EX-99.3 4 a07-12915_1ex99d3.htm EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

MEDIA CONTACT: 937-224-5940

 

DPL CLOSES ON DARBY AND GREENVILLE PEAKING PLANT SALES

 

– Sales Yield Approximately $151.2 Million in Cash –

 

DAYTON, Ohio, April 25 – DPL Inc. (NYSE: DPL) today announced that its subsidiary, DPL Energy, LLC, has completed the sale of its Darby and Greenville electric peaking generation facilities. The sales provide DPL with approximately $151.2 million in cash.

 

Darby Station was sold to Columbus Southern Power, a utility subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP), for approximately $102 million in cash. The station has a summer capacity of 450 megawatts and is located 20 miles southwest of Columbus, Ohio.

 

Greenville Station was sold to Buckeye Power, Inc. for approximately $49.2 million in cash. The station has a summer capacity of 200 megawatts and is located in Greenville, Ohio.

 

The sale proceeds will be used to pay down short-term borrowings and fund Dayton Power and Light’s major construction projects. With the closing of the sales, DPL owns approximately 950 megawatts of peaking generation and 2,800 megawatts of coal-fired generation.

 

About DPL

 

DPL Inc. (NYSE:DPL) is a regional electric energy and utility company. DPL’s principal subsidiaries include The Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L); DPL Energy, LLC (DPLE); and DPL Energy Resources, Inc. (DPLER). DP&L, a regulated electric utility, provides service to over 500,000 retail customers in West Central Ohio; DPLE engages in the operation of merchant peaking generation facilities; and DPLER is a competitive retail electric supplier in Ohio, selling to major industrial and commercial customers. DPL, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates approximately 3,750 megawatts of generation capacity, of which 2,800 megawatts are low cost coal-fired units and 950 megawatts are natural gas and diesel peaking units. Further information can be found at www.dplinc.com.

 

Certain statements contained in this prospectus are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Matters discussed in press release that relate to events or developments that are expected to occur in the future, including management’s expectations, strategic objectives, business prospects, anticipated economic performance and financial condition and other similar matters constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future economic performance, taking into account the information currently available to management. These statements are not statements of historical fact and are typically identified by terms and phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “continue,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “will” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and investors are cautioned that outcomes and results may vary materially from those projected due to various factors beyond DPL’s control, including but not limited to: abnormal or severe weather and catastrophic weather-related damage; unusual maintenance or repair requirements; changes in fuel costs and purchased power, coal, environmental emissions, gas and other commodity prices; volatility and changes in markets for electricity and other energy-related commodities; increased competition and deregulation in the electric utility industry;

 



 

increased competition in the retail generation market; changes in interest rates; state, federal and foreign legislative and regulatory initiatives that affect cost and investment recovery, emission levels, rate structures or tax laws; changes in federal and/or state environmental and other laws and regulations to which DPL and its subsidiaries are subject; the development of Regional Transmission Organizations, including the PJM to which DPL’s operating subsidiary has given control of its transmission functions; changes in DPL’s purchasing processes, delays and supplier availability; growth in DPL’s service territory and changes in demand and demographic patterns; changes in accounting rules and the effect of accounting pronouncements issued periodically by accounting standard-setting bodies; financial market conditions; the outcomes of litigation and regulatory investigations, proceedings or inquiries; general economic conditions; and the risks and other factors discussed in DPL’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the document in which they are made. We disclaim any obligation or undertaking to provide any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which the forward-looking statement is based.