ALA AltaGas Ltd

CALGARY, AB, Oct. 28, 2022 /CNW/ - AltaGas Ltd. ("AltaGas" or the "Company") (TSX: ALA) today reported third quarter 2022 financial results and provided an update on the Company's operations.

HIGHLIGHTS
(all financial figures are unaudited and in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted)

• Normalized EPS¹ of $0.10 and GAAP EPS² of $(0.17) in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $0.01 and $0.09 in the third quarter of 2021, respectively.
• Normalized FFO per share¹ of $0.60 and GAAP FFO per share³ of $(1.37) in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $0.59 and $0.75 in the third quarter of 2021, respectively.
• Normalized EBITDA¹ of $233 million and income before income taxes of $48 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $239 million⁴ and $89 million in the third quarter of 2021, respectively. Strong Utilities results were offset by a lower contribution from the Midstream segment.
• The Utilities segment reported normalized EBITDA of $115 million and income before income taxes⁵ of $54 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $62 million and income before income taxes of $102 million in the third quarter of 2021, respectively. Strong Utilities growth was driven by strong asset optimization activities, strong margins within the Retail Marketing Business and continued capital investments across the network.
• The Midstream segment reported normalized EBITDA of $108 million and income before income taxes of $71 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $181 million and $100 million in the third quarter of 2021, respectively. Strong Global Export volumes of approximately 110,000 Bbls/d of liquified petroleum gases (LPGs) were more than offset by a combination of mainly short-term factors, including lower realized Asian-to-Canadian butane spreads, high commodity price volatility, and higher rail and ocean freight costs.
• On May 26, 2022, AltaGas announced an agreement to sell its Alaskan Utilities to TriSummit Utilities Inc. ("TriSummit") for US$800 million (approximately CAD$1.1 billion). Cash proceeds will be used to fund long-term growth opportunities and continue to strengthen the Company's balance sheet, while concentrating AltaGas' Utilities platform in the high growth Eastern U.S. region. AltaGas continues to progress the work required to gain all State and Federal approvals to close the divestiture and expects the transaction to close during the first quarter of 2023.
• On July 5, 2022, AltaGas purchased the remaining 25.97 percent of Petrogas Energy Corp. ("Petrogas") from Idemitsu Canada Corporation ("Idemitsu"), for total cash consideration of $285 million. The acquisition provides AltaGas the ability to further integrate and optimize the west coast LPG export platform and solidifies the Company's position as the leading provider of North American LPGs from the west coast.
• Subsequent to the quarter-end, AltaGas, along with its partner Whitecap Resources Ltd. ("Whitecap"), were selected by the Government of Alberta to enter into an agreement for continued evaluation work on the Rolling Hills Carbon Sequestration Hub ("Rolling Hills"), northwest of Calgary, AB.
• On August 17, 2022, AltaGas closed its offering of $250 million of 7.35 percent Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes, Series 2, due August 17, 2082. AltaGas used the net proceeds of the offering to redeem the cumulative redeemable five-year rate reset preferred shares, series C.

 

"The third quarter highlighted our continued operational execution across the platform" said Randy Crawford, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our Utilities business achieved record EBITDA growth and our Midstream business achieved record export volumes. The quarter exemplified the advantages of our diversified business model despite some inflationary and other pressures that challenged our Midstream business.

"Our Utilities delivered strong results in the third quarter with normalized EBITDA increasing by $53 million on a year-over-year basis. The results reflected the benefit of strong asset optimization activities at Washington Gas, solid performance at the Retail Marketing Business, and continued capital investments in infrastructure upgrades across the Utilities network. The Utilities asset optimization activities during the quarter produced considerable positive impacts for both our customers and our Company. The continued result of these efforts are providing much needed financial benefits to our customers by helping to reduce customer bills during a period of higher energy costs.

"Our Midstream business continued to deliver strong operational performance, including exporting approximately 110,000 Bbls/d of combined propane and butane to Asia from our two export terminals on the North American West Coast during the third quarter. These operating results demonstrate AltaGas' ability to deliver on higher export volumes and the Company's ability to continue to connect rising North American LPG production to premium global markets. This strong operational and volume performance was, however impacted by some inflationary and other pressures during the quarter. 

"Looking ahead, we remain positive on the overall macro-outlook for the midstream platform, given the improving forward spreads for LPG's and the opportunity to mitigate some logistical inflationary costs, and we continue to focus on advancing our corporate strategy as a leading North American energy infrastructure company by safely connecting customers to reliable and affordable sources of energy, and executing our near-, medium- and long-term strategic priorities".

RESULTS BY SEGMENT

 

 

Utilities

The Utilities segment reported normalized EBITDA of $115 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $62 million in the third quarter of 2021, while income before income taxes was $54 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to income before income taxes of $102 million in the third quarter of 2021. Strong year-over-year growth in normalized EBITDA was driven by increased asset optimization activities at Washington Gas, strong gas margins in WGL's Retail Marketing business, continued ongoing capital investments that AltaGas has made across the network through Accelerated Replacement Programs (ARPs) and favorable foreign exchange.

AltaGas continued to upgrade critical infrastructure with the deployment of $234 million of invested capital during the third quarter of 2022 that was focused on driving better long-term outcomes for its customers, including $123 million deployed on the Company's various ARPs. The latter of which are focused on improving the safety and reliability of the system, while delivering long-term operating cost and environmental benefits. This level of capital deployment was in line with expectations for the third quarter of 2022 and leaves AltaGas well-positioned to deliver on planned network upgrades with rate base expected to increase by a high single-digit percent year-over-year in 2022.

The Retail business generated $31 million of normalized EBITDA in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $23 million in the third quarter of 2021, which included stronger optimization margins, favourable timing of gas swap impacts, and lower than budgeted gas costs, which was partially offset by higher PJM costs. Some of this strong performance is expected to be reduced in the fourth quarter as a portion of the outperformance is timing related.

Midstream

The Midstream segment reported normalized EBITDA of $108 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $181 million in the third quarter of 2021, while income before income taxes was $71 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $100 million in the third quarter of 2021. Third quarter 2022 results were reflective of strong liquids volumes across the platform but was more than offset other factors, including lower realized Asian-to-Canadian butane spreads, high commodity price volatility, and higher rail and ocean freight costs (including fuel surcharges). The processing facilities were positively impacted by the recovery of turnaround costs from customers at the Townsend and Gordondale facilities and higher earnings at the extraction facilities driven by higher frac spreads, partially offset by the impact of the lost contribution from the Aitken Creek facility sale. Other factors negatively impacting normalized EBITDA in the Midstream segment in the third quarter of 2022 relative to the third quarter of 2021, included lower crude marketing margins, the absence of a one-time contract termination payout related to a railcar sublease agreement in the third quarter of 2021, and lower NGL marketing margins and volumes, including summer storage injection costs, partially offset by higher hedge gains at the export facilities.

AltaGas exported a robust 110,453 Bbls/d of cleaner burning LPGs to Asia in the third quarter of 2022, which was spread across 19 full and one partially loaded Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs). This included an average of 63,367 Bbls/d of propane exported at RIPET and an average of 47,086 Bbls/d of combined butane and propane exported at Ferndale. Given the strong year-to-date export volumes, AltaGas now expects to export slightly more than 100,000 Bbls/d in 2022 compared to previous expectations of approximately 97,000 Bbls/d.

AltaGas continues to advance its strategy to grow and optimize its Global Export operations at the RIPET and Ferndale export terminals. The Company continues to work with its partners to improve efficiencies and control costs, including optimizing rail schedules and debottlenecking capacity constraints. This is expected to reduce transport times, usage and rail costs, as well as provide greater operational flexibility. AltaGas is also expecting the delivery of two dual-fuel VLGCs in late 2023 and early 2024 that are expected to reduce total shipping costs to Asia by approximately 25 percent compared to a standard VLGC. The new vessel deployments are also expected to reduce pricing volatility for AltaGas and its customers on a longer-term basis.

Strong underlying fundamentals and commodity prices continue to underpin AltaGas' Midstream business, with realized frac spreads up over 120 percent year-over-year, offset by slightly lower volumes due to the Aitken Creek facility sale. AltaGas' realized frac spread averaged $27.78/Bbl, after transportation costs, with most of AltaGas' frac exposed volumes financially hedged during the quarter. AltaGas is well hedged for the fourth quarter of 2022 with approximately 74 percent of expected frac exposed volumes hedged at approximately $37.85/Bbl, prior to transportation costs. In addition, approximately 57 percent of AltaGas' fourth quarter of 2022 expected global export volumes are either tolled or financially hedged with an average FEI to North American financial hedge price of US$11.91/Bbl for non-tolled propane and butane volumes.

Q4 2022 Midstream Hedge Program

 

The Corporate/Other segment reported normalized EBITDA of $10 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to a $4 million loss in the same quarter of 2021, while loss before income taxes was $77 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to a loss of $113 million in the third quarter of 2021. The $14 million year-over-year increase in normalized EBITDA was driven by a decrease in corporate expenses, primarily related to higher employee incentive plan costs in the third quarter of 2021 due to AltaGas' rising share price in 2021.

During the third quarter of 2022, AltaGas acquired the remaining 25.97% equity ownership of Petrogas from Idemitsu for total cash consideration of $285 million and the Company now owns 100% of Petrogas. The transaction was principally funded with recycled capital from the recent sale of AltaGas' non-operated interest in the Aitken Creek gas processing facility, as well as modest draws of short-term debt from the Company's existing credit facilities. AltaGas plans to later repay the modest draws on its credit facilities through the strong free cash flow growth from the asset base. Idemitsu continues to represent an important partnership for AltaGas as a Global Exports offtake customer through the Astomos Energy Joint Venture. AltaGas and Idemitsu will also continue to evaluate future opportunities and collaborate on prospective energy transition projects as both organizations pursue various lower-carbon initiatives over the long-term.

The Petrogas acquisition, along with the planned divestiture of AltaGas' Alaska Utilities that was announced in late May, is representative of the Company's opportunistic capital recycling strategy to achieve corporate objectives and create long-term value for all stakeholders, as has been demonstrated over the past three years. The underlying earnings profile of the Petrogas assets is well-aligned with this objective and should deliver strong long-term value to AltaGas' shareholders.

Subsequent to the third quarter of 2022, AltaGas and Whitecap were selected by the Government of Alberta to enter into an agreement for continued evaluation work on the Rolling Hills Carbon Sequestration Hub, northwest of Calgary, AB. The Rolling Hills Hub is a prospective open-access project that would be strategically located near AltaGas' Harmattan Gas Plant and is surrounded by Whitecap's extensive production and geological leadership in Central Alberta. The project is designed to include CO₂ injection wells, carbon storage in underground reservoirs, and various intra-hub pipelines. The agreement will permit AltaGas and Whitecap to commence a technical evaluation in the area. If successful, the parties could be awarded long-term leasing rights with the Government of Alberta for the project with a potential in-service date of 2026.

The Rolling Hills Hub is one of several projects that were selected through a competitive request for full project proposals (RFPP) process with the Government of Alberta. The Rolling Hills Hub, and other proposed hubs, have the potential to reduce carbon emissions in Alberta and continues the Canadian energy industry's long-standing global leadership for environmental stewardship. These hubs are also a continuation of the ongoing partnership between the Canadian energy industry and the Government of Alberta.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

Normalized EBITDA for the third quarter of 2022 was $233 million, compared to $239 million for the same quarter in 2021. The largest factors leading to the variance are described in the Business Performance sections above.

For the third quarter of 2022, the average Canadian/U.S. dollar exchange rate increased to 1.31 from an average of 1.26 in the same period of 2021, resulting in a $5 million increase to normalized EBITDA.

Income before income taxes was $48 million for the third quarter of 2022, compared to $89 million for the same quarter in 2021. Net loss applicable to common shares was $48 million or $0.17 per share for the third quarter of 2022, compared to net income applicable to common shares of $25 million or $0.09 per share for the same quarter in 2021. Please refer to the Three Months Ended September 30 Section of the MD&A for further details on the variance in income (loss) before income taxes and net income applicable to common shareholders.

Normalized net income was $27 million or $0.10 per share for the third quarter of 2022, compared to normalized net income of $1 million or $0.01 per share reported for the same quarter of 2021. The increase was mainly due to lower net income applicable to non-controlling interests, lower normalized income tax expense, and lower depreciation and amortization expense, partially offset by higher interest expense and the same previously referenced factors impacting normalized EBITDA.

Normalized FFO was $170 million or $0.60 per share for the third quarter of 2022, compared to $165 million or $0.59 per share for the same quarter in 2021. The increase was mainly due to lower current income tax expense partially offset by the same previously referenced factors impacting normalized EBITDA and higher interest expense.

Depreciation and amortization expense was $106 million for the third quarter of 2022, compared to $111 million for the same quarter in 2021. Factors impacting depreciation and amortization expense in the third quarter of 2022 included the impact of the pending sale of the Alaskan Utilities, partially offset by the impact of new assets placed in-service.

Interest expense for the third quarter of 2022 was $85 million, compared to $69 million for the same quarter in 2021. The increase in interest expense included $7 million of interest related to the subordinated hybrid notes, higher average interest rates, and a higher average Canadian/U.S. dollar exchange rate.

Income tax expense was $7 million for the third quarter of 2022, compared to an income tax expense of $30 million for the same quarter of 2021. The decrease was mainly due to lower income before income taxes compared to the same quarter of 2021. Current tax recovery of $13 million was recorded in the third quarter of 2022, compared to current tax expense of $13 million recorded in the same quarter of 2021. The reduction in current tax expense was mainly due to lower income before income taxes compared to the same quarter of 2021.

AltaGas continues to be focused on executing its long-term corporate strategy of building a diversified platform that operates long-life energy infrastructure assets that connects customers and markets and is positioned to provide resilient and durable value for the Company's stakeholders.

AltaGas expects to achieve guidance ranges that were previously disclosed in December 2021:

• 2022 Normalized EPS guidance of $1.80 - $1.95, compared to actual normalized EPS of $1.78 and GAAP EPS of $0.82 in 2021.
• 2022 Normalized EBITDA guidance of $1.50 billion - $1.55 billion, compared to actual normalized EBITDA of $1.49 billion and income before taxes of $446 million in 2021.

AltaGas continues to focus on delivering durable and growing EPS and FFO per share while targeting lowering leverage ratios within the business over time. This strategy should support steady dividend growth and provide the opportunity for ongoing capital appreciation for its long-term shareholders. AltaGas has announced plans to deliver regular, sustainable and annual dividend increases that compound in the years ahead with an anticipated five to seven percent compounded annual growth rate through 2026. Annual dividend increases will be a function of financial performance and determined by the Board on an annual basis.

AltaGas' 2022 invested capital plan is approximately $995 million, excluding asset retirement obligations, compared to $798 million deployed in 2021. The 2022 invested capital plan is heavily weighted towards the Utilities business and is comprised primarily of ARP and system betterment projects that are anticipated to deliver stable and transparent rate base growth and positive risk-adjusted returns. The Company is allocating approximately 31 percent of AltaGas' consolidated 2022 invested capital to ARPs in its Utilities business, representing approximately 40 percent of the total 2022 Utilities invested capital program.

The Board of Directors approved the following schedule of Dividends:

 

This news release contains references to certain financial measures that do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other entities. The non-GAAP measures and their reconciliation to U.S. GAAP financial measures are shown below and within AltaGas' Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) as at and for the period ended September 30, 2022. These non-GAAP measures provide additional information that Management believes is meaningful regarding AltaGas' operational performance, liquidity and capacity to fund dividends, capital expenditures, and other investing activities. Readers are cautioned that these non-GAAP measures should not be construed as alternatives to other measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with US GAAP.

In the third quarter of 2022, Management has changed the composition of certain of AltaGas' non-GAAP measures such that adjustments for acquired contingencies are no longer included as normalization adjustments. This change was made as a result of Management's assessment that these contingencies are of a recurring and ongoing nature, and as such, the more appropriate methodology is to align the non-GAAP treatment of these costs and recoveries with the GAAP accounting treatment. Prior period calculations of the relevant non-GAAP measures have been restated to reflect this change. The following table summarizes the impact of this change on the periods presented in this MD&A:

 

 

EBITDA is a measure of AltaGas' operating profitability prior to how business activities are financed, assets are amortized, or earnings are taxed. EBITDA is calculated from the Consolidated Statements of Income using income before income taxes adjusted for pre‑tax depreciation and amortization and interest expense.

AltaGas presents normalized EBITDA as a supplemental measure. Normalized EBITDA is used by Management to enhance the understanding of AltaGas' earnings over periods, as well as for budgeting and compensation related purposes. The metric is frequently used by analysts and investors in the evaluation of entities within the industry as it excludes items that can vary substantially between entities depending on the accounting policies chosen, the book value of assets, and the capital structure.

 

Normalized net income and normalized net income per share are used by Management to enhance the comparability of AltaGas' earnings, as these metrics reflect the underlying performance of AltaGas' business activities. 

Normalized Funds from Operations

 

Normalized funds from operations and funds from operations are used to assist Management and investors in analyzing the liquidity of the Corporation. Management uses these measures to understand the ability to generate funds for capital investments, debt repayment, dividend payments, and other investing activities.  

Invested Capital

 

Invested capital is a measure of AltaGas' use of funds for capital expenditure activities. It includes expenditures relating to property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets, capital contributed to long term investments, and contributions from non-controlling interests. Invested capital is used by Management, investors, and analysts to enhance the understanding of AltaGas' capital expenditures from period to period and provide additional detail on the Company's use of capital. 

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL REVIEW

 

 

AltaGas will hold a conference call today, October 28, at 9:00 a.m. MT (11:00 a.m. ET) to discuss third quarter 2022 results and other corporate developments.

• Date/Time: October 28, 2022, 9:00 a.m. MT (11:00 a.m. ET; 16:00 BST)
• Dial-in: 1-416-764-8659 or toll free at 1-888-664-6392 or Click to Join
• Webcast: http://www.altagas.ca/invest/events-and-presentations.

Shortly after the conclusion of the call a replay will be available commencing at 11:00 a.m. MT (1:00 p.m. ET; 18:00 BST) on October 28, 2022 by dialing 1-416-764-8677 or toll free 1-888-390-0541. The passcode is 652630#. The replay will expire at 9:59 p.m. MT (11:59 p.m. ET) on November 4, 2022.

AltaGas' Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022, as well as its related Management's Discussion and Analysis, are now available online at www.altagas.ca. All documents will be filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and will be posted under AltaGas' SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

AltaGas is a leading North American infrastructure company that connects customers and markets to affordable and reliable sources of energy. The Company operates a diversified, lower-risk, high-growth Utilities and Midstream business that is focused on delivering resilient and durable value for its stakeholders.

For more information visit www.altagas.ca or reach out to one of the following:

Jon Morrison
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Jon.Morrison@altagas.ca

Adam McKnight
Director, Investor Relations
Adam.McKnight@altagas.ca

Investor Inquiries
1-877-691-7199
investor.relations@altagas.ca

Media Inquiries
1-403-206-2841
media.relations@altagas.ca

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These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, events and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such statements reflect AltaGas' current expectations, estimates, and projections based on certain material factors and assumptions at the time the statement was made.  Material assumptions include: the U.S./Canadian dollar exchange rate, the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, impacts of the hedging program, commodity prices, weather, frac spread, dividend levels, number of ships and export levels from the Ferndale and RIPET facilities, effective tax rates, propane price differentials, degree day variance from normal, pension discount rate, the performance of the businesses underlying each sector, access to capital, timing and receipt of regulatory approvals, planned and unplanned plant outages, timing of in-service dates of new projects and acquisition and divestiture activities, operational expenses, returns on investments, and transaction costs. 

AltaGas' forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which could cause results or events to differ from current expectations, including, without limitation: risk related to pandemics, epidemics or disease outbreaks, including COVID-19; health and safety risks; operating risk; natural gas supply risks; volume throughput; infrastructure; service interruptions; cyber security, information, and control systems; climate-related risks, including carbon pricing; regulatory risks; litigation risk; changes in law; political uncertainty and civil unrest; decommissioning, abandonment and reclamation costs; reputation risk; weather data; Indigenous and treaty rights; capital market and liquidity risks; general economic conditions; internal credit risk; foreign exchange risk; integration of Petrogas; debt financing, refinancing, and debt service risk; interest rates; counterparty and supplier risk; technical systems and processes incidents; dependence on certain partners; growth strategy risk; construction and development; transportation of petroleum products; underinsured and uninsured losses; impact of competition in AltaGas' businesses; counterparty credit risk; market risk; composition risk; collateral; rep agreements; market value of common shares and other securities; variability of dividends; potential sales of additional shares; labor relations; key personnel; risk management costs and limitations; cost of providing retirement plan benefits; failure of service providers; and the other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Corporation's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2021 and set out in AltaGas' other continuous disclosure documents. 

Many factors could cause AltaGas' or any particular business segment's actual results, performance or achievements to vary from those described in this press release, including, without limitation, those listed above and the assumptions upon which they are based proving incorrect. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this news release as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, sought, proposed, estimated, forecasted, expected, projected or targeted and such forward-looking statements included in this news release, should not be unduly relied upon. The impact of any one assumption, risk, uncertainty, or other factor on a particular forward-looking statement cannot be determined with certainty because they are interdependent and AltaGas' future decisions and actions will depend on management's assessment of all information at the relevant time. Such statements speak only as of the date of this news release. AltaGas does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements except as required by law. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements. 

Financial outlook information contained in this news release about prospective financial performance, financial position, or cash flows is based on assumptions about future events, including economic conditions and proposed courses of action, based on AltaGas management's (Management) assessment of the relevant information currently available. Readers are cautioned that such financial outlook information contained in this news release should not be used for purposes other than for which it is disclosed herein. 

Additional information relating to AltaGas, including its quarterly and annual MD&A and Consolidated Financial Statements, AIF, and press releases are available through AltaGas' website at www.altagas.ca or through SEDAR at www.sedar.com 

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