|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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|Add:                                                                                                                                                                  
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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)