EXHIBIT 99.1
NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- MMC Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMCE) announced that for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007, it had net losses of approximately ($627,000) on revenues of approximately $1.5 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2007 the company had net losses of approximately ($2.5 million) on revenues of approximately of $2.6 million.
Revenues for the second quarter of 2007 consisted of energy production revenues of $100,867 ancillary services revenues of $612,846 and resource adequacy capacity revenues of $791,250. Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2007 consisted of energy production revenues of $118,194, ancillary services revenues of $1,004,387, and resource adequacy capacity revenues of $1,483,500. The company was a development stage enterprise until June 12, 2006 thus prior period comparisons are not meaningful.
The company believes that Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization, as adjusted for non-cash compensation charges and re-commissioning expenses, which are non-recurring charges on an asset by asset basis that the company considers a component of its acquisition cost for internal reporting purposes, and in 2006, non-recurring charges associated with the company's merger and private placement) serves as a more meaningful measure of performance on an ongoing basis. While the company expects growth in revenues and adjusted EBITDA as it completes targeted power plant acquisitions, net earnings may not grow as aggressively in the near term due to anticipated depreciation expenses, interest expense, and additional re-commissioning costs, associated with future acquisitions. Tables are included in this release providing a reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial results.
Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 was a loss of ($525,221). Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was a loss of ($1,383,074). The company has qualified its Mid-Sun facility to provide the premium spinning reserve ancillary service in June 2007. Accordingly, the company has completed the process of preparing its existing facilities to optimize revenues going forward, until the Chula Vista and Escondido facilities are taken off line in preparation for completing the announced upgrades of these facilities. See below for a cautionary note on forward looking statements.
The company's business is to provide critical reliability based power and services including capacity, ancillary services and peaking energy from its power plants. The company derives a majority of its revenues from the sales of regulatory capacity and ancillary services. Energy sales make up a smaller component of the company's total revenues and tend to be higher in the third quarter due to summer peaking demand fluctuating with the weather, transmission congestion, and outages of other large generation facilities in Southern California and the Southwest United States.
Incomes statement for the three and six month
periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Three Three Six Six
Months Months Months Months
Ended Ended Ended Ended
June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006
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Operating
revenues:
Resource
adequacy
capacity $ 791,250 $ -- $ 1,483,500 $ --
Ancillary
services 612,846 252,272 1,004,387 252,272
Energy
production 100,867 18,675 118,194 18,675
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Total
operating
revenues 1,504,963 270,947 2,606,081 270,947
Costs of
sales:
Costs of
resource
adequacy
capacity 63,300 -- 118,680 --
Costs of
ancillary
services 92,813 36,330 180,091 36,330
Costs of
energy
production 81,184 14,478 102,097 14,478
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Total costs
of sales 237,297 50,808 400,868 50,808
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Gross
Profit 1,267,666 220,139 2,205,213 220,139
Operating
expenses:
Depreciation 279,222 158,120 516,185 306,044
Operations
and
maintenance 797,467 267,600 1,211,625 426,628
Re-commissioning
expenses 39,517 1,814,213 419,135 2,143,164
General and
administrative
expenses 1,073,000 1,948,409 2,522,049 2,221,279
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Total
operating
expenses 2,189,206 4,188,342 4,668,994 5,097,115
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Loss from
operations (921,540) (3,968,203) (2,463,781) (4,876,976)
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Other
expenses
(income)
Interest
expense,
net 2,055 37,134 39,015 62,573
Other
expenses,
net (296,117) -- (135,995) --
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Total other
expenses (294,062) 37,134 (96,980) 62,573
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Net loss
before
provision
for income
taxes (627,478) (4,005,337) (2,366,801) (4,939,549)
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Provision
for income
taxes -- -- -- --
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Net loss $ (627,478) $(4,005,337) $(2,366,801) $(4,939,549)
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Basic loss
per common
share
Net loss
per share $ (0.13) $ (0.96) $ (0.49) $ (1.27)
Weighted
average
shares
outstanding 4,811,438 4,158,154 4,807,073 3,882,608
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Diluted
loss per
common
share
Net loss per
share $ (0.13) $ (0.96) $ (0.49) $ (1.27)
Weighted
average
shares
outstanding 4,811,438 4,158,154 4,807,073 3,882,608
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Reconciliation of Losses
from operations to
adjusted EBITDA
Three Three Six Six
Months Months Months Months
Ended Ended Ended Ended
June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006
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Losses
from
operations $ (921,540) $(3,968,203) $(2,463,781) $(4,876,976)
Add:
Depreciation
Expense 279,222 158,120 516,185 306,044
Add:
Re-
commissioning
expenses 39,517 1,814,213 419,135 2,143,164
Add: Stock-
based
compensation 77,580 26,750 145,387 26,750
Add: non-
recurring
restructuring
costs -- 1,413,784 -- 1,413,784
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Adjusted
EBITDA $ (525,221) $ (555,336) $(1,383,074) $ (987,234)
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July Events
California and the Southwest United States experienced a heat wave during the first week of July. The company's generation facilities were dispatched for short reliability and transmission congestion runs as energy and ancillary service prices spiked, leading to stronger than expected July revenues. As noted in its public filings, energy and ancillary revenues are heavily influenced by the weather and transmission congestion which makes those revenue streams difficult to predict. Accordingly, a confluence of additional hot weather and bottlenecks in the power transmission grid imports into Southern California would be required for such revenue trends to continue.
The company recently announced the execution of Resource Adequacy Capacity contracts for 2008 for two of its plants. With these contracts, MMC has fully contracted its entire available capacity through December 31, 2008. While the company's Chula Vista and Escondido power plants were contracted at similar pricing to 2007, under the new contracts its Mid-Sun plant was also contracted at a similar price, which is a significant increase from 2007 pricing for Mid-Sun. MMC has retained the energy and ancillary services revenue components of these plants, which, as described above, provide additional and potentially significant revenue streams to the company.
On July 5, 2007, the company closed a public offering of 9,090,910 shares of its common stock at $5.50 per share pursuant to Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933. The Company intends to use up to $35 million of the net proceeds of this offering to implement the upgrade of its Chula Vista and Escondido facilities and the remainder for the potential acquisition of, or investments in additional power generating assets or energy infrastructure assets.
About MMC Energy, Inc.:
MMC Energy is an energy company that acquires and actively manages electricity generating and energy infrastructure-related assets in the United States. Its mission is to acquire, directly or through joint ventures, a portfolio of small to mid size electricity generating assets, generally below 250 megawatts, or "MW." To date, MMC has acquired three electricity generating assets in California, totaling 110 MW of capacity. We are currently in the process of upgrading two of these assets,
The company is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market in the United States and the Deutsche Bourse in Germany.
The company works to create long-term value for its shareholders through discounted asset acquisitions and hands on post-acquisition asset management. The company currently owns power generation assets in Southern California. The company is currently in the process of upgrading two of these assets and continues to pursue an aggressive portfolio acquisition and growth strategy targeting power generation facilities and energy infrastructure assets primarily in California, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Northeastern U.S.
Forward Looking Statements:
This press release contains 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including those statements regarding the company's expectation that it will achieve positive adjusted EBITDA during the next twelve months and the company's ability to expand existing generating facilities and exploit acquisition opportunities. These statements are expressed in good faith and based upon a reasonable basis when made, but there can be no assurance that these expectations will be achieved or accomplished. Although the forward-looking statements in this release reflect the good faith judgment of management, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from those discussed in these forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, those risks described in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and in its other public filings. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. MMC undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: MMC Energy Inc.
Denis G. Gagnon, Chief Financial Officer
(212) 977-0900
www.mmcenergy.com
BPC Financial Marketing
Investor Contact:
John Baldissera
(800) 368-1217