PPL Corp

Financial Condition

The remainder of this Item 2 in this Form 10-Q is presented on a combined basis, providing information for each of the Registrants as applicable.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Registrants had the following at:

(PPL)

The Statements of Cash Flows separately report the cash flows of discontinued operations. The "Operating Activities", "Investing Activities" and "Financing Activities" sections below include only the cash flows of continuing operations.

Net cash provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities for the three month periods ended March 31, and the changes between periods, were as follows.

Operating Activities

The components of the change in cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared with 2023 were as follows.

(PPL)

PPL's cash provided by operating activities in 2024 decreased $148 million compared with 2023.

•Net income increased $22 million between the periods and included an increase in non-cash charges of $3 million.

•The $279 million decrease in cash from changes in working capital was primarily due to a decrease in accounts payable and other current liabilities (primarily due to timing of payments) and an increase in unbilled revenues (primarily due to weather).

•The $108 million increase in cash provided by other operating activities was driven primarily by an increase in regulatory liabilities and a decrease in other assets (primarily related to a decrease in costs associated with work optimization and management projects).

PPL Electric's cash provided by operating activities in 2024 decreased $11 million compared with 2023.

•Net income increased $11 million between the periods and included an increase in non-cash components of $6 million. The increase in non-cash components was primarily due to an increase in deferred income taxes and investment tax credits (primarily due to book versus tax plant timing differences).

•The $68 million decrease in cash from changes in working capital was primarily due to a decrease in accounts payable and other current liabilities and an increase in prepayments (primarily due to timing of payments), partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivable (primarily due to timing).

•The $40 million increase in cash provided by other operating activities was driven primarily by a decrease in other assets (primarily related to a decrease in costs associated with work optimization and management projects).

(LG&E)

LG&E's cash provided by operating activities in 2024 decreased $98 million compared with 2023.

•Net income increased $7 million between the periods and included an increase in non-cash components of $4 million.

•The $117 million decrease in cash from changes in working capital was primarily due to an increase in accounts receivable, unbilled revenues and fuel, materials and supplies (primarily due to weather), and an increase in net regulatory assets (primarily due to the timing of rate recovery mechanisms), partially offset by an increase in accounts payable (primarily due to timing of payments).

•The $9 million increase in cash provided by other operating activities was driven by an increase in other assets (primarily related to deferred storm costs recorded as noncurrent regulatory assets in the prior year).

(KU)

KU's cash provided by operating activities in 2024 increased $38 million compared with 2023.

•Net income increased $20 million between the periods. Non-cash components were consistent between periods.

•The $3 million decrease in cash from changes in working capital was primarily due to an increase in accounts receivable and unbilled revenues (primarily due to weather), an increase in net regulatory assets (primarily due to the timing of rate recovery mechanisms), partially offset by an increase in accounts payable to affiliates (primarily due to timing of payments) and a decrease in fuel, materials and supplies (primarily due to weather).

•The $22 million increase in cash provided by other operating activities was driven by an increase in other assets (primarily related to deferred storm costs recorded as noncurrent regulatory assets in the prior year).

Investing Activities

The components of the change in cash provided by (used in) investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared with 2023 were as follows.

For PPL, the increase in expenditures for PP&E was due to an increase in project expenditures at PPL Electric, RIE, LG&E and KU. The increase in expenditures at PPL Electric was primarily due to an increase in distribution projects.

For PPL Electric, the change in "Notes receivable from affiliate" activity resulted from the funding of $554 million to an affiliate. See Note 11 to the Financial Statements for further discussion of intercompany borrowings.

Financing Activities

The components of the change in cash provided by (used in) financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared with 2023 were as follows.

See Note 7 to the Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q for information on 2024 short-term and long-term debt activity, equity transactions and PPL dividends. See Note 8 to the Financial Statements in the Registrants' 2023 Form 10-K for information on 2023 activity.

Credit Facilities

The Registrants maintain credit facilities to enhance liquidity, provide credit support and provide a backstop to commercial paper programs. Amounts borrowed under these credit facilities are reflected in "Short-term debt" on the Balance Sheets. At March 31, 2024, the total committed borrowing capacity under credit facilities and the borrowings under these facilities were:

External

(a)Includes a $1.25 billion syndicated credit facility with a $400 million borrowing sublimit for RIE and a $850 million sublimit for PPL Capital Funding. RIE’s borrowing sublimit is adjustable, at the borrowers’ option, from $0 to $600 million, with the remaining balance of the $1.25 billion available under the facility allocated to PPL Capital Funding. At March 31, 2024, PPL Capital Funding had $218 million commercial paper outstanding and RIE had no commercial paper outstanding. RIE's obligations under the facility are not guaranteed by PPL.

(b)The commitments under the credit facilities are provided by a diverse bank group, with no one bank and its affiliates providing an aggregate commitment of more than the following percentages of the total committed capacity: PPL - 9%, PPL Electric - 7%, LG&E - 7% and KU - 7%.

See Note 7 to the Financial Statements for further discussion of the Registrants' credit facilities.

Intercompany (LG&E and KU)

(a)LG&E and KU participate in an intercompany money pool agreement whereby LKE and/or KU make available to LG&E, and LKE and/or LG&E make available to KU funds up to the difference between LG&E's and KU's FERC borrowing limit and LG&E's and KU's commercial paper issued, at an interest rate based on the lower of a market index of commercial paper issues and two additional rate options based on SOFR.

See Note 11 to the Financial Statements for further discussion of intercompany credit facilities.

Commercial Paper (All Registrants)

The Registrants, and PPL Capital Funding and RIE, maintain commercial paper programs to provide an additional financing source to fund short-term liquidity needs, as necessary. Commercial paper issuances, included in "Short-term debt" on the Balance Sheets, are supported by the respective Registrant's credit facility, with PPL Capital Funding and RIE’s issuances supported by PPL Capital Funding’s syndicated credit facility. The following commercial paper programs were in place at March 31, 2024:

(a)Issuances under the PPL Capital Funding and RIE commercial paper programs are supported by the PPL Capital Funding syndicated credit facility, which has a total capacity of $1.25 billion, currently with a $400 million borrowing sublimit for RIE and a $850 million sublimit for PPL Capital Funding. PPL Capital Funding's Commercial paper program is also backed by a separate bilateral credit facility for $100 million.

Long-term Debt (All Registrants)

See Note 7 to the Financial Statements for information regarding the Registrants’ long-term debt activities.

Forecasted Uses of Cash (PPL)

Common Stock Dividends

In February 2024, PPL declared a quarterly common stock dividend, payable April 1, 2024, of 25.75 cents per share. Future dividends, declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors, will depend upon future earnings, cash flows, financial and legal requirements and other factors.

Rating Agency Actions

Moody's and S&P periodically review the credit ratings of the debt of the Registrants and their subsidiaries. Based on their respective independent reviews, the rating agencies may make certain ratings revisions or ratings affirmations.

A credit rating reflects an assessment by the rating agency of the creditworthiness associated with an issuer and particular securities that it issues. The credit ratings of the Registrants and their subsidiaries are based on information provided by the Registrants and other sources. The ratings of Moody's and S&P are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any securities of the Registrants or their subsidiaries. Such ratings may be subject to revisions or withdrawal by the agencies at any time and should be evaluated independently of each other and any other rating that may be assigned to the securities.

The credit ratings of the Registrants and their subsidiaries affect their liquidity, access to capital markets and cost of borrowing under their credit facilities. A downgrade in the Registrants' or their subsidiaries' credit ratings could result in higher borrowing costs and reduced access to capital markets. The Registrants and their subsidiaries have no credit rating triggers that would result in the reduction of access to capital markets or the acceleration of maturity dates of outstanding debt.

Since June 2023, the rating agencies have taken no ratings actions related to the Registrants and their subsidiaries.

Ratings Triggers

Various derivative and non-derivative contracts, including contracts for the sale and purchase of electricity and fuel, commodity transportation and storage, and interest rate instruments, contain provisions that require the posting of additional collateral or permit the counterparty to terminate the contract, if PPL's, LG&E's or KU's or their subsidiaries' credit rating, as applicable, were to fall below investment grade. See Note 14 to the Financial Statements for a discussion of "Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features," including a discussion of the potential additional collateral requirements for PPL for derivative contracts in a net liability position at March 31, 2024.

For additional information on the Registrants' liquidity and capital resources, see "Item 7. Combined Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in the Registrants' 2023 Form 10-K.