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PP&L RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet
(Millions of Dollars)

  Dec. 31, 1998 Dec. 31, 1997(a)
  Assets    
 Property, plant and equipment    
  Transmission and distribution - net  $2,179  $2,160
   Generation - net  1,601  4,022
   General and intangible - net  223  232
   Construction work in progress   117   185
   Nuclear fuel and other leased property   162   167
     Electric utility plant - net  4,282  6,766
  Gas utility plant - net   175 30  
   Other property - net   23   24
   4,480  6,820
 Investments and current assets  1,854  1,300
 Recoverable transition costs  2,819  
 Regulatory and other assets 454 1,365
 Total assets $9,607 $9,485
     
 Capitalization and liabilities    
  Earnings reinvested $372 $1,164
  Treasury   (419)  
  Other common equity 1,837 1,645
  Preferred stock 97 97
  Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable securities   250 250  
  Long-term debt (less current portion)   2,983   2,585
  Total capitalization   5,120   5,741
  Current liabilities   1,267   769
  Deferred income taxes and ITC   1,574   2,221
  Liability for above market NUG purchases 775  
  Other deferred credits 871 754
  Total capitalization and liabilities $9,607 $9,485

 

(a) Certain amounts from 1997 have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

 

Consolidated Income Statement
(Millions of Dollars)

    3 Mos. Ended Dec. 31   12 Mos. Ended Dec. 31
    1998   1997(b)   1998   1997(b)
Operating Revenues        
Electric operations $588 $607 $2,410 $2,397
Gas operations 29   0 35 0
Wholesale energy and trading activities 236 191 1,223 650
Energy-related businesses 49 (1) 118 30
  902 797 3,786 3,077
         
Operating Expenses        
Fuel and purchased power 327 263 1,553 970
Other operation and maintenance 232 213 787 697
Depreciation and amortization 72 97 338 385
Other 91 55 281 225
  722 628 2,959 2,277
Operating income 180 169 827 800
Other income and (deductions) 40 3 66 (28)
Income before interest and income taxes 220 172 893 772
Interest expense 66 52 230 215
Income taxes 59 40 259 237
Income before extraordinary items 95 80 404 320
Extraordinary items (net of taxes)   0   0   (948)   0
Income before dividends on preferred stock 95 80 (544) 320
Preferred stock dividend requirements   6 7 25 24
  Net income (loss)   $89 $73 ($569) $296
         
Earnings per share of common stock - basic and diluted (a)        
Adjusted normalized earnings   $0.47 $0.40 $2.07 $2.03
Weather impact (0.07) 0.03 (0.20)   (0.03)
One-time adjustments   0.11 0.01 (5.55) (0.20)
Other restructuring impacts 0.05     0.22  
As reported $0.56 $0.44 ($3.46) $1.80
         
Average number of shares outstanding (thousands)   157,152 165,813 164,651 164,550

 

(a) Based on average number of shares outstanding.
(b) Certain amounts from 1997 have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

 

 

Key Indicators
Financial

    12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 1998
  12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 1997
  Dividends declared per share   $1.335   $1.67
  Book value per share (a)   $11.4   $16.9
  Market price per share (a)   $27.875   $23.9375
  Dividend yield   4.8%   7.0%
  Dividend payout ratio (b)   64%   82%
  Price/earnings ratio (b)   13.5   11.8
  Return on average common equity (b)   12.23%   11.82%

 

(a) End of period
(b) Excluding extraordinary items


Key Indicators
Operating

  3 Mos. Ended Dec. 31, 1998 12 Mos. Ended Dec. 31, 1998
    1998   1997 Percent Change   1998   1997 Percent Change
(millions of kwh)            
Electricity delivered to retail customers (a) 7,933 7,851 1.0 32,137 32,964 0.5
Electricity supplied to retail customers (a) 7,794 7,786 0.1 31,645 31,899   -0.8
Wholesale energy sales 7,404 6,702 10.5 36,706 21,454 71.1

 

(a) Electricity delivered to retail customers represents the kwh delivered to customers within PP&L, Inc.'s service territory. Electricity supplied represents the kwh supplied to customers within and outside PP&L, Inc.'s service territory (including sales by PP&L, Inc.'s retail marketing function). A customer within PP&L, Inc.'s service territory participating in the pilot program had its energy delivered by PP&L, Inc., however they had a choice as to their electricity supplier.