|Exhibit 12(a)                                                                                                                                        
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|PPL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIESCOMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES ANDPREFERRED 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                                                                                                                   
|Ratio of earnings to combined fixed
      
        charges and preferred stock
        dividends (b)                                                 
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|(a)                                                                                                                                                  
|(b)                                                                                                                                                  
|(c)