Entergy Corporation Q4 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Key Financial Highlights

  • 2023 adjusted EPS was $6.77, up $0.35 from 2022, landing in the top half of the guidance range.
  • Full-year operating cash flow reached $4.3 billion, significantly higher than 2022, driven by lower fuel and purchased power payments and lower pension contributions.
  • Book FFO-to-debt ended 2023 at 14.3%, with expectations that Moody’s will calculate a slightly higher value.
  • Entergy fully met its equity needs through 2024 and locked in 20% of its 2025–2026 equity requirements through ATM forward settlements.
  • 2024 adjusted EPS guidance was initiated at $7.05–$7.35 (midpoint $7.20), aligned with the long‑term 6%–8% growth outlook.

Operational & Strategic Highlights

  • Signed 61 new electric service agreements in 2023, representing 1.3 GW of capacity and ~$250M in annual adjusted gross margin.
  • Data center growth accelerated, led by Amazon Web Services’ $10B investment to build two hyperscale facilities in Mississippi, expected online between 2025–2028.
  • Generation fleet performance was strong, with the lowest forced outage rate since 2011 despite record heat and a new winter peak during Winter Storm Heather.
  • Grid reliability improved, achieving the lowest outage frequency in the last decade.

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Operator: Good morning. My name is Rob, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Entergy's Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you. I will now turn the call over to Bill Abler, Vice President of Investor Relations for Entergy Corporation. Bill Abler: Good morning and thank you for joining us. We will begin today with comments from Entergy's Chairman and CEO, Drew Marsh and then Kimberly Fontan, our CFO will review results. In an effort to accommodate everyone who has questions, we request that each person ask no more than two questions. In today's call, management will make certain forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors which are set forth in our earnings release, our slide presentation and our SEC filings. Entergy does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Management will also discuss non-GAAP financial information. Reconciliations to the applicable GAAP measures are included in today's press release and slide presentation, both of which can be found on the Investor Relations section of our website. And now, I will turn the call over to Drew. Drew Marsh: Thank you, Bill, and good morning everyone. Today, we are repo

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