1 · Basis of presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP for interim financial information, the instructions to SEC Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In preparing the financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the balance sheet and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and the following notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto incorporated by reference in HECO’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the unaudited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto in HECO’s Quarterly Reports on SEC Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012.
In the opinion of HECO’s management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all material adjustments required by GAAP to fairly state the financial position of HECO and its subsidiaries as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the results of their operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and their cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature unless otherwise disclosed in this Form 10-Q or other referenced material. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. The December 31, 2011 balance sheet information has been derived from the HECO 2011 financial statements. When required, certain reclassifications are made to the prior period’s consolidated financial statements to conform to the current presentation.
HECO and its subsidiaries revised their previously issued financial statements to correct an error that resulted in the understatement of franchise taxes, net of tax benefits, that should have been recorded in years prior to 2010. HECO and its subsidiaries determined the cumulative impact for periods prior to 2010 to be a charge to earnings of $3.2 million. These adjustments were not considered to be material individually or in the aggregate to previously issued financial statements. The table below illustrates the effects of this revision on HECO and its subsidiaries’ Consolidated Financial Statements for those line items affected (these revisions have no impact on HECO and its subsidiaries’ Consolidated Statements of Income and Cash Flows for the periods reported):
(in thousands) |
|
As previously filed |
|
As revised |
|
Difference |
|
December 31, 2011 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Balance Sheet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepayments and other |
|
$ |
34,602 |
|
$ |
36,667 |
|
$ |
2,065 |
|
Total current assets |
|
648,204 |
|
650,269 |
|
2,065 |
|
Total assets |
|
4,671,942 |
|
4,674,007 |
|
2,065 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
884,284 |
|
881,041 |
|
(3,243 |
) |
Common stock equity |
|
1,406,084 |
|
1,402,841 |
|
(3,243 |
) |
Total capitalization |
|
2,440,947 |
|
2,437,704 |
|
(3,243 |
) |
Taxes accrued |
|
224,768 |
|
230,076 |
|
5,308 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
559,684 |
|
564,992 |
|
5,308 |
|
Total capitalization and liabilities |
|
4,671,942 |
|
4,674,007 |
|
2,065 |
|
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Common Stock Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
|
884,284 |
|
881,041 |
|
(3,243 |
) |
Common stock equity |
|
1,406,084 |
|
1,402,841 |
|
(3,243 |
) |
December 31, 2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Common Stock Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
|
854,856 |
|
851,613 |
|
(3,243 |
) |
Common stock equity |
|
1,337,398 |
|
1,334,155 |
|
(3,243 |
) | |