EX-99.03 4 ex9903-significantfactorsi.htm EXHIBIT 99.03 Exhibit

Exhibit 99.03
 
Page 1
 
Southern Company
Significant Factors Impacting EPS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
December
 
Year-to-Date
December
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
Earnings Per Share–
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As Reported1 (See Notes)
 
$
0.27

 
$
0.49

 
$
(0.22
)
 
$
2.18

 
$
0.84

 
$
1.34

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Significant Factors:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Traditional Electric Operating Companies
 
 
 
 
 
$
0.59

 
 
 
 
 
$
2.31

Southern Power
 
 
 
 
 
(0.84
)
 
 
 
 
 
(0.88
)
Southern Company Gas
 
 
 
 
 
0.14

 
 
 
 
 
0.13

Parent Company and Other
 
 
 
 
 
(0.10
)
 
 
 
 
 
(0.18
)
Increase in Shares
 
 
 
 
 
(0.01
)
 
 
 
 
 
(0.04
)
  Total–As Reported
 
 
 
 
 
$
(0.22
)
 
 
 
 
 
$
1.34

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
December
 
Year-to-Date
December
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
 
2018
 
2017
 
Change
Earnings Per Share–
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding Items (See Notes)
 
$
0.25

 
$
0.51

 
$
(0.26
)
 
$
3.07

 
$
3.02

 
$
0.05

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Total–As Reported
 
 
 
 
 
$
(0.22
)
 
 
 
 
 
$
1.34

Estimated Loss on Plants Under Construction2
 
 
 
 
 
(0.29
)
 
 
 
 
 
(1.62
)
Loss on Plant Scherer Unit 33
 
 
 
 
 
—

 
 
 
 
 
(0.02
)
Acquisition, Disposition, and Integration
    Impacts4
 
 
 
 
 
0.02

 
 
 
 
 
0.21

Wholesale Gas Services5
 
 
 
 
 
(0.05
)
 
 
 
 
 
(0.09
)
Litigation Settlement6
 
 
 
 
 
—

 
 
 
 
 
(0.02
)
Adoption of Tax Reform7
 
 
 
 
 
0.28

 
 
 
 
 
0.25

  Total–Excluding Items
 
 
 
 
 
$
(0.26
)
 
 
 
 
 
$
0.05

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- See Notes on the following page.



Exhibit 99.03
Page 2
Southern Company
Significant Factors Impacting EPS
Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, dilution does not change basic earnings per share by more than 1 cent and is not material.
(2) Earnings for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 include charges and associated legal expenses related to Mississippi Power's integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility project in Kemper County, Mississippi (Kemper IGCC). Additionally, the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 include a $95 million credit to earnings primarily resulting from the reduction of a state income tax valuation allowance recorded in the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 related to a net operating loss carryforward associated with the Kemper IGCC. Earnings for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 also include a $1.1 billion charge ($0.8 billion after tax) for an estimated probable loss on Georgia Power's construction of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4. These items significantly impacted the presentation of earnings and earnings per share. Additional pre-tax closure costs, including mine reclamation, of up to $25 million for Mississippi Power's Kemper IGCC may occur through 2020. Mississippi Power is also currently evaluating its options regarding the final disposition of the carbon dioxide pipeline and is in discussions with the Department of Energy regarding property closeout and disposition, for which the related costs could be material. Further charges for Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 may occur; however, the amount and timing of any such charges is uncertain.

Earnings for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 include allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC) equity as a result of extending the Kemper IGCC construction schedule beyond November 30, 2016, as assumed when Southern Company issued its 2017 guidance. As a result, Southern Company believes presentation of earnings per share excluding these amounts provides investors with information comparable to guidance. Management also used such measures to evaluate Southern Company's 2017 performance. AFUDC equity ceased in connection with the project's suspension in June 2017.
(3) Earnings for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 include a $32.5 million write-down ($20 million after tax) of Gulf Power's ownership of Plant Scherer Unit 3 as a result of its 2017 retail rate case settlement.
(4) Earnings for the three months ended December 31, 2018 include: (i) a net combined $27 million pre-tax loss (net combined $15 million after-tax loss) in connection with the finalization of the gain and loss calculations for the sales of Elizabethtown Gas, Elkton Gas, Florida City Gas, and Pivotal Home Solutions by Southern Company Gas and (ii) other acquisition, disposition, and integration costs of $31 million pre tax ($32 million after tax, which includes $10 million related to reapportioning state income taxes as a result of the dispositions). Earnings for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 include: (i) a net combined $291 million pre-tax gain ($51 million after-tax loss) on the sales of Elizabethtown Gas, Elkton Gas, Florida City Gas, and Pivotal Home Solutions by Southern Company Gas; (ii) a $42 million (pre tax and after tax) goodwill impairment charge associated with the sale of Pivotal Home Solutions; (iii) a $119 million pre-tax ($89 million after tax) impairment charge associated with Southern Power's disposition of Plants Stanton and Oleander; and (iv) $95 million pre tax ($77 million after tax) of other acquisition, disposition, and integration costs. Earnings for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2017 include other acquisition, disposition, and integration costs related to the acquisition of Southern Company Gas and the dispositions of Elizabethtown Gas and Elkton Gas. Further impacts are expected to be recorded in 2019 including a preliminary gain of $2.5 billion pre tax ($1.3 billion after tax) in connection with the sale of Gulf Power, as well as impacts related to Southern Power's announced sale of Plant Mankato. Further costs are also expected to continue to occur in connection with the integration of Southern Company Gas; however, the amount and duration of such expenditures is uncertain.
(5) Earnings for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 include the Wholesale Gas Services business of Southern Company Gas. Presenting earnings and earnings per share excluding Wholesale Gas Services provides investors with an additional measure of operating performance that excludes the volatility resulting from mark-to-market and lower of weighted average cost or current market price accounting adjustments.
(6) Earnings for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 include the settlement proceeds of Mississippi Power's claim for lost revenue resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Further proceeds are not expected.
(7) Earnings for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 include net tax impacts as a result of implementing federal tax reform legislation, which was signed into law in December 2017. During 2018, Southern Company obtained and analyzed additional information that was not initially available or reported as provisional amounts at December 31, 2017. Additional adjustments are not expected. Southern Company believes presentation of earnings per share excluding these amounts provides investors with information comparable to guidance. Management also used such measures to evaluate Southern Company's performance.