Revenue from Contracts with Customers |
4. Revenue from Contracts with Customers
(All Registrants)
See Note 3 in PPL's 2018 Form 10-K for a discussion of the principal activities from which the Registrants and PPL’s segments generate their revenues.
The following tables reconcile "Operating Revenues" included in each Registrant's Statement of Income with revenues generated from contracts with customers for the periods ended September 30. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019 Three Months | | PPL | | PPL Electric | | LKE | | LG&E | | KU | Operating Revenues (a) | $ | 1,933 |
| | $ | 590 |
| | $ | 844 |
| | $ | 382 |
| | $ | 466 |
| Revenues derived from: | | | | | | | | | | Alternative revenue programs (b) | 8 |
| | 2 |
| | 6 |
| | 4 |
| | 2 |
| Other (c) | (11 | ) | | (3 | ) | | (6 | ) | | (3 | ) | | (3 | ) | Revenues from Contracts with Customers | $ | 1,930 |
| | $ | 589 |
| | $ | 844 |
| | $ | 383 |
| | $ | 465 |
| | | | 2018 Three Months | | PPL | | PPL Electric | | LKE | | LG&E | | KU | Operating Revenues (a) | $ | 1,872 |
| | $ | 548 |
| | $ | 802 |
| | $ | 362 |
| | $ | 447 |
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| Alternative revenue programs (b) | (4 | ) | | (3 | ) | | (1 | ) | | (4 | ) | | 3 |
| Other (c) | (15 | ) | | (3 | ) | | (5 | ) | | (2 | ) | | (3 | ) | Revenues from Contracts with Customers | $ | 1,853 |
| | $ | 542 |
| | $ | 796 |
| | $ | 356 |
| | $ | 447 |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019 Nine Months | | PPL | | PPL Electric | | LKE | | LG&E | | KU | Operating Revenues (a) | $ | 5,815 |
| | $ | 1,756 |
| | $ | 2,421 |
| | $ | 1,126 |
| | $ | 1,322 |
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| Alternative revenue programs (b) | (18 | ) | | (4 | ) | | (14 | ) | | (1 | ) | | (13 | ) | Other (c) | (30 | ) | | (8 | ) | | (16 | ) | | (7 | ) | | (9 | ) | Revenues from Contracts with Customers | $ | 5,767 |
| | $ | 1,744 |
| | $ | 2,391 |
| | $ | 1,118 |
| | $ | 1,300 |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 Nine Months | | PPL | | PPL Electric | | LKE | | LG&E | | KU | Operating Revenues (a) | $ | 5,846 |
| | $ | 1,704 |
| | $ | 2,417 |
| | $ | 1,116 |
| | $ | 1,332 |
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| Alternative revenue programs (b) | 37 |
| | (1 | ) | | 38 |
| | 16 |
| | 22 |
| Other (c) | (43 | ) | | (9 | ) | | (14 | ) | | (5 | ) | | (9 | ) | Revenues from Contracts with Customers | $ | 5,840 |
| | $ | 1,694 |
| | $ | 2,441 |
| | $ | 1,127 |
| | $ | 1,345 |
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| | (a) | PPL includes $491 million and $1,615 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and $517 million and $1,716 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 of revenues from external customers reported by the U.K. Regulated segment. PPL Electric and LKE represent revenues from external customers reported by the Pennsylvania Regulated and Kentucky Regulated segments. See Note 3 for additional information. |
| | (b) | Alternative revenue programs include the transmission formula rate for PPL Electric, the ECR and DSM programs for LG&E and KU, the GLT program for LG&E, and the generation formula rate for KU. This line item shows the over/under collection of these rate mechanisms with over-collections of revenue shown as positive amounts in the table above and under-collections shown as negative amounts. |
| | (c) | Represents additional revenues outside the scope of revenues from contracts with customers such as leases and other miscellaneous revenues. |
As discussed in Note 2 in PPL's 2018 Form 10-K, PPL's segments are segmented by geographic location. Revenues from external customers for each segment/geographic location are reconciled to revenues from contracts with customers in the footnotes to the tables above.
The following tables show revenues from contracts with customers disaggregated by customer class for the periods ended September 30. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019 Three Months | | PPL | | PPL Electric | | LKE | | LG&E | | KU | Licensed energy suppliers (a) | $ | 454 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| Residential | 708 |
| | 352 |
| | 356 |
| | 177 |
| | 179 |
| Commercial | 346 |
| | 97 |
| | 249 |
| | 123 |
| | 126 |
| Industrial | 164 |
| | 16 |
| | 148 |
| | 47 |
| | 101 |
| Other (b) | 128 |
| | 12 |
| | 73 |
| | 31 |
| | 42 |
| Wholesale - municipality | 6 |
| | — |
| | 6 |
| | — |
| | 6 |
| Wholesale - other (c) | 12 |
| | — |
| | 12 |
| | 5 |
| | 11 |
| Transmission | 112 |
| | 112 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| Revenues from Contracts with Customers | $ | 1,930 |
| | $ | 589 |
| | $ | 844 |
| | $ | 383 |
| | $ | 465 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 Three Months | | PPL | | PPL Electric | | LKE | | LG&E | | KU | Licensed energy suppliers (a) | $ | 475 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| Residential | 647 |
| | 328 |
| | 319 |
| | 162 |
| | 157 |
| Commercial | 307 |
| | 88 |
| | 219 |
| | 112 |
| | 107 |
| Industrial | 156 |
| | 12 |
| | 144 |
| | 45 |
| | 99 |
| Other (b) | 119 |
| | 14 |
| | 65 |
| | 27 |
| | 39 |
| Wholesale - municipality | 30 |
| | — |
| | 30 |
| | — |
| | 30 |
| Wholesale - other (c) | 19 |
| | — |
| | 19 |
| | 10 |
| | 15 |
| Transmission | 100 |
| | 100 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| Revenues from Contracts with Customers | $ | 1,853 |
| | $ | 542 |
| | $ | 796 |
| | $ | 356 |
| | $ | 447 |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019 Nine Months | | PPL | | PPL Electric | | LKE | | LG&E | | KU | Licensed energy suppliers (a) | $ | 1,520 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| Residential | 2,058 |
| | 1,060 |
| | 998 |
| | 504 |
| | 494 |
| Commercial | 967 |
| | 279 |
| | 688 |
| | 352 |
| | 336 |
| Industrial | 470 |
| | 48 |
| | 422 |
| | 134 |
| | 288 |
| Other (b) | 360 |
| | 39 |
| | 209 |
| | 93 |
| | 116 |
| Wholesale - municipality | 38 |
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| | 38 |
| | — |
| | 38 |
| Wholesale - other (c) | 36 |
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| | 36 |
| | 35 |
| | 28 |
| Transmission | 318 |
| | 318 |
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| | — |
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| Revenues from Contracts with Customers | $ | 5,767 |
| | $ | 1,744 |
| | $ | 2,391 |
| | $ | 1,118 |
| | $ | 1,300 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 Nine Months | | PPL | | PPL Electric | | LKE | | LG&E | | KU | Licensed energy suppliers (a) | $ | 1,606 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| Residential | 2,039 |
| | 1,036 |
| | 1,003 |
| | 505 |
| | 498 |
| Commercial | 928 |
| | 275 |
| | 653 |
| | 343 |
| | 310 |
| Industrial | 466 |
| | 37 |
| | 429 |
| | 134 |
| | 295 |
| Other (b) | 339 |
| | 40 |
| | 200 |
| | 88 |
| | 113 |
| Wholesale - municipality | 91 |
| | — |
| | 91 |
| | — |
| | 91 |
| Wholesale - other (c) | 65 |
| | — |
| | 65 |
| | 57 |
| | 38 |
| Transmission | 306 |
| | 306 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| Revenues from Contracts with Customers | $ | 5,840 |
| | $ | 1,694 |
| | $ | 2,441 |
| | $ | 1,127 |
| | $ | 1,345 |
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| | (a) | Represents customers of WPD. |
| | (b) | Primarily includes revenues from pole attachments, street lighting, other public authorities and other non-core businesses. |
| | (c) | Includes wholesale power and transmission revenues. LG&E and KU amounts include intercompany power sales and transmission revenues, which are eliminated upon consolidation at LKE. |
PPL Electric's revenues from contracts with customers are further disaggregated by distribution and transmission, which were $477 million and $112 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and $1.4 billion and $318 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. PPL Electric's revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by distribution and transmission were $442 million and $100 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and $1.4 billion and $306 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.
Contract receivables from customers are primarily included in "Accounts receivable - Customer" and "Unbilled revenues" on the Balance Sheets.
The following table shows the accounts receivable balances that were impaired for the periods ended September 30. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three Months | | Nine Months | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2019 | | 2018 | PPL | $ | 11 |
| | $ | 11 |
| | $ | 22 |
| | $ | 24 |
| PPL Electric | 8 |
| | 7 |
| | 14 |
| | 17 |
| LKE | 2 |
| | 4 |
| | 5 |
| | 7 |
| LG&E | 1 |
| | 2 |
| | 2 |
| | 3 |
| KU | 1 |
| | 2 |
| | 3 |
| | 4 |
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The following table shows the balances and certain activity of contract liabilities resulting from contracts with customers. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PPL | | PPL Electric | | LKE | | LG&E | | KU | Contract liabilities at December 31, 2018 | $ | 42 |
| | $ | 23 |
| | $ | 9 |
| | $ | 5 |
| | $ | 4 |
| Contract liabilities at September 30, 2019 | 42 |
| | 19 |
| | 9 |
| | 5 |
| | 4 |
| Revenue recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 that was included in the contract liability balance at December 31, 2018 | 31 |
| | 11 |
| | 9 |
| | 5 |
| | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Contract liabilities at December 31, 2017 | $ | 29 |
| | $ | 19 |
| | $ | 8 |
| | $ | 4 |
| | $ | 4 |
| Contract liabilities at September 30, 2018 | 40 |
| | 17 |
| | 8 |
| | 4 |
| | 4 |
| Revenue recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 that was included in the contract liability balance at December 31, 2017 | 22 |
| | 8 |
| | 8 |
| | 4 |
| | 4 |
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Contract liabilities result from recording contractual billings in advance for customer attachments to the Registrants' infrastructure and payments received in excess of revenues earned to date. Advanced billings for customer attachments are recognized as revenue ratably over the billing period. Payments received in excess of revenues earned to date are recognized as revenue as services are delivered in subsequent periods.
At September 30, 2019, PPL had $48 million of performance obligations attributable to Corporate and Other that have not been satisfied. Of this amount, PPL expects to recognize approximately $41 million within the next 12 months.
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