Risk & Uncertainties (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

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Risks and Uncertainties

COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted global economic activity, including electricity and energy consumption, and caused significant volatility and negative pressure in financial markets. The global impact of the outbreak has been rapidly evolving and many countries, including the United States, have reacted by instituting quarantines, mandating business and school closures and social distancing measures as well as restricting travel. The State of Ohio has implemented, among other things, stay-at-home and other social distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus, which has impacted energy demand within our service territory, though the stay-at-home restrictions have now been lifted in our service territory. On March 12, 2020, the PUCO also issued an emergency order prohibiting electric utilities, including us, from discontinuing electric utility service to customers. This prohibition ended for DP&L on September 1, 2020. We are taking a variety of measures in response to the spread of COVID-19 to ensure our ability to transmit, distribute and sell electric energy, ensure the health and safety of our employees, contractors, customers and communities and provide essential services to the communities in which we operate. In addition to the impacts to demand within our service territory, we also have incurred and expect to continue to incur expenses relating to COVID-19, and such expenses may include those that relate to events outside of our control.

As the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic started to materialize in Ohio in the second half of March and continued in the second and third quarters of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic primarily impacted our retail sales demand as shown by the changes in weather-normalized volumes of kWh sold:

Customer class	For the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019	For the six months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 (a)	For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019
Commercial	(4.8)%	(9.4)%	(7.0)%
Industrial	0.9%	(9.3)%	(6.8)%
Residential	11.0%	9.8%	6.0%

(a) This period most closely approximates the duration of the economic impact on our sales demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We also have incurred, and expect to continue to incur, expenses relating to COVID-19; however, see Note 3 – Regulatory Matters for a discussion of regulatory measures, which partially mitigate the impact of these expenses. The magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown at this time and may have material and adverse effects on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows in future periods.

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Risks and Uncertainties

COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted global economic activity, including electricity and energy consumption, and caused significant volatility and negative pressure in financial markets. The global impact of the outbreak has been rapidly evolving and many countries, including the United States, have reacted by instituting quarantines, mandating business and school closures and social distancing measures as well as restricting travel. The State of Ohio has implemented, among other things, stay-at-home and other social distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus, which has impacted energy demand within our service territory, though the stay-at-home restrictions have now been lifted in our service territory. On March 12, 2020, the PUCO also issued an emergency order prohibiting electric utilities, including us, from discontinuing electric utility service to customers. This prohibition ended for DP&L on September 1, 2020. We are taking a variety of measures in response to the spread of COVID-19 to ensure our ability to transmit, distribute and sell electric energy, ensure the health and safety of our employees, contractors, customers and communities and provide essential services to the communities in which we operate. In addition to the impacts to demand within our service territory, we also have incurred and expect to continue to incur expenses relating to COVID-19, and such expenses may include those that relate to events outside of our control.

As the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic started to materialize in Ohio in the second half of March and continued in the second and third quarters of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic primarily impacted our retail sales demand as shown by the changes in weather-normalized volumes of kWh sold:

Customer class	For the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019	For the six months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 (a)	For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019
Commercial	(4.8)%	(9.4)%	(7.0)%
Industrial	0.9%	(9.3)%	(6.8)%
Residential	11.0%	9.8%	6.0%

(a) This period most closely approximates the duration of the economic impact on our sales demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We also have incurred, and expect to continue to incur, expenses relating to COVID-19; however, see Note 3 – Regulatory Matters for a discussion of regulatory measures, which partially mitigate the impact of these expenses. The magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown at this time and may have material and adverse effects on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows in future periods.