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Annual rate distributed to holders of PPL corporate units. Made up of quarterly interest payments on remarketable senior notes and a quarterly contract adjustment payment.

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Price at which a holder of PPL corporate units is obligated to purchase a certain number of shares of PPL common stock.

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Stated amount of corporate units issued in the period.

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Total fair value of obligation to make contract adjustment payments for the issuance of equity units common stock purchase contracts recorded as a liability.

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The total number of equity units issued, initially in the form of corporate units, during the period. Each unit comprises of a purchase contract obligating the holder to purchase a certain number of shares of PPL's common stock at a set rate and ownership interest in remarketable senior notes issued by PPL Capital Funding.

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The total number of equity units issued to cover over-allotments made by underwriters.

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The total shares of PPL Common Stock that could be issued under make-whole provisions for Equity Units in the event of early settlement upon a fundamental change.

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The total number of shares to deliver if the applicable market value of PPL's common stock is greater than or equal to the specified low point price.

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The total number of shares to deliver if the applicable market value of PPL's common stock is greater than or equal to the specified high point price.

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The numerator used to calculate the number of shares to deliver per PPL corporate unit if the applicable market value of PPL's common stock neither meets nor exceeds the high point price and neither meets nor is lower than the low point price. The shares per unit calculation is this numerator divided by the applicable market value.

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Maximum percentage of compensation paid to selling agents on equity distributions

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Financing Activities - Equity Securities (Details) $ / shares in Units, equityUnit in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2026 USD ($) equityUnit $ / equityUnit	Jun. 30, 2026 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2025 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2026 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares	Feb. 01, 2025 USD ($)
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Annualized current quarterly common stock dividend (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 1.14
Dividends Declared Per Share of Common Stock (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.2850	$ 0.2725	$ 0.5700	$ 0.5450
Issuance of long-term debt				$ 2,046,000,000	$ 0
Equity Units, Shares to Deliver, Minimum \| shares		24,700,000		24,700,000
PPL Corporate Units
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Equity Units Issued \| equityUnit	23
Equity Units Issued, Over-allotments \| equityUnit	3
Corporate Units Stated Amount \| $ / equityUnit	50
Corporate Units Share Purchase Price	$ 50
Corporate Units Distribution Rate		0.0700		0.0700
Corporate Units Quarterly Contract Adjustment Payment Rate		0.0298		0.0298
Equity Units, Common Stock Applicable Market Value, High Point		$ 46.58		$ 46.58
Equity Units, Common Stock Applicable Market Value, Low Point		$ 37.26		$ 37.26
Equity Units, Shares to Deliver per Unit, Minimum \| shares		1.0735		1.0735
Equity Units, Shares to Deliver per Unit, Maximum \| shares		1.3419		1.3419
Equity Units, Shares to Deliver, Maximum \| shares		30,900,000		30,900,000
Equity Units, Shares to Deliver per Unit, Calculation Numerator		$ 50		$ 50
Equity Units, Contract Adjustment Liability		$ 95,000,000		$ 95,000,000
Equity Units, Shares to Deliver, Make-Whole Provisions \| shares		42,900,000		42,900,000
PPL Corporate Units \| Corporate Units Remarketable Senior Notes
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Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	1,130,000,000
Corporate Units Remarketable Senior Notes due 2034 and 2039 \| Corporate Units Remarketable Senior Notes
Securities Financing Transaction [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 1,150,000,000
At-The-Market Program
Securities Financing Transaction [Line Items]
Common Stock Aggregate Sales Price						$ 2,000,000,000
Maximum Selling Agent Compensation, Equity Distribution						0.02
Common Stock Sales, Forward Contract, Shares \| shares		27,400,000
Common Stock Sales, Forward Contract, Initial Forward Price \| $ / shares		$ 35.90
Common Stock, Forward Contract, Physical Shares Scenario Settlement Shares \| shares		27,400,000		27,400,000
Common Stock, Forward Contract, Physical Shares Scenario Settlement Proceeds		$ 979,000,000		$ 979,000,000