PPL Corp

PPL discloses a structured governance system that links climate-related lobbying to board-level oversight and sets out review mechanisms for both its own advocacy and its memberships in trade bodies, indicating strong governance. The company states that "PPL's Public Affairs department is in regular communication with executive leadership and provides an annual report to the board on key issues and advocacy positions," and that this report, alongside political-contribution disclosures, is reviewed by "the Board of Director's Governance, Nominating and Sustainability Committee and the company's leadership team, including the chief executive officer." This committee is expressly charged with overseeing "the company's practices and positions to further its sustainability strategy," showing a formal owner of lobbying alignment. For direct lobbying, PPL says it "measures all proposed climate policies against three core principles" of customer focus, sustainability and effectiveness, providing a clear test for whether advocacy supports the net-zero strategy. For indirect lobbying, the company describes how senior executives sit on key bodies of EEI, AGA, the Kentucky Chamber, the Pennsylvania Chamber and others, and emphasises that "to the extent [a trade association] may adopt climate policies that are not consistent with PPL's policies, PPL seeks to influence its position to be more aligned with PPL's," adding that such differences are "evaluated on a case-by-case basis" and, in the case of the Kentucky Coal Association, it "notifies KCA and freely advocates against the position at issue." These disclosures demonstrate active monitoring and engagement to align association positions with the company's climate principles. However, PPL does not disclose a stand-alone climate-lobbying audit or a publicly available, systematic assessment of alignment for every association, and there is no statement that it will suspend or end memberships if misalignment persists, which limits the depth of its transparency. Overall, the presence of board oversight, defined alignment criteria, annual reporting and engagement with trade groups points to strong but not yet comprehensive governance of climate lobbying.