Item 4. Controls and Procedures
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
The Registrants' principal executive officers and principal financial officers, based on their evaluation of the Registrants' disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) have concluded that, as of September 30, 2022, the Registrants' disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that material information relating to the Registrants and their consolidated subsidiaries is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC's rules and forms, particularly during the period for which this quarterly report has been prepared. The principal officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are also effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive and principal financial officers, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) Change in internal controls over financial reporting.
PPL Corporation
PPL's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that there was a change in PPL’s internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) resulting from the Narragansett Electric Company transaction during the second fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, PPL’s ICFR. Due to the timing of deal close and Narragansett Electric Company’s heavily integrated systems and processes with National Grid, PPL will elect to exclude Narragansett Electric Company from the scope of its Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 §404 ICFR assessment for the year ending December 31, 2022. On a pro forma basis, Narragansett Electric Company would have accounted for approximately 1.4% of PPL's net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Narragansett Electric Company represented 16.1% and 21.1% of PPL's consolidated total assets and net assets at September 30, 2022. Other than the Narragansett Electric Company acquisition, PPL’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded there were no other changes in ICFR that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, PPL’s ICFR.
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
The Registrants' principal executive officers and principal financial officers have concluded that there were no changes in the Registrants' ICFR during the Registrants' third fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants' internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
For information regarding legal, tax, regulatory, environmental or other administrative proceedings that became reportable events or were pending in the third quarter of 2022 see:
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"Item 3. Legal Proceedings" in each Registrant's 2021 Form 10-K; and
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Notes 5, 6, 8 and 10 to the Financial Statements.
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