performance across companies and across periods. Management also believes that non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA is widely used by investors to measure operating performance without regard to items such as income tax expense, interest expense and depreciation and amortization, which can vary substantially from company to company depending upon, among other things, the book value of assets, capital structure and whether assets were constructed or acquired. Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA also allows investors and other users to assess the underlying financial performance of our fleet before management’s decision to deploy capital. Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA excludes the same items as our non-GAAP Operating Earnings measure as well as income tax expense, interest expense and depreciation and amortization.
See Attachments 8 and 9 for a complete list of items excluded from Net Income in the determination of non-GAAP Operating Earnings and non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA. The presentation of non-GAAP Operating Earnings and non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA is intended to complement, and should not be considered an alternative to the presentation of Net Income, which is an indicator of financial performance determined in accordance with GAAP. In addition, non-GAAP Operating Earnings and non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA as presented in this release may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.
Due to the forward looking nature of non-GAAP Operating Earnings and non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA guidance, PSEG is unable to reconcile these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Management is unable to project certain reconciling items, in particular MTM and NDT gains (losses), for future periods due to market volatility.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain of the matters discussed in this release about our and our subsidiaries’ future performance, including, without limitation, future revenues, earnings, strategies, prospects, consequences and all other statements that are not purely historical constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements are based on management’s beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. When used herein, the words “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “believe,” “expect,” “plan,” “should,” “hypothetical,” “potential,” “forecast,” “project,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ are often presented with the forward-looking statements themselves. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statements made by us herein are discussed in filings we make with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. These factors include, but are not limited to:
| • | | fluctuations in wholesale power and natural gas markets, including the potential impacts on the economic viability of our generation units; |
| • | | our ability to obtain adequate fuel supply; |
| • | | market risks impacting the operation of our generating stations; |
| • | | increases in competition in wholesale energy and capacity markets; |
| • | | changes in technology related to energy generation, distribution and consumption and customer usage patterns; |
| • | | third-party credit risk relating to our sale of generation output and purchase of fuel; |
| • | | adverse performance of our nuclear decommissioning and defined benefit plan trust fund investments and changes in funding requirements; |
| • | | the impact of changes in state and federal legislation and regulations on our business, including PSE&G’s ability to recover costs and earn returns on authorized investments; |
| • | | PSE&G’s proposed investment programs may not be fully approved by regulators and its capital investment may be lower than planned; |
| • | | the impact on our New Jersey nuclear plants if such plants are not awarded Zero Emission Certificates (ZEC) in future periods, there is an adverse change in the amount of future ZEC payments, the ZEC program is overturned or modified through legal proceedings or if adverse changes are made to the capacity market construct; |
| • | | adverse changes in energy industry laws, policies and regulations, including market structures and transmission planning; |
| • | | the impact of state and federal actions aimed at combating climate change on our natural gas assets; |
| • | | risks associated with our ownership and operation of nuclear facilities, including regulatory risks, such as compliance with the Atomic Energy Act and trade control, environmental and other regulations, as well as financial, environmental and health and safety risks; |
| • | | changes in federal and state environmental regulations and enforcement; |
| • | | delays in receipt of, or an inability to receive, necessary licenses and permits; |
| • | | the impact of any future rate proceedings; |
| • | | adverse outcomes of any legal, regulatory or other proceeding, settlement, investigation or claim applicable to us and/or the energy industry; |
| • | | changes in tax laws and regulations; |
| • | | the impact of our holding company structure on our ability to meet our corporate funding needs, service debt and pay dividends; |
| • | | lack of growth or slower growth in the number of customers or changes in customer demand; |
| • | | any inability of PSEG Power to meet its commitments under forward sale obligations; |
| • | | reliance on transmission facilities that we do not own or control and the impact on our ability to maintain adequate transmission capacity; |
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