Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
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Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
PPL Corporation
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to, and will be contained in, our definitive proxy statement in the section entitled: "Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm -- Fees to Independent Auditor for 2025 and 2024." The proxy statement will be filed within 120 days after December 31, 2025; accordingly, we have omitted the information from this Item pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K.
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
For the fiscal years ended 2025 and 2024, Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte) served as PPL Electric's independent auditor. The following table presents an allocation of fees billed, including expenses, by the independent auditor to PPL Electric, for professional services rendered for the audits of PPL Electric's annual financial statements and for fees billed for other services rendered by Deloitte.
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Audit fees (a) | $ | 1,412 | $ | 1,302 | |||||||
| Audit-related fees (b) | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
(a)Includes estimated fees for audit of annual financial statements and review of financial statements included in PPL Electric's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and for services in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, including comfort letters and consents for financings and filings made with the SEC.
(b)Fees for agreed-upon procedures related to annual EPA filings.
Louisville Gas and Electric Company
For the fiscal years ended 2025 and 2024, Deloitte served as LG&E's independent auditor. The following table presents an allocation of fees billed, including expenses, by the independent auditor to LG&E, for professional services rendered for the audits of LG&E's annual financial statements and for fees billed for other services rendered by Deloitte.
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Audit fees (a) | $ | 943 | $ | 903 | |||||||
(a)Includes estimated fees for audit of annual financial statements and review of financial statements included in LG&E's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and for services in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, including comfort letters and consents for financings and filings made with the SEC.
Kentucky Utilities Company
For the fiscal years ended 2025 and 2024, Deloitte served as KU's independent auditor. The following table presents an allocation of fees billed, including expenses, by the independent auditor to KU, for professional services rendered for the audits of KU's annual financial statements and for fees billed for other services rendered by Deloitte.
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Audit fees (a) | $ | 1,181 | $ | 1,053 | ||||||||||
(a)Includes estimated fees for audit of annual financial statements and review of financial statements included in KU's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and for services in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, including comfort letters and consents for financings and filings made with the SEC.
PPL Corporation, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
Approval of Fees. The Audit Committee of PPL has procedures for pre-approving audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditor. These procedures are designed to ensure the continued independence of the independent auditor. More specifically, the use of the independent auditor to perform either audit or non-audit services is prohibited unless specifically approved in advance by the Audit Committee of PPL. As a result of this approval process, the Audit Committee of PPL has pre-approved specific categories of services and authorization levels. All services outside of the specified categories and all amounts exceeding the authorization levels are approved by the Chair of the Audit Committee of PPL, who serves as the Committee designee to review and approve audit and non-audit related services during the year. A listing of the approved audit and non-audit services is reviewed with the full Audit Committee of PPL no later than its next meeting.
The Audit Committee of PPL approved 100% of the 2025 and 2024 services provided by Deloitte.
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