Duke Energy Corporation Q2 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Adjusted EPS: $1.18, an increase of $0.27 compared to Q2 2023 ($0.91). Significant uplift driven by electric utilities growth and favorable weather.
  • Reported EPS: $1.13.
  • 2024 EPS Guidance reaffirmed at $5.85 to $6.10.
  • Long-term EPS growth rate of 5% to 7% reaffirmed through 2028, based on the 2024 midpoint of $5.98.

Operational and Weather Impacts

  • Hurricane Debby caused 330,000 outages in Florida; 90% restored by call time. Expected impacts to Carolinas later in the week.
  • Extreme heat led to two new summer peak records in the Carolinas. Grid performance was strong.
  • Weather-normalized load volumes increased 1.9% year over year, in line with expectations.

Regulatory and Policy Updates

  • Since early 2023, Duke has achieved approximately $75 billion in approved or settled rate base investments across seven rate cases.
  • Final order for DEC South Carolina rate case became effective August 1.
  • Comprehensive settlement filed in Florida for a three-year multiyear rate plan, with modernization and renewable investment focus. Hearings later this month; order expected by year-end.
  • North Carolina IRP: Constructive settlement reached with Public Staff, Walmart, CCBA; hearings concluded. South Carolina hearings to begin mid-September.

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Operator: Hello, everyone, and welcome to Duke Energy's Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. My name is Felicia, and I'll be your operator today. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand you over to your host, Abby Motsinger, Vice President of Investor Relations at Duke Energy. Please go ahead, Abby. Abby Motsinger: Thank you, Felicia, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Duke Energy's Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Review and Business Update. Leading our call today is Lynn Good, Chair and CEO; along with Harry Sideris, President; and Brian Savoy, 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 include supplemental information along with the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. With that, let me turn the call over to Lynn. Lynn Good: Abby, thank you, and good morning, everyone. Before I begin, I'd like to take a moment and recognize the work of our team responding to Hurricane Debby. The storm made landfall in Florida yesterday morning and caused outages for about 330,000 customers. We had crews in position over the weekend, and our teams are working around the clock to restore power. As of this morning, we've restored 90% of our impacted customers. Based on its current track, we expect the storm to impact the Eastern and Central parts o

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