NEW YORK, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Consolidated Edison,
Inc. (Con Edison) (NYSE: ED) today reported 2021 first quarter net
income for common stock of $419
million or $1.23 a share
compared with $375 million or
$1.13 a share in the 2020 first
quarter. Adjusted earnings were $491
million or $1.44 a share in
the 2021 period compared with $451
million or $1.35 a share in
the 2020 period. Adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share
in the 2021 period exclude the impact of the impairment loss
related to Con Edison's investment in Stagecoach Gas Services, LLC
(Stagecoach). Adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share in
the 2021 and 2020 periods exclude the effects of hypothetical
liquidation at book value (HLBV) accounting for tax equity
investments in certain renewable and sustainable electric
production projects of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, Inc.
(the Clean Energy Businesses) and the net mark-to-market effects of
the Clean Energy Businesses.
"Con Edison is leading the way to a clean energy future with its
investments in renewable energy, electric vehicle infrastructure,
and energy efficiency," said Timothy P.
Cawley, the company's president and chief executive officer.
"Delivering energy safely and reliably is always a top priority,
and our workforce continues to provide value for shareholders and
all New Yorkers during this challenging time."
For the year of 2021, Con Edison reaffirmed its previous
forecast of adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of
$4.15 to $4.35 per share. Adjusted earnings per
share exclude the impact of the impairment loss related to Con
Edison's investment in Stagecoach (($0.35) a share after-tax), the effects of HLBV
accounting for tax equity investments in certain renewable and
sustainable electric production projects of the Clean Energy
Businesses (approximately $0.23 a
share after-tax) and the net mark-to-market effects of the Clean
Energy Businesses, the amount of which will not be determinable
until year end.
See Attachment A to this press release for a reconciliation of
Con Edison's reported earnings per share to adjusted earnings per
share and reported net income for common stock to adjusted earnings
for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. See
Attachment B for the estimated effect of major factors resulting in
variations in earnings per share and net income for common stock
for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the 2020
period.
The company's 2021 First Quarter Form 10-Q is being filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. A first quarter 2021
earnings release presentation will be available at
www.conedison.com. (Select "For Investors" and then select "Press
Releases.")
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are
intended to qualify for the safe-harbor provisions of Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking
statements are statements of future expectations and not facts.
Words such as "forecasts," "expects," "estimates," "anticipates,"
"intends," "believes," "plans," "will," "target," "guidance" and
similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements reflect information available and
assumptions at the time the statements are made, and accordingly
speak only as of that time.
Actual results or developments might differ materially from
those included in the forward-looking statements because of various
factors such as those identified in reports Con Edison has filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including that Con
Edison's subsidiaries are extensively regulated and are subject to
penalties; its utility subsidiaries' rate plans may not provide a
reasonable return; it may be adversely affected by changes to the
utility subsidiaries' rate plans; the failure of, or damage to, its
subsidiaries' facilities could adversely affect it; a cyber-attack
could adversely affect it; the failure of processes and systems and
the performance of employees and contractors could adversely affect
it; it is exposed to risks from the environmental consequences of
its subsidiaries' operations, including increased costs related to
climate change; a disruption in the wholesale energy markets or
failure by an energy supplier or customer could adversely affect
it; it has substantial unfunded pension and other postretirement
benefit liabilities; its ability to pay dividends or interest
depends on dividends from its subsidiaries; it requires access to
capital markets to satisfy funding requirements; changes to tax
laws could adversely affect it; its strategies may not be effective
to address changes in the external business environment; it faces
risks related to health epidemics and other outbreaks, including
the COVID-19 pandemic; and it also faces other risks that are
beyond its control. Con Edison assumes no obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by
law.
This press release also contains financial measures, adjusted
earnings and adjusted earnings per share, that are not determined
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States of America
(GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered
as an alternative to net income for common stock or net income per
share, respectively, each of which is an indicator of financial
performance determined in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted earnings
and adjusted earnings per share exclude from net income for common
stock and net income per share, respectively, certain items that
Con Edison does not consider indicative of its ongoing financial
performance such as the impairment loss related to Con Edison's
investment in Stagecoach, the effects of the Clean Energy
Businesses' HLBV accounting for tax equity investors in certain
renewable and sustainable electric production projects and
mark-to-market accounting. Management uses these non-GAAP financial
measures to facilitate the analysis of Con Edison's financial
performance as compared to its internal budgets and previous
financial results and to communicate to investors and others Con
Edison's expectations regarding its future earnings and dividends
on its common stock. Management believes that these non-GAAP
financial measures are also useful and meaningful to investors to
facilitate their analysis of Con Edison's financial
performance.
Consolidated Edison, Inc. is one of the nation's largest
investor-owned energy-delivery companies, with approximately
$12 billion in annual revenues and
$62 billion in assets. The company
provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to
its customers through the following subsidiaries: Consolidated
Edison Company of New York, Inc.
(CECONY), a regulated utility providing electric service in
New York City and New York's Westchester County, gas service in
Manhattan, the Bronx, parts of Queens and parts of Westchester, and steam service in Manhattan; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R),
a regulated utility serving customers in a 1,300-square-mile-area
in southeastern New York State and
northern New Jersey; Con Edison
Clean Energy Businesses, Inc., the second-largest solar developer
in the United States and the
seventh-largest worldwide, which, through its subsidiaries
develops, owns and operates renewable and sustainable energy
infrastructure projects and provides energy-related products and
services to wholesale and retail customers; and Con Edison
Transmission, Inc., which falls primarily under the oversight of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and through its
subsidiaries invests in electric transmission projects supporting
its parent company's effort to transition to clean, renewable
energy. Con Edison Transmission manages, through joint ventures,
both electric and gas assets while seeking to develop electric
transmission projects that will bring clean, renewable electricity
to customers, focusing on New
York, New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the
Midwest.
Attachment
A
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For the Three Months
Ended
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March 31,
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Earnings
per Share
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Net Income for
Common Stock
(Millions of
Dollars)
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2021
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2020
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2021
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2020
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Reported earnings
per share (basic) and net income for common stock (GAAP
basis)
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$1.23
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$1.13
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$419
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$375
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Impairment loss
related to investment in Stagecoach (pre-tax)
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0.51
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—
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172
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—
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Income taxes
(a)
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(0.16)
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—
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(52)
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—
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Impairment loss
related to investment in Stagecoach (net of tax)
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0.35
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—
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120
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—
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HLBV effects of the
Clean Energy Businesses (pre-tax)
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—
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0.06
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1
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17
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Income taxes
(b)
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—
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(0.02)
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—
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(4)
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HLBV effects of the
Clean Energy Businesses (net of tax)
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—
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0.04
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1
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13
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Net mark-to-market
effects of the Clean Energy Businesses (pre-tax)
|
(0.19)
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0.25
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(65)
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83
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Income taxes
(b)
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0.05
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(0.07)
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16
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(20)
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Net mark-to-market
effects of the Clean Energy Businesses (net of tax)
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(0.14)
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0.18
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(49)
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63
|
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Adjusted earnings
per share and adjusted earnings (non-GAAP basis)
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$1.44
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$1.35
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$491
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$451
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(a)
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The amount of income
taxes was calculated using a combined federal and state income tax
rate of 30% for the three months ended March 31,
2021.
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(b)
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The amount of income
taxes was calculated using a combined federal and state income tax
rate of 25% and 24% for the three months ended March 31, 2021
and 2020, respectively.
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Attachment
B
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Variation for the
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 vs. 2020
|
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Earnings
per Share
|
Net Income
for
Common
Stock
(Millions of
Dollars)
|
|
CECONY (a)
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Changes in rate
plans
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$0.29
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$98
|
Primarily reflects
higher electric and gas net base revenues of $0.16 a share and
$0.15 a share, respectively,
due to electric and gas base rate increases in January 2021 under
the company's rate plans.
|
Weather impact on
steam revenues
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0.06
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22
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Reflects the impact
of colder winter weather in 2021.
|
Operations and
maintenance expenses
|
(0.09)
|
(29)
|
Reflects higher costs
for pension and other postretirement benefits of $(0.08) a share,
which are reconciled
under the rate plans, and higher storm-related costs of $(0.06) a
share, offset in part by the timing of
compensation costs of $0.03 a share, a lower reserve for
uncollectibles associated with the Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic of $0.01 a share and lower
incremental costs associated with the COVID-
19 pandemic of $0.01 a share.
|
Depreciation, property
taxes and other tax matters
|
(0.18)
|
(60)
|
Reflects higher
property taxes of $(0.12) a share and higher depreciation and
amortization expense of $(0.06) a share, both of which are
recoverable under the rate plans.
|
Other
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0.06
|
28
|
Primarily reflects
lower costs associated with components of pension and other
postretirement benefits other than service cost of $0.08 a share,
unbilled amounts due to the suspension of customers' late payment
charges and certain other fees associated with the COVID-19
pandemic of $(0.03) a share and the dilutive effect of Con Edison's
stock issuances of $(0.03) a share.
|
Total
CECONY
|
0.14
|
$59
|
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O&R
(a)
|
|
|
|
Changes in rate
plans
|
—
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2
|
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Operations and
maintenance expenses
|
(0.01)
|
(4)
|
Primarily reflects
higher storm-related costs.
|
Depreciation, property
taxes and other tax matters
|
—
|
(1)
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Other
|
—
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(1)
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Total
O&R
|
(0.01)
|
(4)
|
|
Clean Energy
Businesses
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues
less energy costs
|
0.13
|
43
|
Primarily reflects
higher revenue from renewable and sustainable electric production
projects of $0.09 a share
and higher wholesale revenues of $0.05 a share.
|
Operations and
maintenance expenses
|
(0.10)
|
(33)
|
Primarily reflects an
increase in operating expenses from renewable and sustainable
electric production
projects.
|
Net interest
expense
|
0.33
|
112
|
Primarily reflects
lower unrealized losses on interest rate swaps in the 2021
period.
|
HLBV
effects
|
0.04
|
12
|
Primarily reflects
lower losses from tax equity projects in the 2021
period.
|
Other
|
(0.02)
|
(3)
|
Primarily reflects
lower income attributable to non-controlling interest of $(0.01) a
share and a non-recurring tax benefit in 2020 allowed under the
CARES Act signed into law in March 2020 of $(0.01) a
share.
|
Total Clean Energy
Businesses
|
0.38
|
131
|
|
Con Edison
Transmission
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(0.39)
|
(136)
|
Primarily reflects
the impairment loss related to the investment in Stagecoach of
$(0.36) a share and foregoing Allowance for Funds Used During
Construction income starting in January 2021 until significant
construction resumes on the Mountain Valley Pipeline of $(0.03) a
share.
|
Other, including
parent company expenses
|
(0.02)
|
(6)
|
Primarily reflects
lower consolidated state income tax benefits.
|
Total Reported (GAAP
basis)
|
$0.10
|
$44
|
|
Impairment loss
related to investment in Stagecoach
|
0.35
|
120
|
|
HLBV effects of the
Clean Energy Businesses
|
(0.04)
|
(12)
|
|
Net mark-to-market
effects of the Clean Energy Businesses
|
(0.32)
|
(112)
|
Primarily reflects
unrealized gains on interest rate swaps.
|
Total Adjusted
(non-GAAP basis)
|
$0.09
|
$40
|
|
|
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a. Under the
revenue decoupling mechanisms in the Utilities' New York electric
and gas rate plans and the weather-normalization clause applicable
to their gas businesses, revenues are generally not affected by
changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were
approved. In general, the Utilities recover on a current basis the
fuel, gas purchased for resale and purchased power costs they incur
in supplying energy to their full-service customers. Accordingly,
such costs do not generally affect Con Edison's results of
operations.
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