOP to audit their financial statements or as an independent accountant to audit a significant subsidiary of the Registrants, and (2) none of the Registrants nor the ESOP had consulted with Ernst & Young regarding (a) the application of accounting principles to any completed or proposed transaction, (b) the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Registrants’ or the ESOP’s financial statements for such periods, or (c) any other accounting, auditing or financial reporting matter described in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.


Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 
(d)
 
Exhibits
 
         
     
16.1
Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated November 16, 2005, to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 



SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
PPL CORPORATION
     
 
By:
/s/ Paul A. Farr                           
Paul A. Farr
Senior Vice President-Financial and Controller

 
PPL ENERGY SUPPLY, LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Paul A. Farr                           
Paul A. Farr
Vice President and Controller

 
PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
     
 
By:
/s/ Paul A. Farr                           
Paul A. Farr
Senior Vice President-Financial and Controller


Dated: November 16, 2005
EX-16.1 2 ppl8k11-16exhibit161.htm PPL FORM 8K 11-16-05 EXHIBIT 16.1 PPL Form 8K 11-16-05 Exhibit 16.1
Exhibit 16.1





November 16, 2005




Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549

Commissioners:

We have read the statements made by PPL Corporation, its subsidiaries PPL Energy Supply, LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, and the PPL Employee Stock Ownership Plan (copy attached), which we understand will be filed with the Commission, pursuant to Item 4.01 of Form 8-K, as part of the Form 8-K report of PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, LLC, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, and the PPL Employee Stock Ownership Plan dated November 10, 2005. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K; however, we make no comment whatsoever regarding the solicitation and review process conducted by PPL Corporation, PPL Energy Supply, LLC, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, and the PPL Employee Stock Ownership Plan.


Very truly yours,

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

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