vuhi_10q.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
x
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For
the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008
OR
[_]
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from __________________ to __________________
Commission
file number: 1-16739
VECTREN
UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
INDIANA
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35-2104850
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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One
Vectren Square, Evansville, Indiana,
47708
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes x No
__
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
□ Accelerated filer □
Non-accelerated
filer ý (Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company □
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Common Stock- Without
Par Value
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10
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April 30,
2008
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Class
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Number
of Shares
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Date
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Definitions
AFUDC: allowance
for funds used during construction
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MW: megawatts
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APB: Accounting
Principles Board
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MWh
/ GWh: megawatt hours / thousands of megawatt hours (gigawatt
hours)
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EITF: Emerging
Issues Task Force
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NOx: nitrogen
oxide
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FASB: Financial
Accounting Standards Board
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OCC: Ohio
Office of the Consumer Counselor
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FERC: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
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OUCC: Indiana
Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor
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IDEM: Indiana
Department of Environmental Management
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PUCO: Public
Utilities Commission of Ohio
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IURC: Indiana
Utility Regulatory Commission
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SFAS: Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards
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MCF
/ BCF: thousands / billions of cubic feet
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USEPA: United
States Environmental Protection Agency
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MDth
/ MMDth: thousands / millions of dekatherms
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Throughput: combined
gas sales and gas transportation volumes
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MMBTU: millions
of British thermal units
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Access
to Information
Vectren
Corporation makes available all SEC filings and recent annual reports free of
charge, including those of its wholly owned subsidiaries, through its website at
www.vectren.com, or by request, directed to Investor Relations at the mailing
address, phone number, or email address that follows:
Mailing
Address:
One
Vectren Square
Evansville,
Indiana 47708
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Phone
Number:
(812)
491-4000
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Investor
Relations Contact:
Steven
M. Schein
Vice
President, Investor Relations
sschein@vectren.com
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Table
of Contents
Item
Number
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Page
Number
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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1
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Financial
Statements (Unaudited)
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Vectren
Utility Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiary Companies
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Consolidated
Condensed Balance Sheets
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4-5
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Consolidated
Condensed Statements of Income
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6
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Consolidated
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
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7
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Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
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8
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2
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial
Condition
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21
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3
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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33
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4
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Controls
and Procedures
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33
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
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1
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Legal
Proceedings
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33
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1A
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Risk
Factors
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33
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6
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Exhibits
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34
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Signatures
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35
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
VECTREN
UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited – In
millions)
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March
31,
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December
31,
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2008
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2007
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ASSETS
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Current
Assets
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Cash
& cash equivalents
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$ |
21.1 |
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$ |
11.7 |
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Accounts
receivable - less reserves of $3.5 &
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$2.7,
respectively
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194.3 |
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137.1 |
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Receivables
due from other Vectren companies
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|
|
0.7 |
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|
17.9 |
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Accrued
unbilled revenues
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|
|
109.5 |
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140.6 |
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Inventories
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54.5 |
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134.9 |
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Prepayments
& other current assets
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26.5 |
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93.3 |
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Total
current assets
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406.6 |
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535.5 |
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Utility
Plant
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Original
cost
|
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4,108.6 |
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4,062.9 |
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Less: accumulated
depreciation & amortization
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1,546.2 |
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1,523.2 |
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Net
utility plant
|
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2,562.4 |
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2,539.7 |
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Investments
in unconsolidated affiliates
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0.2 |
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0.2 |
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Other
investments
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|
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25.6 |
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24.7 |
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Nonutility
property - net
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178.1 |
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176.2 |
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Goodwill
- net
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205.0 |
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205.0 |
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Regulatory
assets
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146.1 |
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151.7 |
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Other
assets
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10.4 |
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10.7 |
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TOTAL
ASSETS
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$ |
3,534.4 |
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$ |
3,643.7 |
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed
financial statements.
VECTREN
UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited – In
millions)
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March
31,
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December
31,
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2008
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2007
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LIABILITIES &
SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
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Current
Liabilities
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Accounts
payable
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$ |
84.6 |
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$ |
138.7 |
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Accounts
payable to affiliated companies
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65.7 |
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66.9 |
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Payables
to other Vectren companies
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19.6 |
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34.2 |
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Refundable
fuel & natural gas costs
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23.8 |
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27.2 |
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Accrued
liabilities
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219.5 |
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|
138.9 |
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Short-term
borrowings
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135.6 |
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385.9 |
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Total
current liabilities
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548.8 |
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791.8 |
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Long-Term
Debt - Net of Current Maturities &
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Debt
Subject to Tender
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1,146.2 |
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1,062.6 |
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Deferred
Income Taxes & Other Liabilities
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Deferred
income taxes
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295.1 |
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286.9 |
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Regulatory
liabilities
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309.4 |
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307.2 |
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Deferred
credits & other liabilities
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107.4 |
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104.8 |
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Total
deferred credits & other liabilities
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711.9 |
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698.9 |
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Commitments
& Contingencies (Notes 8 - 10)
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Common
Shareholder's Equity
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Common
stock (no par value)
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638.2 |
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638.2 |
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Retained
earnings
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489.1 |
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451.9 |
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Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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0.2 |
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0.3 |
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Total
common shareholder's equity
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1,127.5 |
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1,090.4 |
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TOTAL
LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
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$ |
3,534.4 |
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|
$ |
3,643.7 |
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed
financial statements.
VECTREN
UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited – In
millions)
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|
Three
Months Ended March 31,
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2008
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|
|
2007
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OPERATING
REVENUES
|
|
|
|
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Gas
utility
|
|
$ |
633.6 |
|
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$ |
584.1 |
|
Electric
utility
|
|
|
127.2 |
|
|
|
108.1 |
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Other
|
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0.6 |
|
|
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0.4 |
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Total
operating revenues
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761.4 |
|
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|
692.6 |
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|
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OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cost
of gas sold
|
|
|
462.0 |
|
|
|
424.5 |
|
Cost
of fuel & purchased power
|
|
|
46.0 |
|
|
|
40.6 |
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Other
operating
|
|
|
74.0 |
|
|
|
67.2 |
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Depreciation
& amortization
|
|
|
40.7 |
|
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39.2 |
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Taxes
other than income taxes
|
|
|
26.2 |
|
|
|
24.2 |
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
648.9 |
|
|
|
595.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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OPERATING
INCOME
|
|
|
112.5 |
|
|
|
96.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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OTHER
INCOME - NET
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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INTEREST
EXPENSE
|
|
|
20.8 |
|
|
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19.4 |
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|
|
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INCOME
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
|
|
93.7 |
|
|
|
80.2 |
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|
|
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|
|
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INCOME
TAXES
|
|
|
35.7 |
|
|
|
29.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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NET
INCOME
|
|
$ |
58.0 |
|
|
$ |
50.9 |
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed
financial statements.
VECTREN
UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited – In
millions)
|
|
Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
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2008
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|
2007
|
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CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
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Net
income
|
|
$ |
58.0 |
|
|
$ |
50.9 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
|
|
Depreciation
& amortization
|
|
|
40.7 |
|
|
|
39.2 |
|
Deferred
income taxes & investment tax credits
|
|
|
8.9 |
|
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|
(1.4 |
) |
Expense
portion of pension & postretirement periodic benefit
cost
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
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|
0.5 |
|
Provision
for uncollectible acccounts
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
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|
5.4 |
|
Other
non-cash charges - net
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
Changes
in working capital accounts:
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Accounts receivable, including to Vectren companies
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|
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&
accrued unbilled revenue
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|
(13.5 |
) |
|
|
(28.7 |
) |
Inventories
|
|
|
80.4 |
|
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|
74.0 |
|
Recoverable/refundable fuel & natural gas costs
|
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|
(3.4 |
) |
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|
5.5 |
|
Prepayments
& other current assets
|
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|
66.9 |
|
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|
68.4 |
|
Accounts payable, including to Vectren
companies
|
|
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&
affiliated companies
|
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(69.9 |
) |
|
|
(88.2 |
) |
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
88.5 |
|
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|
54.7 |
|
Changes
in noncurrent assets
|
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|
7.2 |
|
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|
4.3 |
|
Changes
in noncurrent liabilities
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|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
(1.6 |
) |
Net
cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
269.9 |
|
|
|
182.0 |
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from long term debt
|
|
|
171.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Requirements
for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Dividends
to parent
|
|
|
(20.8 |
) |
|
|
(19.1 |
) |
Retirement
of long-term debt, including premiums paid
|
|
|
(103.2 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Net
change in short-term borrowings
|
|
|
(250.3 |
) |
|
|
(121.3 |
) |
Net
cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
(202.9 |
) |
|
|
(140.4 |
) |
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from other investing activities
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Requirements
for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures, excluding AFUDC equity
|
|
|
(56.7 |
) |
|
|
(58.0 |
) |
Other
investing activities
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Net
cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
(57.6 |
) |
|
|
(57.9 |
) |
Net
change in cash & cash equivalents
|
|
|
9.4 |
|
|
|
(16.3 |
) |
Cash
& cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
11.7 |
|
|
|
28.5 |
|
Cash
& cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$ |
21.1 |
|
|
$ |
12.2 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed
financial statements.
VECTREN
UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1.
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Organization
and Nature of Operations
|
Vectren
Utility Holdings, Inc. (Utility Holdings or the Company), an Indiana
corporation, serves as the intermediate holding company for Vectren
Corporation’s (Vectren) three operating public utilities: Indiana Gas
Company, Inc. (Indiana Gas or Vectren North), Southern Indiana Gas and Electric
Company (SIGECO or Vectren South), and the Ohio operations (VEDO or Vectren
Ohio). Utility Holdings also has other assets that provide
information technology and other services to the three
utilities. Vectren is an energy holding company headquartered in
Evansville, Indiana. Vectren and Utility Holdings are holding
companies as defined by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Energy Act).
Indiana
Gas provides energy delivery services to over 569,000 natural gas customers
located in central and southern Indiana. SIGECO provides energy
delivery services to over 141,000 electric customers and approximately 112,000
gas customers located near Evansville in southwestern Indiana. SIGECO
also owns and operates electric generation to serve its electric customers and
optimizes those assets in the wholesale power market. Indiana Gas and
SIGECO generally do business as Vectren Energy Delivery of
Indiana. The Ohio operations provide energy delivery services to
approximately 319,000 natural gas customers located near Dayton in west central
Ohio. The Ohio operations are owned as a tenancy in common by Vectren
Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. (VEDO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Utility
Holdings (53 percent ownership), and Indiana Gas (47 percent
ownership). The Ohio operations generally do business as Vectren
Energy Delivery of Ohio.
The
interim consolidated condensed financial statements included in this report have
been prepared by the Company, without audit, as provided in the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain
information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States have been omitted as provided in such rules and
regulations. The Company believes that the information in this report
reflects all adjustments necessary to fairly state the results of the interim
periods reported. These consolidated condensed financial statements
and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited
annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007,
filed with the SEC February 28, 2008 on Form 10-K. Because of the
seasonal nature of the Company’s utility operations, the results shown on a
quarterly basis are not necessarily indicative of annual results.
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the statements
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
periods. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
3.
|
Subsidiary
Guarantor and Consolidating
Information
|
The
Company’s three operating utility companies, SIGECO, Indiana Gas, and VEDO are
guarantors of Utility Holdings’ $515 million in short-term credit facilities, of
which $136 million is outstanding at March 31, 2008, and Utility Holdings’ $825
million unsecured senior notes outstanding at March 31, 2008. The
guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several, and Utility
Holdings has no subsidiaries other than the subsidiary
guarantors. However, Utility Holdings does have operations other than
those of the subsidiary guarantors. Pursuant to Article 3-10 of
Regulation S-X, disclosure of the results of operations and balance sheets of
the subsidiary guarantors separate from the parent company’s operations is
required. Following are consolidating financial statements including
information on the combined operations of the subsidiary guarantors separate
from the other operations of the parent company.
Condensed
Consolidating Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2008 (in millions):
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ASSETS
|
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Subsidiary
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Parent
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Guarantors
|
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|
Company
|
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Eliminations
|
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Consolidated
|
|
Current
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash
& cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
15.1 |
|
|
$ |
6.0 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
21.1 |
|
Accounts
receivable - less reserves
|
|
|
194.3 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
194.3 |
|
Receivables
due from other Vectren companies
|
|
|
37.0 |
|
|
|
68.1 |
|
|
|
(104.4 |
) |
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|
0.7 |
|
Accrued
unbilled revenues
|
|
|
109.5 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
109.5 |
|
Inventories
|
|
|
53.9 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
54.5 |
|
Prepayments
& other current assets
|
|
|
27.8 |
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
|
(11.4 |
) |
|
|
26.5 |
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
437.6 |
|
|
|
84.8 |
|
|
|
(115.8 |
) |
|
|
406.6 |
|
Utility
Plant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original
cost
|
|
|
4,108.6 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,108.6 |
|
Less: accumulated
depreciation & amortization
|
|
|
1,546.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,546.2 |
|
Net
utility plant
|
|
|
2,562.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,562.4 |
|
Investments
in consolidated subsidiaries
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,180.9 |
|
|
|
(1,180.9 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Notes
receivable from consolidated subsidiaries
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
700.3 |
|
|
|
(700.3 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Investments
in unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
Other
investments
|
|
|
19.9 |
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
25.6 |
|
Non-utility
property - net
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
|
|
173.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
178.1 |
|
Goodwill
- net
|
|
|
205.0 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
205.0 |
|
Regulatory
assets
|
|
|
119.9 |
|
|
|
26.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
146.1 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
14.2 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
(4.2 |
) |
|
|
10.4 |
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
|
$ |
3,363.9 |
|
|
$ |
2,171.7 |
|
|
$ |
(2,001.2 |
) |
|
$ |
3,534.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES &
SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
|
|
Subsidiary
|
|
|
Parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantors
|
|
|
Company
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$ |
80.3 |
|
|
$ |
4.3 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
84.6 |
|
Accounts
payable to affiliated companies
|
|
|
65.7 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
65.7 |
|
Payables
to other Vectren companies
|
|
|
32.5 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(12.9 |
) |
|
|
19.6 |
|
Refundable
fuel & natural gas costs
|
|
|
23.8 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
23.8 |
|
Accrued
liabilities
|
|
|
216.0 |
|
|
|
14.9 |
|
|
|
(11.4 |
) |
|
|
219.5 |
|
Short-term
borrowings
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
135.6 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
135.6 |
|
Short-term
borrowings from other Vectren companies
|
|
|
54.6 |
|
|
|
36.9 |
|
|
|
(91.5 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
472.9 |
|
|
|
191.7 |
|
|
|
(115.8 |
) |
|
|
548.8 |
|
Long-Term
Debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
debt - net of current maturities &
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
debt
subject to tender
|
|
|
323.0 |
|
|
|
823.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,146.2 |
|
Long-term
debt due to Utility Holdings
|
|
|
700.3 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(700.3 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Total
long-term debt - net
|
|
|
1,023.3 |
|
|
|
823.2 |
|
|
|
(700.3 |
) |
|
|
1,146.2 |
|
Deferred
Income Taxes & Other Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred
income taxes
|
|
|
277.6 |
|
|
|
17.5 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
295.1 |
|
Regulatory
liabilities
|
|
|
304.2 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
309.4 |
|
Deferred
credits & other liabilities
|
|
|
105.0 |
|
|
|
6.6 |
|
|
|
(4.2 |
) |
|
|
107.4 |
|
Total
deferred credits & other liabilities
|
|
|
686.8 |
|
|
|
29.3 |
|
|
|
(4.2 |
) |
|
|
711.9 |
|
Common
Shareholder's Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock (no par value)
|
|
|
776.3 |
|
|
|
638.2 |
|
|
|
(776.3 |
) |
|
|
638.2 |
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
404.4 |
|
|
|
489.1 |
|
|
|
(404.4 |
) |
|
|
489.1 |
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
0.2 |
|
Total
common shareholder's equity
|
|
|
1,180.9 |
|
|
|
1,127.5 |
|
|
|
(1,180.9 |
) |
|
|
1,127.5 |
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
|
|
$ |
3,363.9 |
|
|
$ |
2,171.7 |
|
|
$ |
(2,001.2 |
) |
|
$ |
3,534.4 |
|
Condensed
Consolidating Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2007 (in millions):
ASSETS
|
|
Subsidiary
|
|
|
Parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantors
|
|
|
Company
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
Current
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
& cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
6.5 |
|
|
$ |
5.2 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
11.7 |
|
Accounts
receivable - less reserves
|
|
|
136.3 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
137.1 |
|
Receivables
due from other Vectren companies
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
276.6 |
|
|
|
(258.8 |
) |
|
|
17.9 |
|
Accrued
unbilled revenues
|
|
|
140.6 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
140.6 |
|
Inventories
|
|
|
133.8 |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
134.9 |
|
Prepayments
& other current assets
|
|
|
87.3 |
|
|
|
10.5 |
|
|
|
(4.5 |
) |
|
|
93.3 |
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
504.6 |
|
|
|
294.2 |
|
|
|
(263.3 |
) |
|
|
535.5 |
|
Utility
Plant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original
cost
|
|
|
4,062.9 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,062.9 |
|
Less: accumulated
depreciation & amortization
|
|
|
1,523.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,523.2 |
|
Net
utility plant
|
|
|
2,539.7 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,539.7 |
|
Investments
in consolidated subsidiaries
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,147.0 |
|
|
|
(1,147.0 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Notes
receivable from consolidated subsidiaries
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
589.4 |
|
|
|
(589.4 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Investments
in unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
Other
investments
|
|
|
18.9 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
24.7 |
|
Non-utility
property - net
|
|
|
4.8 |
|
|
|
171.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
176.2 |
|
Goodwill
- net
|
|
|
205.0 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
205.0 |
|
Regulatory
assets
|
|
|
130.3 |
|
|
|
21.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
151.7 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
14.8 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
(4.6 |
) |
|
|
10.7 |
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
|
$ |
3,418.3 |
|
|
$ |
2,229.7 |
|
|
$ |
(2,004.3 |
) |
|
$ |
3,643.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES &
SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
|
|
Subsidiary
|
|
|
Parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantors
|
|
|
Company
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$ |
132.6 |
|
|
$ |
6.1 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
138.7 |
|
Accounts
payable to affiliated companies
|
|
|
66.9 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
66.9 |
|
Payables
to other Vectren companies
|
|
|
49.6 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
(15.5 |
) |
|
|
34.2 |
|
Refundable
fuel & natural gas costs
|
|
|
27.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
27.2 |
|
Accrued
liabilities
|
|
|
123.4 |
|
|
|
20.0 |
|
|
|
(4.5 |
) |
|
|
138.9 |
|
Short-term
borrowings
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
385.9 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
385.9 |
|
Short-term
borrowings from
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
other
Vectren companies
|
|
|
243.3 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(243.3 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
643.0 |
|
|
|
412.1 |
|
|
|
(263.3 |
) |
|
|
791.8 |
|
Long-Term
Debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
debt - net of current maturities &
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
debt
subject to tender
|
|
|
364.2 |
|
|
|
698.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,062.6 |
|
Long-term
debt due to Utility Holdings
|
|
|
589.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(589.4 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Total
long-term debt - net
|
|
|
953.6 |
|
|
|
698.4 |
|
|
|
(589.4 |
) |
|
|
1,062.6 |
|
Deferred
Income Taxes & Other Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred
income taxes
|
|
|
270.0 |
|
|
|
16.9 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
286.9 |
|
Regulatory
liabilities
|
|
|
301.8 |
|
|
|
5.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
307.2 |
|
Deferred
credits & other liabilities
|
|
|
102.9 |
|
|
|
6.5 |
|
|
|
(4.6 |
) |
|
|
104.8 |
|
Total
deferred credits & other liabilities
|
|
|
674.7 |
|
|
|
28.8 |
|
|
|
(4.6 |
) |
|
|
698.9 |
|
Common
Shareholder's Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock (no par value)
|
|
|
776.3 |
|
|
|
638.2 |
|
|
|
(776.3 |
) |
|
|
638.2 |
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
370.4 |
|
|
|
451.9 |
|
|
|
(370.4 |
) |
|
|
451.9 |
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
0.3 |
|
Total
common shareholder's equity
|
|
|
1,147.0 |
|
|
|
1,090.4 |
|
|
|
(1,147.0 |
) |
|
|
1,090.4 |
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
|
|
$ |
3,418.3 |
|
|
$ |
2,229.7 |
|
|
$ |
(2,004.3 |
) |
|
$ |
3,643.7 |
|
Condensed
Consolidating Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2008 (in
millions):
|
|
Subsidiary
|
|
|
Parent
|
|
|
Eliminations
&
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantors
|
|
|
Company
|
|
|
Reclassifications
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
OPERATING
REVENUES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gas
utility
|
|
$ |
633.6 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
633.6 |
|
Electric
utility
|
|
|
127.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
127.2 |
|
Other
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
11.7 |
|
|
|
(11.1 |
) |
|
|
0.6 |
|
Total
operating revenues
|
|
|
760.8 |
|
|
|
11.7 |
|
|
|
(11.1 |
) |
|
|
761.4 |
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of gas sold
|
|
|
462.0 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
462.0 |
|
Cost
of fuel & purchased power
|
|
|
46.0 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
46.0 |
|
Other
operating
|
|
|
84.7 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(10.7 |
) |
|
|
74.0 |
|
Depreciation
& amortization
|
|
|
35.2 |
|
|
|
5.4 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
40.7 |
|
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
|
|
25.8 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
26.2 |
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
653.7 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
(10.6 |
) |
|
|
648.9 |
|
OPERATING
INCOME
|
|
|
107.1 |
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
112.5 |
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
in earnings of consolidated companies
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
54.9 |
|
|
|
(54.9 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Other
income (expense) – net
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
12.1 |
|
|
|
(11.2 |
) |
|
|
2.0 |
|
Total
other income (expense)
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
67.0 |
|
|
|
(66.1 |
) |
|
|
2.0 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
18.0 |
|
|
|
14.5 |
|
|
|
(11.7 |
) |
|
|
20.8 |
|
INCOME
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
|
|
90.2 |
|
|
|
58.4 |
|
|
|
(54.9 |
) |
|
|
93.7 |
|
Income
taxes
|
|
|
35.3 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
35.7 |
|
NET
INCOME
|
|
$ |
54.9 |
|
|
$ |
58.0 |
|
|
$ |
(54.9 |
) |
|
$ |
58.0 |
|
Condensed
Consolidating Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2007 (in
millions):
|
|
Subsidiary
|
|
|
Parent
|
|
|
Eliminations
&
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantors
|
|
|
Company
|
|
|
Reclassifications
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
OPERATING
REVENUES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gas
utility
|
|
$ |
584.1 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
584.1 |
|
Electric
utility
|
|
|
108.1 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
108.1 |
|
Other
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
9.7 |
|
|
|
(9.3 |
) |
|
|
0.4 |
|
Total
operating revenues
|
|
|
692.2 |
|
|
|
9.7 |
|
|
|
(9.3 |
) |
|
|
692.6 |
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of gas sold
|
|
|
424.5 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
424.5 |
|
Cost
of fuel & purchased power
|
|
|
40.6 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
40.6 |
|
Other
operating
|
|
|
74.9 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(7.7 |
) |
|
|
67.2 |
|
Depreciation
& amortization
|
|
|
33.4 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
39.2 |
|
Taxes
other than income taxes
|
|
|
23.9 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
24.2 |
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
597.3 |
|
|
|
6.1 |
|
|
|
(7.7 |
) |
|
|
595.7 |
|
OPERATING
INCOME
|
|
|
94.9 |
|
|
|
3.6 |
|
|
|
(1.6 |
) |
|
|
96.9 |
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
in earnings of consolidated companies
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
48.6 |
|
|
|
(48.6 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Other
income (expense) – net
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
10.8 |
|
|
|
(9.0 |
) |
|
|
2.7 |
|
Total
other income (expense)
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
59.4 |
|
|
|
(57.6 |
) |
|
|
2.7 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
16.5 |
|
|
|
13.5 |
|
|
|
(10.6 |
) |
|
|
19.4 |
|
INCOME
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
|
|
79.3 |
|
|
|
49.5 |
|
|
|
(48.6 |
) |
|
|
80.2 |
|
Income
taxes
|
|
|
30.7 |
|
|
|
(1.4 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
29.3 |
|
NET
INCOME
|
|
$ |
48.6 |
|
|
$ |
50.9 |
|
|
$ |
(48.6 |
) |
|
$ |
50.9 |
|
Condensed
Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2008
(in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subsidiary
|
|
|
Parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantors
|
|
|
Company
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
$ |
200.3 |
|
|
$ |
69.6 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
269.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
debt - net of issuance costs & hedging proceeds
|
|
|
171.4 |
|
|
|
111.1 |
|
|
|
(111.1 |
) |
|
|
171.4 |
|
Requirements
for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
to parent
|
|
|
(20.8 |
) |
|
|
(20.8 |
) |
|
|
20.8 |
|
|
|
(20.8 |
) |
Retirement
of long-term debt, including premiums paid
|
|
|
(103.2 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(103.2 |
) |
Net
change in short-term borrowings, including to other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vectren
companies
|
|
|
(188.7 |
) |
|
|
(213.4 |
) |
|
|
151.8 |
|
|
|
(250.3 |
) |
Net
cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
(141.3 |
) |
|
|
(123.1 |
) |
|
|
61.5 |
|
|
|
(202.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
subsidiary distributions
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
20.8 |
|
|
|
(20.8 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Other
investing activities
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Requirements
for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures, excluding AFUDC equity
|
|
|
(49.4 |
) |
|
|
(7.3 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(56.7 |
) |
Other
investing activities
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
Net
change in notes receivable to other Vectren companies
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
40.7 |
|
|
|
(40.7 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Net
cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
(50.4 |
) |
|
|
54.3 |
|
|
|
(61.5 |
) |
|
|
(57.6 |
) |
Net
change in cash & cash equivalents
|
|
|
8.6 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
9.4 |
|
Cash
& cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
6.5 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
11.7 |
|
Cash
& cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$ |
15.1 |
|
|
$ |
6.0 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
21.1 |
|
Condensed
Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2007
(in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subsidiary
|
|
|
Parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantors
|
|
|
Company
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
$ |
140.4 |
|
|
$ |
41.6 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
182.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Requirements
for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
to parent
|
|
|
(19.1 |
) |
|
|
(19.1 |
) |
|
|
19.1 |
|
|
|
(19.1 |
) |
Net
change in short-term borrowings, including to other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vectren
companies
|
|
|
(67.9 |
) |
|
|
(93.5 |
) |
|
|
40.1 |
|
|
|
(121.3 |
) |
Net
cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
(87.0 |
) |
|
|
(112.6 |
) |
|
|
59.2 |
|
|
|
(140.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
19.1 |
|
|
|
(19.1 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Consolidated
subsidiary distributions
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Other
investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Requirements
for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures, excluding AFUDC equity
|
|
|
(49.5 |
) |
|
|
(8.5 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(58.0 |
) |
Net
change in notes receivable to other Vectren companies
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
40.1 |
|
|
|
(40.1 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Net
cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
(49.5 |
) |
|
|
50.8 |
|
|
|
(59.2 |
) |
|
|
(57.9 |
) |
Net
change in cash & cash equivalents
|
|
|
3.9 |
|
|
|
(20.2 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(16.3 |
) |
Cash
& cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
22.8 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
28.5 |
|
Cash
& cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$ |
9.6 |
|
|
$ |
2.6 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
12.2 |
|
4.
|
Excise
and Utility Receipts Taxes
|
Excise
taxes and a portion of utility receipts taxes are included in rates charged to
customers. Accordingly, the Company records these taxes collected
from customers as a component of operating revenues, which totaled $19.3 million
and $18.0 million at March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Expenses
associated with excise and utility receipts taxes are recorded as a component of
Taxes other than income
taxes.
Comprehensive
income consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
|
(In
millions)
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
58.0 |
|
|
$ |
50.9 |
|
Cash
flow hedges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassifications
to net income
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
Total
comprehensive income
|
|
$ |
58.1 |
|
|
$ |
51.2 |
|
6.
|
Transactions
with Other Vectren Companies
|
Support Services and
Purchases
Vectren
provides corporate and general and administrative services to the Company and
allocates costs to the Company, including costs for share-based compensation and
for pension and other postretirement benefits that are not directly charged to
subsidiaries. These costs have been allocated using various
allocators, including number of employees, number of customers and/or the level
of payroll, revenue contribution and capital
expenditures. Allocations are based on cost. Utility
Holdings received corporate allocations totaling $23.4 million and $21.4 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
Vectren Fuels,
Inc.
Vectren
Fuels, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vectren, owns and operates coal mines
from which SIGECO purchases fuel used for electric generation. The
Company has priced the coal consistent with letter agreements with the OUCC
regarding the price of coal that is charged by Fuels to
SIGECO. Amounts paid for such purchases for the three months ended
March 31, 2008 and 2007 totaled $28.0 million and $27.0 million,
respectively.
Miller Pipeline
Corporation
Miller
Pipeline Corporation (Miller) performs natural gas and water distribution,
transmission, and construction repair and rehabilitation primarily in the
Midwest and the repair and rehabilitation of gas, water, and wastewater
facilities nationwide. Miller’s customers include Utility Holdings’
utilities. Amounts paid by Utility Holdings and its subsidiaries for
the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 totaled $9.5 million and $3.6
million, respectively.
7.
|
Transactions
with ProLiance Holdings, LLC
|
ProLiance
Holdings, LLC (ProLiance), a nonutility energy marketing
affiliate of Vectren and Citizens Gas and Coke Utility (Citizens Gas), provides
services to a broad range of municipalities, utilities, industrial operations,
schools, and healthcare institutions located throughout the Midwest and
Southeast United States. ProLiance’s customers include the Company’s
Indiana utilities and Vectren’s nonutility gas supply operations as well as
Citizens Gas. ProLiance’s primary businesses include gas marketing,
gas portfolio optimization, and other portfolio and energy management
services.
Purchases
from ProLiance for resale and for injections into storage for the three months
ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, totaled $206.7 million and $203.5 million,
respectively. Amounts owed to ProLiance at March 31, 2008 and
December 31, 2007, for those purchases were $65.7 million and $66.9 million,
respectively, and are included in Accounts payable to affiliated
companies in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company
purchased approximately 79 percent and 75 percent of its gas through ProLiance
during the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. Amounts charged by ProLiance for gas supply services
are established by supply agreements with each Indiana utility which have been
approved by the IURC through 2011. ProLiance
no longer provides portfolio administration services to the Ohio
operations.
8.
|
Debt
Offering in 2008 and Transactions Involving Auction Rate
Securities
|
Utility Holdings Debt
Issuance
In March
2008, Utility Holdings issued at par $125 million in 6.25 percent senior
unsecured notes due April 1, 2039 (2039 Notes). The 2039 Notes are
guaranteed by Utility Holdings’ three utilities: SIGECO, Indiana Gas,
and VEDO. These guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and
several.
The 2039
Notes have no sinking fund requirements, and interest payments are due
monthly. The notes may be called by Utility Holdings, in whole or in
part, at any time on or after April 1, 2013, at 100 percent of principal amount
plus accrued interest. During 2007, Utility Holdings entered into
several interest rate hedges with an $80 million notional
amount. Upon issuance of the notes, these instruments were settled
resulting in the payment of approximately $9.6 million, which was recorded as a
Regulatory asset
pursuant to existing regulatory orders. The value paid is being
amortized as an increase to interest expense over the life of the
issue. The proceeds from the sale of the 2039 Notes, settlement of
the hedging arrangements, and payments of issuance costs totaled approximately
$111.1 million.
Auction Rate Mode
Securities
In
February 2008, SIGECO provided notice to the current holders of approximately
$103 million of tax-exempt auction rate mode long-term debt of its plans to
convert that debt from its current auction rate mode into a daily interest rate
mode. In March 2008, the debt was tendered at 100 percent of the principal
amount plus accrued interest. During March 2008, SIGECO remarketed
approximately $61.8 million of these investments at interest rates that are
fixed to maturity, receiving proceeds, net of issuance costs, of approximately
$60.3 million. The terms are $22.6 million at 5.15 percent due in
2023, $22.2 million at 5.35 percent due in 2030 and $17.0 million at 5.45
percent due in 2041. The remaining $41.2 million continues to be held
in treasury and is expected to be remarketed at some future date.
9. Commitments
& Contingencies
The
Company is party to various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of
business. In the opinion of management, there are no legal
proceedings, except those discussed herein, pending against the Company that are
likely to have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of
operations.
10.
Environmental
Matters
Clean Air/Climate
Change
In March
of 2005 USEPA finalized two new air emission reduction regulations. The
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) is an allowance cap and trade program requiring
further reductions in Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emissions
from coal-burning power plants. The Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) is an
allowance cap and trade program requiring further reductions in mercury
emissions from coal-burning power plants. Both sets of regulations require
emission reductions in two phases. The first phase deadline for both rules
is 2010 (2009 for NOx under CAIR), and the second phase deadline for compliance
with the emission reductions required under CAIR is 2015, while the second phase
deadline for compliance with the emission reduction requirements of CAMR is
2018. However, on February 8, 2008, the US Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia vacated the federal CAMR regulations. At this
time it is uncertain how this decision will affect Indiana’s recently finalized
CAMR implementation program.
To comply
with Indiana’s implementation plan of the Clean Air Act of 1990 and to further
comply with CAIR and CAMR of 2005, SIGECO has received authority from the IURC
to invest in clean coal technology. Using this authorization, SIGECO has
invested approximately $307 million in pollution control equipment, including
Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems and fabric filters. SCR
technology is the most effective method of reducing NOx emissions where high
removal efficiencies are required and fabric filters control particulate matter
emissions. These investments were included in rate base for purposes
of determining new base rates that went into effect on August 15, 2007.
Prior to being included in base rates, return on investments made and recovery
of related operating expenses were recovered through a rider
mechanism.
Further,
the IURC granted SIGECO authority to invest in an SO2 scrubber
at its generating facility that is jointly owned with ALCOA (the Company’s
portion is 150 MW). The
order, as updated with an increased spending level, allows SIGECO to recover an
approximate 8 percent return on up to $92 million, excluding AFUDC, in capital
investments through a rider mechanism which is updated every six months for
actual costs incurred. The Company may file periodic updates with the
IURC requesting modification to the spending authority. As of March 31,
2008, the Company has invested approximately $62 million in this
project. The Company expects the SO2 scrubber
will be operational in 2009. At that time, operating expenses
including depreciation expense associated with the scrubber will also be
recovered through a rider mechanism.
Once the
SO2
scrubber is operational, SIGECO’s coal fired generating fleet will be 100
percent scrubbed for SO2 and 90
percent controlled for NOx, and mercury emissions will be reduced to meet the
CAMR mercury reduction standards described in the original 2005 emission
reduction regulations. The use of SCR technology positions the
Company to be in compliance with the CAIR deadlines specifying reductions in NOx
emissions by 2009 and further reductions by 2015. SIGECO's
investments in scrubber, SCR and fabric filter technology should position it to
comply with reasonable mercury reduction requirements should CAMR regulations be
further modified.
If
legislation requiring reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases or
legislation mandating energy from renewable sources is adopted, such regulation
could substantially affect both the costs and operating characteristics of the
Company’s fossil fuel generating plants. At this time and in the absence
of final legislation, compliance costs and other effects associated with
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or obtaining renewable energy sources
remain uncertain.
SIGECO is
studying renewable energy alternatives, and on April 9, 2007, filed a green
power rider in order to allow customers to purchase green power and to obtain
approval of a contract to purchase 30 MW of power generated by wind
energy. The wind contract has been approved by the
IURC. Future filings with the IURC with regard to new generation
and/or further environmental compliance plans will include evaluation of
potential carbon requirements.
Environmental Remediation
Efforts
In the
past, Indiana Gas, SIGECO, and others operated facilities for the manufacture of
gas. Given the availability of natural gas transported by pipelines,
these facilities have not been operated for many years. Under
currently applicable environmental laws and regulations, those that operated
these facilities may now be required to take remedial action if certain
contaminants are found above the regulatory thresholds at these
sites.
Indiana
Gas identified the existence, location, and certain general characteristics of
26 gas manufacturing and storage sites for which it may have some remedial
responsibility. Indiana Gas completed a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) at one of the sites under an agreed
order between Indiana Gas and the IDEM, and a Record of Decision was issued by
the IDEM in January 2000. Indiana Gas submitted the remainder of the
sites to the IDEM's Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) and is
currently conducting some level of remedial activities, including groundwater
monitoring at certain sites, where deemed appropriate, and will continue
remedial activities at the sites as appropriate and necessary.
Indiana
Gas accrued the estimated costs for further investigation, remediation,
groundwater monitoring, and related costs for the sites. While the
total costs that may be incurred in connection with addressing these sites
cannot be determined at this time, Indiana Gas has recorded costs that it
reasonably expects to incur totaling approximately $21 million.
The
estimated accrued costs are limited to Indiana Gas’ share of the remediation
efforts. Indiana Gas has arrangements in place for 19 of the 26 sites
with other potentially responsible parties (PRP), which serve to limit Indiana
Gas’ share of response costs at these 19 sites to between 20 percent and 50
percent. With respect to insurance coverage, Indiana Gas has received
and recorded settlements from all known insurance carriers under insurance
policies in effect when these plants were in operation in an aggregate amount
approximating $20 million.
In
October 2002, SIGECO received a formal information request letter from the IDEM
regarding five manufactured gas plants that it owned and/or operated and were
not enrolled in the IDEM’s VRP. In October 2003, SIGECO filed
applications to enter four of the manufactured gas plant sites in IDEM's
VRP. The remaining site is currently being addressed in the VRP by
another Indiana utility. SIGECO added those four sites into the
renewal of the global Voluntary Remediation Agreement that Indiana Gas has in
place with IDEM for its manufactured gas plant sites. That renewal
was approved by the IDEM in February 2004. SIGECO is also named in a
lawsuit filed in federal district court in May 2007, involving another site
subject to potential environmental remediation efforts.
SIGECO
has filed a declaratory judgment action against its insurance carriers seeking a
judgment finding its carriers liable under the policies for coverage of further
investigation and any necessary remediation costs that SIGECO may accrue under
the VRP program and/or related to the site subject to the May 2007
lawsuit. While the total costs that may be incurred in connection
with addressing these sites cannot be determined at this time, SIGECO has
recorded costs that it reasonably expects to incur totaling approximately $8
million. With respect to insurance coverage, SIGECO has received and
recorded settlements from insurance carriers under insurance policies in effect
when these sites were in operation in an aggregate amount approximating the
costs it expects to incur.
Environmental
remediation costs related to Indiana Gas’ and SIGECO’s manufactured gas plants
and other sites have had no material impact on results of operations or
financial condition since costs recorded to date approximate PRP and insurance
settlement recoveries. While the Company’s utilities have recorded
all costs which they presently expect to incur in connection with activities at
these sites, it is possible that future events may require some level of
additional remedial activities which are not presently foreseen and those costs
may not be subject to PRP or insurance recovery.
11. Rate
& Regulatory Matters
Vectren North (Indiana Gas
Company, Inc.) Gas Base Rate Order Received
On
February 13, 2008, the Company received an order from the IURC which approved
the settlement agreement reached in its Vectren North gas rate case. The
order provided for a base rate increase of $16.3 million and an ROE of 10.2
percent, with an overall rate of return of 7.8 percent on rate base of
approximately $793 million. The order also provides for the recovery
of $10.6 million of costs through separate cost recovery mechanisms rather than
base rates.
Further,
additional expenditures for a multi-year bare steel and cast iron capital
replacement program will be afforded certain accounting treatment that mitigates
earnings attrition from the investment between rate cases. The accounting
treatment allows for the continuation of the accrual for allowance for funds
used during construction (AFUDC) and the deferral of depreciation expense after
the projects go in service but before they are included in base rates. To
qualify for this treatment, the annual expenditures are limited to $20 million
and the treatment cannot extend beyond four years on each project.
With this
order, the Company has in place for its North gas territory weather
normalization, a conservation and lost margin recovery tariff, tracking of gas
cost expense related to bad debts and unaccounted for gas through the existing
gas cost adjustment mechanism, and tracking of pipeline integrity management
expense.
Vectren Energy Delivery of
Ohio, Inc. (VEDO) Gas Base Rate Case Filing
In
November 2007, the Company filed with the PUCO a request for an increase in its
base rates and charges for VEDO’s distribution business in its 17-county service
area in west central Ohio. The filing indicates that an increase in
base rates of approximately $27 million is necessary to cover the ongoing cost
of operating, maintaining and expanding the approximately 5,200-mile
distribution system used to serve 318,000 customers.
In
addition, the Company is seeking to increase the level of the monthly service
charge as well as extending the lost margin recovery mechanism currently in
place to be able to encourage customer conservation and is also seeking approval
of expanded conservation-oriented programs, such as rebate offerings on
high-efficiency natural gas appliances for existing and new home construction,
to help customers lower their natural gas bills. The Company is also
seeking approval of a multi-year bare steel and cast iron capital replacement
program.
The
Company anticipates an order from the PUCO in late 2008.
Vectren South (SIGECO)
Electric Base Rate Order Received
On August
15, 2007, the Company received an order from the IURC which approved its Vectren
South electric rate case. The settlement agreement provides for an
approximate $60.8 million electric rate increase to cover the Company’s cost of
system growth, maintenance, safety and reliability. The settlement
provides for, among other things: recovery of ongoing costs and deferred costs
associated with the MISO; operations and maintenance (O&M) expense increases
related to managing the aging workforce, including the development of expanded
apprenticeship programs and the creation of defined training programs to ensure
proper knowledge transfer, safety and system stability; increased O&M
expense necessary to maintain and improve system reliability; benefit to
customers from the sale of wholesale power by sharing equally with customers any
profit earned above or below $10.5 million of wholesale power margin; recovery
of and return on the investment in past demand side management programs to help
encourage conservation during peak load periods; timely recovery of the
Company’s investment in certain new electric transmission projects that benefit
the MISO infrastructure; an overall rate of return of 7.32 percent on rate base
of approximately $1,044 million and an allowed return on equity (ROE) of 10.4
percent.
Vectren South (SIGECO) Gas
Base Rate Order Received
On August
1, 2007, the Company received an order from the IURC which approved its Vectren
South gas rate case. The order provided for a base rate increase of $5.1
million and an ROE of 10.15 percent, with an overall rate of return of 7.20
percent on rate base of approximately $122 million. The settlement
also provides for the recovery of $2.6 million of costs through separate cost
recovery mechanisms rather than base rates.
Further,
additional expenditures for a multi-year bare steel and cast iron capital
replacement program will be afforded certain accounting treatment that mitigates
earnings attrition from the investment between rate cases. The accounting
treatment allows for the continuation of the accrual for allowance for funds
used during construction (AFUDC) and the deferral of depreciation expense after
the projects go in service but before they are included in base rates. To
qualify for this treatment, the annual expenditures are limited to $3 million
and the treatment cannot extend beyond three years on each project.
With this
order, the Company now has in place for its South gas territory weather
normalization, a conservation and lost margin recovery tariff, tracking of gas
cost expense related to bad debts and unaccounted for gas through the existing
gas cost adjustment mechanism, and tracking of pipeline integrity
expense.
Ohio Lost Margin
Recovery/Conservation Filings
In 2005,
the Company filed conservation programs and conservation adjustment trackers in
Ohio designed to help customers conserve energy and reduce their annual gas
bills. The proposed programs allow the recovery of costs promoting
the conservation of natural gas through conservation trackers that work in
tandem with a lost margin recovery mechanism. These mechanisms are
designed to allow the recovery of the distribution portion of rates from
residential and commercial customers based on the level of customer revenues
established in VEDO’s last general rate case.
In June
2007, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved a settlement that
provides for the implementation of a lost margin recovery mechanism and a
related conservation program for VEDO. This order confirms the
guidance the PUCO previously provided in a September 2006
decision. The conservation program, as outlined in the September 2006
PUCO order and as affirmed in this order, provides for a two year, $2 million
total conservation program to be paid by the Company, as well as a sales
reconciliation rider intended to be a recovery mechanism for the difference
between the weather normalized revenues actually collected by the Company and
the revenues approved by the PUCO in the Company’s most recent rate
case. Approximately 60 percent of the Company’s Ohio customers are
eligible for the conservation programs. The Ohio Consumer Counselor
(OCC) and another intervener requested a rehearing of the June 2007 order and
the PUCO granted that request in order to have additional time to consider the
merits of the request. In accordance with accounting authorization
previously provided by the PUCO, the Company began recognizing the impact of the
September 2006 order on October 1, 2006, and has recognized cumulative revenues
of $5.6 million. The OCC appealed the PUCO’s accounting authorization
to the Ohio Supreme Court, but that appeal has been dismissed as premature
pending the PUCO’s consideration of issues raised in the OCC’s request for
rehearing. Since October 1, 2006, the Company has been ratably
accruing its $2 million commitment.
MISO
Since
February 2002 and with the IURC’s approval, the Company has been a member of the
Midwest Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO), a FERC approved regional
transmission organization. The MISO serves the electrical transmission
needs of much of the Midwest and maintains operational control over the
Company’s electric transmission facilities as well as that of other Midwest
utilities.
Since
April 1, 2005, the Company has been an active participant in the MISO energy
markets, biddings its owned generation into the Day Ahead and Real Time markets
and procuring power for its retail customers at Locational Marginal Pricing
(LMP) as determined by the MISO market. The Company is typically in a net
sales position with MISO and is only occasionally in a net purchase
position. Net positions are determined on an hourly basis. When the
Company is a net seller such net revenues are included in Electric Utility revenues and
when the Company is a net purchaser such net purchases are included in Cost of fuel and purchased
power. The Company also receives transmission revenue that
results from other members’ use of the Company’s transmission
system. These revenues are also included in Electric Utility
revenues. Generally, costs charged by the MISO are recovered
via base rates or tracking mechanisms.
As a
result of MISO’s operational control over much of the Midwestern electric
transmission grid, including SIGECO’s transmission facilities, SIGECO’s
continued ability to import power, when necessary, and export power to the
wholesale market has been, and may continue to be, impacted. Given the
nature of MISO’s policies regarding use of transmission facilities, as well as
ongoing FERC initiatives, and a pending Day 3 market, where MISO plans to
provide bid-based regulation and contingency operating reserve markets, it is
difficult to predict near term operational impacts. In March 2008,
MISO announced that the Day 3 ancillary services market would begin in September
2008. The Company has asked the IURC to approve its participation in
Day 3 and to approve recovery of costs associated therewith.
The need
to expend capital for improvements to the transmission system, both to SIGECO’s
facilities as well as to those facilities of adjacent utilities, over the next
several years is expected to be significant. The Company will timely
recover its investment in certain new electric transmission projects that
benefit the MISO infrastructure at a FERC approved rate of return.
12. Fair
Value Measurements
SFAS 157
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS
157). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and
expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 does not
require any new fair value measurements; however, the standard will impact how
other fair value based GAAP is applied. In February 2008, the FASB
issued FSP FAS 157-2 which delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for all
nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are
recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring
basis (at least annually) to fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2008. The Company adopted SFAS 157 on January 1, 2008,
except as it applies to those nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities
as described in FSP FAS 157-2. The partial adoption of SFAS 157 did
not materially impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or
cash flows. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact
the application of SFAS 157 to its nonfinancial assets and liabilities will have
on its consolidated financial statements.
The
Company measures certain financial instruments, primarily derivatives, at fair
value on a recurring basis. SFAS 157 defines a hierarchy for disclosing
fair value measurements based primarily on the level of public data used in
determining fair value. Level 1 inputs include quoted market prices in
active markets for identical assets or liabilities; Level 2 inputs include
inputs other than Level 1 inputs that are directly or indirectly observable; and
Level 3 inputs include unobservable inputs using estimates and assumptions
developed in-house, which reflect what a market participant would use to
determine fair value. The fair value of financial assets and liabilities
was determined using the following inputs at March 31, 2008:
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supply contracts
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classified as “other” and which are valued using level 3 valuation inputs, are
held by a cost-based and rate regulated utility. Gains and losses
associated with marking the instruments to market are recorded as a regulatory
asset or liability until recovered from ratepayers.
SFAS 159
Also on
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an Amendment of FASB
Statement No. 115” (SFAS 159). SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to
measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair
value. The Company did not choose to apply the option provided in
SFAS 159 to any of its eligible items; therefore, its adoption did not have any
impact on the Company’s financial statements or results of
operations.
The
Company’s operations consist of regulated operations and other operations that
provide information technology and other support services to those regulated
operations. The Company segregates its regulated operations into a
Gas Utility Services operating segment and an Electric Utility Services
operating segment. The Gas Utility Services segment provides natural
gas distribution and transportation services to nearly two-thirds of Indiana and
to west central Ohio. The Electric Utility Services segment provides
electric distribution services primarily to southwestern Indiana, and includes
the Company’s power generating and asset optimization operations. The
Company manages its regulated operations as separated between Energy Delivery,
which includes the gas and electric transmission and distribution functions, and
Power Supply, which includes the power generating and marketing
operations. In total, regulated operations supply natural gas and /or
electricity to over one million customers. In total, the Company has
three operating segments as defined by SFAS 131 “Disclosure About Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information” (SFAS 131). Net income is the
measure of profitability used by management for all
operations. Information related to the Company’s business segments is
summarized below:
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Impact
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Guidance
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SFAS 141 (Revised
2007)
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations” (SFAS
141R). SFAS 141R establishes principles and requirements for how the
acquirer of an entity (1) recognizes and measures the identifiable assets
acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the
acquiree (2) recognizes and measures acquired goodwill or a bargain purchase
gain and (3) determines what information to disclose in its financial statements
in order to enable users to assess the nature and financial effects of the
business combination. SFAS 141R applies to all transactions or other
events in which one entity acquires control of one or more businesses and
applies to all business entities. SFAS 141R applies prospectively to
business combinations with an acquisition date on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15,
2008. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company will adopt
SFAS 141R on January 1, 2009, and because the provisions of this standard are
applied prospectively, the impact to the Company cannot be determined until the
transactions occur.
SFAS 160
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements-an Amendment of ARB No. 51” (SFAS
160). SFAS 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards that
require that the ownership percentages in subsidiaries held by parties other
than the parent be clearly identified, labeled, and presented separately from
the parent’s equity in the equity section of the consolidated balance sheet; the
amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and the
noncontrolling interest to be clearly identified and presented on the face of
the consolidated income statement; that changes in the parent’s ownership
interest while it retains control over its subsidiary be accounted for
consistently; that when a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any retained
noncontrolling equity investment be initially measured at fair value; and that
sufficient disclosure is made to clearly identify and distinguish between the
interests of the parent and the noncontrolling owners. SFAS 160
applies to all entities that prepare consolidated financial statements, except
for non-profit entities. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 31, 2008. Early adoption is not
permitted. The Company will adopt SFAS 160 on January 1, 2009, and is
currently assessing the impact this statement will have on its financial
statements and results of operations.
SFAS 161
In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities – an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (SFAS
161). SFAS 161 enhances the current disclosures under SFAS 133 and
requires that objectives for using derivative instruments be disclosed in terms
of underlying risk and accounting designation in order to better convey the
purpose of derivative use in terms of the risks that the entity is intending to
manage. Entities are required to provide enhanced disclosures about
(a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative
instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under Statement 133 and
its related interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related
hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and
cash flows. Tabular disclosure of fair value amounts and gains and
losses on derivative instruments and related hedged items is
required. SFAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for
fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early
adoption encouraged. The Company will adopt SFAS 161 on January 1,
2009 and is currently assessing the impact this statement will have on its
financial statements and results of operations.
ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Description of the
Business
Vectren
Utility Holdings, Inc. (Utility Holdings or the Company), an Indiana
corporation, serves as the intermediate holding company for Vectren
Corporation’s (Vectren) three operating public utilities: Indiana Gas
Company, Inc. (Indiana Gas or Vectren North), Southern Indiana Gas and Electric
Company (SIGECO or Vectren South), and the Ohio operations (VEDO or Vectren
Ohio). Utility Holdings also has other assets that provide
information technology and other services to the three
utilities. Vectren is an energy holding company headquartered in
Evansville, Indiana. Vectren and Utility Holdings are holding
companies as defined by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Energy Act).
Indiana
Gas provides energy delivery services to over 569,000 natural gas customers
located in central and southern Indiana. SIGECO provides energy
delivery services to over 141,000 electric customers and approximately 112,000
gas customers located near Evansville in southwestern Indiana. SIGECO
also owns and operates electric generation to serve its electric customers and
optimizes those assets in the wholesale power market. Indiana Gas and
SIGECO generally do business as Vectren Energy Delivery of
Indiana. The Ohio operations provide energy delivery services to
approximately 319,000 natural gas customers located near Dayton in west central
Ohio. The Ohio operations are owned as a tenancy in common by Vectren
Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. (VEDO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Utility
Holdings (53 percent ownership), and Indiana Gas (47 percent
ownership). The Ohio operations generally do business as Vectren
Energy Delivery of Ohio.
Executive Summary of
Consolidated Results of Operations
The
following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes
thereto.
In 2008,
the Utility Holdings’ earnings were $58.0 million compared to $50.9 million in
2007, an increase of $7.1 million. The increase resulted primarily
from the impact of regulatory initiatives, including base rate increases in the
Indiana service territories, and increased earnings from the sale of wholesale
power. The increase was offset somewhat by higher operating costs
related to increasing maintenance and reliability costs contemplated in the base
rate cases.
In the
Company’s electric and Ohio natural gas service territories which are not
protected by weather normalization mechanisms, management estimates the impact
of weather on margin experienced during the first quarter of 2008 to be $0.8
million favorable compared to 30-year normal temperatures. In 2007,
management estimated the margin impact of warmer-than-normal weather to be $0.6
million unfavorable. Year over year, weather had a favorable impact
on margin of $1.4 million.
Utility
Holdings generates revenue primarily from the delivery of natural gas and
electric service to its customers. The primary source of cash flow
results from the collection of customer bills and the payment for goods and
services procured for the delivery of gas and electric
services. Results are impacted by weather patterns in its service
territory and general economic conditions both in its Indiana and Ohio service
territories as well as nationally.
The
Company has in place a disclosure committee that consists of senior
management as well as financial management. The committee is
actively involved in the preparation and review of the Company’s SEC
filings.
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Significant
Fluctuations
Throughout
this discussion, the terms Gas Utility margin and Electric Utility margin are
used. Gas Utility margin is calculated as Gas Utility revenues less the
Cost of gas
sold. Electric Utility margin is calculated as Electric Utility revenues
less Cost of fuel &
purchased power. These measures exclude Other operating expenses,
Depreciation and amortization, and Taxes other than income
taxes, which are included in the calculation of operating
income. The Company believes Gas Utility and Electric Utility margins
are better indicators of relative contribution than revenues since gas prices
and fuel costs can be volatile and are generally collected on a
dollar-for-dollar basis from customers.
Sales of
natural gas and electricity to residential and commercial customers are seasonal
and are impacted by weather. Trends in average use among natural gas
residential and commercial customers have tended to decline in recent years as
more efficient appliances and furnaces are installed and the price of natural
gas has increased. Normal temperature adjustment (NTA) and lost margin
recovery mechanisms largely mitigate the effect on Gas Utility margin that would
otherwise be caused by variations in volumes sold due to weather and changing
consumption patterns. Indiana Gas’ territory has both an NTA since 2005
and lost margin recovery since December 2006. SIGECO’s natural gas
territory has an NTA since 2005, and lost margin recovery began when new base
rates went into effect August 1, 2007. The Ohio service territory has lost
margin recovery since October 2006, but does not have an NTA mechanism.
SIGECO’s electric service territory does not have an NTA mechanism but has
recovery of past demand side management costs.
Gas and
electric margin generated from sales to large customers (generally industrial
and other contract customers) is primarily impacted by overall economic
conditions. Margin is also impacted by the collection of state mandated
taxes, which fluctuate with gas and fuel costs, as well as other tracked
expenses. Expenses subject to tracking mechanisms include Ohio bad
debts and percent of income payment plan expenses, Indiana gas pipeline
integrity management costs, and costs to fund Indiana energy efficiency
programs. Certain operating costs associated with operating
environmental compliance equipment were also tracked prior to their recovery in
base rates that went into effect on August 15, 2007. The latest
Indiana service territory rate cases, implemented in 2007 and 2008 also provide
for the tracking of MISO revenues and costs, as well as the gas cost component
of bad debt expense and unaccounted for gas. Unaccounted for gas is
also tracked in the Ohio service territory. Electric generating asset
optimization activities are primarily affected by market conditions, the level
of excess generating capacity, and electric transmission availability.
Following is a discussion and analysis of margin generated from regulated
utility operations.
Gas Utility Margin (Gas
Utility revenues less Cost of gas sold)
Gas
Utility margin and throughput by customer type follows:
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Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
|
(In
millions)
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gas
utility revenues
|
|
$ |
633.6 |
|
|
$ |
584.1 |
|
Cost
of gas sold
|
|
|
462.0 |
|
|
|
424.5 |
|
Total
gas utility margin
|
|
$ |
171.6 |
|
|
$ |
159.6 |
|
Margin
attributed to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
& commercial customers
|
|
$ |
150.9 |
|
|
$ |
140.3 |
|
Industrial
customers
|
|
|
16.7 |
|
|
|
15.7 |
|
Other
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
3.6 |
|
Sold
& transported volumes in MMDth attributed to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
& commercial customers
|
|
|
57.8 |
|
|
|
54.8 |
|
Industrial
customers
|
|
|
28.7 |
|
|
|
26.4 |
|
Total
sold & transported volumes
|
|
|
86.5 |
|
|
|
81.2 |
|
For the
quarter ended March 31, 2008, gas utility margins were $171.6 million, an
increase of $12.0 million over the prior year. Margin increases
associated with the Vectren North base rate increase, effective February 14,
2008, were $2.7 million. Margin increases associated with the Vectren
South base rate increase, effective August 1, 2007, were $2.6
million. Year to date 2008, Ohio weather was 3 percent colder than
the prior year and resulted in an estimated increase in margin of approximately
$1.2 million compared to 2007. Operating costs, including revenue and
usage taxes recovered dollar-for-dollar in margin, increased gas margin $3.4
million year over year. The remaining increase is related primarily
to lost margin recovery mechanisms. The average cost per dekatherm of
gas purchased for the three months ended March 31, 2008, was $9.44 compared to
$8.85 in 2007.
Electric Utility Margin
(Electric Utility revenues less Cost of fuel & purchased
power)
Electric
Utility margin by revenue type follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
|
(In
millions)
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electric
utility revenues
|
|
$ |
127.2 |
|
|
$ |
108.1 |
|
Cost
of fuel & purchased power
|
|
|
46.0 |
|
|
|
40.6 |
|
Total
electric utility margin
|
|
$ |
81.2 |
|
|
$ |
67.5 |
|
Margin
attributed to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
& commercial customers
|
|
$ |
49.9 |
|
|
$ |
39.8 |
|
Industrial
customers
|
|
|
18.7 |
|
|
|
16.5 |
|
Municipal
& other customers
|
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
|
5.1 |
|
Subtotal:
retail & firm wholesale
|
|
$ |
73.1 |
|
|
$ |
61.4 |
|
Wholesale
power marketing
|
|
$ |
8.1 |
|
|
$ |
6.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electric
volumes sold in GWh attributed to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential
& commercial customers
|
|
|
715.2 |
|
|
|
697.9 |
|
Industrial
customers
|
|
|
600.7 |
|
|
|
627.0 |
|
Municipal
& other
|
|
|
36.6 |
|
|
|
135.1 |
|
Total
retail & firm wholesale volumes sold
|
|
|
1,352.5 |
|
|
|
1,460.0 |
|
Retail
Margin
Electric
retail and firm wholesale utility margins were $73.1 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2008, an increase over the prior year of $11.7
million. The base rate increase that went into effect on August 15,
2007, produced incremental margin of $13.1 million. Management
estimates the year over year increases in usage by residential and commercial
customers due to weather to be $0.2 million. Offsetting these
increases is the expiration of certain firm wholesale municipal contracts which
generated margin of $2.2 million in 2007. The remaining increase is
primarily attributable to pricing, including $0.7 million in recovery of
pollution control investments and other items.
Margin
from Wholesale Power Marketing Activity
Periodically,
generation capacity is in excess of that needed to serve native
load. The Company markets and sells this unutilized generating and
transmission capacity to optimize the return on its owned assets. On
an annual basis, a majority of the margin generated from these activities is
associated with wholesale off-system sales into the MISO Day Ahead
market.
Following
is a reconciliation of Wholesale Power Marketing
activity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
months ended March 31,
|
|
(In
millions)
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Off-system
sales
|
|
$ |
7.2 |
|
|
$ |
5.3 |
|
Transmission
system sales
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
Total
wholesale power marketing
|
|
$ |
8.1 |
|
|
$ |
6.1 |
|
Wholesale
power marketing margins were $8.1 million for the first quarter of 2008, an
increase of $2.0 million over the prior year. Certain firm wholesale
municipal contracts have been allowed to expire and the associated volumes are
being used to meet retail peak reserve requirements. The increase in
wholesale power marketing margins is due to the increase in off peak volumes
available for sale off system and an increase in wholesale
prices. Off-system sales totaled 461.3 GWh in 2008, compared to 260.5
GWh in 2007.
Other Operating
Expenses
For the
three months ended March 31, 2008, other operating expenses were
$74.0 million, an increase of $6.8 million, compared to 2007. Costs
resulting from increased maintenance and other activities contemplated in rate
cases, including amortization of prior deferred costs, totaled $5.0 million in
2008. Pass-through costs that are recovered in utility margin
increased $2.1 million year over year.
Depreciation &
Amortization
Depreciation
expense was $40.7 million for the quarter, an increase of $1.5 million compared
to 2007. The increase relates to the addition of plant and the
amortization in 2008 associated with prior electric demand side management costs
pursuant to the August 15,
2007 electric base rate order.
Taxes Other Than Income
Taxes
Taxes other than income taxes
were $26.2 million for the quarter, an increase of $2.0 million compared to the
prior year quarter. The increase is primarily attributable to $1.5
million in additional utility receipts, excise, and usage taxes as a result of
volatility in revenues. In 2008, property taxes increased due to
increased plant in service.
Other
Income-Net
Other-net reflects income of $2.0 million for
the quarter, a decrease of $0.7 million compared to the prior year
quarter. The decrease is primarily attributable to $0.4 million in
lower capitalization of funds used during construction.
Interest
Expense
Interest expense was $20.8
million for the quarter, an increase of $1.4 million compared to the prior year
quarter. The increase reflects higher average short term debt
balances and the impact of long term financing transactions completed during the
first quarter, including the issuance of $125 million in senior unsecured notes
at 6.25 percent due in 2039 and the short-term refinancing of approximately $103
million of auction rate mode debt. Of that amount, $62 million was
remarketed in March 2008 at fixed interest rates and the remaining $41 million
will be remarketed at a future date. The impact of declining
short-term interest rates helped offset these increases.
Income
Taxes
In 2008,
federal and state income
taxes were $35.7 million for the quarter, an increase of $6.4 million
compared to the prior year quarter. The higher taxes are primarily
due to higher pretax income.
Environmental
Matters
Clean Air/Climate
Change
In March
of 2005 USEPA finalized two new air emission reduction regulations. The
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) is an allowance cap and trade program requiring
further reductions in Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emissions
from coal-burning power plants. The Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) is an
allowance cap and trade program requiring further reductions in mercury
emissions from coal-burning power plants. Both sets of regulations require
emission reductions in two phases. The first phase deadline for both rules
is 2010 (2009 for NOx under CAIR), and the second phase deadline for compliance
with the emission reductions required under CAIR is 2015, while the second phase
deadline for compliance with the emission reduction requirements of CAMR is
2018. However, on February 8, 2008, the US Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia vacated the federal CAMR regulations. At this
time it is uncertain how this decision will affect Indiana’s recently finalized
CAMR implementation program.
To comply
with Indiana’s implementation plan of the Clean Air Act of 1990 and to further
comply with CAIR and CAMR of 2005, SIGECO has received authority from the IURC
to invest in clean coal technology. Using this authorization, SIGECO has
invested approximately $307 million in pollution control equipment, including
Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems and fabric filters. SCR
technology is the most effective method of reducing NOx emissions where high
removal efficiencies are required and fabric filters control particulate matter
emissions. These investments were included in rate base for purposes
of determining new base rates that went into effect on August 15, 2007.
Prior to being included in base rates, return on investments made and recovery
of related operating expenses were recovered through a rider
mechanism.
Further,
the IURC granted SIGECO authority to invest in an SO2 scrubber
at its generating facility that is jointly owned with ALCOA (the Company’s
portion is 150 MW). The
order, as updated with an increased spending level, allows SIGECO to recover an
approximate 8 percent return on up to $92 million, excluding AFUDC, in capital
investments through a rider mechanism which is updated every six months for
actual costs incurred. The Company may file periodic updates with the
IURC requesting modification to the spending authority. As of March 31,
2008, the Company has invested approximately $62 million in this
project. The Company expects the SO2 scrubber
will be operational in 2009. At that time, operating expenses
including depreciation expense associated with the scrubber will also be
recovered through a rider mechanism.
Once the
SO2
scrubber is operational, SIGECO’s coal fired generating fleet will be 100
percent scrubbed for SO2 and 90
percent controlled for NOx, and mercury emissions will be reduced to meet the
CAMR mercury reduction standards described in the original 2005 emission
reduction regulations. The use of SCR technology positions the
Company to be in compliance with the CAIR deadlines specifying reductions in NOx
emissions by 2009 and further reductions by 2015. SIGECO's
investments in scrubber, SCR and fabric filter technology should position it to
comply with reasonable mercury reduction requirements should CAMR regulations be
further modified.
If
legislation requiring reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases or
legislation mandating energy from renewable sources is adopted, such regulation
could substantially affect both the costs and operating characteristics of the
Company’s fossil fuel generating plants. At this time and in the absence
of final legislation, compliance costs and other effects associated with
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or obtaining renewable energy sources
remain uncertain.
SIGECO is
studying renewable energy alternatives, and on April 9, 2007, filed a green
power rider in order to allow customers to purchase green power and to obtain
approval of a contract to purchase 30 MW of power generated by wind
energy. The wind contract has been approved. Future
filings with the IURC with regard to new generation and/or further environmental
compliance plans will include evaluation of potential carbon
requirements.
Manufactured Gas
Plants
In the
past, Indiana Gas, SIGECO, and others operated facilities for the manufacture of
gas. Given the availability of natural gas transported by pipelines,
these facilities have not been operated for many years. Under
currently applicable environmental laws and regulations, those that operated
these facilities may now be required to take remedial action if certain
contaminants are found above the regulatory thresholds at these
sites.
Indiana
Gas identified the existence, location, and certain general characteristics of
26 gas manufacturing and storage sites for which it may have some remedial
responsibility. Indiana Gas completed a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) at one of the sites under an agreed
order between Indiana Gas and the IDEM, and a Record of Decision was issued by
the IDEM in January 2000. Indiana Gas submitted the remainder of the
sites to the IDEM's Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) and is
currently conducting some level of remedial activities, including groundwater
monitoring at certain sites, where deemed appropriate, and will continue
remedial activities at the sites as appropriate and necessary.
Indiana
Gas accrued the estimated costs for further investigation, remediation,
groundwater monitoring, and related costs for the sites. While the
total costs that may be incurred in connection with addressing these sites
cannot be determined at this time, Indiana Gas has recorded costs that it
reasonably expects to incur totaling approximately $21 million.
The
estimated accrued costs are limited to Indiana Gas’ share of the remediation
efforts. Indiana Gas has arrangements in place for 19 of the 26 sites
with other potentially responsible parties (PRP), which serve to limit Indiana
Gas’ share of response costs at these 19 sites to between 20 percent and 50
percent. With respect to insurance coverage, Indiana Gas has received
and recorded settlements from all known insurance carriers under insurance
policies in effect when these plants were in operation in an aggregate amount
approximating $20 million.
In
October 2002, SIGECO received a formal information request letter from the IDEM
regarding five manufactured gas plants that it owned and/or operated and were
not enrolled in the IDEM’s VRP. In October 2003, SIGECO filed
applications to enter four of the manufactured gas plant sites in IDEM's
VRP. The remaining site is currently being addressed in the VRP by
another Indiana utility. SIGECO added those four sites into the
renewal of the global Voluntary Remediation Agreement that Indiana Gas has in
place with IDEM for its manufactured gas plant sites. That renewal
was approved by the IDEM in February 2004. SIGECO is also named in a
lawsuit filed in federal district court in May 2007, involving another site
subject to potential environmental remediation efforts.
SIGECO
has filed a declaratory judgment action against its insurance carriers seeking a
judgment finding its carriers liable under the policies for coverage of further
investigation and any necessary remediation costs that SIGECO may accrue under
the VRP program and/or related to the site subject to the May 2007
lawsuit. While the total costs that may be incurred in connection
with addressing these sites cannot be determined at this time, SIGECO has
recorded costs that it reasonably expects to incur totaling approximately $8
million. With respect to insurance coverage, SIGECO has received and
recorded settlements from insurance carriers under insurance policies in effect
when these sites were in operation in an aggregate amount approximating the
costs it expects to incur.
Environmental
remediation costs related to Indiana Gas’ and SIGECO’s manufactured gas plants
and other sites have had no material impact on results of operations or
financial condition since costs recorded to date approximate PRP and insurance
settlement recoveries. While the Company’s utilities have recorded
all costs which they presently expect to incur in connection with activities at
these sites, it is possible that future events may require some level of
additional remedial activities which are not presently foreseen and those costs
may not be subject to PRP or insurance recovery.
Rate and Regulatory
Matters
Vectren North (Indiana Gas
Company, Inc.) Gas Base Rate Order Received
On
February 13, 2008, the Company received an order from the IURC which approved
the settlement agreement reached in its Vectren North gas rate case. The
order provided for a base rate increase of $16.3 million and an ROE of 10.2
percent, with an overall rate of return of 7.8 percent on rate base of
approximately $793 million. The order also provides for the recovery
of $10.6 million of costs through separate cost recovery mechanisms rather than
base rates.
Further,
additional expenditures for a multi-year bare steel and cast iron capital
replacement program will be afforded certain accounting treatment that mitigates
earnings attrition from the investment between rate cases. The accounting
treatment allows for the continuation of the accrual for allowance for funds
used during construction (AFUDC) and the deferral of depreciation expense after
the projects go in service but before they are included in base rates. To
qualify for this treatment, the annual expenditures are limited to $20 million
and the treatment cannot extend beyond four years on each project.
With this
order, the Company has in place for its North gas territory weather
normalization, a conservation and lost margin recovery tariff, tracking of gas
cost expense related to bad debts and unaccounted for gas through the existing
gas cost adjustment mechanism, and tracking of pipeline integrity management
expense.
Vectren Energy Delivery of
Ohio, Inc. (VEDO) Gas Base Rate Case Filing
In
November 2007, the Company filed with the PUCO a request for an increase in its
base rates and charges for VEDO’s distribution business in its 17-county service
area in west central Ohio. The filing indicates that an increase in
base rates of approximately $27 million is necessary to cover the ongoing cost
of operating, maintaining and expanding the approximately 5,200-mile
distribution system used to serve 318,000 customers.
In
addition, the Company is seeking to increase the level of the monthly service
charge as well as extending the lost margin recovery mechanism currently in
place to be able to encourage customer conservation and is also seeking approval
of expanded conservation-oriented programs, such as rebate offerings on
high-efficiency natural gas appliances for existing and new home construction,
to help customers lower their natural gas bills. The Company is also
seeking approval of a multi-year bare steel and cast iron capital replacement
program.
The
Company anticipates an order from the PUCO in late 2008.
Vectren South (SIGECO)
Electric Base Rate Order Received
On August
15, 2007, the Company received an order from the IURC which approved its Vectren
South electric rate case. The settlement agreement provides for an
approximate $60.8 million electric rate increase to cover the Company’s cost of
system growth, maintenance, safety and reliability. The settlement
provides for, among other things: recovery of ongoing costs and deferred costs
associated with the MISO; operations and maintenance (O&M) expense increases
related to managing the aging workforce, including the development of expanded
apprenticeship programs and the creation of defined training programs to ensure
proper knowledge transfer, safety and system stability; increased O&M
expense necessary to maintain and improve system reliability; benefit to
customers from the sale of wholesale power by Vectren’s sharing equally with
customers any profit earned above or below $10.5 million of wholesale power
margin; recovery of and return on the investment in past demand side management
programs to help encourage conservation during peak load periods; timely
recovery of the Company’s investment in certain new electric transmission
projects that benefit the MISO infrastructure; an overall rate of return of 7.32
percent on rate base of approximately $1,044 million and an allowed return on
equity (ROE) of 10.4 percent. The increase in Electric Utility margin as a
result of this order totaled $17.9 million in 2007.
Vectren South (SIGECO) Gas
Base Rate Order Received
On August
1, 2007, the Company received an order from the IURC which approved its Vectren
South gas rate case. The order provided for a base rate increase of $5.1
million and an ROE of 10.15 percent, with an overall rate of return of 7.20
percent on rate base of approximately $122 million. The settlement
also provides for the recovery of $2.6 million of costs through separate cost
recovery mechanisms rather than base rates.
Further,
additional expenditures for a multi-year bare steel and cast iron capital
replacement program will be afforded certain accounting treatment that mitigates
earnings attrition from the investment between rate cases. The accounting
treatment allows for the continuation of the accrual for allowance for funds
used during construction (AFUDC) and the deferral of depreciation expense after
the projects go in service but before they are included in base rates. To
qualify for this treatment, the annual expenditures are limited to $3 million
and the treatment cannot extend beyond three years on each project.
With this
order, the Company now has in place for its South gas territory weather
normalization, a conservation and lost margin recovery tariff, tracking of gas
cost expense related to bad debts and unaccounted for gas through the existing
gas cost adjustment mechanism, and tracking of pipeline integrity
expense.
Ohio Lost Margin
Recovery/Conservation Filings
In 2005,
the Company filed conservation programs and conservation adjustment trackers in
Ohio designed to help customers conserve energy and reduce their annual gas
bills. The proposed programs allow the recovery of costs promoting
the conservation of natural gas through conservation trackers that work in
tandem with a lost margin recovery mechanism. These mechanisms are
designed to allow the recovery of the distribution portion of rates from
residential and commercial customers based on the level of customer revenues
established in VEDO’s last general rate case.
In June
2007, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved a settlement that
provides for the implementation of a lost margin recovery mechanism and a
related conservation program for VEDO. This order confirms the
guidance the PUCO previously provided in a September 2006
decision. The conservation program, as outlined in the September 2006
PUCO order and as affirmed in this order, provides for a two year, $2 million
total conservation program to be paid by the Company, as well as a sales
reconciliation rider intended to be a recovery mechanism for the difference
between the weather normalized revenues actually collected by the Company and
the revenues approved by the PUCO in the Company’s most recent rate
case. Approximately 60 percent of the Company’s Ohio customers are
eligible for the conservation programs. The Ohio Consumer Counselor
(OCC) and another intervener requested a rehearing of the June 2007 order and
the PUCO granted that request in order to have additional time to consider the
merits of the request. In accordance with accounting authorization
previously provided by the PUCO, the Company began recognizing the impact of the
September 2006 order on October 1, 2006, and has recognized cumulative revenues
of $5.6 million. The OCC appealed the PUCO’s accounting authorization
to the Ohio Supreme Court, but that appeal has been dismissed as premature
pending the PUCO’s consideration of issues raised in the OCC’s request for
rehearing. Since October 1, 2006, the Company has been ratably
accruing its $2 million commitment.
MISO
Since
February 2002 and with the IURC’s approval, the Company has been a member of the
Midwest Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO), a FERC approved regional
transmission organization. The MISO serves the electrical transmission
needs of much of the Midwest and maintains operational control over the
Company’s electric transmission facilities as well as that of other Midwest
utilities.
Since
April 1, 2005, the Company has been an active participant in the MISO energy
markets, biddings its owned generation into the Day Ahead and Real Time markets
and procuring power for its retail customers at Locational Marginal Pricing
(LMP) as determined by the MISO market. The Company is typically in a net
sales position with MISO and is only occasionally in a net purchase
position. Net positions are determined on an hourly basis. When the
Company is a net seller such net revenues are included in Electric Utility revenues and
when the Company is a net purchaser such net purchases are included in Cost of fuel and purchased
power. The Company also receives transmission revenue that
results from other members’ use of the Company’s transmission
system. These revenues are also included in Electric Utility
revenues. Generally, costs charged by the MISO are recovered
via base rates or tracking mechanisms.
As a
result of MISO’s operational control over much of the Midwestern electric
transmission grid, including SIGECO’s transmission facilities, SIGECO’s
continued ability to import power, when necessary, and export power to the
wholesale market has been, and may continue to be, impacted. Given the
nature of MISO’s policies regarding use of transmission facilities, as well as
ongoing FERC initiatives, and a pending Day 3 market, where MISO plans to
provide bid-based regulation and contingency operating reserve markets, it is
difficult to predict near term operational impacts. In March 2008,
MISO announced that the Day 3 ancillary services market would begin in September
2008. The Company has asked the IURC to approve its participation in
Day 3 and to approve recovery of costs associated therewith.
The need
to expend capital for improvements to the transmission system, both to SIGECO’s
facilities as well as to those facilities of adjacent utilities, over the next
several years is expected to be significant. The Company will timely
recover its investment in certain new electric transmission projects that
benefit the MISO infrastructure at a FERC approved rate of return.
Impact of Recently Issued
Accounting Guidance
SFAS
157
On
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”
(SFAS 157), except as it applies to those nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial
liabilities. FSP FAS 157-2 delayed the effective date of SFAS 157 for
all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are
recognized or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis (at least
annually). This FSP deferred the effective date of Statement 157 for
those items to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008.
SFAS 157
defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and expands disclosures about
fair value measurements. This statement does not require any new fair
value measurements; however, the standard impacts how other fair value based
GAAP is applied. The partial adoption of SFAS 157 did not have a
material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or
cash flows. Disclosures impacted by SFAS 157 are included in Note 12
to the consolidated financial statements. The adoption of the
remaining components of SFAS 157 on January 1, 2009 is also not expected to be
material on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
SFAS
159
Also on
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an Amendment of FASB
Statement No. 115” (SFAS 159). SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to
measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair
value. The Company did not choose to apply the option provided in
SFAS 159 to any of its eligible items; therefore, its adoption did not have any
impact on the Company’s financial statements or results of
operations.
SFAS
141 (Revised 2007)
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations” (SFAS
141R). SFAS 141R establishes principles and requirements for how the
acquirer of an entity (1) recognizes and measures the identifiable assets
acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the
acquiree (2) recognizes and measures acquired goodwill or a bargain purchase
gain and (3) determines what information to disclose in its financial statements
in order to enable users to assess the nature and financial effects of the
business combination. SFAS 141R applies to all transactions or other
events in which one entity acquires control of one or more businesses and
applies to all business entities. SFAS 141R applies prospectively to
business combinations with an acquisition date on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15,
2008. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company will
adopt SFAS 141R on January 1, 2009, and because the provisions of this standard
are applied prospectively, the impact to the Company cannot be determined until
the transactions occur.
SFAS
160
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements-an Amendment of ARB No. 51” (SFAS
160). SFAS 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards that
require that the ownership percentages in subsidiaries held by parties other
than the parent be clearly identified, labeled, and presented separately from
the parent’s equity in the equity section of the consolidated balance sheet; the
amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and the
noncontrolling interest to be clearly identified and presented on the face of
the consolidated income statement; that changes in the parent’s ownership
interest while it retains control over its subsidiary be accounted for
consistently; that when a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any retained
noncontrolling equity investment be initially measured at fair value; and that
sufficient disclosure is made to clearly identify and distinguish between the
interests of the parent and the noncontrolling owners. SFAS 160
applies to all entities that prepare consolidated financial statements, except
for non-profit entities. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 31, 2008. Early adoption is not
permitted. The Company will adopt SFAS 160 on January 1, 2009, and is
currently assessing the impact this statement will have on its financial
statements and results of operations.
SFAS
161
In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities – an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (SFAS
161). SFAS 161 enhances the current disclosures under SFAS 133 and
requires that objectives for using derivative instruments be disclosed in terms
of underlying risk and accounting designation in order to better convey the
purpose of derivative use in terms of the risks that the entity is intending to
manage. Entities are required to provide enhanced disclosures about
(a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative
instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under Statement 133 and
its related interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related
hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and
cash flows. Tabular disclosure of fair value amounts and gains and
losses on derivative instruments and related hedged items is
required. SFAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for
fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early
adoption encouraged. The Company will adopt SFAS 161 on January 1,
2009 and is currently assessing the impact this statement will have on its
financial statements and results of operations.
Financial
Condition
Within
Vectren’s consolidated group, Utility Holdings funds the short-term and
long-term financing needs of utility operations. Vectren does not
guarantee Utility Holdings’ debt. Utility Holdings’ outstanding
long-term and short-term borrowing arrangements are jointly and severally
guaranteed by Indiana Gas, SIGECO, and VEDO. The guarantees are full
and unconditional and joint and several, and Utility Holdings has no
subsidiaries other than the subsidiary guarantors. Information about
the subsidiary guarantors as a group is included in Note 3 to the condensed
consolidated financial statements. Utility Holdings’ long-term and
short-term obligations outstanding at March 31, 2008, totaled $825 million and
$136 million, respectively. Additionally, prior to Utility Holdings’
formation, Indiana Gas and SIGECO funded their operations separately, and
therefore, have long-term debt outstanding funded solely by their
operations. Utility Holdings’ operations have historically funded
almost all of Vectren’s common stock dividends.
The
credit ratings of the senior unsecured debt of Utility Holdings and Indiana Gas,
at March 31, 2008, are A-/Baa1 as rated by Standard and Poor's Ratings Services
(Standard and Poor’s) and Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s),
respectively. The credit ratings on SIGECO's secured debt are
A/A3. Utility Holdings’ commercial paper has a credit rating of
A-2/P-2. The current outlook of both Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s
is stable. These ratings and outlooks have not changed since December
31, 2007. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or
hold securities. The rating is subject to revision or withdrawal at
any time, and each rating should be evaluated independently of any other
rating. Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s lowest level investment grade
rating is BBB- and Baa3, respectively.
The
Company’s consolidated equity capitalization objective is 45-55% of long-term
capitalization. This objective may have varied, and will vary,
depending on particular business opportunities, capital spending requirements,
execution of long-term financing plans and seasonal factors that affect the
Company’s operations. The Company’s equity component was 50% and 51%
of long-term capitalization at March 31, 2008, and December 31, 2007,
respectively. Long-term capitalization includes long-term debt,
including current maturities and debt subject to tender, as well as common
shareholders’ equity.
The
Company expects the majority of its capital expenditures, investments, and debt
security redemptions to be provided by internally generated
funds. However, due to increased levels of forecasted capital
expenditures, the Company may require additional permanent
financing. The Company expects to receive proceeds from Vectren
Corporation settling an equity forward contract as more fully described
below. As of March 31, 2008, the Company was in compliance with all
financial covenants.
Sources
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Operating Cash
Flow
The
Company's primary source of liquidity to fund working capital requirements has
been cash generated from operations, which totaled $269.9 million in 2008,
compared to $182.0 million in 2007, an increase of $87.9 million.
The
increase was primarily a result of changes in working capital
accounts. Net income before non-cash charges of $113.8 million
increased $20.2 million, compared to $93.6 million in 2007. Working
capital changes generated cash of $149.0 million in 2008 compared to cash
generated of $85.7 million in 2007. The primary drivers of the increase in
working capital related to the timing of tax payments and an increase in
liabilities to replace gas withdrawn from storage to serve customer demand
during the peak heating season months.
Financing Cash
Flow
Although
working capital requirements are generally funded by cash flow from operations,
the Company uses short-term borrowings to supplement working capital needs when
accounts receivable balances are at their highest and gas storage is
refilled. Additionally, short-term borrowings are required for
capital projects and investments until they are financed on a long-term
basis.
Cash flow
required for financing activities reflects the impact of recently executed
long-term financing, increases in dividends over the periods presented, and
changes in short-term borrowings. Financing activities used cash of
$202.9 million in 2008, compared to $140.4 million in 2007. The
increase is primarily due to the repayment of short-term borrowings using the
increased operating cash flow. In 2008, Utility Holdings issued $125
million of senior unsecured securities and used those proceeds to refinance
certain capital projects originally financed with short-term
borrowings. Also, during the first quarter of 2008, the Company
mitigated its exposure to auction rate debt markets. These
transactions are more fully described below.
Utility
Holdings Debt Issuance
In March
2008, Utility Holdings issued $125 million in 6.25 percent senior unsecured
notes due April 1, 2039 (2039 Notes) at par. The 2039 Notes are
guaranteed by Utility Holdings’ three public utilities: SIGECO,
Indiana Gas, and VEDO. These guarantees are full and unconditional
and joint and several.
The 2039
Notes have no sinking fund requirements, and interest payments are due
monthly. The notes may be called by Utility Holdings, in whole or in
part, at any time on or after April 1, 2013, at 100 percent of principal amount
plus accrued interest. During 2007, Utility Holdings entered into
several interest rate hedges with an $80 million notional
amount. Upon issuance of the notes, these instruments were settled
resulting in the payment of approximately $9.6 million, which was recorded as a
Regulatory asset
pursuant to existing regulatory orders. The value paid is being
amortized as an increase to interest expense over the life of the
issue. The proceeds from the sale of the 2039 Notes, settlement of
the hedging arrangements, and payments of issuance costs totaled approximately
$111.1 million.
Auction
Rate Mode Securities
In
February 2008, SIGECO provided notice to the current holders of approximately
$103 million of tax-exempt auction rate mode long-term debt of its plans to
convert that debt from its current auction rate mode into a daily interest rate
mode. In March 2008, the debt was tendered at 100 percent of the principal
amount plus accrued interest and is shown as a retirement of debt in the
consolidated statement of cash flows. During March 2008, SIGECO
remarketed approximately $61.8 million of these investments at interest rates
that are fixed to maturity, receiving proceeds, net of issuance costs, of
approximately $60.3 million. The terms are $22.6 million at 5.15
percent due in 2023, $22.2 million at 5.35 percent due in 2030 and $17.0 million
at 5.45 percent due in 2041. The remaining $41.2 million continues to
be held in treasury and is expected to be remarketed at some future
date.
Investing Cash
Flow
Cash flow
required for investing activities was flat period over period, using cash of
$57.6 million and $57.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively.
Available
Sources of Liquidity
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Short-term Borrowing
Arrangements
At March
31, 2008, the Company has $520 million of short-term borrowing capacity, of
which approximately $384 million is available.
Potential Capital
Contributions from Vectren
Equity
Forward
As of
March 31, 2008, Vectren has access to approximately $126 million in proceeds
generated from an SEC-registered equity offering of its common
stock. Vectren executed an equity forward sale agreement (equity
forward) in connection with the offering, and therefore, did not receive
proceeds at the time of the equity offering. The equity forward
allowed Vectren to price the offering under market conditions existing at that
time. The offering proceeds, when and if received, are expected to be
contributed to Utility Holdings and used to permanently finance its
subsidiaries’ primarily electric utility capital expenditures. The
equity forward must be settled prior to February 28, 2009.
Proceeds
from Stock Plans
Vectren
may periodically issue new common shares to satisfy dividend reinvestment plan,
stock option plan, and other employee benefit plan requirements and contribute
those proceeds to Utility Holdings.
Potential
Uses of Liquidity
Planned Capital
Expenditures
Capital
expenditures for the remainder of 2008 are estimated to be approximately $250
million.
Forward-Looking
Information
A
“safe harbor” for forward-looking statements is provided by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Reform Act of 1995). The
Reform Act of 1995 was adopted to encourage such forward-looking statements
without the threat of litigation, provided those statements are identified as
forward-looking and are accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements
identifying important factors that could cause the actual results to differ
materially from those projected in the statement. Certain matters
described in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and
Financial Condition are forward-looking statements. Such statements
are based on management’s beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and
information currently available to management. When used in this
filing, the words “believe”, “anticipate”, “endeavor”, “estimate”, “expect”,
“objective”, “projection”, “forecast”, “goal” and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition to any
assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection with such
forward-looking statements, factors that could cause the Company’s actual
results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking
statements include, among others, the following:
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Factors
affecting utility operations such as unusual weather conditions;
catastrophic weather-related damage; unusual maintenance or repairs;
unanticipated changes to fossil fuel costs; unanticipated changes to gas
transportation and storage costs, or availability due to higher demand,
shortages, transportation problems or other developments; environmental or
pipeline incidents; transmission or distribution incidents; unanticipated
changes to electric energy supply costs, or availability due to demand,
shortages, transmission problems or other developments; or electric
transmission or gas pipeline system
constraints.
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Increased
competition in the energy industry, including the effects of industry
restructuring and unbundling.
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Regulatory
factors such as unanticipated changes in rate-setting policies or
procedures, recovery of investments and costs made under traditional
regulation, and the frequency and timing of rate
increases.
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Financial,
regulatory or accounting principles or policies imposed by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board; the Securities and Exchange Commission; the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; state public utility commissions;
state entities which regulate electric and natural gas transmission and
distribution, natural gas gathering and processing, electric power supply;
and similar entities with regulatory
oversight.
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Economic
conditions including the effects of an economic downturn, inflation rates,
commodity prices, and monetary
fluctuations.
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Increased
natural gas commodity prices and the potential impact on customer
consumption, uncollectible accounts expense, unaccounted for gas and
interest expense.
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Changing
market conditions and a variety of other factors associated with physical
energy and financial trading activities including, but not limited to,
price, basis, credit, liquidity, volatility, capacity, interest rate, and
warranty risks.
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Direct
or indirect effects on the Company’s business, financial condition,
liquidity and results of operations resulting from changes in credit
ratings, changes in interest rates, and/or changes in market perceptions
of the utility industry and other energy-related
industries.
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Employee
or contractor workforce factors including changes in key executives,
collective bargaining agreements with union employees, aging workforce
issues, or work stoppages.
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Legal
and regulatory delays and other obstacles associated with mergers,
acquisitions and investments in joint
ventures.
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Costs,
fines, penalties and other effects of legal and administrative
proceedings, settlements, investigations, and claims, including, but not
limited to, such matters involving compliance with state and federal laws
and interpretations of these laws.
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Changes
in federal, state or local legislative requirements, such as changes in
tax laws or rates, environmental laws, including laws governing greenhouse
gases, mandates of sources of renewable energy, and other
regulations.
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The
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changes in actual results,
changes in assumptions, or other factors affecting such statements.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
The
Company is exposed to various business risks associated with commodity prices,
interest rates, and counter-party credit. These financial exposures
are monitored and managed by the Company as an integral part of its overall risk
management program. The Company’s risk management program includes,
among other things, the use of derivatives. The Company also executes
derivative contracts in the normal course of operations while buying and selling
commodities to be used in operations and optimizing its generation
assets.
The
Company has in place a risk management committee that consists of senior
management as well as financial and operational management. The
committee is actively involved in identifying risks as well as reviewing
and authorizing risk mitigation
strategies.
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These
risks are not significantly different from the information set forth in Item 7A
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk included in the
Utility Holdings 2007 Form 10-K and is therefore not presented
herein.
ITEM
4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Changes in Internal Controls
over Financial Reporting
During
the quarter ended March 31, 2008, there have been no changes to the Company’s
internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal controls over
financial reporting.
Conclusion Regarding the
Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of
March 31, 2008, the Company conducted an evaluation under the supervision and
with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of the effectiveness and the design and operation of the Company's
disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the
Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the
Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of March 31, 2008,
to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or
submitted under the Exchange Act is:
1)
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the SEC’s rules and forms,
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2)
accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required
disclosure.
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The
Company is party to various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of
business. In the opinion of management, there are no legal
proceedings pending against the Company that are likely to have a material
adverse effect on its financial position. See the notes to the
consolidated condensed financial statements regarding commitments and
contingencies, environmental matters, and rate and regulatory
matters. The consolidated condensed financial statements are included
in Part 1 Item 1.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
The
Company’s risk factors have not changed from the information set forth in Item
1A Risk Factors included in the Utility Holdings 2007 Form 10-K and are
therefore not presented herein.
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
Exhibits
and Certifications
Exhibits
4.1
Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated March 10, 2008, among Vectren Utility
Holdings, Inc., Indiana Gas Company, Inc., Southern Indiana Gas &
Electric Company, Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc., and
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U.S. Bank Trust National Association (Filed and designated in Form 8-K, dated
March 12, 2008, File No. 1-15467, as Exhibit 4.1)
12.
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Certifications
31.1 Certification
Pursuant To Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002- Chief Executive
Officer
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31.2
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Certification
Pursuant To Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002- Chief Financial
Officer
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Certification
Pursuant To Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of
2002
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
VECTREN UTILITY HOLDINGS,
INC.
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May 9, 2008 |
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/s/Jerome A. Benkert,
Jr.
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Jerome
A. Benkert, Jr.
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Executive
Vice President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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(Principal
Financial Officer)
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/s/M. Susan
Hardwick
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M.
Susan Hardwick
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Vice
President, Controller and
Assistant Treasurer
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(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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