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PPL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)


Consolidated Balance Sheet
(Millions of Dollars)

 

March 31, 2002
Dec. 31, 2001 (a)
Assets

Current assets

$2,074

$2,338

Investments

1,041

1,031

Property, plant and equipment – net

   Transmission and distribution

2,653

2,591

   Generation

2,466

2,464

   General and intangible

312

310

   Construction work in progress

262

181

   Nuclear fuel and other leased property

     116

     127

     Electric utility plant

5,809

5,673

   Gas and oil utility plant

199

197

   Other property

     104

       103

6,112

5,973

Recoverable transition costs

2,119

2,172

Regulatory and other assets

    1,022

     1,060

   Total assets

$12,368

$12,574

Liabilities and Equity

Current liabilities

$1,882

$1,838

Long-term debt (less current portion)

4,937

5,081

Deferred income taxes and ITC

1,504

1,449

Liability for above market NUG purchases

409

493

Other noncurrent liabilities

876

911

Minority interest

39

38

Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable securities

825

825

Preferred stock

82

82

Earnings reinvested

967

1,023

Other common equity

1,683

1,670

Treasury stock

    (836)

    (836)

   Total liabilities and equity

$12,368

$12,574

 

Consolidated Income Statement

(Millions of Dollars)

 

 
3 Months Ended March 31
12 Months Ended March 31

2002

2001(a)

2002

2001(a)

Operating Revenues

Retail electric and gas

$847

$956

$3,248

$3,278

Wholesale energy marketing and trading

275

468

1,519

2,086

Energy-related businesses

  153

   142

  667

  472

1,275

1,566

5,434

5,836

Operating Expenses

Fuel and purchased power

405

583

1,950

2,436

Other operation and maintenance

253

238

1,039

986

Amortization of recoverable transition costs

53

71

233

235

Depreciation

62

66

250

259

Energy-related businesses

126

113

585

418

Taxes, other than income

51

41

165

166

Other charges

Write-down of international energy projects

6

0

342

0

Cancellation of generation projects

     0

      0

   150

      0

  956

1,112

4,714

4,500

Operating income

  319

  454

720

1,336

Other income - net

     5

     6

    11

    (8)

Income before interest, income taxes and minority interest
324
460
731
1,328

Interest expense

97

104

380

392

Income taxes

62

126

197

338

Minority interest

    1

    2

    (3)

    5

Income before extraordinary item

164

228

157

593

Extraordinary items (net of tax)

    0

    0

    0

  11

Income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

164

228

157

604

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle (net of tax)
  (150)
    0
  (140)
    0
Income before dividends on preferred securities
14
228
17
604

Dividends – preferred securities

    17

   6

    63

   26

Net Income (loss)

  ($3)

  $222

 ($46)

$578

Earnings per share of common stock – basic

Income from core operations

$1.03

$1.53

$3.75

$3.83

Unusual items

(1.05)

0.00

(4.06)

0.16

Net Income (loss)

($0.02)

$1.53

($0.31)

$3.99

Earnings per share of common stock – diluted

Income from core operations

$1.03

$1.52

$3.74

$3.81

Unusual items

(1.05)

  0.00

(4.05)

 0.16

Net income (loss)

($0.02)

$1.52

($0.31)

$3.97

Average shares outstanding (thousands)

Basic
146,753
145,317
146,342
144,746
Diluted
147,091
146,245
146,835
145,409

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

 

Key Indicators

Financial

12 Months Ended
March 31, 2002
12 Months Ended
March 31, 2001

Dividends declared per share

$1.155

$1.06

Book value per share (a)

$12.33

$13.75

Market price per share (a)

$39.6100

$43.9600

Dividend yield (a)

2.9%

2.4%

Dividend payout ratio – diluted (b)

31%

28%

Price/earnings ratio – diluted (a) (b)

10.6

11.5

Return on average common equity (b)

24.34%

30.39%

(a) End of period
(b) Based on earnings from core operations

 

Operating-Domestic Energy
3 Months Ended March 31
12 Months Ended March 31

PPL Corp.
(millions of kwh)

2002

2001

Percent
Change

2002

2001

Percent
Change

Retail

   Delivered (a)

9,126

9,881

-7.6%

33,853

34,305

-1.3%

   Supplied

9,651

10,552

-8.5%

36,492

38,446

-5.1%

Wholesale

   East

4,937

5,244

-5.9%

18,817

27,060

-30.5%

   West

     Montana Power (b)

1,366

1,199

13.9%

4,885

4,954

-1.4%

     Other

1,294

1,026

26.1%

4,109

4,363

-5.8%


(a) Electricity delivered to retail customers represents the kwh delivered to customers within PPL Electric Utilities Corp.’s service territory.
(b) Energy sold to Montana Power for resale to retail customers under power sale agreements that expire on or before June 30, 2002.