Duke Energy Corporation Q3 FY2021 Earnings Call

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Financial Performance

  • Adjusted EPS was $1.88, an increase from the prior year (Q3 2020) driven primarily by electric utilities growth.
  • Reported EPS was $1.79, reflecting charges related to the 2018 South Carolina rate cases, partially offset by coal ash insurance recoveries.
  • Full‑year 2021 EPS guidance narrowed to $5.15–$5.30, with the midpoint raised into the upper half of the original range.
  • Duke reaffirmed its long‑term EPS growth rate of 5%–7% through 2025.
  • Electric Utilities & Infrastructure segment up $0.10 YoY due to favorable volumes, rate increases, and riders.
  • Commercial Renewables segment up $0.02 YoY due to new wind and solar investments.
  • Gas Utilities results were flat YoY.
  • Results included $0.08/share dilution from Duke’s $2.5 billion equity issuance in December 2020.

Operational and Strategic Highlights

  • Electric volumes rose 3.4% YoY and are now above pre‑pandemic levels (up 1.3% vs. 2019).
  • Commercial volumes rose 5.3% and industrial volumes rose 7.2% YoY, outpacing national job recovery.
  • Residential volumes were down slightly (0.2%) as more people returned to workplaces, though still up nearly 4% vs. 2019.
  • 2021 load growth now expected to exceed top end of original 1%–2% guidance; rolling 12‑month retail load growth is 2.1%.

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Operator: Good day, everyone and welcome to the Duke Energy Third Quarter Earnings Call. Today's call is being recorded. And now at this time, I'd like to turn the call over to Jack Sullivan, Vice President Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Jack Sullivan: Thank you. April Good morning, everyone. And welcome to Duke Energy's third quarter 2021 earnings review and business update. Leading our call today is Lynn Good, Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer, along with Steve Young, Executive Vice President and CFO. Today's discussion will include the use of non-GAAP financial measures and forward-looking information within the meaning of securities laws. Actual results may be different than forward-looking statements, and these factors are outlined herein and disclosed in Duke Energy's SEC filings. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures can be found in today's materials and on duke-energy.com. Please note the appendix for today's presentation includes supplemental information and additional disclosures. So with that, let's turn the call over to Lynn. Lynn Good: Jack, thank you. And good morning, everyone. It's great to be with you for our third quarter 2021 earnings call. Today, we announced strong results for the quarter with adjusted earnings per share of a $1.88 driven by growth at our electric utilities. We're well-positioned, for a solid finish to the year and are narrowing our full-year guidance range to 515 to 530, raising the midpoint into the upper hal

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