limitations and higher fuel prices – all having an impact on customer rates and our balance sheet strength. We are keenly aware of the economic pressures that are affecting our customers and are taking seriously our core mission to safely deliver reliable, affordable and clean energy to our customers, while creating value for our shareholders.
“Our company has an incredible opportunity to invest capital in the coming years – in fact, well into the next decade – all to the benefit of our customers, the environment, our communities’ economies, and our shareholders. These customer-beneficial programs are part of a diverse energy generation strategy to deliver clean energy while simultaneously meeting the need for affordable and reliable energy grids.
“However, we need to ensure that near-term economic and customer bill issues don’t preclude the full realization of that comprehensive energy transition and related long-term capital investment.
“We expect to share updates on our fourth-quarter earnings call in early 2023 and plan to hold an investor day later in 2023 to update stakeholders more fully on our plan and the key value drivers of each of our business segments.”
Guidance
Dominion Energy expects fourth-quarter operating earnings in the range of $0.98 to $1.13 per share.
The company has narrowed its full-year 2022 operating earnings guidance range to $4.03 to $4.18 per share, keeping the same midpoint of its original guidance.
Dominion Energy continues to target “single A” ratings for OpCos and “high BBB” ratings for the parent company (DEI).
Webcast today
The company will host its third-quarter 2022 earnings call at 10 a.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Management will discuss matters of interest to financial and other stakeholders including recent financial results.
A live webcast of the conference call, including accompanying slides and other financial information, will be available on the investor information pages at investors.dominionenergy.com.
For individuals who prefer to join via telephone, domestic callers should dial 1-800-343-1703 and international callers should dial 1-785-424-1601. The passcode for the telephonic earnings call is 37551. Participants should dial in 10 to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
A replay of the webcast will be available on the investor information pages by the end of the day Nov. 4. A telephonic replay of the earnings call will be available beginning at about 1 p.m. ET on Nov. 4. Domestic callers may access the recording by dialing 1-800-934-8221. International callers should dial 1-402-220-6990. The PIN for the replay is 37551.
Important note to investors regarding operating, reported earnings
Dominion Energy uses operating earnings as the primary performance measurement of its earnings guidance and results for public communications with analysts and investors. Dominion Energy also uses operating earnings internally for budgeting, for reporting to the Board of Directors, for the company’s incentive compensation plans and for its targeted dividend payouts and other purposes. Dominion Energy management believes operating earnings provide a more meaningful representation of the company’s fundamental earnings power.
In providing its operating earnings guidance, the company notes that there could be differences between expected reported earnings and estimated operating earnings for matters such as, but not limited to, acquisitions, divestitures or extreme weather events and other natural disasters. Dominion Energy management is not able to estimate the aggregate impact of these items on future period reported earnings.