American Electric Power Company, Inc. Q1 FY2021 Earnings Call

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Quarterly Financial Performance

  • Operating earnings were $1.15 per share, up from $1.02 per share in Q1 2020. GAAP earnings were $1.16 per share compared to $1.00 the prior year.
  • Total operating earnings: $571 million versus $504 million in Q1 2020.
  • AEP reaffirmed full-year 2021 guidance of $4.55 to $4.75 per share and long-term growth target of 5% to 7%.

Segment Performance

  • Vertically Integrated Utilities: $0.54 per share, up $0.04 year-over-year. Benefited from favorable weather, higher transmission revenue, and rate changes.
  • Transmission & Distribution Utilities: $0.23 per share, down $0.01 due to lower normalized retail load (largely storm-related), higher depreciation, and higher O&M.
  • AEP Transmission Holdco: $0.35 per share, up $0.07, with net plant up 13% year-over-year.
  • Generation & Marketing: $0.06 per share, down $0.01, as benefits from plant retirements and land sales were offset by ERCOT-related impacts during Winter Storm Uri.
  • Corporate & Other: Up $0.04 due to investment gains and lower interest expense.

Load Trends and Economic Indicators

  • Total normalized load decreased 1.9% year-over-year, partly due to the leap-year effect (1% impact) and pandemic timing distortions.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the American Electric Power First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to our host, Ms. Darcy Reese, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Darcy Reese: Thank you, Tony. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the First Quarter 2021 Earnings Call for American Electric Power. We appreciate you taking time today to join us today. Our earnings release, presentation slides and related financial information are available on our website at aep.com. Nick Akins: Thanks, Darcy, and welcome again everyone to American Electric Power's first quarter 2021 earnings call and happy Earth Day. Before I get started with our results for the quarter, I just have to say, I was struck with the public relations - public reactions to the Chauvin verdict. It has been a long wait, but justice and faith in our legal system does prevail. I bring this up because it happens, I had chosen a song, which I do every quarter as you know for a different reason, but now it serves two purposes. One, the most mesmerizing singer as I'd ever heard was the late Marvin Gaye. I thought of his song when actually thinking about our quarter and the multitude of activities that AEP continues to accomplish and was thinking of what's going on the Marvin Gaye hit from 1971 written during another tumultuous time in America. This song was a

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