POWER OF ATTORNEY

	James E. Abel, the undersigned executive officer of PPL Corporation and PPL
Electric Utilities Corporation (collectively or individually, the "Company"),
each of which is 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 26th day of
June, 2007.


		      /s/James E. Abel

               James E. Abel