1. PGE reported $313 million net income in 2024, up from $228 million in 2023. 2. The company initiated 2025 earnings guidance of $3.13 to $3.33 per share. 3. PGE invested over $85 million in wildfire mitigation strategies in 2024. 4. The newly installed 75 MW energy storage system enhances grid reliability. 5. PGE approved a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share, payable in April.
PGE's strong earnings and growth in customer base signal positive momentum. Past performance shows similar patterns led to stock improvements.
Earnings performance and future guidance are crucial indicators for investor confidence and stock valuation.
Immediate growth expectations and operational improvements will likely influence stock prices soon. Previous guidance increases have led to short-term positive stock responses.
Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) today reported net income based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) of $313 million, or $3.01 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2024, which includes the $0.13 per diluted share impact of the January 2024 winter storms. After adjusting for the impact of the January 2024 winter storms, 2024 non-GAAP net income was $327 million, or $3.14 per diluted share.
This compares with GAAP net income of $228 million, or $2.33 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2023, which included the $0.05 per diluted share Boardman revenue requirement settlement charge resulting from the Oregon Public Utility Commission's (OPUC) 2022 General Rate Case (GRC) Final Order. After adjusting for the impact of the Boardman revenue requirement settlement charge, 2023 non-GAAP net income was $233 million, or $2.38 per diluted share.
GAAP net income was $39 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2024. This compares with GAAP net income of $68 million, or $0.67 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2023.
"In 2024, we experienced solid growth from new and returning customers, enhanced our operational reliability and resilience, achieved strong safety performance, made significant investments in clean energy resources and battery storage and delivered strong earnings results," said Maria Pope, PGE President and CEO.
PGE is initiating full-year 2025 adjusted earnings guidance of $3.13 to $3.33 per diluted share based on the following assumptions:
In December 2024, PGE placed in-service the 75 MW Constable Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project located in Hillsboro, Oregon. The non-emitting dispatchable capacity from the BESS project addresses a number of grid challenges, providing flexibility to PGE's grid operators to meet changing conditions, integrating renewable energy, and helping manage power cost impacts.
On December 31, 2024, PGE submitted to the OPUC the 2025 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) which outlines PGE's approach to wildfire risk mitigation and guides PGE's Wildfire Mitigation Program. PGE continues to evolve its wildfire mitigation planning practices and implementation of a comprehensive and data-driven wildfire mitigation strategy.
On November 19, 2024, the Public Utility Commission of Oregon (OPUC) acknowledged, with conditions, PGE's final shortlist for the 2023 RFP, which was filed with the OPUC on September 17, 2024. PGE is continuing with commercial negotiations with projects on the final shortlist and aims to finalize contracts over the course of 2025.
As previously announced, on February 12, 2025, the board of directors of Portland General Electric Company approved a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.50 per share. The quarterly dividend is payable on or before April 15, 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 24, 2025.
PGE will host a conference call with financial analysts and investors on Friday, February 14, 2025, at 11 a.m. ET. The conference call will be webcast live on the PGE website at investors.portlandgeneral.com. A webcast replay will also be available on PGE's investor website "Events & Presentations" page beginning at 2 p.m. ET on February 14, 2025.
Maria Pope, President and CEO; Joe Trpik, Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO; and Nick White, Manager of Investor Relations, will participate in the call. Management will respond to questions following formal comments.
This press release contains certain non-GAAP measures, such as adjusted earnings, adjusted EPS and adjusted earnings guidance. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude significant items that are generally not related to our ongoing business activities, are infrequent in nature, or both. PGE believes that excluding the effects of these items provides a meaningful representation of the Company's comparative earnings per share and enables investors to evaluate the Company's ongoing operating financial performance. Management utilizes non-GAAP measures to assess the Company's current and forecasted performance, and for communications with shareholders, analysts and investors. Non-GAAP financial measures are supplementary information that should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Items in the periods presented, which PGE believes impact the comparability of comparative earnings and do not represent ongoing operating financial performance, include the following:
Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) is an integrated energy company that generates, transmits and distributes electricity to over 950,000 customers serving an area of 1.9 million Oregonians. Since 1889, Portland General Electric (PGE) has been powering social progress, delivering safe, affordable, reliable and increasingly clean electricity while working to transform energy systems to meet evolving customer needs. PGE customers have set the standard for prioritizing clean energy with the No. 1 voluntary renewable energy program in the country. PGE was ranked the No. 1 utility in the 2024 Forrester U.S. Customer Experience Index and is committed to reducing emissions from its retail power supply by 80% by 2030 and 100% by 2040. In 2024, PGE employees, retirees and the PGE Foundation donated $5.5 million and volunteered nearly 23,000 hours to more than 480 nonprofit organizations. For more information visit www.portlandgeneral.com/news.
Statements in this press release that relate to future plans, objectives, expectations, performance, events and the like may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions as of the date of this report. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or other factors.
Media Contact: Drew Hanson - Corporate Communications, Phone: 503-464-2067
Investor Contact: Nick White - Investor Relations, Phone: 503-464-8073