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1. +0.15%0:00OperatorHello everyone. Thank you for joining us and welcome to Duke Energy Corporation's third quarter earnings conference call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I will now hand the conference over to Mike Switzer, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Development. Mike, please go ahead.
2. +0.15%0:31ManagementThank you, Lucas, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Duke Energy's third quarter 2026 earnings review and business update. Leading our call today is Harry Sedaris, President and CEO, along with Brian Savoy, Executive Vice President and CFO. Today's discussion will include the use of non-GAAP financial measures and forward-looking information. Actual results may differ from forward-looking statements due to factors disclosed in today's materials and in Duke Energy's SEC financial statements. Thank you, Lucas. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Duke Energy's third quarter 2026 earnings call. The appendix of today's presentation includes supplemental information, along with a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. With that, let me turn the call over to
3. +0.06%1:12ManagementHarry. Thank you, Mike, and good morning, everyone. It's great to be with you today for our third quarter 2026 earnings call. Today, we announced adjusted earnings per share of $1.99 compared to $1.81 last year, building on the solid performance we've delivered throughout the year. Results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The results were driven by growth at our election and the number of votes we received. The investments to meet growing customer demand in our service territory. With strong performance year-to-date, we are narrowing our 2026 guidance range to 670 to 680 and expect to finish the year near the top end. We're also reaffirming our long-term earnings per share growth rate of 5%
4. +0.06%1:53Managementto 7% through 2030, and we remain confident that we will deliver in the top half of the range beginning in 2028 when we experience accelerated growth from the economic development projects already secured under electric service agreements. Growth is underpinned by our $103 billion capital plan, and we have $5 to $10 billion of upside capital to support generation and transmission investments to serve large-load customers as we finalize additional contracts, particularly in Indiana and Florida. We recognize that this is a time of accelerated change for our industry. With growing energy needs in our vibrant jurisdictions, discipline,
5. -0.18%2:37Managementexecution, and a relentless focus on customer value are more important than ever. I am proud of how our team at Duke continues to meet this extraordinary growth in a way that benefits all customers. We are careful stewards of our capital, and we look forward to providing more details on our updated financial plan during the fourth quarter call in February. Moving to slide five, across our jurisdictions, we're demonstrating how excellent execution is supporting both reliability, and performance. We're also looking to improve our performance in the future, and we're also looking to improve our performance in the future, and we're also looking to improve our performance and affordability. Building on our strong foundation of cost management and operational efficiencies, we continue to work with policymakers to pursue federal funding opportunities to help
6. -0.07%3:20Managementkeep costs as low as possible. In September, we were selected by the Department of Energy for a $50 million grant to support advanced transmission projects in North and South Carolina. This award brings total announced DOE grant funding this year to nearly $100 million. This award brings total announced DOE grant funding this year to nearly $150 million. This award brings total announced DOE grant funding this year to nearly $150 million, which will help offset the cost of projects to meet increased demand, strengthen local communities, and maintain the dependable service our customers expect. We were also pleased to receive an EDI Emergency Recovery Award, the industry's highest honor for storm recovery, for our response efforts to Winter storm Fern earlier this year.
7. -0.22%4:02ManagementWe safely restored nearly 200,000 Carolina customers in January within 48 hours. We similarly responded to a rare derecho event in Midwest this summer and then again last month, the Hurricane Isaias, which impacted our Florida and Carolinas customers. I am proud of the team for maintaining their strong track record of operational excellence throughout the year. On the regulatory front, we are making significant progress advancing outcomes that support cost-effective investments to improve reliability and modernize our fleet.
8. -0.22%4:37ManagementJust after the second quarter call, we reached another comprehensive settlement with North Carolina public staff and other interveners, this time in our Duke Energy Progress. The DEP settlement supported balanced outcome with customer rates expected to remain below the national average. We expect orders on both cases by mid-November with rates effective in January of 2027. We also reached a settlement with public staff and several large customers around a proposed large load tariff in early October. We believe the settlement achieves a constructive outcome that balances the goals of protecting existing customers while supporting economic growth.
9. -0.14%5:20ManagementWe expect the Commission to issue an order on the tariff along with the rate cases. Our guiding principle on large loads is simple. Ensure everyone benefits from the influx of economic development projects. Preserving reliability, powering economic growth, and producing shared value. Thank you. The large load tariffs we are advancing align with our Customer Protection Plus commitment and the key provisions in our existing ESAs, including long-term contracts with minimum demand charges, early termination penalties, interruptibility, credit support, and capital advances.
10. +0.03%6:00ManagementThe progression of large load tariffs across our states ensures large customer users cover the cost of serving their facilities and deliver best-of-the-bill benefits. Our state. We share the goals of Indiana business and policy makers to keep bills as low as possible, maintain reliability, while supporting growth in the state. state and a track record of effective cost management and operational
11. +0.03%6:43Managementexcellence including storm response. We look forward to developing a cost-effective plan that delivers continued value to our customers. Outlined on slide 6, we continue to make significant progress on one of the largest generation expansion programs in the industry, adding 16 gigawatts of capacity by 2031. We're advancing resource plans in our largest jurisdictions to reflect the once-in-a-generation growth we're experiencing. In August, we filed the 2026 Carolinas Resource Plan in South Carolina. The plan reflects our all-of-the-above generation strategy with additional combined cycles, combustion turbines, increased battery storage, and
12. +0.24%7:28Managementcontinued solar development. The Commission will hold a hearing on the resource plan in April of 27 and issue an order by June of 27. Our resource plans make clear that the plan will be implemented in the next six years. We are also clear the important role natural gas will play in the near term to ensure reliability. That's why we're advancing regulatory filings specific to natural gas generation with more than five gigawatts under construction in the Carolinas and Indiana and another five gigawatts in development. Since our second quarter call, we received approval from the North Carolina Commission on our first out-of-state CPCN filing for the Anderson County combined cycle plan and a construction monitoring request for the first-person county
13. +0.15%8:09Managementunit. Just last month, we pre-filed CPCNs for two combined cycle plans totally near 2,800 megawatts at the Davie Davidson site in North Carolina and expect to file CPCNs early next year. We continue to evaluate a liquefied natural gas storage facility on the site to support our generation fleet, which would provide greater supply flexibility and diversity while reducing exposure to price volatility to support reliable and affordable supply of natural gas. service. In closing, we are leveraging our economies of scale to create value as we progress these generation projects. We are focused on delivery certainty, utilizing our framework
14. +0.15%8:51Managementagreements and repeatable execution models to de-risk every dollar and ensure we deliver on time and on budget. With that, let me turn the call over to Brian. Thanks, Harry, and good morning, everyone. As shown on slide seven, we delivered another strong quarter with both reported and adjusted earnings per share of $1.99 compared to $1.81 in the prior year. Electric utilities and infrastructure increased 20 cents as the growth engine of the company continues to produce strong results. Rate cases and riders, along with higher sales volumes and hot summer weather, fueled the growth in the quarter. These drivers were partially offset by the pandemic, but the
15. +0.25%9:34Managementgrowth in the quarter was also offset by higher depreciation and interest expense associated with our growing asset base and the minority interest at Duke Energy Florida. Gas utilities and infrastructure was up a penny, and the other segment was down 3 cents due to lower market returns on benefit trusts. Our results continue to reflect disciplined execution of our strategy, and I'm proud of the way our teams maintain reliable service through extreme summer heat across our jurisdictions. As we close out 2026, we will continue to work with our partners to improve our infrastructure and improve our infrastructure. We will continue to work with our partners to improve our infrastructure. We're re-investing some weather benefits to further strengthen the system as we exercise O&M agility to deliver consistent, sustainable growth away year after year. We also
16. +0.17%10:16Managementexpect lower quarterly results in the gas segment as we enter the first winter heating season, following the Piedmont, TN, sale. Applause Overall, we are extremely pleased with our year-to-date performance, and are well positioned to deliver full-year results near the top end of our narrowed EPS guidance range. Have a wonderful week, everybody! I hope you enjoyed our episode this evening. If you do, please consider subscribing to our YouTube growth drivers on slide 8. We will implement new rates across many of our service territories next year, including in North Carolina where we will begin our next multi-year rate plan subject to final commission orders. In Florida, we will move into the final year of the current rate plan utilizing battery tax credits to keep base rates flat for customers. We also
17. -0.10%11:00Managementexpect continued customer growth and the ramp of economic development projects to support our 3-4% load growth outlook. To meet this accelerating demand and maintain reliable service for customers, we will continue to execute our record generation build and grid investment plan, driving higher AFUDC and rider recovery. These positive drivers will be partially offset by a return to normal weather, higher depreciation, and higher interest expense as we fund the growth of the business. The fundamentals underpinning our long-term outlook are as strong as they can be. Our communities continue to benefit from population migration and vibrant economies,
18. -0.10%11:42Managementcreating an extensive runway of capital investment opportunities well into the next decade. That investment supports sustained earnings-based growth, with additional upside as we secure large load projects in our pipeline. And the efficient recovery mechanisms across our jurisdictions support timely recovery, strengthen the balance sheet, and minimize costs for customers. Positioning the company to deliver 5-7% longer-term growth outlook will be a key factor in our future long-term earnings growth, with confidence to earn in the top half of the range beginning in 2028. Turning to slide 9 – we continue to advance economic development prospects into contracted load and connect customers to the system.
19. -0.09%12:22ManagementLoad growth has accelerated through 2026. 3rd quarter demand increased 2% – our strongest quarterly growth since 2022. Residential customer growth is steady at nearly 2% outpacing national average. While many of our new customers have quickly become a minority and tend to struggle with a large amount of cash, the growth management industry is a major example of this. The Maryland manufacturing, well, advanced manufacturing loads are beginning to come online. These trends reinforce confidence in our 3% to 4% load growth projection over the remainder of the five-year plan, as contracted data center load begins coming online next year. I also want to reiterate Harry's comments on the work we've done in the regulatory space to bring greater transparency to our large load contracts. The constructive settlement we reached in North Carolina formalizes customer protections,
20. -0.02%13:06Managementfurther ensuring that as data centers come online, they will deliver billions in benefits for customers and communities. Moving to slide 10, we remain confident in converting the full 15.4 gigawatt late stage pipeline to ESAs by the first half of 2027. We are advancing negotiations with prospective large load customers, with multiple projects executing preliminary agreements during the quarter, and providing deposits to begin initial transmission system work. We are actively planning the generation and transmission investments to serve them, with the potential for $5 to $10 billion of capital to be added to the five-year plan upon final contract execution.
21. -0.02%13:50ManagementConversion of the remaining pipeline will extend the runway of load growth and capital investment well into the next decade. Finally, the 5.2 gigawatts of data centers currently under construction remain on schedule to begin taking energy in the second half of 2027 and into 2028. Turning to the balance sheet on slide 11, we remain on track to achieve our 14.5% FFO to debt target for 2026. Our disciplined financing strategy continues to support a strong balance sheet and provides the financial flexibility needed to execute our investment plans to reliably serve customers. We're supporting our growth capital plan with $10 billion of equity
22. -0.12%14:34Managementand have already addressed one-third of our expected needs. We priced $825 million of equity in the first half of 2027, and we're already at $825 million of equity in the first half of 2027. We're already at $825 million of equity in the first half of 2027, and we're already at $825 million of equity through our ATM program year-to-date, with settlement expected in December of 2027. In August, we issued $2 billion of mandatory convertible equity units, and we expect to issue $125 million annually through our dividend reinvestment plan beginning in 2027. Together, these actions limit near-term dilution and preserve future share price appreciation upside. This proactive approach reduces financing risk on supporting an efficient cost-to-earning system. This proactive approach reduces financing risk on supporting an efficient cost-to-earning system. This proactive approach reduces financing risk on supporting an efficient cost-to-earning system. We are also actively managing interest rate exposure as we address ongoing financing needs.
23. -0.06%15:19ManagementAs we've discussed in prior calls, the Piedmont, Tennessee and Duke Energy Florida minority investment proceeds reduce holding company leverage and increasing benefit as interest rates rise and support our long-term target of 15% FFO to debt. Near-term, Brookfield plans to accelerate $1 billion of its investment from 2028 to this December, with the remaining $2 billion to be funded in 2027. The rest of our 2026 plan is nearly complete, with our remaining issuances fully hedged. Across the five-year plan, our long-standing programmatic hedging strategy helps moderate interest rate volatility. We will continue to optimize the timing, duration, and structure of our financings
24. +0.09%16:03Managementto minimize costs and create long-term value for customers and shareholders. Let me close with slide 12. Our strategy is clear. Our strategy is clear. Seize growth opportunities. Execute our all-of-the-above generation plan to reliably serve our customers. And work with stakeholders to reach constructive regulatory outcomes that support critical investments while keeping costs as low as possible. We remain on track to deliver results near the top end of our narrowed 2026 EPS guidance range. And 5 to 7% EPS growth through 2030, with confidence to earn the top half of the range beginning in 2028. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Soft hash.
25. +0.09%16:45ManagementDisciplined execution of our Capital investment plan will produce value for customers, and position us to deliver on our growth targets, which combined with our attractive dividend yield, provide a compelling, risk adjusted return for shareholders. With that, we'll open the line for your questions.
26. +0.10%17:04OperatorWe will now begin the question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. We ask that you pick up your handset when asking a question to allow for optimum sound quality. If you are muted locally, please remember to unmute your device. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from the line of Char Perez with Wells Fargo. Char, please go ahead.
27. +0.10%17:38AnalystHey, guys. Good morning. Morning, Char. Morning. Morning, Harry. Let me just start on Florida. I know you guys continue to kind of highlight the additional capital opportunities to serve large loads. I guess, can you talk about how this week's PSE decision to delay the tariff and any impact to the opportunity set? I guess, what's the path forward there? Or can you continue to move forward as planned without the tariff in place? Thanks.
28. -0.02%18:07ManagementYeah, great question, Char. Yeah, this week, Florida gave us feedback on our file tariff. You know, we have the same. We have the same focus as our regulators as well as our stakeholders, customers, and policymakers to make sure that these data centers are paying their fair share, providing benefits to the customers as well as maintaining reliability. So, we really appreciate the commission's look at that and the feedback they gave us. We're making adjustments to our tariff and plan on refiling that. In the meantime, we're continuing to talk to our customers and continuing to advance the process there on what we're going to need to build for this. So, we're going to continue to talk to our customers and continuing to advance the process there on what we're going to need to build for this. So, we're going to continue to talk to our customers and continuing to advance the process there on what we're going to need to build for this. And the commercial terms that we're going to need to have. So, no slowdown in what we're doing in Florida.
29. -0.02%18:51ManagementWe'll have to refile the tariff, but we feel confident that we'll be able to reach agreement with the feedback that we received.
30. -0.02%19:00AnalystPerfect. And then, just on Indiana, obviously, there's been a lot of attention on affordability. So, with the potential opportunity you see to serve the large load, I guess, would you consider maybe a JNCO-type structure, given the benefits of speed to market? Okay. Obviously, by bypassing the CPCN process. And then, obviously, that structure has a much more visible way to flow back the savings to customers publicly, as we've seen with the peer in the state. I guess, have conversations started around this structure type? And just what's your view there? Thanks.
31. +0.08%19:35ManagementYeah, Char. So, again, we share the commission and the governor's focus on affordability. It's something that we've done for over 120 years, making sure that we have reliable service at the lowest cost possible. We're in a strong position in Indiana with the lowest rates in the state. We continue to work with all our stakeholders to make sure that we're providing the reliable service, as well as growing the state. We are moving forward, having discussions with customers, advancing the pipeline that we have up there, and feel confident that we're going to be able to sign some ESAs before the end of the first half of next year. We always are evaluating when we will need or if we will need. We're not going to be able to do a Genco kind of operation.
32. +0.04%20:20ManagementSo we're open to that. We continue to feel like we can continue to provide the service that we need for our customers and under our current model. But if things change and it makes sense to have a Genco for the reasons that you mentioned, then we will absolutely be doing that.
33. +0.04%20:39AnalystThat's perfect. Appreciate it, guys. And see you in a couple of days.
34. +0.04%20:44ManagementYep. See you in Arizona.
35. +0.04%20:47OperatorYour next question comes from the line of Julian Dumoulin. Julian Dumoulin Smith with Jefferies. Julian, please go ahead.
36. +0.04%20:56AnalystHey, good morning, team. Thanks for the time. I appreciate it. Hey, maybe just to follow up on the Carolinas real quickly, maybe more of a housekeeping item. But as you think about the next few weeks, how do you think about the just approval process of the settlement here? I mean, there's sort of an element of just follow through, but just want to make sure you guys feel good about that. And if there were to be any tweaks in this, how do you think about that being reflected? Obviously, we've seen commissions, but specifically the Carolinas. Take a lot of focus. We've seen large loads and the tariffs and cost allocation appropriately. But again, really narrowly here, follow through and approval as is of the settlement. And if there's any twist, how do you think about that?
37. +0.18%21:34ManagementYeah, good morning, Julian. Yeah, we're very pleased on the settlements that we reached with public staff and nearly all the intervening parties in the state. I think the settlements reflect extensive negotiations that we had amongst the stakeholders and addressed all the key issues that a lot of them raised. I think the settlements really have seen and are quite confident in that we've been impressive in monitoring the proceedings. We really focused – and I believe we were successful in balancing customer affordability with the investments that we needed to be making to improve reliability, harden the grid,
38. +0.03%22:07Managementand support the tremendous growth that we're seeing in our state, both from population growth, data centers, as well as other economic development projects. We have a very strong track record of constructive regulatory outcomes in North Carolina. represents a balanced, well-supported outcome that we will be successful in getting approval. We will continue to remain focused on other things that we can do to continue to drive affordability with our nuclear PTC credits, our storm securitization, our one utility that will start off in January. Those are all things that we're doing to help reduce the customer bill, and we'll continue to look for other options to do that as we move forward.
39. +0.03%22:52AnalystExcellent. I appreciate it here. If the plant cost deferrals let you delay the next North Carolina rate case, does your outlook assume kind of a similar earnings sharing, just the overall framework maybe is the right way to say it, that still applies in 29, just as you think about the outlook here, if you can elaborate a little bit?
40. +0.17%23:13ManagementYeah, we do, Julian. As part of the settlement, we have the option of staying out in 2029. That is predicated on a deferral for the generation. We have some other information facilities that will be coming online, so we'll be evaluating that as we get closer to that date. But all the other conditions will continue to apply, including the earnings sharing mechanism. And, Julian, I'll add to that. With the revenue acceleration from the large load of customers coming online in 2027 that ramp into 2028 and 2029, it really sets the stage that would create the opportunity for the stay out, and that was part of the...
41. +0.17%23:56Managementunderpinning the negotiation, and we're excited to see that come to fruition.
42. +0.06%24:03AnalystGot it. And your confidence in being able to leverage those kinds of mechanisms, given some of the pushback in a more discreet fashion in recent months with some of the investments, again, those are discreet and separate factors, but your confidence that you're on the right track to be able to get these plants approved broadly. Again, separate issues, but again, I know that there's been some specific nuances here on some of the latest assets you put before the Commission.
43. +0.06%24:27ManagementYeah. Absolutely, Julian. We feel North Carolina is a constructive place. We're seeing the tremendous growth, and it's a dynamic environment that we get... we have to continue to work with all our stakeholders and policymakers to make sure that we're doing the right things for our customers and for our state that maintain reliability and affordability and serve this tremendous load that we're seeing. So I think everybody's aligned on that.
44. +0.06%24:53AnalystOkay. All right. Fair enough. I'll leave it there. Thank you guys very much. All the best. Good luck here.
45. +0.06%24:58ManagementThank you.
46. +0.06%24:59OperatorThank you. Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Nicholas Campanella with Barclays. Nicholas, please go ahead.
47. -0.09%25:08AnalystHey, morning. Thanks for all the updates. Hey, morning, Nick. Maybe just on the... Hey, maybe just on the roll forward, you kind of highlighted this 5 to 7... or the 5 to 10 billion of additional capital in Florida and Indiana. Can you just kind of talk to what that is worth from like an earnings-based increase or a rate-based increase perspective as we think about the roll forward? And then just what are the incremental items that we're not thinking about in the Carolinas or in transmission otherwise? I know you kind of brought up this natural gas liquid facility as part of the Carolinas IRP. Just what else is worth kind of thinking incrementally from this? Thanks.
48. -0.09%25:48ManagementThanks, Nick. And this is Brian. As you pointed out, I mean, we're in the throes of building our next role of the plan. And bottom line, capital is increasing, right? We're investing about a billion and a half a month right now, and that's going to step up to about 2 billion a month with a B beginning as we get into 2027. And there's a ton of projects and execution underpinning that capital deployment. And, you know, the 5 to 10 billion we highlighted for the large load projects, that's in the overlapping period. But you think about it, as we get deeper in the generation build cycle and we add 2031, it's much larger than 2026. Right.
49. -0.13%26:30ManagementSo the capital plan is moving up in a sizable way because, you know, we've got 5 gigawatts of natural gas plants under construction along with about 5 gigawatts of batteries and solar in the system. We'll be adding more gigawatts because we've got 5 gigawatts of natural gas under development, and those will be beginning invested – becoming investments in the next role of the plan. So the plan's going up, and these large load projects even kind of boost the increase. Right. And, Nick, I would add that, you know, our growth opportunities are tremendous. You know, we're seeing population growth over 2 percent. Charlotte's the fastest growing city in the U.S.
50. -0.09%27:14ManagementSo being able to serve that load with transmission and distribution, those investments, as well as the generation, we're seeing no end to the data centers and the economic development projects as we continue to work through the funnel on those. So a lot of opportunity for investment in the future.
51. -0.09%27:30AnalystThat's great. Appreciate the color. And then maybe just on the election updates over the last 24 hours, I'm just wondering how you'd frame it impacting the states that you operate in, understanding there haven't been any major changes in governorship in most states. But just if the attitudes are changing towards large load customers in some of the adjacent states outside your territory, is there any anecdotal pieces that you could offer as it relates to your late-stage pipeline? Could we see upside to that as people come to your territory on the back of what we just saw yesterday? Thanks.
52. -0.11%28:09ManagementFirst off, I want to congratulate everybody on the election. It was kind of a historic night. I was watching it. I didn't get any sleep until after midnight watching the results come in. But, you know, we've always worked with our policymakers, and we share their goals, which is reliable service, affordable service, and making investments that help grow the economy. So I think that's a great point. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So we have a track record of that. We've been successful through the state in bringing jobs to the states that we serve, and we've been successful for over 125 years doing that. So we have a track record of that, working with both sides of the aisle to be able to accomplish that. We don't see any changes in that focus or any changes in our ability to work with those that were recently elected.
53. -0.11%28:53ManagementI think they share the same thing, that they want to grow the states. They want to bring jobs. And they all agree that we're a vital part of that. So we'll continue to work through our program. Thank you. pipelines to our economic development teams and working closely with the state to bring those jobs and those projects in I think they're all very supportive they share our goal to of protecting our customers and making sure these large loads pay for their fair share and provide benefits to customers which is what our ESA contracts do already and these tariffs that we're filing do already so I feel like we'll be very successful moving forward they're all
54. -0.08%29:31Analystaligned with that all right thanks for the thoughts your next question comes
55. -0.08%29:41Operatorfrom the line of Carly Davenport with Goldman Sachs Carly please go ahead hey
56. -0.08%29:47Analystgood morning thanks for taking the question maybe just a quick follow-up I think I'm one of Julian's questions earlier as you think about the the gas bill can you just talk a little bit about the plan to refile the CPC n for the Smith CTE and then just as you think about preparing the filing for the d David Davidson combined cycles. Any lessons learned or concerns that you'd have about
57. +0.04%30:07Managementsecuring approvals there? Yeah, good morning, Carly. Yeah, I'd be glad to handle that. Yeah, so our Smith CPCN that we filed was denied by the commission. They had some questions. I think they were really focused on the IRP proceeding and validating the load requirements in there. We still feel very confident that that's a good project. It's a small project, but it is a low-cost solution to help the generation need that we have in the state to serve our customers reliably and affordably. So we feel confident after the IRP filing that IRP decision that we will be able to reevaluate what we need to do there.
58. +0.04%30:51ManagementWe've had the CPCN, the out-of-state CPCN for Anderson County was approved, so we still feel like there's support for these projects and gas field in the Carolinas, and we feel like confident that the Davy-Davidson CPCN that we follow early next year will be successful.
59. -0.06%31:10AnalystGreat. Thank you for that, Collar. Super helpful. And then maybe to follow up just on nuclear, I guess there have been, you know, continued developments at the federal level to support new large-scale reactors. I guess any developments you'd highlight in your discussions with key stakeholders there, and any shifts in how you're thinking about the appetite for new nuclear with
60. -0.06%31:29Managementsome of these moves on the federal funding side? Yeah, Carly, there's really been no shift in our position. We still feel nuclear is very important to our current system as well as our future. So we're focused on the same things we were before, upgrading our current units. So we have 300 megawatts that we'll be adding to our units over the next five years, as well as extending the lives of our current plants to serve 80 years. So we have two already approved and following the third one, and we'll continue through all six of those. We continue to work with all the policymakers in Washington.
61. -0.03%32:06ManagementThank you. Thank you.
62. -0.08%33:10OperatorYour next question comes from the line of Anthony Crowdle with Mizuho. Anthony, please go ahead.
63. -0.08%33:18AnalystHey, good morning, team. Thanks for taking my questions. Just, I guess maybe for Brian, you mentioned about reinvesting some of the weather benefits through O&M. Just any chance you could quantify maybe how much you pulled forward or how much gets de-risked into 27?
64. -0.08%33:36ManagementYou know, Anthony, we're not going to disclose that amount, but you can kind of get the idea of there through, we've got 22 cents of weather year to date. We're not going to invest all of that back into the system because some of it is really helping us position for the top end of the range. So, but you could think, you know, a modest amount of that 22 cents we'll be investing to de-risk
65. -0.08%33:57Analystfuture years. Got it. And then just a quick follow-up on maybe the pipeline conversion. You guys talk about this maybe remaining 7.6 gigawatts of the 15.4 pipeline. You've signed 7.8. I guess, what are the gating items to transit, you know, to move that 7.6 into, I guess, what you've signed? Is it generation? Is it transmission? Just what is needed to maybe move that into the signed contract bucket? Yeah, Anthony, I'll take that one. You know,
66. -0.02%34:29Managementthis is a dynamic environment. These are complex contracts and terms and negotiations. And we're having and progressing and we have lots of letter agreements. But as we've discussed many times before, we're not counting anything. It hits the ESA level because we feel like that is a durable contract and lets us count those earnings and that growth more readily. So we're continuing to have those discussions. They're going very well, but it's taking longer because of the complexities. And obviously, with a dynamic environment, I think everybody's experiencing this, whether it's elections, whether it's tariff proceedings, all those things come into play. But we're making progress on those and we feel good about it. So, yeah, I think that's a good point.
67. +0.02%35:13ManagementI'm very confident that we'll be able to sign the rest of those between now and the first half of next year. That's all I had. See you guys in Phoenix.
68. +0.02%35:26OperatorYour next question comes from the line of Nick Amacucci with Evercore ISI. Nick, please go ahead.
69. +0.02%35:34ManagementHey, good morning, guys. Just really one quick one for me. I just wanted to get a sense to when we think about the acceleration of the Florida minority sale proceeds from 2028 into 2026. Just, I guess, the, you know, I think it's a good point. I think it's a good point. I think it's a good point. How should we, the rationale for that and then how should we balance kind of the avoided holding company interest with alongside the equity requirements? Is it just primarily timing or is there something else to do? Yeah, Nick, good morning. You know, I think we always contemplated this was a possibility because Brookfield had the optionality to accelerate their investment tranches. And so it's
70. +0.11%36:18Managementit's been in our planning assumptions that it could happen and if it did it's net net accretive to us I mean and and I mentioned on my prepared remarks in the rising interest rate environment those deals look better every day bringing an eight and a half billion dollars to deliver holdco when interest rates are moving against us is a great great thing so you know it definitely definitely have a higher ownership percentage for Brookfield for Florida earlier but that is you remember we sold this business that minority stake at and you know near a 30 PE so it's a creative to the bottom line for having that interest being sold
71. +0.11%36:59Managementsooner and it's a nice help while we we don't have to access the market near as much at the holding company in 2027 with these proceeds coming in makes perfect
72. +0.12%37:11Operatorsense thanks there are no further questions at this time I will now turn the call back over to Harry Sedaris for closing recording.
73. +0.12%37:21Managementremarks so I'll wrap this up real quickly you know our focus is remains straightforward we're going to maintain operational excellence we're supporting the once-in-a-generation growth and we're delivering value for our customers so far this year and continued progress that we're making on our strategic priorities as we move forward we are very confident in our 2026 outlook and in our ability to deliver the upper half of our five to seven percent earnings per share growth growing in the future.
74. +0.12%37:54Managementwe're very confident in our 2028 our plan is very durable and we're well positioned to create the long-term value for our customers our communities and our shareholders so thank you again for joining us today look forward to seeing a lot of you out in Arizona later this weekend.
75. +0.13%38:13Operatorthis concludes today's call thank you for attending you may now disconnect.