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Pinnacle West Capital — Non-Deal Roadshow (September 2019)

28 slides from Pinnacle West Capital's roadshow presentation, Sep 10, 2019

  1. Slide 1: Powering Growth, Delivering Value: Investor Meetings

    POWERING GROWTH DELIVERING VALUE Investor Meetings September 10, 2019

  2. Slide 2: Forward Looking Statements

    FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations, including statements regarding our earnings guidance and financial outlook and goals. These forward-looking statements are often identified by words such as “estimate,” “predict,” “may,” “

  3. Slide 3: Pinnacle West: Who We Are

    PINNACLE WEST: WHO WE ARE We are a vertically integrated, regulated electric utility in the growing Southwest United States Our Business Our Plants Pinnacle West operates Arizona Public Service Company (“APS”), APS co-owns and operates power plants in the Southwest, with full our principal subsidiar

  4. Slide 4: A Strategy to Drive Value

    A STRATEGY TO DRIVE VALUE The Core is the foundation The APS Strategic Business Plan is anchored by four for our strategic and business themes that align with industry trends shaping our initiatives future and the way we do business Clean Affordable  Build a clean energy future  Deliver affordable

  5. Slide 5: Pinnacle West: Our Future

    PINNACLE WEST: OUR FUTURE We are making clean energy and infrastructure investments to support Arizona’s growth Our future includes: • More clean energy • A healthier environment • Palo Verde Generating Station, the largest clean energy producer in the country • Infrastructure to power Arizona’s gro

  6. Slide 6: What's Next

    WHAT’S NEXT Take Charge AZ Pilot Program • EV charging equipment, installation and maintenance for business customers, government agencies and multifamily housing communities • Participants pay for energy costs to charge • We encourage charging during daytime off- peak hours when solar energy is abu

  7. Slide 7: Delivering on Our Commitment to Customer Affordability

    DELIVERING ON OUR COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER AFFORDABILITY 2018 - July 2019 Adjustments to Residential Bills 6.48% $144.42 4/1/19 - TEAM I Since 2018, changes to adjustors Credit from federal tax reform have lowered the average $148.89 $141.33 $154.02 4/1/18 - EIS customer’s bill $9.71 4/1/19 - EIS 2/1/

  8. Slide 8: Sustainability

    SUSTAINABILITY APS’s vision is to create a sustainable energy future for Arizona Five critical areas of our sustainability efforts Carbon Management • Commitment to exit coal by 2038 Today, we serve customers with an energy mix that is 50% clean • MSCI Environmental Sustainability and Governance “A”

  9. Slide 9: Coal Exit Strategy

    COAL EXIT STRATEGY Plan to reduce carbon intensity by 23% Navajo over the next 15 years 315 MW by end of 2019 Cholla 387 MW by 2025 Remaining 970 MW by 2038 Coal Free 2018 2019 2025 2038 • We have a long history of transitioning to clean energy resources that reduce carbon emissions • Since 2005, ba

  10. Slide 10: Carbon Avoidance and Emission Reductions

    CARBON AVOIDANCE AND EMISSION REDUCTIONS APS surpassed the Paris Agreement greenhouse gas reduction goal 9 years early Carbon Avoidance Metric • Measures Companywide carbon reduction, Cumulative Carbon Avoidance not just generation 20 (Million Metric Tons) Carbon Avoidance Opportunities 18.1 15 CO2

  11. Slide 11: Renewable Resources

    RENEWABLE RESOURCES APS Solar Portfolio* APS currently has 1,768 MW* Owned PPA of renewable resources: 240 MW 310 MW • Solar 1,452 MW • Wind 289 MW DG 902 MW • Biomass 14 MW • Geothermal 10 MW • Biogas 3 MW Owned solar includes 170 MW AZ Sun Program, 24 MW of APS owned Distributed Generation (DG), 4

  12. Slide 12: Preliminary IRP

    Preliminary IRP Expect a 54% clean energy mix with more than 20% of generation coming from renewable resources by 2022 Our resource mix is guided by APS’s Increasing Clean Energy Resources four strategic pillars: • Up to 150MW of APS-owned solar to be in service by 2021 • Up to 250MW of wind resourc

  13. Slide 13: Economic Development

    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Arizona’s focus on economic development continues to support growth in the state 2019 – New companies moving into APS’s service territory include: • Microsoft – constructing three world-class data centers • Nike – multimillion-dollar manufacturing facility employing at least 500

  14. Slide 14: Appendix

    APPENDIX

  15. Slide 15: Senior Management Team

    SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM Our management team has more than 100 combined years of creating shareholder value in the energy industry Don Brandt Jim Hatfield Chairman of the Board, President and Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Pinnacle West and Chief Financial Officer, Pinnacle West

  16. Slide 16: APS Capital Expenditures

    APS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES Capital expenditures will support our growing customer base and utilization of advanced technology $ in millions $1,600 PROJECTED $1,472 $1,400 $114 $1,237 $1,266 $53 $1,202 $1,200 $142 $172 Traditional Generation $187 $16 $26 $57 $505 1 $1,000 New Gas Generation $112 $164 $

  17. Slide 17: Distribution Grid Investments

    DISTRIBUTION GRID INVESTMENTS Grid Operations and Investment Projected to be approximately $1.5 billion from 2019-2021 Customer Growth Grid Modernization Run and Maintain Approximately 50% of distribution capex Approximately 9% of distribution capex Approximately 41% of distribution capex Line Exten

  18. Slide 18: Operations & Maintenance

    OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE Goal is to keep O&M per kwh flat, adjusted for planned outages $ in millions $933 $858 74 $865 - $885 $848 63 50 - 60 72 859 795 815 - 825 776 2016 2017 2018 2019E PNW Consolidated ex RES/DSM 1 Planned Fleet Outages 1 Excludes RES/DSM of $83 million in 2016, $91 million in 2

  19. Slide 19: Rate Base

    RATE BASE APS’s revenues come from a regulated retail rate base and meaningful transmission business APS Rate Base Growth Total Approved Rate Base Year-End Generation & Distribution Transmission ACC FERC Long-term Rate Base Guidance: 17% 6-7% Average Annual Growth $2.0 83% $1.5 ACC FERC Rate Effecti

  20. Slide 20: Balance Sheet Strength

    BALANCE SHEET STRENGTH Near-Term Long-Term Debt Maturities 2019 Major Financing Activities $ in millions • $200 million 18-month APS $1,000 unsecured term loan entered into in February 2019 $800 • $300 million 30-year 4.25% APS $450 senior unsecured notes issued $600 February 2019 • $300 million 10-

  21. Slide 21: Residential PV Applications

    RESIDENTIAL PV APPLICATIONS1 Residential DG (MWdc) Annual Additions 151 133 133 4,000 3718 74 57 65 3432 3,500 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD 3,000 2464 2,500 2143 1944 2033 2,000 1818 1561 1602 1426 1553 1904 1442 1434 1,500 1299 1440 1283 1267 1172 1364 1413 1097 1153 1291 1,000 902 1093 1001 1

  22. Slide 22: The "Duck Curve"

    THE “DUCK CURVE” Non-curtailable rooftop solar is changing the load shape of the grid MW 5,000 Meeting Evening Peak 4,500 4,000 • The mid-day dip in load disappears Load before once the sun sets 3,500 renewables • This causes a steep ramp in 3,000 demand heading into the evening peak 2,500 Load afte

  23. Slide 23: Tax Reform

    TAX REFORM Customer Rate Reductions ACC – TAX EXPENSE ADJUSTOR MECHANISM: • PHASE I: The ACC approved $119 million annual rate reduction reflecting the lower federal tax rate. Effective for the March 2018 billing cycle. • PHASE II: The ACC approved an additional $86.5 million rate reduction to retur

  24. Slide 24: Credit Ratings and Metrics

    CREDIT RATINGS AND METRICS APS Pinnacle West 2016 2017 2018 Corporate Credit Ratings1 APS FFO / Debt 27.4% 29.4% 24.5% Moody’s A2 A3 FFO / Interest 6.9x 7.5x 6.5x S&P A- A- Debt / 47.3% 46.8% 47.0% Fitch A- A- Capitalization Pinnacle West Senior Unsecured1 FFO / Debt 26.3% 26.4% 22.1% Moody’s A2 A3

  25. Slide 25: Ocotillo Modernization Project & Four Corners SCRs

    OCOTILLO MODERNIZATION PROJECT & FOUR CORNERS SCRs • Included in the 2017 Rate Review Order1, APS has been granted Accounting Deferral Orders for two large generation-related capital investments – Ocotillo Modernization Project: Retiring two aging, steam-based, natural gas units, and replacing with

  26. Slide 26: Four Corners SCR Step Increase

    FOUR CORNERS SCR STEP INCREASE The Administrative Law Judge issued a Recommended Opinion and Order on November 27, 20181 Key Components of APS’s Filed Request Financial Cost of Capital Bill Impact 2019 Full-Year EPS Impact3 • Consistent with prior • 7.85% Return on Rate Base2 • Rate rider applied as

  27. Slide 27: 2019 Key Dates

    2019 KEY DATES ACC Key Dates / Docket # Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Power Supply Adjustor (PSA): E-01345A-16-0036 Implemented: Feb 1 2018 LFCR approved 2019 Lost Fixed Cost Recovery: E-01345A-16-0036 2019 LFCR approved LFCR Filed: Feb 15 Filed: May 15 Transmission Cost Adjustor: E-01345A-16-0036 Implementation: Jun

  28. Slide 28: Investor Relations Contacts

    INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACTS Stefanie Layton Director, Investor Relations (602) 250-4541 stefanie.layton@pinnaclewest.com Michelle Clemente (602) 250-3752 michelle.clemente@pinnaclewest.com Pinnacle West Capital Corporation P.O. Box 53999, Mail Station 9998 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999 Visit us online

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