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Income Taxes (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Income Taxes [Line Items]  
Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense Derived From Statutory Tax Rate

Reconciliations of income taxes for the periods ended June 30 are:

(PPL)
Three MonthsSix Months
2015201420152014
Federal income tax on Income from Continuing Operations Before
Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%$ 112 $ 139 $ 382 $ 333
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit 9 3 29 16
Valuation allowance adjustments (a) 5 46 8 46
Impact of lower U.K. income tax rates (36) (31) (98) (76)
U.S. income tax on foreign earnings - net of foreign tax credit (b) 10 (1) 21
Federal and state tax reserve adjustments (c) (12) (1) (12) (1)
Intercompany interest on U.K. financing entities (3) (1) (11) (3)
Other (4) 1 (9) (3)
Total increase (decrease) (41) 27 (94)
Total income taxes $ 71 $ 166 $ 288 $ 333

(a) As a result of the spinoff announcement, PPL recorded deferred income tax expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 to adjust valuation allowances on deferred tax assets primarily for state net operating loss carryforwards that were previously supported by the earnings of PPL Energy Supply. See Note 8 for additional information on the spinoff.

(b) During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, PPL recorded lower income tax expense due to a decrease in taxable dividends.

(c) During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, PPL recorded a tax benefit to adjust the settled refund amount approved by Joint Committee of Taxation for the open audit years 1998-2011.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Changes to unrecognized tax benefits for the periods ended June 30 were as follows.

Three MonthsSix Months
2015201420152014
PPL
Beginning of period$ 20 $ 22 $ 20 $ 22
Additions based on tax positions of prior years 1 1
Reductions based on tax positions of prior years (2) (2)
Settlements (15) (15)
End of period $ 5 $ 21 $ 5 $ 21
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 June 30 are:

(PPL Electric)
Three MonthsSix Months
2015201420152014
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory
tax rate - 35%$ 30 $ 29 $ 81 $ 77
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit 4 4 14 12
Federal and state tax reserve adjustments 2 (1) 2 (1)
Depreciation not normalized (1) (1) (2) (3)
Other 1 (1)
Total increase (decrease) 6 2 14 7
Total income taxes$ 36 $ 31 $ 95 $ 84
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 June 30 are:

(LKE)
Three MonthsSix Months
2015201420152014
Federal income tax on Income from Continuing Operations Before
Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%$ 37 $ 37 $ 104 $ 102
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit 4 4 11 10
Valuation allowance adjustment (a) 5 8
Other (1) (2) (2)
Total increase (decrease) 8 4 17 8
Total income taxes$ 45 $ 41 $ 121 $ 110

(a) Represents a valuation allowance against tax credits expiring in 2016 and 2017 that are more likely than not to expire before being utilized.

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 June 30 are:

(LG&E)
Three MonthsSix Months
2015201420152014
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory
tax rate - 35%$ 20 $ 20 $ 50 $ 48
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit 2 2 5 5
Other (1) (2)
Total increase (decrease) 2 1 5 3
Total income taxes$ 22 $ 21 $ 55 $ 51
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 June 30 are:

(KU)
Three MonthsSix Months
2015201420152014
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory
tax rate - 35%$ 22 $ 23 $ 66 $ 66
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit 2 2 7 7
Other 1 (2) (1)
Total increase (decrease) 2 3 5 6
Total income taxes$ 24 $ 26 $ 71 $ 72