American Electric Power Company, Inc. · NASDAQ:AEP

American Electric Power — Q1 2014 Earnings Presentation

24 slides from American Electric Power's earnings presentation, Apr 25, 2014

  1. Slide 1: 1st Quarter 2014 Earnings Release Presentation

    1st Quarter 2014 Earnings Release Presentation April 25, 2014

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

    “Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although AEP and each of its Registrant Subsidiaries believe that their expectations are

  3. Slide 3: First Quarter 2014 Highlights

    First Quarter 2014 Highlights First Quarter Company Update Earnings Update  Delivered GAAP and operating earnings of $1.15 per share for the first quarter 2014  Increasing 2014 operating earnings guidance range to $3.35 - $3.55 per share Financial Update  Committed to delivering 4-6% earnings gro

  4. Slide 4: Strong Regulated Results

    Strong Regulated Results Twelve Months Ended 03/31/2014 Earned ROEs (Operating Earnings) * operating adjusts GAAP results by eliminating any material non operating items and is not weather normalized 4

  5. Slide 5: First Quarter Operating Earnings Per Share Overview

    First Quarter Operating Earnings Per Share Overview 1Q13 1Q14 Segment EPS EPS Vertically Integrated Utilities $0.41 $0.57 Transmission & Distribution 0.18 0.20 Utilities AEP Transmission Holdco 0.03 0.05 Generation & Marketing 0.18 0.33 AEP River Operations 0.00 0.01 Corporate & Other 0.00 (0.01) EP

  6. Slide 6: 1Q14 Performance

    1Q14 Performance $0.01 ($0.01) $0.15 $0.02 $0.02 Drivers Gen Resources $0.15 Drivers $0.16 Rate Changes $0.01 Weather 0.01 O&M (0.02) Other 0.02 Drivers Rate Changes $0.08 Weather 0.07 OSS 0.11 O&M (0.03) Depreciation (0.02) Other (0.05) Refer to appendix for additional explanation of variances by s

  7. Slide 7: AEP Generation Resources

    AEP Generation Resources Volumes Generated by Source Percentage Volumes Sold by (in million MWh) Channel Hydro Short-term/Spot Natural Gas Wholesale Coal Retail Ohio Power & Wheeling Power PPAs  Power prices up 100%  Natural gas prices up 45%  Volumes up 22%  Capacity Factor up 10% Cost-competit

  8. Slide 8: Normalized Load Trends

    Normalized Load Trends AEP Residential Normalized GWh Sales AEP Commercial Normalized GWh Sales %Change vs. Prior Year %Change vs. Prior Year AEP Industrial GWh Sales AEP Total Normalized GWh Sales %Change vs. Prior Year %Change vs. Prior Year Note: Line represents Industrial excluding Ormet Note: L

  9. Slide 9: Economic Data

    Economic Data GDP Growth by Quarter GDP Growth by Geography 4.5% US AEP-East AEP-West 4.5% US AEP 3.5% 3.5% Growth vs PY Growth vs PY 3.0% 2.9% 2.9% 2.9% 3.0% 2.5% 2.7% 2.5% 2.6% 2.0% 1.5% 1.5% 1.6% 1.3% 0.5% 0.5% Q1-13 Q2-13 Q3-13 Q4-13 Q1-14 Q1-13 Q2-13 Q3-13 Q4-13 Q1-14 Employment Growth by Quart

  10. Slide 10: Industrial Class Data

    Industrial Class Data AEP Industrial Sales Growth AEP Shale Gas Counties 35% Shale Counties* 29.9% 30% 28.4% 25% Non-Shale Counties GWh Growth vs PY 20% 17.3% 15% 8.9% 10% 4.2% 5% 0% -0.8% -0.4% -5% -3.2% -3.8% -10% -5.6% Q1-13 Q2-13 Q3-13 Q4-13 Q1-14 *Excluding Ormet Industrial Sales Growth in Shal

  11. Slide 11: Capitalization & Liquidity

    Capitalization & Liquidity Total Debt / Total Capitalization Credit Statistics Actual Target FFO Interest Coverage 4.9 >3.6x FFO to Total Debt 19.9% 15%-20% Note: Credit statistics represent the trailing 12 months as of 03/31/2014 Liquidity Summary (unaudited) 03/31/2014 Actual ($ in millions) Amoun

  12. Slide 12: Summary

    Summary  Strong start to 2014 for our customers, shareholders and employees  Executing on our commitments  LEAN and other continuous improvement initiatives  Cost shifting  Accelerated transmission investment  Increasing 2014 Operating Earnings Guidance  $3.35 to $3.55/share 12 Increasing 201

  13. Slide 13: Appendix

    Appendix 13

  14. Slide 14: 1st Quarter Reconciliation of GAAP to Operating Earnings

    1st Quarter Reconciliation of GAAP to Operating Earnings $ millions Earnings Per Share 1st Qtr. 1st Qtr. 1st Qtr. 1st Qtr. Change Change 2013 2014 2013 2014 Reported (GAAP) $363 $560 $197 $0.75 $1.15 $0.40 Earnings Non Operating Items: Restructuring Program 5 - (5) 0.01 - (0.01) Reversal of Storm De

  15. Slide 15: Vertically Integrated Utilities

    Vertically Integrated Utilities First Quarter EPS Summary Key Drivers – 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 1Q13 1Q14  Rate changes - $60M from various jurisdictions $ millions (except EPS)  Weather - $55M favorable vs. prior year; $66M Operating Revenues $2,515 $2,586 favorable vs. normal Operating Expenses: Energy Co

  16. Slide 16: Transmission & Distribution Utilities

    Transmission & Distribution Utilities First Quarter EPS Summary Key Drivers – 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 1Q13 1Q14  Rate changes - $5M from Ohio $ millions (except EPS) Operating Revenues $1,134 $1,215  Weather - $9M favorable vs. prior year; $6M favorable vs. normal Operating Expenses: Energy Costs (449) (434

  17. Slide 17: AEP Transmission Holdco

    AEP Transmission Holdco First Quarter EPS Summary Key Drivers – 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 1Q13 1Q14  Increased revenues and expenses due to $ millions (except EPS) increased capital investment by the wholly-owned Transcos Operating Revenues $8 $28 Operating Expenses:  Equity earnings from Joint Ventures - $4M

  18. Slide 18: Generation & Marketing

    Generation & Marketing First Quarter EPS Summary Key Drivers – 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 1Q13 1Q14 $ millions (except EPS)  Generation increased 2,517 GWh (22%) 2014 vs. Operating Revenues $920 $1,251 2013 Operating Expenses:  AEP Dayton ATC liquidations up 100% - Energy Costs (568) (804) $68.08/MWh in 2014 v

  19. Slide 19: Retail Rate Performance

    Retail Rate Performance Vertically Integrated Utilities Transmission & Distribution Utilities Rate Changes, net of Rate Changes, net of offsets (in millions) offsets (in millions) 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 APCo $9 Ohio Power $5 I&M $17 Texas Central $0 KPCo $11 Texas North $0 PSO $0 TOTAL $5 SWEPC

  20. Slide 20: Retail Load Performance

    Retail Load Performance Vertically Integrated Utilities Transmission & Distribution Utilities Retail Load* Retail Load* (weather (weather normalized) normalized) 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 APCo -1.4% Ohio Power -2.6% I&M 0.4% Texas Wires 8.3% KPCo 0.8% PSO 3.2% TOTAL 1.2% SWEPCO 7.8% Wheeling/ Impa

  21. Slide 21: Weather Impact

    Weather Impact Vertically Integrated Utilities Transmission & Distribution Utilities Weather Impact Weather Impact (in millions) (in millions) 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 APCo $27 Ohio Power $0 I&M $13 Texas Central $8 KPCo $6 Texas North $1 PSO $2 TOTAL $9 SWEPCO $7 Wheeling/ $0 $0.01 Kingsport Imp

  22. Slide 22: Vertically Integrated Utilities Off System Sales Gross Margin Detail

    Vertically Integrated Utilities Off System Sales Gross Margin Detail First Quarter 1Q14  Physical off-system sales $ in margins increased from GWh millions prior year by $145M Physical Off-System Sales 6,623 $168  Sharing with customers Trading & Marketing 7 increased from prior year by $57M Pre-S

  23. Slide 23: AEP Transmission Holdco

    AEP Transmission Holdco 4 types of projects:  Regional projects for retirements, $0.80 renewables, economic and market efficiencies Cumulative Base Case  Local reliability plans $0.67 Capital Investment  Aging infrastructure  Customer-driven projects $0.67 High Case Incremental $0.51 Capital Inv

  24. Slide 24: 2014-2016 Capital Spending Forecast

    2014-2016 Capital Spending Forecast Capital & Equity Contributions $ in millions, excluding AFUDC Transmission: $2,172 $4.1B: 2014 AEP Transmission 18% Holdco: $2,558 $3.8B: 2015 & 2016 22% Corporate: $315 Regulated Generation 3% Competitive Investment - $2.8B Operations: $536 5% Regulated Distribut

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