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Financing Activities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities | The following credit facilities were in place at:
| September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| Expiration Date |  | Capacity |  | Borrowed |  | Letters of Credit and Commercial Paper Issued |  | Unused Capacity |  | Borrowed |  | Letters of Credit and Commercial Paper Issued
PPL |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.K. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
WPD plc |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syndicated Credit Facility (a) | Jan. 2022 |  | £ | 210 |  |  | £ | 155 |  |  | £ | — |  |  | £ | 54 |  |  | £ | 160 |  |  | £ | — |
Term Loan Facility (b) | Dec. 2017 |  | 230 |  |  | 230 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
WPD (South West) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syndicated Credit Facility (c) | July 2021 |  | 245 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 245 |  |  | 110 |  |  | — |
WPD (East Midlands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syndicated Credit Facility (d) | July 2021 |  | 300 |  |  | 116 |  |  | — |  |  | 184 |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |
WPD (West Midlands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syndicated Credit Facility | July 2021 |  | 300 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 300 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Uncommitted Credit Facilities (e) |  |  | 100 |  |  | 70 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 60 |  |  | 4 |
Total U.K. Credit Facilities (f) |  |  | £ | 1,385 |  |  | £ | 571 |  |  | £ | 4 |  |  | £ | 809 |  |  | £ | 339 |  |  | £ | 4 |
| September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| Expiration Date |  | Capacity |  | Borrowed |  | Letters of Credit and Commercial Paper Issued |  | Unused Capacity |  | Borrowed |  | Letters of Credit and Commercial Paper Issued
U.S. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PPL Capital Funding |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syndicated Credit Facility | Jan. 2022 |  | $ | 950 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 285 |  |  | $ | 665 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 20 |
Syndicated Credit Facility | Nov. 2018 |  | 300 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 300 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Bilateral Credit Facility | Mar. 2018 |  | 150 |  |  | — |  |  | 18 |  |  | 132 |  |  | — |  |  | 17 |
Total PPL Capital Funding Credit Facilities |  |  | $ | 1,400 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 1,097 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 37 |
PPL Electric |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syndicated Credit Facility | Jan. 2022 |  | $ | 650 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 649 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 296 |
LKE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syndicated Credit Facility | Oct. 2018 |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
LG&E |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syndicated Credit Facility | Jan. 2022 |  | $ | 500 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 190 |  |  | $ | 310 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 169 |
KU |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Syndicated Credit Facility | Jan. 2022 |  | $ | 400 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 400 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 16 |
Letter of Credit Facility | Oct. 2020 |  | 198 |  |  | — |  |  | 198 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 198 |
Total KU Credit Facilities |  |  | $ | 598 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 198 |  |  | $ | 400 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 214 |
(a) | The amounts borrowed at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were USD-denominated borrowings of $200 million for both periods, which bore interest at 2.06% and 1.43%. The unused capacity reflects the amount borrowed in GBP of £156 million as of the date borrowed.
(b) | The amount borrowed at September 30, 2017 was a GBP-denominated borrowing which equated to $296 million and bore interest at 1.50%.
(c) | The amount borrowed at December 31, 2016 was a GBP-denominated borrowing which equated to $137 million and bore interest at 0.66%.
(d) | The amounts borrowed at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were GBP-denominated borrowings which equated to $150 million and $11 million and bore interest at 0.65% and 0.66%.
(e) | The amounts borrowed at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were GBP-denominated borrowings which equated to $90 million and $75 million and bore interest at 1.29% and 1.26%.
(f) | At September 30, 2017, the unused capacity under the U.K. credit facilities was $1.0 billion.
Schedule of Short-term Debt | The following commercial paper programs were in place at:
| September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| Weighted - Average Interest Rate |  | Capacity |  | Commercial Paper Issuances |  | Unused Capacity |  | Weighted - Average Interest Rate |  | Commercial Paper Issuances
PPL Capital Funding | 1.41% |  | $ | 1,000 |  |  | $ | 285 |  |  | $ | 715 |  |  | 1.10% |  | $ | 20 |
PPL Electric |  |  | 650 |  |  | — |  |  | 650 |  |  | 1.05% |  | 295 |
LG&E | 1.38% |  | 350 |  |  | 190 |  |  | 160 |  |  | 0.94% |  | 169 |
KU |  |  | 350 |  |  | — |  |  | 350 |  |  | 0.87% |  | 16 |
Total |  |  | $ | 2,350 |  |  | $ | 475 |  |  | $ | 1,875 |  |  |  |  | $ | 500 |
Schedule Of Stock Offering Program | For the periods ended September 30, PPL issued the following:
| Three Months |  | Nine Months
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Number of shares (in thousands) | 2,049 |  |  | 710 |  |  | 5,526 |  |  | 710 |
Average share price | $ | 39.04 |  |  | $ | 35.23 |  |  | $ | 38.49 |  |  | $ | 35.23 |
Net Proceeds | $ | 79 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | 25 |

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