8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 17, 2019

Commission File Number	Registrant; State of Incorporation; Address and Telephone Number	IRS Employer Identification No.
1-11459	PPL Corporation (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) (Pennsylvania) Two North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101-1179 (610) 774-5151	23-2758192

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company [ ]

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol:	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock of PPL Corporation	PPL	New York Stock Exchange
Junior Subordinated Notes of PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
2007 Series A due 2067	PPL/67	New York Stock Exchange
2013 Series B due 2073	PPX	New York Stock Exchange

Section 7 - Regulation FD

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On May 17, 2019, PPL Corporation posted to its website a statement regarding recent announcements by the U.K. Labour Party with respect to its proposal to convert the U.K. energy sector into state ownership. A copy of the statement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report. 

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

  

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

  

(d)	Exhibits
	99.1 -	PPL Corporation statement referred to above.

As provided in General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information contained in this Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall any such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PPL CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Marlene C. Beers
	Marlene C. Beers Vice President and Controller

Dated:  May 17, 2019

EX-99.1

Company Statement

PPL statement regarding Labour Party’s plan to take the

U.K. energy sector into state ownership

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (May 17, 2019) — PPL Corporation views the Labour Party’s plan to take the U.K. energy sector into state ownership as an ill-conceived idea that will impact U.K. energy consumers adversely if implemented.

Specifically, Labour’s proposal would be very costly for consumers while adding risk and unnecessary complexity at a time when significant additional investment is required to advance the U.K.’s low-carbon transition.

WPD is investing £7.1 billion ($9 billion) in its network in the current eight-year regulatory period, which commenced in April 2015. The company has already made significant investment to support the U.K. government in delivering a low-carbon environment and will continue to increase this as the drive to enable decarbonization continues. WPD is leading the industry in development of new ways of working and using innovative technologies, which has already enabled 9.9GW of distributed generation to be connected to the network, including over 5.3GW of solar and wind generation. In relation to storage, WPD is facilitating the connection of over 1.2GW of battery energy storage, and this is expected to grow further.

WPD has led the industry for the last seven years in its level of customer service, with independent assessment demonstrating satisfaction levels over 90% and continues to look at ways to further improve this score.

Costs to the customer are 17% lower than pre-privatization on a like-for-like basis. WPD’s costs account for around 17% of an average customer’s yearly domestic electricity bill (approximately £8 ($10) per month) despite the huge increases in investment and the tremendous improvements in both reliability and customer service, with customers receiving a 60% improvement in reliability since then.

Benefits such as these demonstrate that privatization has driven innovation and efficiency and provided measurable and sustainable benefits to customers. Should Labour form a government in the future and be able to move forward with its proposal, we strongly believe that we are entitled to full compensation from the U.K. government.

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