Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis

The assets and liabilities measured at fair value, excluding assets and liabilities of discontinued operations at December 31, 2014, were:

			September 30, 2015								December 31, 2014
			Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
PPL
Assets
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	981	$	981					$	1,399	$	1,399
	Short-term investments											120		120
	Restricted cash and cash equivalents (a)			36		36						31		31
	Price risk management assets (b):
		Interest rate swaps		1			$	1
		Foreign currency contracts		169				169				130			$	130
		Cross-currency swaps		61				61				29				28	$	1
	Total price risk management assets			231				231				159				158		1
	Auction rate securities (c)			1					$	1		2						2
Total assets			$	1,249	$	1,017	$	231	$	1	$	1,711	$	1,550	$	158	$	3
Liabilities
	Price risk management liabilities (b):
		Interest rate swaps	$	82			$	82			$	156			$	156
		Foreign currency contracts		7				7				2				2
		Cross-currency swaps										3				3
	Total price risk management liabilities		$	89			$	89			$	161			$	161
PPL Electric
Assets
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	26	$	26					$	214	$	214
	Restricted cash and cash equivalents (a)			2		2						3		3
Total assets			$	28	$	28					$	217	$	217

LKE
Assets
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	455	$	455			$	21	$	21
	Cash collateral posted to counterparties (d)			10		10				21		21
Total assets			$	465	$	465			$	42	$	42
Liabilities
	Price risk management liabilities:
		Interest rate swaps	$	50			$	50	$	114			$	114
Total price risk management liabilities			$	50			$	50	$	114			$	114
LG&E
Assets
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	180	$	180			$	10	$	10
	Cash collateral posted to counterparties (d)			10		10				21		21
Total assets			$	190	$	190			$	31	$	31
Liabilities
	Price risk management liabilities:
		Interest rate swaps	$	50			$	50	$	81			$	81
Total price risk management liabilities			$	50			$	50	$	81			$	81
KU
Assets
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	275	$	275			$	11	$	11
Total assets			$	275	$	275			$	11	$	11
Liabilities
	Price risk management liabilities:
		Interest rate swaps							$	33			$	33
Total price risk management liabilities									$	33			$	33

(a)Current portion is included in "Other current assets" and long-term portion is included in "Other noncurrent assets" on the Balance Sheets.

(b)Included in “Other current assets”, “Other current liabilities”, “Other noncurrent assets” and “Other deferred credits andnoncurrent liabilities” on the Balance Sheets.

(c)Included in "Other noncurrent assets" on the Balance Sheets.

(d)Included in "Other noncurrent assets" on the Balance Sheets. Represents cash collateral posted to offset the exposure with counterparties related to certain interest rate swaps under master netting arrangements that are not offset.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments Not Recorded at Fair Value - Other

The carrying amounts of long-term debt on the Balance Sheets and their estimated fair values are set forth below, excluding long-term debt of discontinued operations at December 31, 2014.

	September 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
	Carrying				Carrying
	Amount		Fair Value		Amount		Fair Value
PPL	$	19,205	$	21,184	$	18,173	$	20,466
PPL Electric		2,603		2,882		2,602		2,990

LKE	5,617	5,927	4,567	4,946
LG&E	1,903	1,978	1,353	1,455
KU	2,591	2,763	2,091	2,313