American Electric Power Company, Inc. Q1 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Financial Performance
  • Q1 2023 operating earnings were $1.11 per share ($572 million), down from $1.22 per share ($616 million) in Q1 2022. The decline was primarily driven by exceptionally mild weather, one of the mildest first quarters in 30 years.
  • GAAP earnings were $0.77 per share versus $1.41 in Q1 2022, reflecting losses tied to the expected unregulated renewables sale and Kentucky transaction adjustments.
  • AEP reaffirmed its 2023 full-year operating earnings guidance of $5.19–$5.39 per share (midpoint $5.29) and long-term growth target of 6–7%.
  • FFO-to-debt is currently 11.4%, down from year-end due to $1.9 billion in balance sheet debt increases and collateral movements. The company expects to return to its 14–15% target range by early 2024.
Operational and Strategic Updates
  • Kentucky Sale Terminated: The planned sale of Kentucky operations to Liberty was terminated. Kentucky Power’s earned ROE over the last 12 months was 2.9%, well below healthy utility levels. AEP plans a June 2023 base rate case filing, targeting improvements via:
    • Economic development efforts
    • System reliability enhancements
    • Securitization of storm and legacy coal plant costs

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to American Electric Power First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, your telephone lines are in a listen-only mode. Later, there will be an opportunity for questions and answers. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, your call today is being recorded. I'll now turn the conference call over to your host, Vice President of Investor Relations, Darcy Reese. Please go ahead. Darcy Reese: Thank you, Alan. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the first quarter 2023 earnings call for American Electric Power. We appreciate you taking time today to join us. Our earnings release, presentation slides and related financial information are available on our website at aep.com. Today, we will be making forward-looking statements during the call. There are many factors that may cause future results to differ materially from these statements. Please refer to our SEC filings for a discussion of these factors. Joining me this morning for opening remarks are Julie Sloat, our President and Chief Executive Officer; and Ann Kelly, our Chief Financial Officer. We will take your questions following their remarks. I will now turn the call over to Julie. Julie Sloat: Thanks, Darcy. Welcome everyone to AEP's first quarter 2023 earnings call. It's good to be with everyone this morning. Our direction and strategy remain on track with an emphasis on our generation fleet transformation and continued investment in our ener

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