Avista Corporation Q2 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Date: Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call

Financial Performance

  • Q2 2024 Consolidated Earnings: $0.29 per diluted share, up from $0.23 in Q2 2023 (improvement of $0.06/share).
  • Year-to-Date (H1 2024) Consolidated Earnings: $1.20 per diluted share, up from $0.96 in H1 2023 (improvement of $0.24/share).
  • Avista Utilities earnings increased vs. Q2 2023, driven by general rate case effects and utility margin growth.
  • Energy Recovery Mechanism (ERM): Q2 pretax benefit of $1.3M; YTD pretax expense of $4.7M. Full-year 2024 expected negative impact of $0.07 per diluted share (90% customer / 10% company sharing band).
  • Other businesses: $0.03 loss per diluted share in Q2 due to market valuation fluctuations in investment portfolio.

2024 Guidance (Confirmed)

  • Consolidated Earnings: $2.36–$2.56 per diluted share.
  • Avista Utilities Contribution: $2.23–$2.39 per diluted share (includes ERM impact and new large customer offsetting higher power supply costs).
  • AEL&P Contribution: $0.09–$0.11 per diluted share.
  • Other Businesses: $0.04–$0.06 per diluted share.
  • Expected 2024 ROE at Avista Utilities: 8.1% (after 70 bps structural costs and 60 bps regulatory lag impacts).

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Operator: Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Avista Corporation Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Stacey Wenz, Investor Relations Manager. Please go ahead. Stacey Wenz: Good morning. Welcome to Avista's second quarter 2024 earnings conference call. Our earnings and second quarter Form 10-Q were released premarket this morning. You can find both on our website. Joining me this morning are Avista Corp's CEO, Dennis Vermillion; President and COO, Heather Rosentrater; 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. Various factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations we discuss in today's call. Please refer to our Form 10-K for 2023 and our Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2024, which are available on our website for a full discussion of these risk factors. I'll begin with a recap of the financial results presented in today's press release. Our consolidated earnings for the second quarter of 2024 were $0.29 per diluted share compared to $0.23 for the second quarter of 2023. Year-to-date, consolidated earnings were $1.20 per diluted share compared to $0.96 last year. Now

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