Avista Corporation Q2 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Avista Corporation Q2 2023 Earnings Summary

  • Consolidated Earnings: Q2 2023: $0.23 per diluted share (up from $0.16 in Q2 2022). YTD 2023: $0.96 per diluted share (down from $1.15 in YTD 2022).
  • Avista Utilities Performance: Earnings increased in Q2 2023 vs. Q2 2022 due to higher margins from rate cases, customer growth, and lower ERM costs. ERM was a $1M pretax benefit in Q2 2023 (vs. $4.8M pretax expense in Q2 2022). YTD ERM expense: $6.5M in 2023 (vs. $2.8M in 2022).
  • Regulatory & Rate Case Updates: Multiparty settlement reached in Idaho rate cases; new electric and natural gas rates effective September 2023. Settlement in principle reached in Oregon general rate case. 2023 Electric IRP filed in Washington and Idaho.
  • Capital Expenditures: Avista Utilities: $475M expected for full-year 2023 ($220M in first half). AEL&P: $19M expected for 2023. Other businesses: $15M expected for 2023.
  • Liquidity & Financing: Line of credit increased to $500M (from $400M); $100M revolving facility terminated. As of June 30: $292M available liquidity under credit lines, $34M under letter of credit facility. $60M common stock issued YTD (targeting $120M total for 2023).

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Operator: Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Avista Corporation Q2 2023 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised today’s conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Stacey Wenz. Please go ahead. Stacey Wenz: Good morning. Welcome to Avista’s Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Our earnings and our second quarter 10-Q were released premarket this morning. Both are available on our website. Joining me this morning are Avista Corp. President and CEO, Dennis Vermillion; Senior Vice President, CFO, Treasurer and Regulatory Affairs Officer, Kevin Christie; and Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Ryan Krasselt. Today, we will make certain statements that are forward-looking. These involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which are subject to change. The information we will share this morning is based on our current expectations of normal precipitation, temperatures and other operating conditions as well as below normal hydroelectric generation as of today’s date. And various factors could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations discussed in today’s call. Please refer to our 10-K for 2022 and our 10-Q for the second quarter of 2023, which are available on our website for a full discussion of these risk factors. I’ll begin by recapping the financial results presented in today’s press release. Our consolidated earnings for the second qua

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