|Exhibit
        12(a)                                                                                                                                                  
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|PPL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
        COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND
        PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
        (Millions of Dollars)
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|Fixed charges, as defined:                                                                                                                                             
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|Earnings, as defined:                                                                                                                                                  
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                     
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|Ratio of earnings to combined
        fixed 
          charges and preferred stock 
          dividends (b)                                                            
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|(a)                                                                                                                                                                    
|(b)