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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Basic and Diluted EPS Computations | Reconciliations of the amounts of income and shares of PPL common stock (in thousands) for the periods ended September 30 used in the EPS calculation are:
| Three Months |  | Nine Months
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Income (Numerator) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 355 |  |  | $ | 473 |  |  | $ | 1,050 |  |  | $ | 1,437 |
Less amounts allocated to participating securities | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |
Net income available to PPL common shareowners - Basic and Diluted | $ | 354 |  |  | $ | 472 |  |  | $ | 1,048 |  |  | $ | 1,433 |
Shares of Common Stock (Denominator) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average shares - Basic EPS | 686,563 |  |  | 678,114 |  |  | 683,783 |  |  | 676,905 |
Add incremental non-participating securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based payment awards | 2,183 |  |  | 2,234 |  |  | 2,298 |  |  | 3,064 |
Weighted-average shares - Diluted EPS | 688,746 |  |  | 680,348 |  |  | 686,081 |  |  | 679,969 |
Basic EPS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Income available to PPL common shareowners | $ | 0.52 |  |  | $ | 0.70 |  |  | $ | 1.53 |  |  | $ | 2.12 |
Diluted EPS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Income available to PPL common shareowners | $ | 0.51 |  |  | $ | 0.69 |  |  | $ | 1.53 |  |  | $ | 2.11 |
Common Stock Issuances | For the periods ended September 30, PPL issued common stock related to stock-based compensation plans and the DRIP as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months |  | Nine Months
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Stock-based compensation plans (a) | 256 |  |  | 248 |  |  | 1,707 |  |  | 3,168 |
DRIP | 355 |  |  | 761 |  |  | 1,169 |  |  | 1,533 |
(a) | Includes stock options exercised, vesting of performance units, vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units and conversion of stock units granted to directors.
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Diluted EPS | For the periods ended September 30, the following shares (in thousands) were excluded from the computations of diluted EPS because the effect would have been antidilutive.
| Three Months |  | Nine Months
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Stock options | 696 |  |  | 696 |  |  | 696 |  |  | 696 |
Performance units | — |  |  | 316 |  |  | — |  |  | 210 |

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