EX-99.10 11 p14136exv99w10.htm EXHIBIT 99.10 exv99w10
Exhibit 99.10
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
Major Factors Affecting Consolidated Earnings Outlook
for Year Ending December 31, 2010
Compared with Year Ending December 31, 2009

(Earnings Per Diluted Share Outstanding)
         
Estimated 2009 earnings — a reasonable range around
  $ 2.30  
(excluding potential real estate results)
       
 
       
Projected increases (decreases) in 2010:
       
 
       
Retail base rate revenue increase from general rate
    1.40  
case in excess of interim revenues
       
 
       
Other regulated electricity segment gross margin
    0.00 - 0.10  
(revenues net of fuel and purchased power costs excluding Renewable Energy Surcharge), including:
       
transmission revenue increases, higher fuel and purchased power costs (net of deferrals) and minimal weather-normalized retail sales growth
       
 
       
Increased operations and maintenance expense
    (0.15) - (0.25 )
(excluding Renewable Energy Standard costs) primarily due to inflation
       
 
       
Costs related to utility capital expenditures
    (0.30) - (0.35 )
(such as depreciation, property taxes and interest expense, net of capitalized financing costs)
       
 
       
Miscellaneous other items — net
    (0.10) - (0.15 )
 
       
Estimated 2010 earnings — a reasonable range around
  $ 3.00  
(excluding potential real estate results)