Talen Energy Corporation Q2 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Financial Highlights (vs. Prior Year)

  • Q2 2026: Adjusted EBITDA $374 million; Adjusted Free Cash Flow $212 million — substantially higher YoY, driven by Freedom/Guernsey contributions, higher PJM capacity pricing, increased Susquehanna/fossil generation volumes, and AWS contract ramp.
  • YTD 2026: Adjusted EBITDA $847 million; Adjusted Free Cash Flow $562 million (mid-60% FCF conversion rate).
  • Liquidity: Over $1.9 billion from operations, supporting capital flexibility and shareholder returns.
  • Share repurchases: 550,000 shares bought in Q2; committed to returning 70% of adjusted FCF via SRP.

Operational Highlights

  • Safety: Recordable incident rate 0.27 (below industry average); strong performance during spring outages.
  • Fleet performance: 3.9% equivalent forced outage factor; ~30 TWh generated at 51% capacity factor (+14 percentage points YoY), aided by Freedom/Guernsey additions and higher intermediate/peaking runtimes.
  • Acquisitions: Closed Waterford, Darby, and Lawrenceburg plants (+2.5 GW efficient gas) in June, timed for peak summer demand.

Market & Strategy Update

  • PJM fundamentals strengthening: West Hub sparks up nearly 50% YoY; capacity auctions clearing at caps (uncapped prices >$500/MW-day); long-term forwards approaching/exceeding $80/MWh levels seen in hyperscaler PPAs.

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Operator: Good day. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Talen Energy Corporation second quarter 2026 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a Q&A session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star one one on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising that your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Sergio Castro, Vice President and Treasurer. Please go ahead. Sergio Castro: Thank you, Amber. Welcome to Talen Energy second quarter 2026 conference call. Speaking today are Chief Executive Officer, Mac McFarland; President, Terry Nutt; and Chief Financial Officer, Cole Muller. We are joined by other Talen senior executives to address questions during the second part of today's call as necessary. We issued our earnings release this afternoon, along with the presentation, all of which can be found in the investor relations section of Talen's website, talenenergy.com. Today, we are making some forward-looking statements based on current expectations and assumptions. Actual results could differ due to risk factors and other considerations described in our financial disclosures and other SEC filings. Today's discussion also includes references to certain non-GAAP financial measures.

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