POWER OF ATTORNEY

	W. Keith Smith, the undersigned director of PPL Corporation (the "Company"), a
Pennsylvania corporation, hereby appoints Robert J. Grey, Michael A. McGrail,
Elizabeth S. Duane and Frederick C. Paine, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact to execute for the undersigned and file in his name all
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) forms regarding ownership of Company
securities as required of the undersigned under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and regulations
of the SEC.  The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney full power and
authority to do and perform in the name of and on behalf of the undersigned, and
in any and all capabilities, any act and thing whatsoever required or necessary
to be done for such purposes, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might do, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of each such
attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file such SEC forms, unless earlier revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 11th day of
October, 2007.

		/s/ W. Keith Smith

	W. Keith Smith