FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | February 21, 2020 | |
Media Contact: | Jenna Rowell, (602) 250-3379 | |
Analyst Contacts: | Stefanie Layton (602) 250-4541 | |
Website: | pinnaclewest.com |
• | Earnings reflect customer growth, infrastructure investments, cost management |
• | PNW makes ‘A list’ for action on climate change and water security as company sets course for 100 percent clean energy |
• | Service reliability for power customers reaches a company best |
• | our ability to manage capital expenditures and operations and maintenance costs while maintaining high reliability and customer service levels; |
• | variations in demand for electricity, including those due to weather, seasonality, the general economy, customer and sales growth (or decline), the effects of energy conservation measures and distributed generation, and technological advancements; |
• | power plant and transmission system performance and outages; |
• | competition in retail and wholesale power markets; |
• | regulatory and judicial decisions, developments and proceedings; |
• | new legislation, ballot initiatives and regulation, including those relating to environmental requirements, regulatory policy, nuclear plant operations and potential deregulation of retail electric markets; |
• | fuel and water supply availability; |
• | our ability to achieve timely and adequate rate recovery of our costs, including returns on and of debt and equity capital investment; |
• | our ability to meet renewable energy and energy efficiency mandates and recover related costs; |
• | risks inherent in the operation of nuclear facilities, including spent fuel disposal uncertainty; |
• | current and future economic conditions in Arizona, including in real estate markets; |
• | the direct or indirect effect on our facilities or business from cybersecurity threats or intrusions, data security breaches, terrorist attack, physical attack, severe storms, droughts, or other catastrophic events, such as fires, explosions, pandemic health events or similar occurrences; |
• | the development of new technologies which may affect electric sales or delivery; |
• | the cost of debt and equity capital and the ability to access capital markets when required; |
• | environmental, economic and other concerns surrounding coal-fired generation, including regulation of greenhouse gas emissions; |
• | volatile fuel and purchased power costs; |
• | the investment performance of the assets of our nuclear decommissioning trust, pension, and other post-retirement benefit plans and the resulting impact on future funding requirements; |
• | the liquidity of wholesale power markets and the use of derivative contracts in our business; |
• | potential shortfalls in insurance coverage; |
• | new accounting requirements or new interpretations of existing requirements; |
• | generation, transmission and distribution facility and system conditions and operating costs; |
• | the ability to meet the anticipated future need for additional generation and associated transmission facilities in our region; |
• | the willingness or ability of our counterparties, power plant participants and power plant land owners to meet contractual or other obligations or continue or discontinue power plant operations consistent with our corporate interests; and |
• | restrictions on dividends or other provisions in our credit agreements and Arizona Corporation Commission orders. |
THREE MONTHS ENDED | TWELVE MONTHS ENDED | |||||||
DECEMBER 31, | DECEMBER 31, | |||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||
Operating Revenues | $ 670,391 | $ 756,376 | $ 3,471,209 | $ 3,691,247 | ||||
Operating Expenses | ||||||||
Fuel and purchased power | 224,565 | 231,983 | 1,042,237 | 1,076,116 | ||||
Operations and maintenance | 229,857 | 256,120 | 941,616 | 1,036,744 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | 145,398 | 146,122 | 590,929 | 582,354 | ||||
Taxes other than income taxes | 54,590 | 54,267 | 218,579 | 212,849 | ||||
Other expenses | 3,984 | 1,000 | 5,888 | 9,497 | ||||
Total | 658,394 | 689,492 | 2,799,249 | 2,917,560 | ||||
Operating Income | 11,997 | 66,884 | 671,960 | 773,687 | ||||
Other Income (Deductions) | ||||||||
Allowance for equity funds used during construction | 6,754 | 12,908 | 31,431 | 52,319 | ||||
Pension and other postretirement non-service credits - net | 5,749 | 12,477 | 22,989 | 49,791 | ||||
Other income | 15,018 | 7,355 | 50,263 | 24,896 | ||||
Other expense | (3,432) | (5,903) | (17,880) | (17,966) | ||||
Total | 24,089 | 26,837 | 86,803 | 109,040 | ||||
Interest Expense | ||||||||
Interest charges | 59,652 | 62,198 | 235,251 | 243,465 | ||||
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction | (3,883) | (6,221) | (18,528) | (25,180) | ||||
Total | 55,769 | 55,977 | 216,723 | 218,285 | ||||
Income Before Income Taxes | (19,683) | 37,744 | 542,040 | 664,442 | ||||
Income Taxes | (88,537) | 6,795 | (15,773) | 133,902 | ||||
Net Income | 68,854 | 30,949 | 557,813 | 530,540 | ||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | 4,873 | 4,873 | 19,493 | 19,493 | ||||
Net Income Attributable To Common Shareholders | $ 63,981 | $ 26,076 | $ 538,320 | $ 511,047 | ||||
Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic | 112,545 | 112,233 | 112,443 | 112,129 | ||||
Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted | 112,815 | 112,700 | 112,758 | 112,550 | ||||
Earnings Per Weighted-Average Common Share Outstanding | ||||||||
Net income attributable to common shareholders - basic | $ 0.57 | $ 0.23 | $ 4.79 | $ 4.56 | ||||
Net income attributable to common shareholders - diluted | $ 0.57 | $ 0.23 | $ 4.77 | $ 4.54 |