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Financing Activities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Financing Activities [Abstract]  
Financing Activities

7. Financing Activities

 

Credit Arrangements and Short-term Debt

 

(All Registrants)

 

The Registrants maintain credit facilities to enhance liquidity, provide credit support and provide a backstop to commercial paper programs. For reporting purposes, on a consolidated basis, the credit facilities and commercial paper programs of PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU also apply to PPL and the credit facilities and commercial paper programs of LG&E and KU also apply to LKE. The amounts borrowed below are recorded as "Short-term debt" on the Balance Sheets. The following credit facilities were in place at:

       June 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
                Letters of      Letters of
                Credit        Credit
                and       and
                Commercial       Commercial
       Expiration      Paper Unused   Paper
        Date Capacity Borrowed Issued Capacity Borrowed Issued
PPL                     
U.K.                    
                           
  PPL WW Syndicated                    
   Credit Facility  Dec. 2016 £ 210 £ 97    £ 113 £ 103   
  WPD (South West)                     
   Syndicated Credit Facility (c) Jan. 2017   245         245      
  WPD (East Midlands)                     
   Syndicated Credit Facility (c) Apr. 2016   300         300      
  WPD (West Midlands)                    
   Syndicated Credit Facility (c)  Apr. 2016   300         300      
  Uncommitted Credit Facilities     105    £ 5   100    £ 5
   Total U.K. Credit Facilities (a)   £ 1,160 £ 97 £ 5 £ 1,058 £ 103 £ 5
                           
U.S.                    
 PPL Capital Funding                    
  Syndicated Credit Facility (b) Nov. 2018 $ 300       $ 300 $ 270   
  Bilateral Credit Facility  Mar. 2015   150    $ 11   139      
   Total PPL Capital Funding Credit Facilities   $ 450    $ 11 $ 439 $ 270   
                           
PPL Energy Supply                     
 Syndicated Credit Facility (b)  Nov. 2017 $ 3,000 $ 175 $ 264 $ 2,561    $ 29
 Letter of Credit Facility  Mar. 2015   150      143   7      138
 Uncommitted Credit Facilities (c)     175      77   98      77
   Total PPL Energy Supply Credit Facilities  $ 3,325 $ 175 $ 484 $ 2,666    $ 244
                           
PPL Electric                     
 Syndicated Credit Facility (c) Oct. 2017 $ 300    $ 1 $ 299    $ 21
                           
LKE                    
 Syndicated Credit Facility (b) Oct. 2018 $ 75 $ 75       $ 75   
                           
LG&E                     
 Syndicated Credit Facility (c) Nov. 2017 $ 500    $ 70 $ 430    $ 20
                           
KU                     
 Syndicated Credit Facility (c) Nov. 2017 $ 400    $ 175 $ 225    $ 150
 Letter of Credit Facility  May 2016   198      198         198
   Total KU Credit Facilities   $ 598    $ 373 $ 225    $ 348

(a)       PPL WW's amounts borrowed at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were USD-denominated borrowings of $164 million and $166 million, which bore interest at 1.85% and 1.87%. At June 30, 2014, the unused capacity under the U.K. credit facilities was $1.8 billion.

(b)       At June 30, 2014, interest rates on outstanding borrowings were 2.04% for PPL Energy Supply and 1.65% for LKE. At December 31, 2013, interest rates on outstanding borrowings were 1.79% for PPL Capital Funding and 1.67% for LKE.

(c)       In July 2014, the expiration dates for the WPD (South West), WPD (East Midlands), WPD (West Midlands), LG&E and KU syndicated credit facilities were extended to July 2019 and the PPL Electric syndicated credit facility was extended to October 2018. Also, in July 2014, PPL Energy Supply extended the expiration date for its uncommitted credit facility to July 2015.

 

In July 2014, PPL Capital Funding entered into an additional $300 million credit facility expiring in July 2019. The credit agreement allows for borrowings at market-based rates plus a spread, which is based upon PPL Capital Funding's senior unsecured long-term debt rating.  In addition, PPL Capital Funding may request certain lenders under the credit agreement to issue letters of credit, which issuances reduce available borrowing capacity.  PPL Capital Funding intends to use this credit facility for general corporate purposes of PPL and its affiliates, including for making investments in or loans to affiliates to support infrastructure investments by PPL's operating companies.  PPL Capital Funding will pay customary commitment and letter of credit issuance fees under the credit agreement.

 

The credit agreement contains a financial covenant requiring PPL Capital Funding's debt to total capitalization not to exceed 70% (as calculated pursuant to the credit agreement), and other customary covenants.  Failure to meet the covenants beyond applicable grace periods and certain other events, including the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the credit agreement), could result in acceleration of due dates of any borrowings, cash collateralization of outstanding letters of credit and/or termination of the credit agreement.  The credit agreement also contains certain customary representations and warranties that must be made and certain other conditions that must be met for PPL Capital Funding to borrow or to cause the issuing lender to issue letters of credit.

 

PPL Energy Supply, PPL Electric, LG&E and KU maintain commercial paper programs to provide an additional financing source to fund short-term liquidity needs, as necessary. Commercial paper issuances, included in "Short-term debt" on the Balance Sheets, are supported by the respective Registrant's Syndicated Credit Facility. The following commercial paper programs were in place at:

       June 30, 2014 December 31, 2013
       Weighted -    Commercial   Weighted - Commercial
       Average     Paper Unused Average  Paper
       Interest Rate Capacity Issuances Capacity Interest Rate Issuances
                        
 PPL Energy Supply 0.75% $ 750 $ 149 $ 601      
 PPL Electric     300      300  0.23% $ 20
 LG&E  0.29%   350   70   280  0.29%   20
 KU  0.29%   350   175   175  0.32%   150
   Total    $ 1,750 $ 394 $ 1,356    $ 190

(PPL and PPL Energy Supply)

 

PPL Energy Supply maintains a $500 million Facility Agreement expiring June 2017, which provides PPL Energy Supply the ability to request up to $500 million of committed letter of credit capacity at fees to be agreed upon at the time of each request, based on certain market conditions. At June 30, 2014, PPL Energy Supply had not requested any capacity for the issuance of letters of credit under this arrangement.

 

PPL Energy Supply, PPL EnergyPlus, PPL Montour and PPL Brunner Island maintain an $800 million secured energy marketing and trading facility, whereby PPL EnergyPlus will receive credit to be applied to satisfy collateral posting obligations related to its energy marketing and trading activities with counterparties participating in the facility. The credit amount is guaranteed by PPL Energy Supply, PPL Montour and PPL Brunner Island. PPL Montour and PPL Brunner Island have granted liens on their respective generating facilities to secure any amount they may owe under their guarantees. The facility expires in November 2018, but is subject to automatic one-year renewals under certain conditions. There were $41 million of secured obligations outstanding under this facility at June 30, 2014.

 

(PPL Electric and LKE)

 

See Note 11 for discussion of intercompany borrowings.

 

Long-term Debt and Equity Securities

 

(PPL)

 

In March 2014, PPL Capital Funding remarketed $978 million of 4.32% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2019 that were originally issued in April 2011 as a component of PPL's 2011 Equity Units. In connection with the remarketing, PPL Capital Funding retired $228 million of the 4.32% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2019 and issued $350 million of 2.189% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2017 and $400 million of 3.184% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2019. Simultaneously, the newly issued Junior Subordinated Notes were exchanged for $350 million of 3.95% Senior Notes due 2024 and $400 million of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2044. The transaction was accounted for as a debt extinguishment, resulting in a $(9) million gain (loss) on extinguishment of the Junior Subordinated Notes, recorded to "Interest Expense" on the Statement of Income. Except for the $228 million retirement of the 4.32% Junior Subordinated Notes and fees related to the transactions, the activity was non-cash and was excluded from the Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2014. In May 2014, PPL issued 31.7 million shares of common stock at $30.86 per share to settle the 2011 Purchase Contracts. PPL received net cash proceeds of $978 million, which were used to repay short-term debt and for general corporate purposes.

 

(PPL and PPL Electric)

 

In June 2014, PPL Electric issued $300 million of 4.125% First Mortgage Bonds due 2044. PPL Electric received proceeds of $294 million, net of a discount and underwriting fees, which will be used for capital expenditures, to repay short-term debt and for general corporate purposes.

 

Distributions (PPL)

 

In May 2014, PPL declared its quarterly common stock dividend, payable July 1, 2014, at 37.25 cents per share (equivalent to $1.49 per annum). Future dividends, declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors, will be dependent upon future earnings, cash flows, financial and legal requirements and other factors.