KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO

11. Related Party Transactions

Support Costs (PPL Electric, LG&E and KU)

PPL Services and LKS provide the Registrants, their respective subsidiaries 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 LKS 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 and LKS charged the following amounts for the periods ended June 30, 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.

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

CEP Reserves maintains a $800 million revolving line of credit with a PPL Electric subsidiary. At June 30, 2025, CEP Reserves hadno borrowings outstanding. At December 31, 2024, CEP Reserves had borrowings outstanding of $222 million. The interest rates on borrowings are equal to an adjusted one-month SOFR plus a spread. Interest income is reflected in "Interest Income from Affiliate" on the PPL Electric Income Statements.

(LG&E and KU)

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 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. At June 30, 2025, LG&E's money pool unused capacity was $592 million. At June 30, 2025, LG&E hadno borrowings outstanding from KU and/or LKE. At December 31, 2024, LG&E had borrowings outstanding of $43 million from KU and/or LKE. These balances are reflected in "Notes payable to affiliates" on the LG&E Balance Sheets.

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 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. At June 30, 2025, KU's money pool unused capacity was $329 million. At June 30, 2025, KU had borrowings outstanding from LG&E and/or LKE of $46 million. At December 31, 2024, KU had borrowings outstanding of $73 million from LG&E and/or LKE. These balances are reflected in "Notes payable to affiliates" on the KU Balance Sheets.

VEBA Funds Receivable(PPL Electric)

In 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. In 2024, additional excess funds were removed from the PPL Bargaining Unit Retiree Health Plan VEBA and deposited into the existing 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 PPL Electric's 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 $1 million at June 30, 2025, which was reflected in "Accounts receivable from affiliates" on PPL Electric's Balance Sheets. The intercompany receivable balance associated with these funds was $7 million at December 31, 2024, of which $4 million was reflected in "Accounts receivable from affiliates" and $3 million was reflected in "Other noncurrent assets" on PPL Electric's Balance Sheets.