The Southern Company Q2 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Financial Performance

  • Adjusted earnings were $1.07 per share, up $0.23 from Q2 2021 and $0.27 above the company’s prior estimate.
  • Revenue growth was driven by higher usage, rate and pricing changes, and warmer-than-normal weather across regulated electric utilities.
  • Offsetting factors included higher interest expense, depreciation, and increased non-fuel O&M due to inflation and reliability/resilience commitments.
  • Weather-normalized retail electricity sales rose 2.3% versus Q2 2021, with increases across all customer classes.
  • Customer growth remained strong: +12,000 residential electric customers and +7,000 residential gas customers during the quarter.

Economic & Operational Environment

  • Southeast economic conditions remain robust. Significant job and capital investment announcements in Alabama and Georgia, including Hyundai, Rivian, Novelis and Airbus.
  • Port of Savannah posted record cargo levels due to consumer demand and diversion from other ports.
  • Southern Company sees no indicators of recession within its service territories despite broader national concerns.
  • Peak load in June reached an all-time high of 41,376 MW; system performed well through extreme heat.

Guidance

  • Q3 2022 adjusted EPS estimate: $1.32 per share.

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Operator: Good afternoon. My name is Tommy, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to The Southern Company Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Scott Gammill, Investor Relations Director. Please go ahead, sir. Scott Gammill: Thank you, Tommy. Good afternoon, and welcome to Southern Company's Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. Joining me today are Tom Fanning, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company; and Dan Tucker, Chief Financial Officer. Let me remind you, we'll be making 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 the Form 10-K, Form 10-Qs and subsequent filings. In addition, we'll 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 Tom Fanning. Thomas Fanning: Thank you, Scott. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today. As you can see from the materials we released this morning, we reported strong adjusted earnings results for th

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