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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
PPL Electric Utilities Corp [Member] |
Related Party Transactions [Line Items] |
Related Party Transactions | Wholesale Sales and Purchases (LG&E and KU) LG&E and KU jointly dispatch their generation units with the lowest cost generation used to serve their retail customers. When LG&E has excess generation capacity after serving its own retail customers and its generation cost is lower than that of KU, KU purchases electricity from LG&E and vice versa. These transactions are reflected in the Statements of Income as "Electric revenue from affiliate" and "Energy purchases from affiliate" and are recorded at a price equal to the seller's fuel cost plus any split savings. Savings realized from such intercompany transactions are shared equally between both companies. The volume of energy each company has to sell to the other is dependent on its retail customers' needs and its available generation. Support Costs (PPL Electric, LG&E and KU) PPL Services, PPL EU Services, prior to its merger into PPL Services as of December 31, 2021, and LKS provide the Registrants and each other with administrative, management and support services. For all services companies, the costs of directly assignable and attributable services are charged to the respective recipients as direct support costs. General costs that cannot be directly attributed to a specific entity are allocated and charged to the respective recipients as indirect support costs. PPL Services and PPL EU Services use a three-factor methodology that includes the applicable recipients' invested capital, operation and maintenance expenses and number of employees to allocate indirect costs. PPL Services may also use a ratio of overall direct and indirect costs or a weighted average cost ratio. LKS bases its indirect allocations on the subsidiaries' number of employees, total assets, revenues, number of customers and/or other statistical information. PPL Services, PPL EU Services and LKS charged the following amounts for the years ended December 31, including amounts applied to accounts that are further distributed between capital and expense on the books of the recipients, based on methods that are believed to be reasonable.
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
PPL Electric from PPL Services | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 59 |
PPL Electric from PPL EU Services | 222 |  |  | 176 |  |  | 152 |
LG&E from LKS | 169 |  |  | 170 |  |  | 160 |
KU from LKS | 179 |  |  | 180 |  |  | 178 |
In addition to the charges for services noted above, LKS makes payments on behalf of LG&E and KU for fuel purchases and other costs for products or services provided by third parties. LG&E and KU also provide services to each other and to LKS. Billings between LG&E and KU relate to labor and overheads associated with union and hourly employees performing work for the other company, charges related to jointly-owned generating units and other miscellaneous charges. Tax settlements between PPL and LG&E and KU are reimbursed through LKS. Intercompany Borrowings (PPL Electric) PPL Energy Funding maintains a $1,200 million revolving line of credit with a PPL Electric subsidiary. At December 31, 2021, PPL Energy Funding had borrowings outstanding in the amount of $499 million. This balance is reflected in "Notes receivable from affiliate" on the PPL Electric balance sheet. No balance was outstanding at December 31, 2020. The interest rates on borrowings are equal to one-month LIBOR plus a spread. Interest income is reflected in "Interest Income from Affiliate" on the Income Statements. (LG&E) LG&E participates in an intercompany money pool agreement whereby LKE and/or KU make available to LG&E funds up to the difference between LG&E's FERC borrowing limit and LG&E's commercial paper limit at an interest rate based on the lower of a market index of commercial paper issues and two additional rate options based on LIBOR. LG&E's money pool borrowing limit is $325 million. At December 31, 2021, LG&E had borrowings outstanding from LKE in the amount of $324 million. This balance is reflected in "Notes payable with affiliates" on the LG&E balance sheets. No balances were outstanding at December 31, 2020. (KU) KU participates in an intercompany money pool agreement whereby LKE and/or LG&E make available to KU funds up to the difference between KU's FERC borrowing limit and KU's commercial paper limit at an interest rate based on the lower of a market index of commercial paper issues and two additional rate options based on LIBOR. KU's money pool borrowing limit is $300 million. At December 31, 2021, KU had borrowings outstanding from LKE in the amount of $294 million. This balance is reflected in "Notes payable with affiliates" on the KU balance sheets. No balances were outstanding at December 31, 2020. VEBA Funds Receivable (PPL Electric) In May 2018, PPL received a favorable private letter ruling from the IRS permitting a transfer of excess funds from the PPL Bargaining Unit Retiree Health Plan VEBA to a new subaccount within the VEBA, to be used to pay medical claims of active bargaining unit employees. Based on PPL Electric's participation in PPL’s Other Postretirement Benefit plan, PPL Electric was allocated a portion of the excess funds from PPL Services. These funds have been recorded as an intercompany receivable on the Balance Sheets. The receivable balance decreases as PPL Electric pays incurred medical claims and is reimbursed by PPL Services. The intercompany receivable balance associated with these funds was $11 million as of December 31, 2021, of which $10 million was reflected in "Accounts receivable from affiliates" and $1 million was reflected in "Other noncurrent assets" on the Balance Sheets. The intercompany receivable balance associated with these funds was $22 million as of December 31, 2020, of which $10 million was reflected in "Accounts receivable from affiliates" and $12 million was reflected in "Other noncurrent assets" on the Balance Sheets. Other (PPL Electric, LG&E and KU) See Note 1 for discussions regarding the intercompany tax sharing agreement (for PPL Electric, LG&E and KU) and intercompany allocations of stock-based compensation expense (for PPL Electric). For PPL Electric, LG&E and KU, see Note 12 for discussions regarding intercompany allocations associated with defined benefits.
Louisville Gas And Electric Co [Member] |
Related Party Transactions [Line Items] |
Related Party Transactions | Wholesale Sales and Purchases (LG&E and KU) LG&E and KU jointly dispatch their generation units with the lowest cost generation used to serve their retail customers. When LG&E has excess generation capacity after serving its own retail customers and its generation cost is lower than that of KU, KU purchases electricity from LG&E and vice versa. These transactions are reflected in the Statements of Income as "Electric revenue from affiliate" and "Energy purchases from affiliate" and are recorded at a price equal to the seller's fuel cost plus any split savings. Savings realized from such intercompany transactions are shared equally between both companies. The volume of energy each company has to sell to the other is dependent on its retail customers' needs and its available generation. Support Costs (PPL Electric, LG&E and KU) PPL Services, PPL EU Services, prior to its merger into PPL Services as of December 31, 2021, and LKS provide the Registrants and each other with administrative, management and support services. For all services companies, the costs of directly assignable and attributable services are charged to the respective recipients as direct support costs. General costs that cannot be directly attributed to a specific entity are allocated and charged to the respective recipients as indirect support costs. PPL Services and PPL EU Services use a three-factor methodology that includes the applicable recipients' invested capital, operation and maintenance expenses and number of employees to allocate indirect costs. PPL Services may also use a ratio of overall direct and indirect costs or a weighted average cost ratio. LKS bases its indirect allocations on the subsidiaries' number of employees, total assets, revenues, number of customers and/or other statistical information. PPL Services, PPL EU Services and LKS charged the following amounts for the years ended December 31, including amounts applied to accounts that are further distributed between capital and expense on the books of the recipients, based on methods that are believed to be reasonable.
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
PPL Electric from PPL Services | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 59 |
PPL Electric from PPL EU Services | 222 |  |  | 176 |  |  | 152 |
LG&E from LKS | 169 |  |  | 170 |  |  | 160 |
KU from LKS | 179 |  |  | 180 |  |  | 178 |
In addition to the charges for services noted above, LKS makes payments on behalf of LG&E and KU for fuel purchases and other costs for products or services provided by third parties. LG&E and KU also provide services to each other and to LKS. Billings between LG&E and KU relate to labor and overheads associated with union and hourly employees performing work for the other company, charges related to jointly-owned generating units and other miscellaneous charges. Tax settlements between PPL and LG&E and KU are reimbursed through LKS. Intercompany Borrowings (PPL Electric) PPL Energy Funding maintains a $1,200 million revolving line of credit with a PPL Electric subsidiary. At December 31, 2021, PPL Energy Funding had borrowings outstanding in the amount of $499 million. This balance is reflected in "Notes receivable from affiliate" on the PPL Electric balance sheet. No balance was outstanding at December 31, 2020. The interest rates on borrowings are equal to one-month LIBOR plus a spread. Interest income is reflected in "Interest Income from Affiliate" on the Income Statements. (LG&E) LG&E participates in an intercompany money pool agreement whereby LKE and/or KU make available to LG&E funds up to the difference between LG&E's FERC borrowing limit and LG&E's commercial paper limit at an interest rate based on the lower of a market index of commercial paper issues and two additional rate options based on LIBOR. LG&E's money pool borrowing limit is $325 million. At December 31, 2021, LG&E had borrowings outstanding from LKE in the amount of $324 million. This balance is reflected in "Notes payable with affiliates" on the LG&E balance sheets. No balances were outstanding at December 31, 2020. (KU) KU participates in an intercompany money pool agreement whereby LKE and/or LG&E make available to KU funds up to the difference between KU's FERC borrowing limit and KU's commercial paper limit at an interest rate based on the lower of a market index of commercial paper issues and two additional rate options based on LIBOR. KU's money pool borrowing limit is $300 million. At December 31, 2021, KU had borrowings outstanding from LKE in the amount of $294 million. This balance is reflected in "Notes payable with affiliates" on the KU balance sheets. No balances were outstanding at December 31, 2020. VEBA Funds Receivable (PPL Electric) In May 2018, PPL received a favorable private letter ruling from the IRS permitting a transfer of excess funds from the PPL Bargaining Unit Retiree Health Plan VEBA to a new subaccount within the VEBA, to be used to pay medical claims of active bargaining unit employees. Based on PPL Electric's participation in PPL’s Other Postretirement Benefit plan, PPL Electric was allocated a portion of the excess funds from PPL Services. These funds have been recorded as an intercompany receivable on the Balance Sheets. The receivable balance decreases as PPL Electric pays incurred medical claims and is reimbursed by PPL Services. The intercompany receivable balance associated with these funds was $11 million as of December 31, 2021, of which $10 million was reflected in "Accounts receivable from affiliates" and $1 million was reflected in "Other noncurrent assets" on the Balance Sheets. The intercompany receivable balance associated with these funds was $22 million as of December 31, 2020, of which $10 million was reflected in "Accounts receivable from affiliates" and $12 million was reflected in "Other noncurrent assets" on the Balance Sheets. Other (PPL Electric, LG&E and KU) See Note 1 for discussions regarding the intercompany tax sharing agreement (for PPL Electric, LG&E and KU) and intercompany allocations of stock-based compensation expense (for PPL Electric). For PPL Electric, LG&E and KU, see Note 12 for discussions regarding intercompany allocations associated with defined benefits.
Kentucky Utilities Co [Member] |
Related Party Transactions [Line Items] |
Related Party Transactions | Wholesale Sales and Purchases (LG&E and KU) LG&E and KU jointly dispatch their generation units with the lowest cost generation used to serve their retail customers. When LG&E has excess generation capacity after serving its own retail customers and its generation cost is lower than that of KU, KU purchases electricity from LG&E and vice versa. These transactions are reflected in the Statements of Income as "Electric revenue from affiliate" and "Energy purchases from affiliate" and are recorded at a price equal to the seller's fuel cost plus any split savings. Savings realized from such intercompany transactions are shared equally between both companies. The volume of energy each company has to sell to the other is dependent on its retail customers' needs and its available generation. Support Costs (PPL Electric, LG&E and KU) PPL Services, PPL EU Services, prior to its merger into PPL Services as of December 31, 2021, and LKS provide the Registrants and each other with administrative, management and support services. For all services companies, the costs of directly assignable and attributable services are charged to the respective recipients as direct support costs. General costs that cannot be directly attributed to a specific entity are allocated and charged to the respective recipients as indirect support costs. PPL Services and PPL EU Services use a three-factor methodology that includes the applicable recipients' invested capital, operation and maintenance expenses and number of employees to allocate indirect costs. PPL Services may also use a ratio of overall direct and indirect costs or a weighted average cost ratio. LKS bases its indirect allocations on the subsidiaries' number of employees, total assets, revenues, number of customers and/or other statistical information. PPL Services, PPL EU Services and LKS charged the following amounts for the years ended December 31, including amounts applied to accounts that are further distributed between capital and expense on the books of the recipients, based on methods that are believed to be reasonable.
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
PPL Electric from PPL Services | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 59 |
PPL Electric from PPL EU Services | 222 |  |  | 176 |  |  | 152 |
LG&E from LKS | 169 |  |  | 170 |  |  | 160 |
KU from LKS | 179 |  |  | 180 |  |  | 178 |
In addition to the charges for services noted above, LKS makes payments on behalf of LG&E and KU for fuel purchases and other costs for products or services provided by third parties. LG&E and KU also provide services to each other and to LKS. Billings between LG&E and KU relate to labor and overheads associated with union and hourly employees performing work for the other company, charges related to jointly-owned generating units and other miscellaneous charges. Tax settlements between PPL and LG&E and KU are reimbursed through LKS. Intercompany Borrowings (PPL Electric) PPL Energy Funding maintains a $1,200 million revolving line of credit with a PPL Electric subsidiary. At December 31, 2021, PPL Energy Funding had borrowings outstanding in the amount of $499 million. This balance is reflected in "Notes receivable from affiliate" on the PPL Electric balance sheet. No balance was outstanding at December 31, 2020. The interest rates on borrowings are equal to one-month LIBOR plus a spread. Interest income is reflected in "Interest Income from Affiliate" on the Income Statements. (LG&E) LG&E participates in an intercompany money pool agreement whereby LKE and/or KU make available to LG&E funds up to the difference between LG&E's FERC borrowing limit and LG&E's commercial paper limit at an interest rate based on the lower of a market index of commercial paper issues and two additional rate options based on LIBOR. LG&E's money pool borrowing limit is $325 million. At December 31, 2021, LG&E had borrowings outstanding from LKE in the amount of $324 million. This balance is reflected in "Notes payable with affiliates" on the LG&E balance sheets. No balances were outstanding at December 31, 2020. (KU) KU participates in an intercompany money pool agreement whereby LKE and/or LG&E make available to KU funds up to the difference between KU's FERC borrowing limit and KU's commercial paper limit at an interest rate based on the lower of a market index of commercial paper issues and two additional rate options based on LIBOR. KU's money pool borrowing limit is $300 million. At December 31, 2021, KU had borrowings outstanding from LKE in the amount of $294 million. This balance is reflected in "Notes payable with affiliates" on the KU balance sheets. No balances were outstanding at December 31, 2020. VEBA Funds Receivable (PPL Electric) In May 2018, PPL received a favorable private letter ruling from the IRS permitting a transfer of excess funds from the PPL Bargaining Unit Retiree Health Plan VEBA to a new subaccount within the VEBA, to be used to pay medical claims of active bargaining unit employees. Based on PPL Electric's participation in PPL’s Other Postretirement Benefit plan, PPL Electric was allocated a portion of the excess funds from PPL Services. These funds have been recorded as an intercompany receivable on the Balance Sheets. The receivable balance decreases as PPL Electric pays incurred medical claims and is reimbursed by PPL Services. The intercompany receivable balance associated with these funds was $11 million as of December 31, 2021, of which $10 million was reflected in "Accounts receivable from affiliates" and $1 million was reflected in "Other noncurrent assets" on the Balance Sheets. The intercompany receivable balance associated with these funds was $22 million as of December 31, 2020, of which $10 million was reflected in "Accounts receivable from affiliates" and $12 million was reflected in "Other noncurrent assets" on the Balance Sheets. Other (PPL Electric, LG&E and KU) See Note 1 for discussions regarding the intercompany tax sharing agreement (for PPL Electric, LG&E and KU) and intercompany allocations of stock-based compensation expense (for PPL Electric). For PPL Electric, LG&E and KU, see Note 12 for discussions regarding intercompany allocations associated with defined benefits.

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