Commission File
Number
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Registrant; State of Incorporation;
Address and Telephone Number
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IRS Employer
Identification No.
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1-11459
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PPL Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Pennsylvania)
Two North Ninth Street
Allentown, PA 18101-1179
(610) 774-5151
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23-2758192
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[ ]
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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[ ]
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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[ ]
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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[ ]
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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(d)
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Exhibits
|
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99.1 -
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Press Release, dated May 4, 2012, announcing PPL’s financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, and other business matters.
|
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99.2 -
|
Slides to be used on the May 4, 2012 webcast among members of PPL’s senior management and financial analysts.
|
||||
99.3 -
|
Press Release, dated May 3, 2012, announcing approval by the Kentucky Public Service Commission of certain generation acquisition and construction projects of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company.
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PPL CORPORATION
|
|||
By:
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/s/ Vincent Sorgi
|
||
Vincent Sorgi
Vice President and Controller
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Contacts:
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For news media – George E. Biechler, 610-774-5997
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For financial analysts – Joseph P. Bergstein, 610-774-5609
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·
|
First-quarter earnings increase over prior year
|
·
|
Per share earnings from ongoing operations down on higher shares outstanding
|
·
|
Company on track to achieve ongoing earnings forecast for 2012
|
1st Quarter
|
1st Quarter
|
||
2012
|
2011
|
% Change
|
|
Reported Earnings
|
$541
|
$401
|
+35%
|
Reported Earnings Per Share
|
$0.93
|
$0.82
|
+13%
|
Earnings from Ongoing Operations
|
$409
|
$407
|
-
|
Per Share Earnings from Ongoing Operations
|
$0.70
|
$0.84
|
-17%
|
1st Quarter
|
||||||||
2012
|
2011
|
|||||||
(per share)
|
||||||||
Earnings from Ongoing Operations
|
||||||||
Kentucky Regulated
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.15
|
||||
U.K. Regulated
|
0.31
|
0.16
|
||||||
Pennsylvania Regulated
|
0.06
|
0.11
|
||||||
Supply
|
0.27
|
0.42
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
0.70
|
$
|
0.84
|
||||
Special Items
|
||||||||
Kentucky Regulated
|
$
|
0.01
|
$
|
-
|
||||
U.K. Regulated
|
(0.03
|
)
|
(0.05
|
)
|
||||
Pennsylvania Regulated
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Supply
|
0.25
|
0.03
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
0.23
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
|||
Reported Earnings
|
||||||||
Kentucky Regulated
|
$
|
0.07
|
$
|
0.15
|
||||
U.K. Regulated
|
0.28
|
0.11
|
||||||
Pennsylvania Regulated
|
0.06
|
0.11
|
||||||
Supply
|
0.52
|
0.45
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
0.93
|
$
|
0.82
|
Earnings
|
2012
(Forecast)
|
2011
(Actual)
|
||
(per share)
|
midpoint
|
|||
Kentucky Regulated
|
$0.33
|
$0.40
|
||
U.K. Regulated
|
1.07
|
0.87
|
||
Pennsylvania Regulated
|
0.20
|
0.31
|
||
Supply
|
0.70
|
1.15
|
||
Total
|
$2.30
|
$2.73
|
·
|
Adjusted energy-related economic activity (as discussed below).
|
·
|
Foreign currency-related economic hedges.
|
·
|
Gains and losses on sales of assets not in the ordinary course of business.
|
·
|
Impairment charges (including impairments of securities in the company’s nuclear decommissioning trust funds).
|
·
|
Workforce reduction and other restructuring impacts.
|
·
|
Acquisition-related adjustments.
|
·
|
Other charges or credits that are, in management’s view, not reflective of the company’s ongoing operations.
|
PPL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION (a)
|
||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
|
||||||||
(Millions of Dollars)
|
||||||||
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
2012
|
2011
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,103
|
$
|
1,202
|
||||
Price risk management assets - current
|
3,230
|
2,548
|
||||||
Other current assets
|
2,729
|
2,676
|
||||||
Investments
|
768
|
718
|
||||||
Property, Plant and Equipment
|
||||||||
Regulated utility plant
|
23,544
|
22,994
|
||||||
Less: Accumulated depreciation
|
3,701
|
3,534
|
||||||
Regulated utility plant, net
|
19,843
|
19,460
|
||||||
Non-regulated property, plant and equipment
|
11,915
|
11,809
|
||||||
Less: Accumulated depreciation
|
5,758
|
5,676
|
||||||
Non-regulated property, plant and equipment, net
|
6,157
|
6,133
|
||||||
Construction work in progress
|
1,706
|
1,673
|
||||||
Property, Plant and Equipment, net
|
27,706
|
27,266
|
||||||
Regulatory assets
|
1,334
|
1,349
|
||||||
Goodwill and other intangibles
|
5,225
|
5,179
|
||||||
Price risk management assets - noncurrent
|
1,186
|
920
|
||||||
Other noncurrent assets
|
801
|
790
|
||||||
Total Assets
|
$
|
44,082
|
$
|
42,648
|
||||
Liabilities and Equity
|
||||||||
Short-term debt
|
$
|
674
|
$
|
578
|
||||
Price risk management liabilities - current
|
2,149
|
1,570
|
||||||
Other current liabilities
|
3,065
|
3,107
|
||||||
Long-term debt
|
18,076
|
17,993
|
||||||
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits
|
3,884
|
3,611
|
||||||
Price risk management liabilities - noncurrent
|
1,074
|
840
|
||||||
Accrued pension obligations
|
1,105
|
1,299
|
||||||
Regulatory liabilities
|
1,009
|
1,010
|
||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities
|
1,511
|
1,544
|
||||||
Common stock and additional paid in capital
|
6,868
|
6,819
|
||||||
Earnings reinvested
|
5,129
|
4,797
|
||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
(730)
|
(788)
|
||||||
Noncontrolling interests
|
268
|
268
|
||||||
Total Liabilities and Equity
|
$
|
44,082
|
$
|
42,648
|
(a)
|
The Financial Statements in this news release have been condensed and summarized for purposes of this presentation. Please refer to PPL Corporation’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for full financial statements, including note disclosure.
|
PPL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
|
|||||||||
(Millions of Dollars, Except Share Data)
|
|||||||||
3 Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||
2012 (a)
|
2011 (a)
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||
Operating Revenues
|
|||||||||
Utility
|
$
|
1,714
|
$
|
1,536
|
|||||
Unregulated retail electric and gas (b)
|
223
|
147
|
|||||||
Wholesale energy marketing
|
|||||||||
Realized
|
1,208
|
1,038
|
|||||||
Unrealized economic activity (b)
|
852
|
57
|
|||||||
Net energy trading margins
|
8
|
11
|
|||||||
Energy-related businesses
|
107
|
121
|
|||||||
Total Operating Revenues
|
4,112
|
2,910
|
|||||||
Operating Expenses
|
|||||||||
Operation
|
|||||||||
Fuel (b)
|
424
|
475
|
|||||||
Energy purchases
|
|||||||||
Realized
|
883
|
671
|
|||||||
Unrealized economic activity (b)
|
591
|
(18)
|
|||||||
Other operation and maintenance
|
706
|
583
|
|||||||
Depreciation
|
264
|
208
|
|||||||
Taxes, other than income
|
91
|
73
|
|||||||
Energy-related businesses
|
102
|
113
|
|||||||
Total Operating Expenses
|
3,061
|
2,105
|
|||||||
Operating Income
|
1,051
|
805
|
|||||||
Other Income (Expense) - net
|
(17)
|
(5)
|
|||||||
Other-Than-Temporary Impairments
|
|
1
|
|||||||
Interest Expense
|
230
|
174
|
|||||||
Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
|
804
|
625
|
|||||||
Income Taxes
|
259
|
223
|
|||||||
Income from Continuing Operations After Income Taxes
|
545
|
402
|
|||||||
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations (net of income taxes)
|
|
3
|
|||||||
Net Income
|
545
|
405
|
|||||||
Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
|
4
|
4
|
|||||||
Net Income Attributable to PPL Corporation
|
$
|
541
|
$
|
401
|
|||||
Amounts Attributable to PPL Corporation:
|
|||||||||
Income from Continuing Operations After Income Taxes
|
$
|
541
|
$
|
398
|
|||||
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations (net of income taxes)
|
|
3
|
|||||||
Net Income
|
$
|
541
|
$
|
401
|
|||||
Earnings Per Share of Common Stock - Basic
|
|||||||||
Net Income Available to PPL Corporation Common Shareowners
|
$
|
0.93
|
$
|
0.82
|
|||||
Earnings Per Share of Common Stock - Diluted (c)
|
|||||||||
Earnings from Ongoing Operations
|
$
|
0.70
|
$
|
0.84
|
|||||
Special Items
|
0.23
|
(0.02)
|
|||||||
Net Income Available to PPL Corporation Common Shareowners
|
$
|
0.93
|
$
|
0.82
|
|||||
Weighted-Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding (in thousands)
|
|||||||||
Basic
|
579,041
|
484,138
|
|||||||
Diluted
|
579,527
|
484,345
|
(a)
|
The results of operations for 2012 are not comparable with 2011 due to the April 2011 acquisition of WPD Midlands.
|
(b)
|
Includes activity from energy-related contracts to hedge future cash flows that were not eligible for hedge accounting, or for which hedge accounting was not elected.
|
(c)
|
Earnings in 2012 and 2011 were impacted by several special items, as described in the text and tables of this news release. Earnings from ongoing operations exclude the impact of these special items.
|
PPL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
|
|||||||||
(Millions of Dollars)
|
|||||||||
3 Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||
2012 (a)
|
2011 (a)
|
||||||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
|
|||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
545
|
$
|
405
|
|||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
|||||||
Depreciation
|
264
|
208
|
|||||||
Amortization
|
55
|
47
|
|||||||
Defined benefit plans - expense
|
42
|
39
|
|||||||
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits
|
257
|
204
|
|||||||
Unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives, and other hedging activities
|
(235)
|
(96)
|
|||||||
Change in current assets and current liabilities
|
|
|
|||||||
Counterparty collateral
|
65
|
(195)
|
|||||||
Other
|
(50)
|
5
|
|||||||
Defined benefit plans - funding
|
(208)
|
(438)
|
|||||||
Other operating activities
|
(7)
|
17
|
|||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
728
|
196
|
|||||||
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
|
|
|
|||||||
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment
|
(682)
|
(428)
|
|||||||
Proceeds from the sale of certain non-core generation facilities
|
|
381
|
|||||||
Purchases of nuclear plant decommissioning trust investments
|
(38)
|
(79)
|
|||||||
Proceeds from the sale of nuclear plant decommissioning trust investments
|
34
|
75
|
|||||||
Proceeds from the sale of other investments
|
16
|
163
|
|||||||
Net (increase) decrease in restricted cash and cash equivalents
|
(22)
|
(7)
|
|||||||
Other investing activities
|
(19)
|
(7)
|
|||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
(711)
|
98
|
|||||||
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
|
|||||||||
Issuance of common stock
|
16
|
16
|
|||||||
Payment of common stock dividends
|
(203)
|
(170)
|
|||||||
Net increase (decrease) in short-term debt
|
93
|
187
|
|||||||
Other financing activities
|
(30)
|
(20)
|
|||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
(124)
|
13
|
|||||||
Effect of Exchange Rates on Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
8
|
13
|
|||||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
(99)
|
320
|
|||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period
|
1,202
|
925
|
|||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period
|
$
|
1,103
|
$
|
1,245
|
(a)
|
The cash flows for 2012 are not comparable with 2011 due to the April 2011 acquisition of WPD Midlands.
|
Key Indicators (Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||
12 Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||
March 31,
|
||||||||||||||
Financial
|
2012
|
2011
|
||||||||||||
Dividends declared per share
|
$ 1.41
|
$ 1.40
|
||||||||||||
Book value per share (a)
|
$ 19.44
|
$ 17.60
|
||||||||||||
Market price per share (a)
|
$ 28.26
|
$ 25.30
|
||||||||||||
Dividend yield (a)
|
5.0%
|
5.5%
|
||||||||||||
Dividend payout ratio (b)
|
50%
|
59%
|
||||||||||||
Dividend payout ratio - earnings from ongoing operations (b)(c)
|
54%
|
46%
|
||||||||||||
Price/earnings ratio (a)(b)
|
10.0
|
10.7
|
||||||||||||
Price/earnings ratio - earnings from ongoing operations (a)(b)(c)
|
10.8
|
8.3
|
||||||||||||
Return on average common equity
|
15.35%
|
14.10%
|
||||||||||||
Return on average common equity - earnings from ongoing operations (c)
|
14.19%
|
18.24%
|
||||||||||||
(a) End of period.
|
||||||||||||||
(b) Based on diluted earnings per share.
|
||||||||||||||
(c) Calculated using earnings from ongoing operations, which excludes the impact of special items, as described in the text and tables of
|
||||||||||||||
this news release.
|
||||||||||||||
Operating - Domestic & International Electricity Sales (Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||
3 Months Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||
Percent
|
||||||||||||||
(GWh)
|
2012
|
2011
|
Change
|
|||||||||||
Domestic Retail Delivered (a)
|
||||||||||||||
PPL Electric Utilities
|
9,761
|
10,473
|
(6.8%)
|
|||||||||||
LKE
|
7,505
|
7,932
|
(5.4%)
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
17,266
|
18,405
|
(6.2%)
|
|||||||||||
Domestic Retail Supplied (b)
|
||||||||||||||
PPL EnergyPlus
|
2,702
|
1,945
|
38.9%
|
|||||||||||
LKE
|
7,505
|
7,932
|
(5.4%)
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
10,207
|
9,877
|
3.3%
|
|||||||||||
International Delivered
|
||||||||||||||
United Kingdom (c)
|
21,423
|
7,546
|
183.9%
|
|||||||||||
Domestic Wholesale
|
||||||||||||||
PPL EnergyPlus - East
|
12,418
|
14,125
|
(12.1%)
|
|||||||||||
PPL EnergyPlus - West
|
1,918
|
2,508
|
(23.5%)
|
|||||||||||
LKE (d)
|
589
|
949
|
(37.9%)
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
14,925
|
17,582
|
(15.1%)
|
|||||||||||
(a) Represents GWh delivered and billed to retail customers.
|
||||||||||||||
(b) Represents GWh supplied by PPL EnergyPlus to PPL Electric Utilities as PLR, and to other retail customers in Pennsylvania, New
|
||||||||||||||
Jersey, Montana and Maryland. Also includes GWh supplied by LKE to retail customers in Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee.
|
||||||||||||||
(c) 2012 includes 14,303 GWh delivered by WPD Midlands, whereas no amounts are included for the 2011 period as the acquisition occurred
|
||||||||||||||
April 1, 2011. Sales volumes for WPD operations are reported on a one-month lag.
|
||||||||||||||
(d) Represents FERC regulated municipal and unregulated off-system sales.
|
Reconciliation of Segment Earnings from Ongoing Operations to Reported Earnings
|
||||||||||||||||
(After Tax)
|
||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
1st Quarter 2012
|
(millions of dollars)
|
|||||||||||||||
Kentucky
|
U.K.
|
Pennsylvania
|
||||||||||||||
Regulated
|
Regulated
|
Regulated
|
Supply
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Earnings from Ongoing Operations
|
$
|
38
|
$
|
183
|
$
|
33
|
$
|
155
|
$
|
409
|
||||||
Special Items:
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted energy-related economic activity, net
|
|
|
|
150
|
150
|
|||||||||||
Foreign currency-related economic hedges
|
|
(14)
|
|
|
(14)
|
|||||||||||
Impairments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Adjustments - nuclear decommissioning trust investments
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|||||||||||
Acquisition-related adjustments:
|
||||||||||||||||
WPD Midlands separation benefits
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
(4)
|
|||||||||||
LKE net operating loss carryforward and other tax related
|
4
|
4
|
||||||||||||||
adjustments
|
||||||||||||||||
Other:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Counterparty bankruptcy
|
|
|
|
(6)
|
(6)
|
|||||||||||
Ash basin leak remediation adjustment
|
|
1
|
1
|
|||||||||||||
Total Special Items
|
4
|
(18)
|
|
146
|
132
|
|||||||||||
Reported Earnings
|
$
|
42
|
$
|
165
|
$
|
33
|
$
|
301
|
$
|
541
|
||||||
(per share - diluted)
|
||||||||||||||||
Kentucky
|
U.K.
|
Pennsylvania
|
||||||||||||||
Regulated
|
Regulated
|
Regulated
|
Supply
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Earnings from Ongoing Operations
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.31
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.27
|
$
|
0.70
|
||||||
Special Items:
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted energy-related economic activity, net
|
|
|
|
0.26
|
0.26
|
|||||||||||
Foreign currency-related economic hedges
|
|
(0.02)
|
|
|
(0.02)
|
|||||||||||
Acquisition-related adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
WPD Midlands separation benefits
|
|
(0.01)
|
|
|
(0.01)
|
|||||||||||
LKE net operating loss carryforward and other tax related
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
0.01
|
|||||||||||
adjustments
|
||||||||||||||||
Other:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Counterparty bankruptcy
|
|
|
|
(0.01)
|
(0.01)
|
|||||||||||
Total Special Items
|
0.01
|
(0.03)
|
|
0.25
|
0.23
|
|||||||||||
Reported Earnings
|
$
|
0.07
|
$
|
0.28
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.52
|
$
|
0.93
|
Reconciliation of Segment Earnings from Ongoing Operations to Reported Earnings
|
||||||||||||||||
(After Tax)
|
||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
1st Quarter 2011
|
(millions of dollars)
|
|||||||||||||||
Kentucky
|
U.K.
|
Pennsylvania
|
||||||||||||||
Regulated
|
Regulated
|
Regulated
|
Supply
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Earnings from Ongoing Operations
|
$
|
75
|
$
|
75
|
$
|
52
|
$
|
205
|
$
|
407
|
||||||
Special Items:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Adjusted energy-related economic activity, net
|
|
|
|
17
|
17
|
|||||||||||
Foreign currency-related economic hedges
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
(1)
|
|||||||||||
Impairments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Emission allowances
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
|||||||||||
Renewable energy credits
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
(2)
|
|||||||||||
Adjustments - nuclear decommissioning trust investments
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|||||||||||
Acquisition-related adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
WPD Midlands:
|
||||||||||||||||
2011 Bridge Facility costs
|
|
(5)
|
|
|
(5)
|
|||||||||||
Foreign currency loss on 2011 Bridge Facility
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
(4)
|
|||||||||||
Other acquisition-related costs
|
|
(10)
|
|
|
(10)
|
|||||||||||
LKE:
|
||||||||||||||||
Sale of certain non-core generation facilities
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
(1)
|
|||||||||||
Total Special Items
|
|
(20)
|
|
14
|
(6)
|
|||||||||||
Reported Earnings
|
$
|
75
|
$
|
55
|
$
|
52
|
$
|
219
|
$
|
401
|
||||||
(per share - diluted)
|
||||||||||||||||
Kentucky
|
U.K.
|
Pennsylvania
|
||||||||||||||
Regulated
|
Regulated
|
Regulated
|
Supply
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Earnings from Ongoing Operations
|
$
|
0.15
|
$
|
0.16
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.42
|
$
|
0.84
|
||||||
Special Items:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Adjusted energy-related economic activity, net
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
0.03
|
|||||||||||
Acquisition-related adjustments:
|
|
|||||||||||||||
WPD Midlands:
|
||||||||||||||||
2011 Bridge Facility costs
|
(0.02)
|
(0.02)
|
||||||||||||||
Foreign currency loss on 2011 Bridge Facility
|
(0.01)
|
(0.01)
|
||||||||||||||
Other acquisition-related costs
|
|
(0.02)
|
|
(0.02)
|
||||||||||||
Total Special Items
|
|
(0.05)
|
|
0.03
|
(0.02)
|
|||||||||||
Reported Earnings
|
$
|
0.15
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.45
|
$
|
0.82
|
Note: See Appendix for the reconciliation of earnings from ongoing operations to reported earnings.
|
|
1st Quarter
|
|
2011 EPS - Ongoing Earnings
|
|
$0.15
|
Electric Delivery Margins
|
(0.04)
|
|
O&M
|
(0.03)
|
|
Depreciation
|
(0.01)
|
|
Dilution
|
(0.01)
|
|
Total
|
|
(0.09)
|
2012 EPS - Ongoing Earnings
|
|
$0.06
|
Note: See Appendix for the reconciliation of earnings from ongoing operations to reported earnings.
|
Note: See Appendix for the reconciliation of earnings from ongoing operations to reported earnings.
(1) Includes interest expense from the 2011 equity units.
|
|
1st Quarter
|
|
2011 EPS - Ongoing Earnings
|
|
$0.16
|
Midlands(1)
|
0.24
|
|
Delivery revenue
|
0.02
|
|
O&M
|
(0.03)
|
|
Income taxes & other
|
(0.02)
|
|
Dilution
|
(0.06)
|
|
Total
|
|
0.15
|
2012 EPS - Ongoing Earnings
|
|
$0.31
|
Note: See Appendix for the reconciliation of earnings from ongoing operations to reported earnings.
|
|
1st Quarter
|
|
2011 EPS - Ongoing Earnings
|
|
$0.11
|
Electric Delivery Margins
|
(0.02)
|
|
O&M
|
(0.01)
|
|
Depreciation
|
(0.01)
|
|
Dilution
|
(0.01)
|
|
Total
|
|
(0.05)
|
2012 EPS - Ongoing Earnings
|
|
$0.06
|
Note: See Appendix for the reconciliation of earnings from ongoing operations to reported earnings.
|
|
1st Quarter
|
|
2011 EPS - Ongoing Earnings
|
|
$0.42
|
Margins
|
(0.10)
|
|
O&M
|
(0.01)
|
|
Income taxes & other
|
0.02
|
|
Dilution
|
(0.06)
|
|
Total
|
|
(0.15)
|
2012 EPS - Ongoing Earnings
|
|
$0.27
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
2013
|
|
|
Baseload
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected Generation(1) (Million MWhs)
|
|
|
51.5
|
|
53.1
|
|
|
East
|
|
|
43.5
|
|
44.8
|
|
|
West
|
|
|
8.0
|
|
8.3
|
|
|
Current Hedges (%)
|
|
|
94-98%
|
|
79-83%
|
|
|
East
|
|
|
96-100%
|
|
82-86%
|
|
|
West
|
|
|
82-86%
|
|
65-69%
|
|
|
Average Hedged Price (Energy Only) ($/MWh)(2) (3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
East
|
|
|
$54-55
|
|
$49-51
|
|
|
West
|
|
|
$50-52
|
|
$46-49
|
|
|
Current Coal Hedges (%)
|
|
|
100%
|
|
97%
|
|
|
East
|
|
|
100%
|
|
96%
|
|
|
West
|
|
|
100%
|
|
100%
|
|
|
Average Hedged Consumed Coal Price (Delivered $/Ton)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
East
|
|
|
$76-79
|
|
$80-88
|
|
|
West
|
|
|
$23-28
|
|
$23-29
|
|
|
Intermediate/Peaking
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected Generation(1) (Million MWhs)
|
|
|
7.6
|
|
7.0
|
|
|
Current Hedges (%)
|
|
|
58%
|
|
6%
|
|
|
(1)
|
24-hour average.
|
(2)
|
NYMEX and TZ6NNY forward gas prices on 3/30/2012.
|
(3)
|
Market Heat Rate = PJM on-peak power price divided by TZ6NNY gas price.
|
|
Exhibit 99.3
|
Contacts:
|
For news media - Chris Whelan, 502-627-4999
|
For financial analysts - Joe Bergstein, 610-774-5609
|
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