American Electric Power Company, Inc. Q1 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Financial Highlights

  • Q1 2024 operating earnings were $1.27 per share, up $0.16 from $1.11 in Q1 2023 (+14%).
  • GAAP earnings were $1.91 per share, up from $0.77 in Q1 2023, largely due to a one‑time $260M positive adjustment tied to IRS guidance on excess deferred taxes.
  • FFO-to-debt ratio reached 14.2%, a 100 bps improvement from year-end and within AEP’s targeted 14–15% range.
  • 2024 full-year earnings guidance reaffirmed at $5.53 to $5.73 per share; long‑term growth target remains 6–7%.
  • Liquidity stands at $3.4B, supported by $6B in renewed/upsized credit facilities.

Operational Highlights

  • Commercial load grew 10.5% year-over-year, driven by rapid data center ramp-ups.
  • Weather-normalized retail load increased 2.9%; industrial load grew 0.4% despite national softness in manufacturing.
  • AEP executed the sale of New Mexico solar assets for $107M; expects retail and distributed resources divestiture decisions by Q2 earnings call.

Strategic and Regulatory Updates

  • Data center-related demand expected to total 10–15 GW of incremental load by 2030 across the service footprint.
  • Recent commitments include major AWS and Google data center developments in Indiana.
  • AEP plans to increase capital spending to support data center-driven growth and Texas grid resiliency filings (due by Q3 2024).

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Operator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. My name is Abby, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time I like to welcome everyone to the American Electric Power First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Thank you. And I would now like to turn the conference over to Darcy Reese, Vice President of Investor Relations. You may begin. Darcy Reese: Thank you, Abby. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the First Quarter 2024 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 Ben Fowke, our President and Interim Chief Executive Officer; Chuck Zebula, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Peggy Simmons, our Executive Vice President of Utilities. We will take your questions following their remarks. I will now turn the call over to Ben. Benjamin Gwynn Fowke: Well, good morning, and welcome to American Electric Power's First Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. Shortly, Peggy will give a regulatory update, followed by Chuck, who will provide more detaile

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