Duke Energy Corporation Q4 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Key Financial Results

  • 2024 adjusted EPS: $5.90, within guidance range. Compared to 2023, this represents continued stable performance supported by rate case activity, partly offset by impacts from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
  • 2025 EPS guidance: $6.17–$6.42, midpoint $6.30. This midpoint reflects roughly 7% year-over-year growth from 2024’s $5.90.
  • EPS growth outlook: 5%–7% annually through 2029, with potential to reach the upper end of the range as load growth accelerates from 2027 onward.
  • FFO-to-debt: Ended 2024 at 13.9% despite storm impacts. Targeting above 14% by end of 2025 and improvement beyond that through the five-year plan.
  • Dividend: 99th consecutive year of quarterly cash dividends.

Capital Investment & Growth Outlook

  • Updated 5-year capital plan: $83B (12% increase from prior plan). Primary drivers include new generation projects and grid modernization.
  • Earnings base (rate base) growth outlook: 7.7% annually through 2029, up from 7.2% previously.
  • Equity needs: $6.5B through 2029. Approximately 40% of total plan funded via equity, with use of ATM and DRIP programs.

Load Growth Expectations

  • Near-term enterprise load growth (2025–2026): 1.5%–2%.

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Elliot: Hello, and welcome to the Duke Energy Fourth Quarter and Year End 2024 earnings. My name is Elliot. I'll be your coordinator today. I would now like to hand over to Abby Motsinger, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Abby Motsinger: Thank you, Elliot, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Duke Energy's fourth quarter 2024 earnings review and business update. Elliot: Leading our call today is Lynn Good. Abby Motsinger: 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 includes supplemental information along with a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. That, let me turn the call over to Lynn. Andy, thank you, and good morning, everyone. Today, we announced 2024 adjusted earnings per share of $5.90, finishing within our guidance range. 2024 was a year of great accomplishment, and in many ways, was defined by our response to hurricanes Helene and Milton. We were moved by our community's outpouring of support and appreciation for our work during these historic storms. We also announced updated guidance today, including a 2025 earnings per share range of $6.17 to $6.42, with a midpoint of $6.30. An $83 billion capital plan, which drives 7.7% earnin

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