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Acquisitions, Development and Divestitures (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Line Items Following are the components of discontinued operations in the Statements of Income for the periods ended September 30:
Three Months Nine Months
2021202020212020
Operating Revenues$— $485 $1,344 $1,575 
Operating Expenses— 235 466 684 
Other Income (Expense) - net— 46 202 242 
Interest Expense (a)— 88 209 271 
Income before income taxes— 208 871 862 
Gain (Loss) on sale— — (1,609)— 
Income taxes44 752 157 
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations (net of income taxes)$(2)$164 $(1,490)$705 

(a)No interest from corporate level debt was allocated to discontinued operations.
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets and Liabilities
The following major classes of assets and liabilities of the U.K. utility business were reclassified on PPL's Balance Sheet to "Current assets held for sale" and "Current liabilities held for sale" as of December 31, 2020:
Held for Sale at December 31, 2020
Cash and cash equivalents$266 
Accounts receivable and unbilled revenues389 
Price risk management assets146 
Property, plant and equipment, net (a)14,392 
Goodwill2,558 
Other intangibles413 
Pension benefit asset682 
Other assets137 
Total Assets$18,983 
Short-term debt and long-term debt due within one year$994 
Accounts payable220 
Customer deposits217 
Accrued interest190 
Long-term debt7,938 
Total deferred income taxes1,032 
Price risk management liabilities137 
Other deferred credits and liabilities295 
Total Liabilities$11,023 
Net assets (b)$7,960 

(a)Depreciation of fixed assets ceased upon classification as held for sale in the first quarter of 2021.
(b)The net assets and liabilities held for sale exclude $4.0 billion of AOCI related to the U.K. utility business that are required to be included in the carrying value of an entity classified as held for sale when assessing impairment and determining the gain or loss on sale. Prior to the sale, AOCI related to the U.K. utility business was reported as a component of PPL’s equity.
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Components of Gain (loss) on Sale
The following table summarizes the pre-tax loss recorded upon completion of the sale.
 Loss on sale for the nine month period ended September 30, 2021
Sales proceeds, net of realized foreign currency hedge losses (a)$10,732 
Unrealized foreign currency hedge losses recognized in 2020125 
Less: Costs to sell (b)69 
Less: Carrying value (c)12,397 
Loss on sale$(1,609)

(a)Includes the fixed and additional consideration of £7,881 million specified in the WPD SPA, converted at a spot rate of $1.4107 per GBP, offset by $386 million of realized foreign currency hedge losses to hedge the proceeds from the sale.
(b)Includes bank advisory, legal and accounting fees to facilitate the transaction.
(c)Represents the carrying value of the U.K. utility business at the time of sale and includes the realization of AOCI of $3.6 billion, which arose primarily from currency translation adjustments and defined benefit plans associated with the U.K. utility business.