Duke Energy Corporation Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Financial Highlights

  • Adjusted EPS for Q1 2026 was $1.93, up from $1.76 in Q1 2025. Reported EPS was $1.97.
  • Growth was driven by infrastructure investments and favorable weather, partially offset by higher O&M and depreciation tied to asset growth.
  • Electric Utilities & Infrastructure contributed +$0.16 year-over-year; Gas Utilities & Infrastructure contributed +$0.01.
  • Company reaffirms full-year 2026 EPS guidance of $6.55 to $6.80 and long-term 5%–7% EPS growth through 2030.
  • Management reiterates confidence in achieving the top half of the EPS growth range beginning in 2028.
  • Balance sheet strengthened by over $5 billion in proceeds from divestitures and minority interest sale, plus $1.5 billion in convertible senior notes and $300 million in ATM equity issuance (settling 2027).

Strategic and Operational Updates

  • Secured an additional 2.7 GW of Electric Service Agreements (ESAs) with data center customers since Q4, bringing total ESAs to 7.6 GW (approx. two-thirds under construction).
  • Late‑stage high-confidence pipeline now stands at 15.4 GW.
  • Data center loads expected to begin taking power as early as 2H 2027, ramping into early 2030s.
  • Key customer protection elements in ESA contracts include minimum demand clauses, credit support, refundable capital advances, and termination charges.

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Operator: Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to the Duke Energy First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand the conference over to Mike Switzer, Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. Mike, please go ahead. Mike Switzer: Thank you, Jen, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Duke Energy's First Quarter 2026 Earnings Review and Business Update. Leading our call today is Harry Sideris, President and CEO; along with Brian Savoy, Executive Vice President and CFO. Today's discussion will include the use of non-GAAP financial measures and forward-looking information. Actual results may differ from forward-looking statements due to factors disclosed in today's materials and in Duke Energy's SEC filings. The appendix of today's presentation includes supplemental information, along with a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. With that, let me turn the call over to Harry. Harry Sideris: Thank you, Mike, and good morning, everyone. We're pleased to be with you to share our results on the continued progress we're making on our strategic priorities. Today, we announced first quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per share of $1.93, which builds on our momentum from last year and marks a strong start to the year. These results are primarily driven by critical infrastructure investments to meet growing customer demand in our service territories. We are on track to achieve our 2026 guidance range of $6.55

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