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Con Edison, Inc. Reports 2009 Second Quarter Earnings
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2nd Quarter 2009 Sales and Revenue Report
NEW YORK, NY, Aug 04, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) (NYSE: ED) today reported second quarter earnings of $150 million or $0.55 a share compared with $552 million or $2.02 a share in 2008. Excluding items identified in the table below, earnings from ongoing operations were $131 million or $0.48 a share compared with $114 million or $0.42 a share in 2008. The company's net income for common stock for the first six months of 2009 was $330 million or $1.20 a share compared with $854 million or $3.14 a share for the first six months of 2008. Excluding items discussed in the table below, earnings from ongoing operations were $346 million or $1.26 a share compared with $351 million or $1.30 a share for the first six months of 2008. "Second quarter results were in line with expectations," said Kevin Burke, the company's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Despite continued weakness in the economy, the company remains focused on safe, reliable and efficient energy-service delivery, on system upgrading and reinforcement, and the advancement of environmentally-responsible energy projects." The following table is a reconciliation of Con Edison's reported earnings per share and reported net income for common stock to earnings per share and earnings from ongoing operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008.
Second Quarter Six Months Ended
Net Income Net Income
Earnings (Millions of Earnings per (Millions of
per Share Dollars) Share Dollars)
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2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
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Reported earnings
per share and net
income for common
stock - GAAP basis
(basic) $0.55 $2.02 $ 150 $ 552 $1.20 $ 3.14 $ 330 $ 854
Less: Northeast
Utilities
litigation
settlement - - - - - 0.11 - 30
Less: Gain on the
sale of Con Edison
Development's
generation projects
and discontinued
operations - 1.49 - 408 - 1.50 - 410
Less: Net
mark-to-market
effects of
competitive energy
businesses 0.07 0.11 19 30 (0.06) 0.23 (16) 63
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Ongoing operations $0.48 $0.42 $ 131 $ 114 $1.26 $ 1.30 $ 346 $ 351
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For the year 2009, the company confirms its previous forecast of earnings per share from ongoing operations in the range of $3.00 to $3.20 a share. Earnings per share from ongoing operations excludes the net mark-to-market effects of the competitive energy businesses. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared with the 2008 period, also reflect changes in the company's rate plans (including additional revenues designed to recover increases in certain operations and maintenance expenses, depreciation and property taxes, and interest charges) and the operating results of the competitive energy businesses (including net mark-to-market effects). The results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2009 as compared with the 2008 period include a lower allowed electric return on equity for Con Edison of New York in 2009 for the first quarter, offset in part by a higher allowed return for the second quarter. Operations and maintenance expenses were higher in the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period reflecting primarily higher costs, which are generally reflected in rates, such as pension and other post-retirement benefits and uncollectible accounts. Depreciation and property taxes were higher in the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the 2008 period reflecting primarily the impact from increased capital expenditures and higher property tax rates. Results of operations for the 2008 period include the gain on the sale of generation projects and the impact of discontinued operations and for the six months ended June 30, 2008 include the resolution of litigation with Northeast Utilities. The following table presents the estimated effect on earnings per share and net income for common stock for the 2009 period compared with the 2008 period, resulting from these and other major factors:
Second Quarter Six Months Ended
Variation Variation
Net Income Net Income
for Common for Common
Stock Stock
Variation Variation
Earnings (Millions Earnings (Millions
per Share of per Share of
Variation Dollars) Variation Dollars)
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Con Edison of New York (a)
Rate plans, primarily
to recover increases
in certain costs $ 0.28 $ 76 $ 0.44 $ 123
Operations and
maintenance expense (0.06) (16) (0.22) (59)
Long Island City power
outage reserve in 2008 - - 0.05 14
Depreciation, property
taxes and other tax
matters (0.12) (33) (0.20) (53)
Net interest expense (0.05) (14) (0.08) (21)
Other (includes
dilutive effect of
new stock issuances) (0.01) 2 (0.03) (11)
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Total Con Edison of New
York 0.04 15 (0.04) (7)
Orange and Rockland
Utilities (O&R) - (1) (0.01) (2)
Competitive energy
businesses
Earnings excluding net
mark-to-market
effects, gain on sale
of generation projects and
discontinued operations 0.02 4 0.03 8
Net mark-to-market
effects (b) (0.04) (11) (0.29) (79)
Gain on the sale of
generation projects (0.50) (136) (0.50) (136)
Discontinued
operations (c) (0.99) (272) (1.01) (274)
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Total competitive energy
businesses (1.51) (415) (1.77) (481)
Northeast Utilities
litigation settlement - - (0.11) (30)
Other, including parent
company expenses - (1) (0.01) (4)
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Total variation $ (1.47) $ (402) $ (1.94) $ (524)
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(a) Under the revenue decoupling mechanisms in Con Edison of New York's
electric and gas rate plans (effective April 2008 and October 2007,
respectively) and the weather-normalization clause applicable to the
gas business, revenues are generally not affected by changes in
delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved.
(b) These variations reflect after-tax net mark-to-market gains of
$19 million or $0.07 a share in the second quarter of 2009, after-tax
net mark-to-market gains of $30 million or $0.11 a share in the second
quarter of 2008, and after-tax net mark-to-market losses of $16 million
or $0.06 a share in the first six months of 2009 and after-tax net
mark-to-market gains of $63 million or $0.23 a share in the first
six months of 2008.
(c) These variations reflect the discontinued operations of Con Edison
Development's generation projects, which includes a $270 million
after-tax gain on the sale of its generation plants for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2008.
The changes in the amounts of energy delivered by the company's utility subsidiaries, for actual and as adjusted for variations in weather and billing days, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared with the 2008 period were as follows (expressed as a percentage of 2008 amounts):
Second Quarter Six Months Ended
Variation Variation
Actual Adjusted Actual Adjusted
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Con Edison of New York
Electric (2.5) (2.0) (0.8) (1.2)
Firm - Gas (0.4) 3.0 5.5 (0.1)
Steam (12.9) (8.7) 2.2 (3.7)
O&R
Electric (13.5) (7.4) (6.3) (4.1)
Firm - Gas (0.9) 2.1 2.9 0.1
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Refer to the company's Second Quarter Form 10-Q, which is being filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission, for the consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and the consolidated income statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. Additional information related to utility sales and revenues is available at www.conedison.com (select "Shareholder Services" and then select "Press Releases"). This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect expectations and not facts. Actual results may differ materially from those expectations because of factors such as those identified in reports the company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release also contains a financial measure, earnings from ongoing operations. This non-GAAP measure should not be considered as an alternative to net income for common stock, which is an indicator of operating performance determined in accordance with GAAP. Management uses this non-GAAP measure to facilitate the analysis of the company's ongoing performance as compared to its internal budgets and previously reported financial results. Management believes that this non-GAAP measure is also useful and meaningful to investors. Consolidated Edison, Inc. is one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $14 billion in annual revenues and $34 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., a regulated utility providing electric, gas, and steam service in New York City and Westchester County, New York; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., a regulated utility serving customers in a 1,350 square mile area in southeastern New York state and adjacent sections of northern New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania; Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc., a retail energy supply and services company; Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc., a wholesale energy supply company; and Consolidated Edison Development, Inc., a company that participates in infrastructure projects.
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