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Financing Activities (Distributions and Capital Contributions) (Details) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Distributions [Line Items]      
Quarterly common stock dividend declaration date 2015-02    
Dividend payable date of quarterly common stock dividend Apr. 01, 2015    
Current quarterly common stock dividend (in dollars per share) $ 0.3725us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.3725us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.3725us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
Annualized current quarterly common stock dividend (in dollars per share) $ 1.49ppl_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclaredAsPerAnnumEquivalent