American Electric Power Company, Inc. Q3 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Quarter Highlights

  • Q3 2023 operating earnings were $1.77 per share ($924M), up from $1.62 per share ($831M) in Q3 2022. Growth was supported by favorable rate changes, strong commercial load, and lower O&M.
  • GAAP earnings of $1.83 per share increased from $1.33 per share in Q3 2022, reflecting gains from asset sales and mark-to-market adjustments.
  • Full-year 2023 operating earnings guidance narrowed to $5.24–$5.34 with midpoint reaffirmed at $5.29. Long‑term growth target of 6%–7% per year reiterated.
  • Dividend increased consistent with the company’s 60%–70% payout ratio target.
  • FFO-to-debt improved to 11.4% from 11.1% last quarter; management expects this metric to rise to 13%–14% by year-end and reach 14%–15% in early 2024 (target range).

Load Performance

  • Weather‑normalized retail load grew 2.1% year over year in Q3; full‑year load now expected to grow 2.3% (vs. original expectations of less than 1%).
  • Commercial load +7.5% year over year, driven heavily by data center growth in Ohio, Texas, and Indiana.
  • Residential load grew 0.6%, the first increase in more than a year, supported by customer growth (~30,000 new customers year‑to‑date).
  • Industrial load softened due to macroeconomic uncertainty but is expected to turn positive into 2024.

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Operator: Thank you for standing by. My name is Eric, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the American Electric Power Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to turn the call over to Darcy Reese, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Darcy Reese: Thank you, Eric. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the third 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 Julia Sloat, our Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Chuck Zebula, our Chief Financial Officer. We will take your questions following their remarks. I will now turn the call over to Julie. Julia Sloat: Thanks, Darcy. Welcome to American Electric Power's third quarter 2023 earnings call. It's good to be with everyone this morning. Before I discuss our third quarter performance, I would like to introduce our CFO, Chuck Zebula, who will walk us through the results today. Chuck has been with the company for 25 years and has a deep understanding of our bu

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