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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol:
Name of each exchange on which registered
iCommon
Stock of PPL Corporation
iPPL
iNew York Stock Exchange
Junior
Subordinated Notes of PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
i2007 Series A due 2067
iPPL/67
iNew
York Stock Exchange
i2013 Series B due 2073
iPPX
iNew
York Stock Exchange
Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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PPL
Corporation
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LG&E and KU Energy LLC
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Louisville
Gas and Electric Company
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Kentucky Utilities Company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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PPL
Corporation
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LG&E and KU Energy LLC
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Louisville Gas and Electric Company
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Kentucky Utilities Company
Section
8 - Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events
On April 19, 2021, Louisville Gas and Electric Company ("LG&E") and Kentucky Utilities Company ("KU", and collectively with LG&E, the "Companies") announced that they have entered into an agreement with all intervenors regarding the material matters in their applications commenced in November 2020 before the Kentucky Public Service Commission ("KPSC") for increases in base electricity revenues at LG&E and KU and base gas revenues at LG&E. The agreement was filed with the KPSC for its consideration in the rate review proceedings.
The agreement proposes increases in annual electricity revenues of $77 million and $116 million at LG&E and KU, respectively,
and an increase in annual gas revenues of $24 million at LG&E. The proposal includes an authorized 9.55% return on equity in such base rate calculations and an authorized 9.35% return on equity for environmental compliance recovery and gas line tracker mechanisms. The agreement does not modify a proposed one-year billing adjustment which will credit customers approximately $53 million, representing approximately $39 million and $12 million for LG&E and KU electricity customers and $2 million for LG&E gas customers. The agreement proposes that the new rates become effective for service provided on and after July 1, 2021.
The agreement among the parties proposes that the KPSC should grant the Companies’ certificates of public convenience and necessity related to the implementation of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure ("AMI") project, as well
as the proposed accounting and ratemaking treatment for the project. Recovery of these expenditures will be addressed in a proceeding subsequent to full implementation of the AMI project.
The agreement also proposes the establishment of a Retired Asset Recovery Rider (“RARR”) to provide recovery of and return on the remaining investment in certain electric generating units upon their retirement over a 10 year period. In respect of the RARR, the agreement proposes that the Companies will continue to use the currently approved depreciation rates for Mill Creek units 1 and 2 and Brown unit 3.
The agreement includes a four-year "stay out" commitment from the Companies to refrain from effective base rate increases before July 1, 2025, subject to exceptions in cases of statutory or regulatory
directives and initiatives or certain extraordinary or non-reoccurring circumstances.
The Companies' requested changes to net metering regarding customer solar power installations and related rates and tariffs are not covered by the agreement.
A KPSC hearing on the agreement, and the underlying proceedings, is scheduled to commence on April 26, 2021. The agreement, as well as matters not covered in the agreement, are subject to KPSC review and action, including approval, denial or modification. A ruling in the proceeding may occur during the second quarter 2021.
The proceedings are designated as KPSC Case No. 2020-0350 for LG&E and Case No. 2020-00349 for KU.
The Companies
cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings.
Statements in this report regarding future events and their timing, including the Companies’ proposed rate changes, future rates, rate mechanisms or returns on equity, as well as statements as to future costs or expenses, regulation, corporate strategy and performance, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although the Companies believe that the expectations and assumptions reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these expectations, assumptions and statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the statements. The following are among
the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: subsequent phases of rate proceedings and regulatory cost recovery; market demand and prices for electricity and natural gas; political, regulatory or economic conditions in states and regions where the Companies conduct business; and the progress of actual construction, purchase or installation of assets or operations subject to tracker mechanisms. All forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these important factors and in conjunction with PPL Corporation’s, LG&E and KU Energy LLC’s and the Companies’ Form 10-K and other reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
