Dominion Energy, Inc. Q4 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Quarter and Full-Year Financial Performance

  • Q4 2022 operating earnings were $1.06 per share, at the midpoint of guidance. Compared to Q4 2021, positive earnings drivers included improved weather, regulated growth, absence of the Millstone outage, and absence of COVID deferred O&M. These were partially offset by higher interest expense and share dilution.
  • Full-year 2022 operating earnings were $4.11 per share, slightly above the midpoint of guidance.
  • GAAP earnings for 2022 were $1.09 per share, including a noncash $1.5 billion impairment charge tied to the unregulated solar portfolio. Dominion no longer plans to invest in unregulated solar projects for ITCs, triggering an impairment test where discounted cash flows proved insufficient to support carrying value.
  • Q1 2023 operating earnings guidance: $0.97–$1.12 per share, compared to $1.18 in Q1 2022. Key negative drivers are higher interest expense (borrowing costs up ~400 bps), absence of solar ITCs (approximately a $0.04 impact), and higher depreciation. Positive drivers include regulated growth, stronger sales, and higher Millstone margins.

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Operator: Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Dominion Energy Fourth Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, each of your lines is in a listen-only mode. At the conclusion of today’s presentation, we will open the floor for questions. Instructions will be given for the procedure to follow if you would like to ask a question. I would now like to turn the call over to David McFarland, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. David McFarland: Good morning, and thank you for joining today’s call. Earnings materials, including today’s prepared remarks, contain forward-looking statements and estimates that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Please refer to our SEC filings, including our most recent annual reports on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for a discussion of factors that may cause results to differ from management’s estimates and expectations. This morning, we will discuss some measures of our company’s performance that differ from those recognized by GAAP. Reconciliation of our non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, which we can calculate are contained in the earnings release kit. I encourage you to visit our Investor Relations website to review webcast slides as well as the earnings release kit. Joining today’s call are Bob Blue, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer; Steven Ridge, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer; and Diane Leopold, Executive Vice President

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