Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

5. Income Taxes

Reconciliations of income tax expense (benefit) for the periods ended March 31 are as follows.

(PPL)
	Three Months
	2024		2023
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 21%	$	81	$	76
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	17		22
Utility rate-making tax adjustments (a)	(5)		(5)
Amortization of excess deferred federal and state income taxes	(13)		(12)
Other	1		(2)
Total increase (decrease)	—		3
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	81	$	79

(a)     Primarily consists of tax impacts of AFUDC equity and related depreciation across all PPL utilities and flow through tax impacts of Pennsylvania utility ratemaking. Flow through occurs when the regulator excludes deferred tax expense or benefit from recoverable costs when determining income tax expense.

(PPL Electric)
	Three Months
	2024		2023
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 21%	$	41	$	38
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	14		14
Utility rate-making tax adjustments (a)	(4)		(4)
Amortization of excess deferred federal and state income taxes	(2)		(2)
Other	(1)		(1)
Total increase (decrease)	7		7
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	48	$	45

(a)     Primarily consists of tax impacts of AFUDC equity and related depreciation and flow through tax impacts of Pennsylvania utility ratemaking. Flow through occurs when the regulator excludes deferred tax expense or benefit from recoverable costs when determining income tax expense.

(LG&E)
	Three Months
	2024		2023
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 21%	$	25	$	23
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	4		4
Amortization of excess deferred federal and state income taxes	(3)		(3)
Other	(2)		(1)
Total increase (decrease)	(1)		—
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	24	$	23

(KU)
	Three Months
	2024		2023
Federal income tax on Income Before Income Taxes at statutory tax rate - 21%	$	28	$	23
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	5		4
Amortization of excess deferred federal and state income taxes	(5)		(4)
Other	(1)		(1)
Total increase (decrease)	(1)		(1)
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	27	$	22

Other

IRS Revenue Procedure 2023-15 (PPL and LG&E)

On April 14, 2023, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2023-15, which provides a safe harbor method of accounting that taxpayers may use to determine whether expenses to repair, maintain, replace, or improve natural gas transmission and distribution property must be capitalized for tax purposes. PPL and LG&E are currently reviewing the revenue procedure to determine what impact the guidance may have on their financial statements.

Transfer of Certain Credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (PPL)

On April 25, 2024, the IRS released the final Internal Revenue Code Section 6418 regulations related to the transfer of certain credits under the Inflation Reduction Act. The regulations were published in the Federal Register on April 30, 2024, and will be effective on July 1, 2024. PPL is currently reviewing the final regulations to determine what impact the guidance may have on their financial statements.