Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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 as follows.

(PPL)
				Three Months
				2016		2015
Federal income tax on Income from Continuing Operations Before
	Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	231	$	269
Increase (decrease) due to:
		State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			13		14
		Valuation allowance adjustments			6		9
		Impact of lower U.K. income tax rates			(54)		(62)
		Interest benefit on U.K. financing entities			(5)		(7)
		Stock-based compensation (a)			(8)
		Other			(4)		(6)
			Total increase (decrease)		(52)		(52)
Total income taxes				$	179	$	217

(a)During the three months ended March 31, 2016, PPL recorded an $8 million tax benefit related to the application of new stock-based compensation accounting guidance. See Note 2 for additional information.

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 as follows.

(PPL Electric)
			Three Months
			2016		2015
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	53	$	51
Increase (decrease) due to:
	State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			9		10
	Stock-based compensation (a)			(5)
	Other			(1)		(2)
		Total increase (decrease)		3		8
Total income taxes			$	56	$	59

(a)During the three months ended March 31, 2016, PPL Electric recorded a $5 million tax benefit related to the application of new stock-based compensation accounting guidance. See Note 2 for additional information.

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 as follows.

(LKE)
			Three Months
			2016		2015
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	67	$	68
Increase (decrease) due to:
	State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			7		7
	Valuation allowance adjustments					3
	Stock-based compensation			(1)
	Other			(1)		(2)
		Total increase (decrease)		5		8
Total income taxes			$	72	$	76

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 as follows.

(LG&E)
			Three Months
			2016		2015
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	32	$	30
Increase (decrease) due to:
	State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			3		3
		Total increase (decrease)		3		3
Total income taxes			$	35	$	33

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 as follows.

(KU)
			Three Months
			2016		2015
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 35%			$	42	$	44
Increase (decrease) due to:
	State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit			4		4
	Other					(1)
		Total increase (decrease)		4		3
Total income taxes			$	46	$	47