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PPL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)


Consolidated Balance Sheet
(Millions of Dollars)

 

Dec.31, 2001
Dec. 31, 2000
Assets

Current assets

$2,466

$1,937

Investments

1,037

1,161

Property, plant and equipment – net

   Transmission and distribution

2,692

2,841

   Generation

2,518

2,177

   General and intangible

317

293

   Construction work in progress

209

261

   Nuclear fuel and other leased property

     127

     123

     Electric utility plant

5,863

5,695

   Gas and oil utility plant

197

178

   Other property

      77

       75

6,137

5,948

Recoverable transition costs

2,174

2,425

Regulatory and other assets

     805

     889

   Total assets

$12,619

$12,360

Liabilities and Equity

Current liabilities

$2,081

$2,511

Long-term debt (less current portion)

4,992

4,467

Deferred income taxes and ITC

1,420

1,412

Liability for above market NUG purchases

494

581

Other noncurrent liabilities

830

976

Minority interest

38

54

Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable securities

825

250

Preferred stock

82

97

Earnings reinvested

1,023

999

Other common equity

1,670

1,849

Treasury stock

    (836)

    (836)

   Total liabilities and equity

$12,619

$12,360

 

Consolidated Income Statement

(Millions of Dollars)

 

 
3 Months Ended Dec. 31
12 Months Ended Dec. 31

2001

2000(a)

2001

2000(a)

Operating Revenues

Retail electric and gas

$792

$860

$3,357

$3,167

Wholesale energy marketing and trading

352

507

1,712

2,080

Energy-related businesses

  169

   138

  656

  436

1,312

1,505

5,725

5,683

Operating Expenses

Fuel and purchased power

461

570

2,128

2,461

Other operation and maintenance

239

315

1,024

966

Amortization of recoverable transition costs

60

68

251

227

Depreciation

64

65

254

261

Other

  191

  159

  727

  566

1,015

1,177

4,384

4,481

Operating income

  297

  328

1,341

1,202

Other income and (deductions)

 

 

Write-down of International Energy Projects

(336)

 

(336)

 

Cancellation of Generation Projects
(150) 
 
(150) 
 
Other
        1
  (23)  
     17
     (15)
 
   (485)  
  (23)
  (485)  
     (15)
Income (loss) before interest, income taxes and minority interest
(188)
305
872
1,187

Interest expense

109

102

392

376

Income taxes

14

79

261

294

Minority interest

    (6)

    0

    (2)

    4

Income (loss)before extraordinary items

(305)

124

221

513

Extraordinary items (net of tax)

    0

    11

    0

  11

Income (loss) before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

(305)

135

221

524

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle (net of tax)
   10
    0
   1 0
    0
Income (loss) before dividends on preferred securities
(295)
135
231
524

Dividends – preferred securities

   17

    7

    52

   26

Net Income (loss) available for common stock

($312)

  $128

$179

$498

Earnings per share of common stock – basic

Income from core operations

$0.87

$0.88

$4.245

$3.29

Unusual items

(3.00)

0.00

(3.01)

0.16

Net Income (loss) available for common stock

$2.13

$0.88

$1.23

$3.45

Earnings per share of common stock – diluted

Income from core operations

$0.87

$0.87

$4.22

$3.28

Unusual items

(2.99)

  0.00

(3.00)

0.16

Net Income (loss available for common stock

($2.12)

$0.87

$1.22

$3.44

Average number of shares outstanding (thousands)

 

 

 

 

Basic
146,483
144,906
145,974
144,350
Diluted
146,804
145,822
146,614
144,782

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

 

Key Indicators

Financial

12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2001
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2000

Dividends declared per share

$1.06

$1.06

Book value per share (a)

$12.67

$13.87

Market price per share (a)

$34.8500

$45.1880

Dividend yield

3.0%

2.3%

Dividend payout ratio – diluted (b)

25%

32%

Price/earnings ratio – diluted (b)

8.3

13.8

Return on average common equity (b)

28.80%

27.14%

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

 

Operating-Domestic Energy
3 Months Ended Dec. 31
12 Months Ended Dec. 31

PPL Corp.
(millions of kwh)

2001

2000

Percent
Change

2001

2000

Percent
Change

 

Retail

   Delivered (a)

7,934

8,281

-4.2%

34,610

33,907

2.1%

   Supplied

8,652

9,370

-7.7%

37,551

37,758

-0.5%

Wholesale

   East

4,769

6,246

-23.6%

19,125

31,585

-39.4%

   West

     Montana Power Company (b)

1,201

1,253

-4.2%

4,717

5,096

-7.4%

     Other

1,112

1,069

4.0%

3,841

4,244

-9.5%


(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 retail customers under power sale agreements that expire on or before June 30, 2002.