Friday, May 11, 2018

The 23 Largest US Utility Corps Other Than NextEra Energy Reported March 2018 Quarter Total Pretax Income Which Was Down 16% From the March 2017 Quarter and Net Income Which Was Down 7% ........................................................................................ Largest US Utility Corp NextEra Energy Posted March 2018 Quarter Pretax Income of $5.080 Bil Up $2.814 Bil From the Reported March 2017 Quarter Pretax Income of $2.266 ........................................................................................ NextEra Energy's Quarters Both Included Large Unusual Gains of $3.935 Bil in the March 2018 Quarter and of $1.100 Bil in the March 2017 Quarter ........................................................................................ Exclusive of These Gains, NextEra Energy Reported As-Adjusted Pretax Income of $1.145 Bil in the March 2018 Quarter, Pretty Much Flat With Its As-Adjusted March 2017 Pretax Income of $1.166 Bil

From a review of SEC filings, the below chart shows the US GAAP Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations, the US GAAP Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations and the related US GAAP Income Tax Expense for the March 2018 and 2017 Quarters for all US Utility Corps with market caps above $10 Bil on April 30, 2018 and which have released their March 2018 earnings by May 10, 2018.
 US GAAP   US GAAP   US GAAP   US GAAP 
 US GAAP   US GAAP   Effective   Effective  Pretax Net
 US GAAP   Income   US GAAP   US GAAP   Income   US GAAP   Income   Income  Income Income
Pretax Tax Net Pretax Tax Net Tax Tax % Change % Change
Income Expense Income Income Expense Income Rate Rate March Qtr March Qtr
US Utility Corps March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr 2018 2018
Market Caps Above $10 Bil 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 2018 2017 vs 2017 vs 2017
mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $
Nextera Energy         5,080         1,249         3,831         2,266            675         1,591 24.6% 29.8% 124% 141%
All Other Utilities
Southern Co         1,049            113            936            980            315            665 10.8% 32.1% 7% 41%
Duke Energy            803            181            622         1,061            344            717 22.5% 32.4% -24% -13%
Public Service Enterprise            760            202            558            143              29            114 26.6% 20.3% 431% 389%
Exelon            695              59            636         1,182            211            971 8.5% 17.9% -41% -35%
Dominion Energy            661            135            526            949            275            674 20.4% 29.0% -30% -22%
Sempra Energy            647            289            358            747            295            452 44.7% 39.5% -13% -21%
PPL Corp            569            117            452            532            129            403 20.6% 24.2% 7% 12%
American Electric Power            559            102            457            937            343            594 18.2% 36.6% -40% -23%
Consolidated Edison            545            117            428            615            227            388 21.5% 36.9% -11% 10%
PG&E Corp            496              51            445            688            109            579 10.3% 15.8% -28% -23%
WEC Energy Group            479              88            391            570            213            357 18.4% 37.4% -16% 10%
FirstEnergy            429            252            177            409            152            257 58.7% 37.2% 5% -31%
DTE Energy            419              68            351            504            110            394 16.2% 21.8% -17% -11%
Eversource Energy            355              84            271            419            158            261 23.7% 37.7% -15% 4%
XCEL Energy            350              59            291            356            117            239 16.9% 32.9% -2% 22%
Avangrid            310              72            238            342            103            239 23.2% 30.1% -9% 0%
CMS Energy            281              40            241            295              96            199 14.2% 32.5% -5% 21%
CenterPoint Energy            212              47            165            299            107            192 22.2% 35.8% -29% -14%
Edison Intl            211             (31)            242            352             (40)            392 -14.7% -11.4% -40% -38%
Ameren Corp            195              42            153            161              57            104 21.5% 35.4% 21% 47%
Entergy Corp            180              44            136              94                8              86 24.4% 8.5% 91% 58%
American Water Works            140              34            106            145              52              93 24.3% 35.9% -3% 14%
Vistra Energy           (395)             (89)           (306)            119              41              78 22.5% 34.5% -432% -492%
Total 23 All Other Utilities         9,950         2,076         7,874       11,899         3,451         8,448 20.9% 29.0% -16% -7%
Total all 24 Utilities       15,030         3,325       11,705       14,165         4,126       10,039 22.1% 29.1% 6% 17%