The Southern Company Q1 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Southern Company Q1 2025 Earnings Summary

Financial Performance

  • Adjusted EPS for Q1 2025 was $1.23 per share.
    • This is $0.20 higher than Q1 2024 and $0.03 above Southern’s internal estimate for Q1 2025.
  • Primary contributors to year-over-year EPS growth:
    • Investments in state‑regulated utilities.
    • Weather impacts added approximately $0.08 year-over-year (Q1 2024 was milder than normal; Q1 2025 was slightly colder).
  • Offsets to earnings:
    • Higher operating costs.
    • Increased depreciation and amortization.
  • Q2 2025 adjusted EPS estimate: $0.85 per share.
    • This is lower than Q2 2024 due to a strong, warmer-than-normal Q2 2024 and the non-recurrence of a sizable Georgia transmission transaction from Q2 2024.

Sales and Demand Trends

  • Weather-normalized retail electricity sales were 0.3% lower than Q1 2024.
  • Drivers of lower sales:
    • Reduced residential usage year-over-year.
    • Customer additions partially offset usage declines.
    • Return-to-office activity and proactive energy management amid inflation continue to affect demand.

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Operator: Good afternoon. My name is Paul, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Southern Company First Quarter 2025 Earnings 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] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Greg MacLeod, Director, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Greg MacLeod: Thank you, Paul. Good afternoon, and welcome to Southern Company's First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. Joining me today are Chris Womack, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company; and Dan Tucker, Chief Financial Officer. Let me remind you that we will make forward-looking statements today in addition to providing historical information. Various important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, including those discussed in our Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and subsequent securities filings. In addition, we will present non-GAAP financial information on this call. Reconciliations to the applicable GAAP measure are included in the financial information we released this morning, as well as the slides for this conference call, which are both available on our Investor Relations website at investor.southerncompany.com. At this time, I'll turn the call over to Chris. Chri

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