Edison International Reports First Quarter 2021 Results

  • First Quarter 2021 GAAP EPS of $0.68; Core EPS of $0.79
  • SCE continues to upgrade its infrastructure and invest in new technologies to prevent wildfires

Edison International (NYSE: EIX) today reported first quarter 2021 net income of $259 million, or $0.68 per share, compared to net income of $183 million, or $0.50 per share, in the first quarter 2020. As adjusted, first quarter 2021 core earnings were $301 million, or $0.79 per share, compared to core earnings of $228 million, or $0.63 per share, in the first quarter 2020.

Southern California Edison's (SCE) first quarter 2021 core earnings per share (EPS) increased year-over-year primarily due to lower expenses related to wildfire mitigation activities and employee benefits. Wildfire mitigation expenses were lower in the first quarter primarily because fewer remediations were identified through the inspection process. These were partially offset by the increase in shares outstanding mainly associated with the equity offering in May 2020.

Edison International Parent and Other's first quarter 2021 loss per share of $0.10 was unchanged compared to first quarter 2020.

“SCE continues to invest in its infrastructure and new technologies to reduce the risk of fires associated with electric infrastructure, increase accuracy in fire weather forecasting, enhance its operational practices, and improve its Public Safety Power Shutoff program,” said Pedro J. Pizarro, president and CEO of Edison International. “The utility is accelerating the pace of covered conductor deployment and by year-end expects to have hardened over 25% of all its overhead distribution infrastructure in high fire risk areas and substantially reduced the risk of wildfires associated with utility equipment.”

Pizarro added, “Looking ahead, a successful transition to a clean energy economy will place greater demands on electrical infrastructure and require significant incremental investments. As highlighted in SCE’s Pathway 2045 analysis, the least expensive way to achieve economywide decarbonization is through an equitable clean energy future with increasing amounts of carbon-free generation powering the further electrification of the economy.”

Edison International uses core earnings, which is a non-GAAP financial measure that adjusts for significant discrete items that management does not consider representative of ongoing earnings. Edison International management believes that core earnings provide more meaningful comparisons of performance from period to period. Please see the attached tables for a reconciliation of core earnings to basic GAAP earnings.

2021 Earnings Guidance

Edison International will provide 2021 earnings guidance after a final decision has been adopted by the CPUC on the Southern California Edison 2021 GRC, consistent with the company's prior practice.

First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast Details

 

 

 

When:

 

Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 1:30 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Telephone Numbers:

 

1-888-673-9780 (US) and 1-312-470-0178 (Int'l) - Passcode: Edison

Telephone Replay:

 

1-800-944-9092 (US) and 1-203-369-3943 (Int’l) - Passcode: 3495

 

 

Telephone replay available through May 11, 2021

Webcast:

 

www.edisoninvestor.com

Edison International has posted its earnings conference call prepared remarks by the CEO and CFO, the teleconference presentation, and Form 10-Q to the company's investor relations website. These materials are available at www.edisoninvestor.com.

About Edison International

Edison International (NYSE: EIX) is one of the nation’s largest electric utility holding companies, providing clean and reliable energy and energy services through its independent companies. Headquartered in Rosemead, California, Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison Company, a utility that delivers electricity to 15 million people across Southern, Central and Coastal California. Edison International is also the parent company of Edison Energy, a global energy advisory company delivering comprehensive, data-driven energy solutions to commercial and industrial users to meet their cost, sustainability and risk goals.

Appendix

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Edison International’s earnings are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States and represent the company’s earnings as reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our management uses core earnings and core earnings per share (EPS) internally for financial planning and for analysis of performance of Edison International and Southern California Edison. We also use core earnings and core EPS when communicating with analysts and investors regarding our earnings results to facilitate comparisons of the Company’s performance from period to period. Financial measures referred to as net income, basic EPS, core earnings, or core EPS also apply to the description of earnings or earnings per share.

Core earnings and core EPS are non-GAAP financial measures and may not be comparable to those of other companies. Core earnings and core EPS are defined as basic earnings and basic EPS excluding income or loss from discontinued operations and income or loss from significant discrete items that management does not consider representative of ongoing earnings. Basic earnings and losses refer to net income or losses attributable to Edison International shareholders. Core earnings are reconciled to basic earnings in the attached tables. The impact of participating securities (vested awards that earn dividend equivalents that may participate in undistributed earnings with common stock) for the principal operating subsidiary is not material to the principal operating subsidiary’s EPS and is therefore reflected in the results of the Edison International holding company, which is included in Edison International Parent and Other.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements contained in this presentation about future performance, including, without limitation, operating results, capital expenditures, rate base growth, dividend policy, financial outlook, and other statements that are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations; however, such statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. These forward-looking statements represent our expectations only as of the date of this presentation, and Edison International assumes no duty to update them to reflect new information, events or circumstances. Important factors that could cause different results include, but are not limited to the:

  • ability of SCE to recover its costs through regulated rates, including uninsured wildfire-related and debris flow-related costs, costs incurred to mitigate the risk of utility equipment causing future wildfires, costs incurred to implement SCE's new customer service system and costs incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic;
  • ability of SCE to implement its Wildfire Mitigation Plan;
  • risks of regulatory or legislative restrictions that would limit SCE’s ability to implement Public Safety Power Shutoff (“PSPS”) when conditions warrant or would otherwise limit SCE’s operational PSPS practices;
  • risks associated with implementing PSPS, including regulatory fines and penalties, claims for damages and reputational harm;
  • ability of SCE to maintain a valid safety certification;
  • ability to obtain sufficient insurance at a reasonable cost, including insurance relating to SCE's nuclear facilities and wildfire-related claims, and to recover the costs of such insurance or, in the event liabilities exceed insured amounts, the ability to recover uninsured losses from customers or other parties;
  • extreme weather-related incidents (including events caused, or exacerbated, by climate change, such as wildfires, debris flows, high wind events and extreme heat events) and other natural disasters (such as earthquakes), which could cause, among other things, public safety issues, property damage, operational issues (such as rotating outages and issues due to damaged infrastructure), PSPS activations and unanticipated costs;
  • risks associated with California Assembly Bill 1054 (“AB 1054”) effectively mitigating the significant risk faced by California investor-owned utilities related to liability for damages arising from catastrophic wildfires where utility facilities are alleged to be a substantial cause, including the longevity of the Wildfire Insurance Fund and the CPUC's interpretation of and actions under AB 1054, including its interpretation of the new prudency standard established under AB 1054;
  • decisions and other actions by the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other governmental authorities, including decisions and actions related to nationwide or statewide crisis, determinations of authorized rates of return or return on equity, the recoverability of wildfire-related and debris-flow-related costs, issuance of SCE's wildfire safety certification, wildfire mitigation efforts, and delays in executive, regulatory and legislative actions;
  • ability of Edison International or SCE to borrow funds and access bank and capital markets on reasonable terms;
  • risks associated with the decommissioning of San Onofre, including those related to worker and public safety, public opposition, permitting, governmental approvals, on-site storage of spent nuclear fuel, delays, contractual disputes, and cost overruns;
  • pandemics, such as COVID-19, and other events that cause regional, statewide, national or global disruption, which could impact, among other things, Edison International's and SCE's business, operations, cash flows, liquidity and/or financial results and cause Edison International and SCE to incur unanticipated costs;
  • physical security of Edison International's and SCE's critical assets and personnel and the cybersecurity of Edison International's and SCE's critical information technology systems for grid control, and business, employee and customer data;
  • risks associated with cost allocation resulting in higher rates for utility bundled service customers because of possible customer bypass or departure for other electricity providers such as Community Choice Aggregators (“CCA,” which are cities, counties, and certain other public agencies with the authority to generate and/or purchase electricity for their local residents and businesses) and Electric Service Providers (entities that offer electric power and ancillary services to retail customers, other than electrical corporations (like SCE) and CCAs);
  • risks inherent in SCE's transmission and distribution infrastructure investment program, including those related to project site identification, public opposition, environmental mitigation, construction, permitting, power curtailment costs (payments due under power contracts in the event there is insufficient transmission to enable acceptance of power delivery), changes in the California Independent System Operator’s transmission plans, and governmental approvals; and
  • risks associated with the operation of transmission and distribution assets and power generating facilities, including worker and public safety issues, the risk of utility assets causing or contributing to wildfires, failure, availability, efficiency, and output of equipment and facilities, and availability and cost of spare parts.

Additional information about risks and uncertainties, including more detail about the factors described in this report, is contained throughout this report and in the 2020 Form 10-K, including the "Risk Factors" section. Readers are urged to read this entire report, including information incorporated by reference, as well as the 2020 Form 10-K, and carefully consider the risks, uncertainties, and other factors that affect Edison International's and SCE's businesses. Edison International and SCE post or provide direct links (i) to certain SCE and other parties' regulatory filings and documents with the CPUC and the FERC and certain agency rulings and notices in open proceedings in a section titled "SCE Regulatory Highlights," (ii) to certain documents and information related to Southern California wildfires which may be of interest to investors in a section titled "Southern California Wildfires," and (iii) to presentations, documents and other information that may be of interest to investors in a section title "Presentations" at www.edisoninvestor.com in order to publicly disseminate such information.

These forward-looking statements represent our expectations only as of the date of this news release, and Edison International assumes no duty to update them to reflect new information, events or circumstances. Readers should review future reports filed by Edison International and SCE with the SEC.

 

First Quarter Reconciliation of Basic Earnings Per Share to Core Earnings Per Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

Change

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Edison International

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCE

 

$

0.78

 

 

$

0.60

 

 

$

0.18

 

Edison International Parent and Other

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

 

Edison International

 

 

0.68

 

 

 

0.50

 

 

 

0.18

 

Less: Non-core items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCE

 

 

(0.11

)

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

0.01

 

Edison International Parent and Other

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

0.01

 

Total non-core items

 

 

(0.11

)

 

 

(0.13

)

 

 

0.02

 

Core earnings (losses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCE

 

 

0.89

 

 

 

0.72

 

 

 

0.17

 

Edison International Parent and Other

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

(0.09

)

 

 

(0.01

)

Edison International

 

$

0.79

 

 

$

0.63

 

 

$

0.16

 

 

Note: Diluted earnings were $0.68 and $0.50 per share for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

First Quarter Reconciliation of Basic Earnings Per Share to Core Earnings (in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

2021

 

2020

 

Change

Net income (loss) attributable to Edison International

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCE

 

$

296

 

 

$

219

 

 

$

77

 

Edison International Parent and Other

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(36

)

 

 

(1

)

Edison International

 

 

259

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

76

 

Less: Non-core items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCE1,2,3

 

 

(42

)

 

 

(42

)

 

 

 

Edison International Parent and Other3

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

3

 

Total non-core items

 

 

(42

)

 

 

(45

)

 

 

3

 

Core earnings (losses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCE

 

 

338

 

 

 

261

 

 

 

77

 

Edison International Parent and Other

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(33

)

 

 

(4

)

Edison International

 

$

301

 

 

$

228

 

 

$

73

 

1

Includes charges of $53 million ($38 million after-tax) and $84 million ($60 million after-tax) for the quarter-ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, from the amortization of SCE's contributions to the Wildfire Insurance Fund.

2

Includes a charge of $5 million ($4 million after-tax) for the quarter-ended March 31, 2021 for SCE's 2017/2018 Wildfire/Mudslide Events expenses.

3

Includes income tax benefit of $18 million and income tax expense of $3 million recorded in the first quarter of 2020 for SCE and Edison International Parent and Other, respectively, due to re-measurement of uncertain tax positions related to the 2010 – 2012 California state tax filings currently under audit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Income

 

Edison International

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

March 31,

(in millions, except per-share amounts, unaudited)

 

2021

 

2020

Total operating revenue

 

$

2,960

 

 

$

2,790

 

Purchased power and fuel

 

 

1,013

 

 

 

928

 

Operation and maintenance

 

 

844

 

 

 

881

 

Wildfire Insurance Fund expense

 

 

53

 

 

 

84

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

525

 

 

 

484

 

Property and other taxes

 

 

126

 

 

 

111

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

2,561

 

 

 

2,488

 

Operating income

 

 

399

 

 

 

302

 

Interest expense

 

 

(217

)

 

 

(225

)

Other income

 

 

72

 

 

 

52

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

254

 

 

 

129

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

(36

)

 

 

(84

)

Net income

 

 

290

 

 

 

213

 

Preferred and preference stock dividend requirements of SCE

 

 

27

 

 

 

30

 

Preferred stock dividend requirement of Edison International

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Edison International common shareholders

 

$

259

 

 

$

183

 

Basic earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding

 

 

379

 

 

 

363

 

Basic earnings per common share attributable to Edison International common shareholders

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

0.50

 

Diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, including effect of dilutive securities

 

 

380

 

 

 

364

 

Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Edison International common shareholders

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

0.50

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

Edison International

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

(in millions, unaudited)

 

2021

 

2020

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

389

 

$

87

Receivables, less allowances of $226 and $188 for uncollectible accounts at respective dates

 

 

1,093

 

 

1,130

Accrued unbilled revenue

 

 

673

 

 

521

Insurance receivable

 

 

603

 

 

708

Income tax receivables

 

 

 

 

68

Inventory

 

 

416

 

 

405

Prepaid expenses

 

 

163

 

 

281

Regulatory assets

 

 

1,578

 

 

1,314

Wildfire Insurance Fund contributions

 

 

204

 

 

323

Other current assets

 

 

209

 

 

224

Total current assets

 

 

5,328

 

 

5,061

Nuclear decommissioning trusts

 

 

4,763

 

 

4,833

Other investments

 

 

59

 

 

53

Total investments

 

 

4,822

 

 

4,886

Utility property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation and amortization of $10,827 and $10,681 at respective dates

 

 

48,097

 

 

47,653

Nonutility property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $96 and $94 at respective dates

 

 

187

 

 

186

Total property, plant and equipment

 

 

48,284

 

 

47,839

Regulatory assets (includes $331 at 2021 related to Variable Interest Entities "VIEs")

 

 

7,543

 

 

7,120

Wildfire Insurance Fund contributions

 

 

2,512

 

 

2,443

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

1,071

 

 

1,088

Long-term insurance receivable

 

 

75

 

 

75

Other long-term assets

 

 

870

 

 

860

Total long-term assets

 

 

12,071

 

 

11,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

70,505

 

$

69,372

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

Edison International

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

(in millions, except share amounts, unaudited)

 

2021

 

2020

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term debt

 

$

2,520

 

 

$

2,398

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

909

 

 

 

1,029

 

Accounts payable

 

 

1,602

 

 

 

1,980

 

Wildfire-related claims

 

 

1,812

 

 

 

2,231

 

Customer deposits

 

 

225

 

 

 

243

 

Regulatory liabilities

 

 

524

 

 

 

569

 

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

 

 

215

 

 

 

215

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

1,690

 

 

 

1,612

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

9,497

 

 

 

10,277

 

Long-term debt (Includes $327 at 2021 related to VIEs)

 

 

20,165

 

 

 

19,632

 

Deferred income taxes and credits

 

 

5,474

 

 

 

5,368

 

Pensions and benefits

 

 

554

 

 

 

563

 

Asset retirement obligations

 

 

2,902

 

 

 

2,930

 

Regulatory liabilities

 

 

8,881

 

 

 

8,589

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

856

 

 

 

873

 

Wildfire-related claims

 

 

2,082

 

 

 

2,281

 

Other deferred credits and other long-term liabilities

 

 

2,871

 

 

 

2,910

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

 

 

23,620

 

 

 

23,514

 

Total liabilities

 

 

53,282

 

 

 

53,423

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock (50,000,000 shares authorized; 1,250,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021)

 

 

1,237

 

 

 

 

Common stock, no par value (800,000,000 shares authorized; 379,433,168 and 378,907,147 shares issued and outstanding at respective dates)

 

 

5,989

 

 

 

5,962

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(69

)

Retained earnings

 

 

8,163

 

 

 

8,155

 

Total Edison International's shareholders' equity

 

 

15,322

 

 

 

14,048

 

Noncontrolling interests – preference stock of SCE

 

 

1,901

 

 

 

1,901

 

Total equity

 

 

17,223

 

 

 

15,949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

70,505

 

 

$

69,372

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

Edison International

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

(in millions, unaudited)

 

2021

 

2020

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

290

 

 

$

213

 

Adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

542

 

 

 

501

 

Allowance for equity during construction

 

 

(35

)

 

 

(21

)

Deferred income taxes

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(58

)

Wildfire Insurance Fund amortization expense

 

 

53

 

 

 

84

 

Other

 

 

11

 

 

 

23

 

Nuclear decommissioning trusts

 

 

(52

)

 

 

14

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables

 

 

15

 

 

 

(30

)

Inventory

 

 

(12

)

 

 

1

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(151

)

 

 

(129

)

Tax receivables and payables

 

 

178

 

 

 

31

 

Other current assets and liabilities

 

 

(168

)

 

 

41

 

Regulatory assets and liabilities, net

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(372

)

Wildfire-related insurance receivable

 

 

105

 

 

 

58

 

Wildfire-related claims

 

 

(618

)

 

 

 

Other noncurrent assets and liabilities

 

 

21

 

 

 

(41

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

72

 

 

 

315

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt issued, plus premium and net of discount and issuance costs of $(15) and $19 for the respective periods

 

 

1,223

 

 

 

1,719

 

Long-term debt repaid

 

 

(490

)

 

 

(40

)

Short-term debt borrowed

 

 

305

 

 

 

1,275

 

Short-term debt repaid

 

 

(327

)

 

 

 

Common stock issued

 

 

15

 

 

 

74

 

Preferred stock issued, net

 

 

1,237

 

 

 

 

Commercial paper repayment, net of borrowing

 

 

(180

)

 

 

(550

)

Dividends and distribution to noncontrolling interests

 

 

(32

)

 

 

(36

)

Dividends paid

 

 

(247

)

 

 

(226

)

Other

 

 

7

 

 

 

15

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

1,511

 

 

 

2,231

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(1,358

)

 

 

(1,268

)

Proceeds from sale of nuclear decommissioning trust investments

 

 

1,270

 

 

 

1,407

 

Purchases of nuclear decommissioning trust investments

 

 

(1,218

)

 

 

(1,421

)

Other

 

 

24

 

 

 

4

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(1,282

)

 

 

(1,278

)

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

301

 

 

 

1,268

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

 

89

 

 

 

70

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

390

 

 

$

1,338

 

 

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