Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense Derived From Statutory Tax Rate

Reconciliations of income taxes for the periods ended March 31 are:

(PPL)
				Three Months
				2015		2014
Federal income tax on Income from Continuing Operations Before
	Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	320	$	153
Increase (decrease) due to:
		State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			25		3
		Valuation allowance adjustments			3
		Impact of lower U.K. income tax rates			(62)		(44)
		U.S. income tax on foreign earnings - net of foreign tax credit			(1)		11
		Intercompany interest on U.K. financing entities			(8)		(2)
		Other			(9)		(7)
			Total increase (decrease)		(52)		(39)
Total income taxes				$	268	$	114

PPL Electric Utilities Corp [Member]

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense Derived From Statutory Tax Rate

Reconciliations of income taxes for the periods ended March 31 are:

(PPL Electric)
			Three Months
			2015		2014
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	51	$	48
Increase (decrease) due to:
	State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			10		8
	Other			(2)		(3)
		Total increase (decrease)		8		5
Total income taxes			$	59	$	53

LG And E And KU Energy LLC [Member]

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense Derived From Statutory Tax Rate

Reconciliations of income taxes for the periods ended March 31 are:

(LKE)
			Three Months
			2015		2014
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	68	$	64
Increase (decrease) due to:
	State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			7		7
	Valuation allowance adjustments			3
	Other			(2)		(2)
		Total increase (decrease)		8		5
Total income taxes			$	76	$	69

Louisville Gas And Electric Co [Member]

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense Derived From Statutory Tax Rate

Reconciliations of income taxes for the periods ended March 31 are:

(LG&E)
			Three Months
			2015		2014
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	30	$	29
Increase (decrease) due to:
	State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			3		3
	Other					(2)
		Total increase (decrease)		3		1
Total income taxes			$	33	$	30

Kentucky Utilities Co [Member]

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense Derived From Statutory Tax Rate

Reconciliations of income taxes for the periods ended March 31 are:

(KU)
			Three Months
			2015		2014
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	44	$	43
Increase (decrease) due to:
	State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			4		4
	Other			(1)		(1)
		Total increase (decrease)		3		3
Total income taxes			$	47	$	46