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Avista — Q4 2023 Earnings Presentation

17 slides from Avista's earnings presentation, Feb 21, 2024

  1. Slide 1: Q4 2023 Earnings

    Q4 2023 Earnings February 21, 2024

  2. Slide 2: Call Participants

    Call Participants Dennis Vermillion Heather Rosentrater Kevin Christie Ryan Krasselt Chief Executive President and Chief Senior VP, Chief Financial VP, Controller, and Officer Operating Officer Officer, Treasurer, and Principal Accounting Regulatory Affairs Officer Officer 2

  3. Slide 3: Forward-Looking Statements

    Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our current expectations for future financial performance and cash flows, capital expenditures, financing plans, our current plans or objectives for future operations and other factors, w

  4. Slide 4: Strategic Execution

    Strategic Execution 35% Earnings growth at Members of the team Fleet electrification partnerships Avista Utilities, responsible for restoring 2022-2023 natural gas service in November 2023 4

  5. Slide 5: Corporate Responsibility Report

    RESPONSIBILITY REPORT | CORPORATE WISTA

  6. Slide 6: Competitive, Growing Dividend

    Competitive, Growing Dividend $1.90 Dividend CAGR 4.2% $1.84 $1.76 $1.69 $1.62 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 6

  7. Slide 7: Driving Effective Regulatory Outcomes

    Driving Effective Regulatory Outcomes Washington   General rate cases (multiyear rate plans) for electric and gas filed January 2024 for new rates to be effective December 2024. Proposed electric revenue increase of $77.1M (13%) in year 1, and $53.7M (11.7%) in year 2.  Proposed base gas revenue

  8. Slide 8: Consolidated Earnings Bridge

    Consolidated Earnings Bridge * Including intracompany. The chart above includes electric and gas utility margin, which are considered non-GAAP financial measures. Refer to the Appendix for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures. 8

  9. Slide 9: Investing in the Utility of the Future

    Investing in the Utility of the Future Avista Utilities Expected Capital Spend 2024-2026 ($ in millions) $575  Approximately one-third of capital plan allocated to transmission and distribution $525 $500  Upgrading generation and evaluating opportunities for expansion  Addressing resiliency, enab

  10. Slide 10: Prudent Balance Sheet and Liquidity

    Prudent Balance Sheet and Liquidity Liquidity December 31, 2023 Expected Financing in 2024 ($ in millions) Consolidated capital structure December 31, 2023 80 70 Available liquidity million million $176 LONG-TERM DEBT COMMON STOCK Letters of credit outstanding Equity $25 Debt 45.0% 55.0% Upcoming de

  11. Slide 11: Earnings Guidance

    Earnings Guidance 2024 Avista Utilities $2.23 - $2.39 AEL&P $0.09 - $0.11 Other $0.04 - $0.06 Consolidated $2.36 - $2.56 Guidance Assumptions  Our guidance does not include the effect of unusual or non-recurring items until the effects are known and certain. Various factors could cause actual resul

  12. Slide 12: Questions

    Questions 12

  13. Slide 13: Contact Information

    Contact Information Analysts and Investors Stacey Wenz Investor Relations Manager (509) 495-2046 stacey.wenz@avistacorp.com Media Lena Funston External Communications Manager (509) 495-8090 lena.funston@avistacorp.com Webcast replay Archived on investor.avistacorp.com 13

  14. Slide 14: Appendix

    Appendix 14

  15. Slide 15: Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures

    Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures Operating Resource Utility Margin Income Utility Margin Revenues Costs (Pre-Tax) Taxes (a) (Net of Tax) For the three months ended Dec. 31, 2023: Electric $ 322,716 $ 122,514 $ 200,202 $ 42,042 $ 158,160 Natural Gas 192,348 107,711 84,637 17,774 66,863 Less: Intra

  16. Slide 16: Risks, Uncertainties and Other Factors That Could Affect Future Results

    Risks, Uncertainties and Other Factors That Could Affect Future Results Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, most of which are beyond our control and many of which could have significant impact on our operations, results of operations, financ

  17. Slide 17: Risks, Uncertainties and Other Factors That Could Affect Future Results

    Risks, Uncertainties and Other Factors That Could Affect Future Results Technology Risk changes in costs that impede our ability to implement new information technology systems or to operate and maintain current production technology; changes in technologies, possibly making some of the current tech

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