OGE Energy Corp. 2nd Quarter Earnings Higher From Hot Weather
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE), the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E) and OGE Enogex Holdings LLC, today reported earnings of $1.04 per diluted share for the three months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $0.78 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2010.
OG&E, a regulated electric utility, contributed earnings of $0.79 per share in the second quarter, compared with earnings of $0.61 per share in the second quarter last year. Enogex, a midstream natural gas pipeline business, contributed earnings of $0.25 per share compared with earnings of $0.19 per share in the year-ago quarter. The holding company posted break-even results in the second quarter, compared with a loss of $0.02 per share in the second quarter of 2010.
“The summer heat in our service area highlights the outstanding performance by our members to serve our customers, as well as the importance of our continuing infrastructure investments for reliable service,” said Pete Delaney, OGE Energy chairman and CEO. “In our midstream business, we’re pleased to report margins are up in all areas as we continue to see growth in the natural gas liquids-rich basins of the midcontinent.”
Discussion of Second Quarter 2011
OGE Energy’s consolidated gross margin on revenues was $428 million in the second quarter, compared with $381 million a year ago. Net income attributable to OGE Energy was $103 million in the second quarter, compared to $77 million in the year-ago quarter.
OG&E’s gross margin on revenues was $314 million in the second quarter, compared with $282 million in the comparable quarter last year. The increase was due primarily to hot weather, with cooling-degree days 20 percent higher than last year and 62 percent above normal, partially offset by higher operating expenses. Net income for OG&E was $79 million in the second quarter, compared with $60 million a year earlier.
Enogex’s gross margin on revenues was $114 million in the second quarter, compared with $99 million in the comparable quarter last year. The increase was primarily due to higher natural gas gathering volumes and natural gas liquids prices. Net income attributable to OGE Enogex Holdings was $25 million in the second quarter, compared to $19 million a year earlier.
2011 Outlook
OGE Energy projects earnings to exceed the top end of the previously issued earnings guidance of $3.00 to $3.20 per average diluted share. The primary driver for the increase is higher gross margins at the utility from the extremely hot summer weather experienced in its service territory thus far in 2011. With the exception of the warmer weather experienced through July 31, 2011, the key factors and assumptions regarding the Company’s 2011 earnings guidance remain unchanged and are contained in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Conference Call Webcast
OGE Energy will host a conference call for discussion of the results and the outlook for the rest of 2011 on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 8 a.m. CDT. The conference will be available through www.oge.com. OGE Energy is the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E), which serves more than 786,000 customers in a service territory spanning 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and of OGE Enogex Holdings LLC, a midstream natural gas pipeline business with principal operations in Oklahoma.
Some of the matters discussed in this news release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements are intended to be identified in this document by the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “objective”, “plan”, “possible”, “potential”, “project” and similar expressions. Actual results may vary materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: general economic conditions, including the availability of credit, access to existing lines of credit, access to commercial paper markets, actions of rating agencies and their impact on capital expenditures; the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to access the capital markets and obtain financing on favorable terms; prices and availability of electricity, coal, natural gas and natural gas liquids, each on a stand-alone basis and in relation to each other as well as the processing contract mix between percent-of-liquids, keep-whole and fixed-fee; business conditions in the energy and natural gas midstream industries; competitive factors including the extent and timing of the entry of additional competition in the markets served by the Company; unusual weather; availability and prices of raw materials for current and future construction projects; Federal or state legislation and regulatory decisions and initiatives that affect cost and investment recovery, have an impact on rate structures or affect the speed and degree to which competition enters the Company’s markets; environmental laws and regulations that may impact the Company’s operations; changes in accounting standards, rules or guidelines; the discontinuance of accounting principles for certain types of rate-regulated activities; whether OG&E can successfully implement its Smart Grid program to install meters for its customers and integrate the Smart Grid meters with its customer billing and other computer information systems; advances in technology; creditworthiness of suppliers, customers and other contractual parties; the higher degree of risk associated with the Company’s nonregulated business compared with the Company’s regulated utility business; and other risk factors listed in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission including those listed in Risk Factors and Exhibit 99.01 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Note: Consolidated Statements of Income, Financial and Statistical Data attached.
OGE Energy Corp.
consolidated statements of income
Three Months
(unaudited) Ended
June 30
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2011 2010
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(In millions, except per share data)
OPERATING REVENUES
Electric Utility operating
revenues $568.7 $512.8
Natural Gas Midstream
Operations operating
revenues 409.4 374.4
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Total operating revenues 978.1 887.2
COST OF GOODS SOLD
(exclusive of depreciation
and amortization shown
below)
Electric Utility cost of
goods sold 242.5 218.9
Natural Gas Midstream
Operations cost of goods
sold 307.6 287.6
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Total cost of goods sold 550.1 506.5
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Gross margin on revenues 428.0 380.7
OPERATING EXPENSES
Other operation and
maintenance 146.6 135.0
Depreciation and
amortization 74.7 71.2
Taxes other than income 24.5 23.0
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Total operating expenses 245.8 229.2
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OPERATING INCOME 182.2 151.5
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest income 0.1 -
Allowance for equity funds
used during construction 5.8 2.3
Other income 7.0 3.4
Other expense (3.5) (5.0)
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Net other income 9.4 0.7
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest on long-term debt 35.8 33.4
Allowance for borrowed funds
used during construction (2.9) (1.0)
Interest on short-term debt
and other interest charges 1.6 1.6
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Interest expense 34.5 34.0
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INCOME BEFORE TAXES 157.1 118.2
INCOME TAX EXPENSE 47.8 40.3
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NET INCOME 109.3 77.9
Less: Net income
attributable to
noncontrolling interests 6.3 0.6
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NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO
OGE ENERGY $103.0 $77.3
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BASIC AVERAGE COMMON SHARES
OUTSTANDING 98.0 97.3
DILUTED AVERAGE COMMON
SHARES OUTSTANDING 99.3 98.7
BASIC EARNINGS PER AVERAGE
COMMON SHARE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO OGE ENERGY
COMMON SHAREHOLDERS $1.05 $0.79
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DILUTED EARNINGS PER AVERAGE
COMMON SHARE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO OGE ENERGY
COMMON SHAREHOLDERS $1.04 $0.78
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(unaudited) Six Months Ended
June 30
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2011 2010
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(In millions, except per share data)
OPERATING REVENUES
Electric Utility operating
revenues $990.8 $956.8
Natural Gas Midstream
Operations operating
revenues 827.8 806.2
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Total operating revenues 1,818.6 1,763.0
COST OF GOODS SOLD
(exclusive of depreciation
and amortization shown
below)
Electric Utility cost of
goods sold 450.0 457.8
Natural Gas Midstream
Operations cost of goods
sold 633.3 618.8
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Total cost of goods sold 1,083.3 1,076.6
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Gross margin on revenues 735.3 686.4
OPERATING EXPENSES
Other operation and
maintenance 284.9 258.6
Depreciation and
amortization 148.7 141.5
Taxes other than income 51.6 48.0
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Total operating expenses 485.2 448.1
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OPERATING INCOME 250.1 238.3
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest income 0.2 -
Allowance for equity funds
used during construction 10.2 4.6
Other income 13.3 6.5
Other expense (5.8) (7.4)
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Net other income 17.9 3.7
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest on long-term debt 71.2 67.0
Allowance for borrowed funds
used during construction (5.2) (2.2)
Interest on short-term debt
and other interest charges 2.6 3.3
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Interest expense 68.6 68.1
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INCOME BEFORE TAXES 199.4 173.9
INCOME TAX EXPENSE 60.4 70.8
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NET INCOME 139.0 103.1
Less: Net income
attributable to
noncontrolling interests 11.2 1.6
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NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO
OGE ENERGY $127.8 $101.5
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BASIC AVERAGE COMMON SHARES
OUTSTANDING 97.8 97.2
DILUTED AVERAGE COMMON
SHARES OUTSTANDING 99.2 98.6
BASIC EARNINGS PER AVERAGE
COMMON SHARE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO OGE ENERGY
COMMON SHAREHOLDERS $1.31 $1.04
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DILUTED EARNINGS PER AVERAGE
COMMON SHARE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO OGE ENERGY
COMMON SHAREHOLDERS $1.29 $1.03
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OGE Energy Corp.
financial and statistical data
Three Months
(unaudited) Ended
June 30
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2011 2010
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(In millions)
ELECTRIC UTILITY
Operating revenues by classification
Residential $234.4 $207.7
Commercial 141.9 132.0
Industrial 55.9 52.8
Oilfield 42.7 40.4
Public authorities and street light 55.0 50.5
Sales for resale 14.9 14.5
System sales revenues 544.8 497.9
Off-system sales revenues 12.5 7.5
Other 11.4 7.4
Total operating revenues $568.7 $512.8
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Sales of electricity -MWH (a) sales by
classification
Residential 2.3 2.0
Commercial 1.8 1.8
Industrial 1.0 1.0
Oilfield 0.8 0.8
Public authorities and street light 0.8 0.7
Sales for resale 0.4 0.4
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System sales 7.1 6.7
Off-system sales 0.3 0.2
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Total sales 7.4 6.9
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Number of customers 786,125 779,359
Average cost of energy per KWH (b) -
cents
Natural gas 4.485 4.503
Coal 2.032 1.916
Total fuel 2.986 2.832
Total fuel and purchased power 3.255 3.127
Degree days
Heating
Actual 174 158
Normal 236 236
Cooling
Actual 885 737
Normal 547 547
NATURAL GAS MIDSTREAM OPERATIONS
Operating revenues $430.1 $397.5
Operating income $48.9 $38.5
Net income attributable to Enogex $25.0 $18.6
Net cash provided from operating
activities $86.9 $108.2
Capital expenditures $109.5 $62.8
Gathered volumes - TBtu/d (c) 1.36 1.33
Incremental transportation volumes -
TBtu/d (d) 0.53 0.41
Total throughput volumes - TBtu/d 1.89 1.74
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Natural gas processed - TBtu/d 0.76 0.83
Natural gas liquids sold (keep-whole) -
million gallons 42 50
Natural gas liquids sold (purchase for
resale) -million gallons 112 121
Natural gas liquids sold (percent-of-
liquids) - million gallons 7 8
Total natural gas liquids sold -million
gallons 161 179
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Average natural gas liquids sales price
per gallon $1.24 $0.86
Average natural gas sales price per MMBtu
(e) $4.36 $4.01
(unaudited) Six Months Ended
June 30
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2011 2010
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(In millions)
ELECTRIC UTILITY
Operating revenues by classification
Residential $411.2 $398.9
Commercial 240.1 233.0
Industrial 100.0 98.3
Oilfield 77.6 76.0
Public authorities and street light 93.3 90.0
Sales for resale 28.1 31.2
System sales revenues 950.3 927.4
Off-system sales revenues 21.9 13.9
Other 18.6 15.5
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Total operating revenues $990.8 $956.8
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Sales of electricity -MWH (a) sales by
classification
Residential 4.5 4.4
Commercial 3.3 3.2
Industrial 1.9 1.9
Oilfield 1.6 1.5
Public authorities and street light 1.5 1.4
Sales for resale 0.7 0.7
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System sales 13.5 13.1
Off-system sales 0.6 0.3
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Total sales 14.1 13.4
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Number of customers 786,125 779,359
Average cost of energy per KWH (b) -
cents
Natural gas 4.477 5.050
Coal 2.033 1.858
Total fuel 2.842 3.049
Total fuel and purchased power 3.156 3.334
Degree days
Heating
Actual 2,078 2,298
Normal 2,199 2,199
Cooling
Actual 926 745
Normal 555 555
NATURAL GAS MIDSTREAM OPERATIONS
Operating revenues $872.5 $857.6
Operating income $90.5 $95.5
Net income attributable to Enogex $43.8 $46.0
Net cash provided from operating
activities $136.1 $154.7
Capital expenditures $174.6 $96.7
Gathered volumes - TBtu/d (c) 1.33 1.30
Incremental transportation volumes -
TBtu/d (d) 0.51 0.44
Total throughput volumes - TBtu/d 1.84 1.74
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Natural gas processed - TBtu/d 0.76 0.78
Natural gas liquids sold (keep-whole) -
million gallons 84 92
Natural gas liquids sold (purchase for
resale) -million gallons 224 220
Natural gas liquids sold (percent-of-
liquids) - million gallons 14 15
Total natural gas liquids sold -million
gallons 322 327
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Average natural gas liquids sales price
per gallon $1.17 $0.94
Average natural gas sales price per MMBtu
(e) $4.25 $4.65
(a) Megawatt-hours.
(b) Kilowatt-hours.
(c) Trillion British thermal units per day.
(d) Incremental transportation volumes consist of natural gas moved
only on the transportation pipeline.
(e) Million British thermal units.
SOURCE OGE Energy Corp.