SCANA CORPORATION CAPEX Estimated
($ in Millions)
SCE&G - Normal
2015E 2016E 2017E TOTALGeneration $ 158 $ 123 $ 143 $ 424
Transmission & Distribution 272 251 217 740
Other 37 41 27 105
Gas 54 64 57 175
Common 9 12 9 30
Total SCE&G - Normal 530 491 453 1,474
PSNC Energy 98 123 132 353
Other* 38 20 29 87
Total "Normal" 666 634 614 1,914
New Nuclear 940 1,007 899 2,846
Cash Requirements for Construction 1,606 1,641 1,513 4,760
Nuclear Fuel 22 145 104 271
Total Estimated Capital Expenditures $ 1,628 $ 1,786 $ 1,617 $ 5,031Note: Reflects the Company's Petition filed March 12, 2015 with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina
* Excludes CGT and SCI from CAPEX Estimates
($ in Millions) 2014 2015E 2016E 2017E 2018E 2019E 2020E
Incremental New
Nuclear CWIP as of 6/30 $561 $706 $1,088 $964 $1,049 $180 $172
Note: Reflects new nuclear CWIP from July 1 through June 30
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New Nuclear CAPEX & Rate Increases
New nuclear capex recovery independent of other SCE&G (base) rate case activity
Annual new nuclear capex cost recovery is formulaic
BLRA provides year over year rate increases, thus mitigating rate shock at commercial operation date
New Nuclear Capex, AFUDC, and Rate Adjustments SCE&G 55% Share* (Millions of $ in Future Value)$1,100 7%
$1,000
$900
$800
$700
$600
$500
$400
$300
6%
5%
4% Average Annual Rate
3% Increase
2.27%
2%
$200
1%
$100
$0 0%
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Project Costs (including Transmission) AFUDC Rate Increase
Note: Reflects the Company's Petition filed March 12, 2015 with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina
*SCE&G's additional 5% ownership interest in the New Nuclear project does not impact the BLRA mechanism.
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Safe Harbor Statement/Regulation G Information
Statements included in this presentation which are not statements of historical fact are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, "forward-looking statements" for purposes of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning key earnings drivers, customer growth, environmental regulations and expenditures, leverage ratio, projections for pension fund contributions, financing activities, access to sources of capital, impacts of the adoption of new accounting rules and estimated construction and other expenditures. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "expects," "forecasts," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other similar terminology. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) the information is of a preliminary nature and may be subject to further and/or continuing review and adjustment; (2) legislative and regulatory actions, particularly changes in rate regulation, regulations governing electric grid reliability and pipeline integrity, environmental regulations, and actions affecting the construction of new nuclear units; (3) current and future litigation; (4) changes in the economy, especially in areas served by subsidiaries of SCANA; (5) the impact of competition from other energy suppliers, including competition from alternate fuels in industrial markets; (6) the impact of conservation and demand side management efforts and/or technological advances on customer usage; (7) the loss of sales to distributed
generation, such as solar photovoltaic systems; (8) growth opportunities for SCANA's regulated and diversified subsidiaries; (9) the results of short- and long- term financing efforts, including prospects for obtaining access to capital markets and other sources of liquidity; (10) the effects of weather, especially in areas where the generation and transmission facilities of SCANA and its subsidiaries (the Company) are located and in areas served by SCANA's subsidiaries; (11) changes in SCANA's or its subsidiaries' accounting rules and accounting policies; (12) payment and performance by counterparties and customers as
contracted and when due; (13) the results of efforts to license, site, construct and finance facilities for electric generation and transmission, including nuclear generating facilities and the results of efforts to operate its electric and gas systems and assets in accordance with acceptable performance standards; (14) maintaining creditworthy joint owners for SCE&G's new nuclear generation project; (15) the ability of suppliers, both domestic and international, to timely provide the labor, secure processes, components, parts, tools, equipment and other supplies needed, at agreed upon quality and prices, for our construction program, operations and maintenance; (16) the results of efforts to ensure the physical and cyber security of key assets and processes; (17) the availability of fuels such as coal, natural gas and enriched uranium used to produce electricity; the availability of purchased power and natural gas for distribution; the level and volatility of future market prices for such fuels and purchased power; and the ability to recover the costs for such fuels and purchased power; (18) the availability of skilled and experienced human resources to properly manage, operate, and grow the Company's businesses; (19) labor disputes; (20) performance of SCANA's pension plan assets; (21) changes in taxes and tax credits, including production tax credits for the new nuclear units; (22) inflation or deflation; (23) compliance with regulations; (24) natural disasters and man-made mishaps that directly affect our operations or the regulations governing them; and (25) the other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the reports filed by SCANA or SCE&G with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
During this presentation, certain non-GAAP measures (as defined by SEC Regulation G) may be disclosed. A reconciliation of those measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is included on our website at www.scana.com in the Investor Relations section under Regulation G Information.
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