Duke Energy Corporation Q1 FY2021 Earnings Call

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Quarterly Financial Performance

  • Adjusted EPS: $1.26, up from $1.14 in Q1 2020, driven by electric utility growth and cost discipline.
  • Reported EPS: $1.25 versus $1.24 last year.
  • Electric Utilities & Infrastructure: Up $0.15 year over year due to rate increases across multiple states, favorable weather, and O&M timing.
  • Commercial Renewables: Down $0.04 year over year, primarily because of the Texas winter storm event.
  • Gas Utilities & Infrastructure: Flat year over year.
  • Management reaffirmed full-year 2021 adjusted EPS guidance of $5.00–$5.30 (midpoint $5.15) and long-term 5%–7% EPS growth through 2025.

Operational and Strategic Highlights

  • Strong customer satisfaction, 15% above internal target.
  • Updated five-year capital plan stands at $59 billion; projected $65–$75 billion in the second half of the decade.
  • Planned investments include 15–20 GW of new renewables, tripling renewable capacity by 2030.
  • Coal transition continues with 7 GW targeted for retirement and several early closures completed or accelerated.
  • Major regulatory wins across the Carolinas, Indiana, Florida, and Tennessee, including multi‑year rate plans and coal ash recovery settlements.
  • GIC minority investment in Duke Energy Indiana expected to close mid‑year; eliminates need for equity issuance through 2025.

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Operator: Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Duke Energy First 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. Please, go ahead. Jack Sullivan: Thank you, April. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Duke Energy's first 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 the securities laws. Actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking statements and those 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 dukeenergy.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. We're pleased to be with you to share our results and the excellent progress we're making on our strategic initiatives. Today we announced adjusted earnings per share of $1.26 for the quarter, delivering strong results to start the year, driven by growth at our electric utilities. Our first quarter results demonstrate the power of our clean energy strategy and our ability to

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