Earnings Release Highlights
- GAAP Net Income of $2.71 per share and Adjusted (non-GAAP)
Operating Earnings of $2.44 per share for the fourth quarter of
2024. GAAP Net Income of $11.89 per share and Adjusted (non-GAAP)
Operating Earnings of $8.67 per share for the full year 2024, far
exceeding the top end of our twice revised guidance range of
$8.00-$8.40 per share.
- Affirming full-year 2025 Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings
guidance range of $8.90 - $9.60 per share. You can find our full
2025 disclosures on the IR section of our website as part of the
Calpine Acquisition presentation from January 10, 2025.
- Entered a definitive agreement to acquire Calpine Corporation,
which will combine the largest producer of clean, emissions-free
energy, with the reliable, dispatchable natural gas assets of
Calpine, and will also create the nation's leading competitive
retail supplier poised to meet growing demand for customers and
communities
- Announced the signing of a 20-year power purchase agreement
with Microsoft that will support the launch of the Crane Clean
Energy Center
- Delivered on our commitment to shareholders:
- Completed $1 billion of share repurchases; cumulatively we have
repurchased $2 billion since 2023, with $1 billion authorization
remaining
- Our issuer credit rating was upgraded by Moody’s Investor
Services (Moody’s) from Baa2 to Baa1
- Issued the nation’s first corporate green bond including
nuclear energy
- Increased the annual per share dividend by 25%, and expect to
grow the dividend per share by another 10% in 2025
- Declared a quarterly dividend of $0.3878 per share on our
common stock, payable on March 18, 2025, to shareholders of record
as of 5 p.m. Eastern time on March 7, 2025
- Ranked the No. 1 producer of emissions-free energy and boasted
the lowest rate of carbon dioxide emissions for the 11th
consecutive year
- Achieved a nuclear operating capacity factor of 94.6% and 94.4%
for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023,
respectively
- Awarded 2024 Great Place to Work® certification for second year
in a row, earning a place on three Great Place to Work Award lists:
- Fortune Best Workplaces for Parents™2024
- Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™2024
- Fortune Best Workplaces in Manufacturing &
Production™2024
- Contributed more than $20 million through Constellation, its
foundation and its employees to over 4,100 organizations and our
people logged 116,500 volunteer hours in our communities
Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG) today reported
its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year
2024.
“The 14,000 women and men of Constellation remain the driving
force behind our strong operational and financial performance in
2024. Whether it’s AI and the many technologies of the future, or
the everyday needs of families and businesses across our nation,
Constellation provides the reliable and sustainable energy needed
today and is investing billions of dollars to power our country for
decades to come. We know that reliable, affordable and sustainable
power is the key to America’s freedom and the life-blood of our
economic prosperity, and over the past three years we have built a
company that can meet that need for power with unmatched
capabilities,” said Joe Dominguez, president and CEO,
Constellation. “As we look forward to closing the Calpine
acquisition later this year, Constellation will create new
capabilities that will increase product offerings across America to
help families and businesses thrive and grow. There has never been
a more exciting time for our country and for the energy industry.
We are privileged to be at the heart of it all.”
“For the second consecutive year since forming our new company,
Constellation has outperformed the top end of its guidance range –
a testament to the combined value of our commercial and generation
businesses, which were firing on all cylinders in 2024,” said Dan
Eggers, chief financial officer, Constellation. “Backstopped by our
strong balance sheet and industry leading generation and commercial
businesses, we’re affirming our 2025 adjusted operating earnings
guidance range at $8.90-9.60 per share. Independent of our pending
acquisition of Calpine, Constellation will invest over $2.5 billion
in 2025 to reliably operate our business for the long-term and fund
our growth investments to help meet growing power demand.”
Fourth Quarter 2024
Our GAAP Net Income (Loss) for the fourth quarter of 2024
increased to $2.71 per share from ($0.11) per share in the fourth
quarter of 2023. Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings for the
fourth quarter of 2024 increased to $2.44 per share from $1.74 per
share in the fourth quarter of 2023. For the reconciliations of
GAAP Net Income to Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings, refer to
the GAAP/Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings Reconciliation
section below.
Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings in the fourth quarter of
2024 primarily reflects:
- Favorable nuclear PTC portfolio results and favorable labor
(incentives), contracting and materials partially offset by
unfavorable market and portfolio conditions and impacts of nuclear
outages
Full Year 2024
Our GAAP Net Income for 2024 increased to $11.89 per share
compared to $5.01 per share in 2023. Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating
Earnings for 2024 increased to $8.67 per share from $6.28 per share
in 2023. For the reconciliations of GAAP Net Income to Adjusted
(non-GAAP) Operating Earnings, refer to the GAAP/Adjusted
(non-GAAP) Operating Earnings Reconciliation section below.
Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings for the full year 2024
primarily reflects:
- Favorable nuclear PTC portfolio results and market and
portfolio conditions partially offset by unfavorable labor
(incentives), contracting and materials, banked ZEC revenues and
interest expense
Recent Developments and Highlights
- Affirming 2025 Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings
Guidance: On January 10, 2025, we initiated an adjusted
operating earnings guidance range of $8.90 - $9.60 per share. We
are affirming that guidance today. In addition to Adjusted
(non-GAAP) Operating Earnings guidance we provided our expectations
for Adjusted (non-GAAP) O&M and Capital for 2025 and 2026 as
well as other disclosures and tools to help model the company.
These materials can be found on the Investor Relations sections of
the Constellation website as part of the Calpine Acquisition
presentation.
- Proposed Acquisition of Calpine Corporation: We have
entered a definitive agreement to acquire Calpine in a cash and
stock transaction composed of 50 million shares of our common stock
and $4.5 billion in cash. The agreement will couple the nation’s
leading clean energy producer with the reliable, dispatchable
natural gas assets of Calpine, opening opportunities to supply more
customers coast-to-coast. The combination also will create the
nation’s leading competitive retail electric supplier, providing
2.5 million customers with a broader array of customized energy and
sustainability solutions and new product offerings to help them
manage energy costs and achieve their sustainability goals. This
acquisition will help us better serve our customers across America,
from families to businesses and utilities.
- Delivering on Our Capital Allocation Promises in 2024:
We continued our share repurchase program, buying back
approximately $1 billion of our common stock in 2024. Since our
Board of Directors approved our share repurchase program, we have
successfully repurchased approximately $2 billion of our common
stock with approximately $1 billion of remaining authority to
repurchase under the program. Our credit rating was upgraded by
Moody’s to Baa1 from Baa2 and assigned a stable outlook based on
the company’s improved debt coverage metrics and strong financial
performance. The upgrade by Moody’s follows two similar upgrades by
ratings firm S&P Global Ratings since 2022. We issued a $900
million, 30-year term green bond to be used to finance green
projects such as nuclear uprates that will increase production of
clean, carbon-free energy at our clean energy centers. Lastly, we
increased the annual per share dividend by 25%, and expect to grow
the dividend per share by another 10% in 2025.
- Dividend Declaration: Our Board of Directors has
declared a quarterly dividend of $0.3878 per share on our common
stock. The dividend is payable on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, to
shareholders of record as of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, March
7, 2025.
- No. 1 Producer of Emissions-Free Energy: For the 11th
consecutive year, we are the nation’s largest producer of
emissions-free energy and have the lowest rate of carbon dioxide
emissions among the 20 largest private, investor-owned power
producers in the United States, according to an independent
analysis based on publicly reported 2022 air emissions data. The
annual Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power
Producers in the United States report showed that the next cleanest
company among the group of 20 had more than four-and-a-half times
the rate of carbon dioxide emissions as Constellation.
- Nuclear Operations: Our nuclear fleet, including our
owned output from the Salem and South Texas Project (STP)
Generating Stations, produced 45,494 gigawatt-hours (GWhs) in the
fourth quarter of 2024, compared with 45,563 GWhs in the fourth
quarter of 2023. Excluding Salem and STP, our nuclear plants at
ownership achieved a capacity factor of 94.8% and 95.1% for the
fourth quarter of 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 94.6% and 94.4%
for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023,
respectively. There were 66 planned refueling outage days in the
fourth quarter of 2024 and 56 in the fourth quarter of 2023. There
were 3 non-refueling outage days in the fourth quarter of 2024 and
7 in the fourth quarter of 2023.
- Natural Gas, Oil, and Renewables Operations: The
dispatch match rate for our gas and pumped storage hydro fleet was
93.2% and 97.5% in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 2023,
respectively, and 97.4% and 98.5% for the twelve months ended
December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Energy capture for the
wind, solar and run-of-river hydro fleet was 95.7% and 96.3% in the
fourth quarter of 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 96.1% and 96.4%
for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023,
respectively.
GAAP/Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings
Reconciliation
Unless otherwise noted, the income tax impact of each
reconciling adjustment between GAAP Net Income (Loss) Attributable
to Common Shareholders and Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings
is based on the marginal statutory federal and state income tax
rates, taking into account whether the income or expense item is
taxable or deductible, respectively, in whole or in part. For all
adjustments except the Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) fund
investment returns, which are included in decommissioning-related
activities, the marginal statutory income tax rate was 25.5% and
25.1% for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024 and
2023. Under IRS regulations, NDT fund investment returns are taxed
at different rates for investments if they are in qualified or
non-qualified funds. The effective tax rates for the unrealized and
realized gains and losses related to NDT funds were 56.3% and 52.9%
for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively
and 54.8% and 52.4% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024
and 2023, respectively. Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings for
the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023,
respectively, does not include the following items (after tax) that
were included in our reported GAAP Net Income (Loss):
Three Months Ended December
31,
2024
2023
(In millions, except per share
data)
Earnings Per Share(a)
Earnings Per Share(a)
GAAP Net Income (Loss) Attributable to
Common Shareholders
$
852
$
2.71
$
(36
)
$
(0.11
)
Unrealized (Gain) Loss on Fair Value
Adjustments (net of taxes $82 and $254, respectively)
(241
)
(0.77
)
758
2.36
Plant Retirements and Divestitures (net of
taxes $14 and $3, respectively)
(40
)
(0.13
)
9
0.03
Decommissioning-Related Activities (net of
taxes $99 and $206, respectively)
177
0.56
(181
)
(0.56
)
Pension & OPEB Non-Service (Credits)
Costs (net of taxes $1 and $3, respectively)
4
0.01
(10
)
(0.03
)
Separation Costs (net of taxes $— and $2,
respectively)
—
—
(5
)
(0.02
)
ERP System Implementation Costs (net of
taxes $— and $1, respectively)
1
—
4
0.01
Change in Environmental Liabilities (net
of taxes $2 and $4, respectively)
5
0.02
11
0.03
Income Tax-Related Adjustments
3
0.01
—
—
Acquisition-Related Costs (net of taxes $2
and $2, respectively)
6
0.02
6
0.03
Noncontrolling Interests
(2
)
(0.01
)
(1
)
—
Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating
Earnings
$
765
$
2.44
$
555
$
1.74
Twelve Months Ended December
31,
2024
2023
(In millions, except per share
data)
Earnings Per Share(a)
Earnings Per Share(a)
GAAP Net Income (Loss) Attributable to
Common Shareholders
$
3,749
$
11.89
$
1,623
$
5.01
Unrealized (Gain) Loss on Fair Value
Adjustments (net of taxes $346 and $169, respectively)
(1,026
)
(3.25
)
506
1.56
Plant Retirements and Divestitures (net of
taxes $9 and $2, respectively)
28
0.09
(7
)
(0.02
)
Decommissioning-Related Activities (net of
taxes $244 and $339, respectively)
(50
)
(0.16
)
(183
)
(0.56
)
Pension & OPEB Non-Service (Credits)
Costs (net of taxes $2 and $14, respectively)
5
0.02
(41
)
(0.13
)
Separation Costs (net of taxes $3 and $21,
respectively)
9
0.03
62
0.19
ERP System Implementation Costs (net of
taxes $3 and $6, respectively)
8
0.02
19
0.06
Change in Environmental Liabilities (net
of taxes $22 and $11, respectively)
65
0.21
33
0.10
Income Tax-Related Adjustments
(52
)
(0.17
)
(9
)
(0.03
)
Acquisition-Related Costs (net of taxes $2
and $3, respectively)
6
0.02
9
0.03
Asset Impairments (net of taxes $— and $9,
respectively)
—
—
62
0.19
Noncontrolling Interests
(7
)
(0.02
)
(40
)
(0.12
)
Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating
Earnings
$
2,735
$
8.67
$
2,034
$
6.28
__________
(a)
Amounts may not sum due to
rounding. Earnings per share amount is based on average diluted
common shares outstanding of 314 million and 321 million for the
three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively and 315
million and 324 million for the twelve months ended December 31,
2024 and 2023, respectively.
About Constellation
Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG), a Fortune 200
company headquartered in Baltimore, is the nation’s largest
producer of reliable, emissions-free energy and a leading energy
supplier to businesses, homes and public sector customers
nationwide, including three-fourths of Fortune 100 companies. With
annual output that is nearly 90% carbon-free, our hydro, wind and
solar facilities paired with the nation’s largest nuclear fleet
have the generating capacity to power the equivalent of 16 million
homes, providing about 10% of the nation’s clean energy. We are
committed to investing in innovative technologies to drive the
transition to a reliable, sustainable and secure energy future.
Follow Constellation on LinkedIn and X.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We utilize Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings (and/or its
per share equivalent) in our internal analysis, and in
communications with investors and analysts, as a consistent measure
for comparing our financial performance and discussing the factors
and trends affecting our business. The presentation of Adjusted
(non-GAAP) Operating Earnings is intended to complement and should
not be considered an alternative to, nor more useful than, the
presentation of GAAP Net Income (Loss).
The tables above provide a reconciliation of GAAP Net Income
(Loss) to Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings. Adjusted
(non-GAAP) Operating Earnings is not a standardized financial
measure and may not be comparable to other companies’ presentations
of similarly titled measures.
Due to the forward-looking nature of our Adjusted (non-GAAP)
Operating Earnings guidance, we are unable to reconcile this
non-GAAP financial measure to GAAP Net Income (Loss) given the
inherent uncertainty required in projecting gains and losses
associated with the various fair value adjustments required by
GAAP. These adjustments include future changes in fair value
impacting the derivative instruments utilized in our current
business operations, as well as the debt and equity securities held
within our nuclear decommissioning trusts, which may have a
material impact on our future GAAP results.
Our Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating and Maintenance (O&M)
excludes direct cost of sales for certain end-user businesses,
Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO) accretion expense from
unregulated units, and decommissioning costs that do not affect
profit and loss.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking
Information
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Words such as
“could,” “may,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “will,” “targets,”
“goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,”
“estimates,” “predicts,” and variations on such words, and similar
expressions that reflect our current views with respect to future
events and operational, economic, and financial performance, are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding the proposed transaction between Constellation
and Calpine Corporation, the expected closing of the proposed
transaction and the timing thereof, the financing of the proposed
transaction and the pro forma combined company and its operations,
strategies and plans, enhancements to investment-grade credit
profile, synergies, opportunities and anticipated future
performance and capital structure, and expected accretion to
earnings per share and free cash flow. Information adjusted for the
proposed transaction should not be considered a forecast of future
results.
Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations,
estimates and assumptions that involve a number of risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected. The factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made by
Constellation Energy Corporation and Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC, (the Registrants) include those factors discussed
herein, as well as the items discussed in (1) the Registrants' 2024
Annual Report on Form 10-K (to be filed on February 18, 2025) in
(a) Part I, ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) Part II, ITEM 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations, and (c) Part II, ITEM 8. Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 18, Commitments and
Contingencies, and (2) other factors discussed in filings with the
SEC by the Registrants.
Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, which apply
only as of the date of this press release. Neither Registrant
undertakes any obligation to publicly release any revision to its
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after
the date of this press release.
Constellation Energy
Corporation
GAAP Consolidated Statements
of Operations and
Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating
Earnings Reconciling Adjustments
(unaudited)
(in millions, except per share
data)
Three Months Ended December
31, 2024
Three Months Ended December
31, 2023
GAAP (a)
Non-GAAP Adjustments
GAAP (a)
Non-GAAP Adjustments
Operating revenues
$
5,382
$
453
(b),(c)
$
5,796
$
(84
)
(b),(c)
Operating expenses
Purchased power and fuel
2,591
609
(b)
4,018
(898
)
(b)
Operating and maintenance
1,493
(78
)
(c),(f),(g),(i),(j)
1,422
(83
)
(c),(d),(f),(i),(j)
Depreciation and amortization
255
(38
)
(c),(g)
288
(63
)
(c),(g)
Taxes other than income taxes
140
—
134
—
Total operating expenses
4,479
5,862
Gain (loss) on sales of assets and
businesses
69
(69
)
(g)
(1
)
—
Operating income (loss)
972
(67
)
Other income and (deductions)
Interest expense, net
(90
)
(36
)
(b)
(139
)
11
(b)
Other, net
(23
)
66
(b),(c),(e)
349
(326
)
(b),(c),(d),(e)
Total other income and (deductions)
(113
)
210
Income (loss) before income
taxes
859
143
Income tax (benefit) expense
6
6
(b),(c),(e),(g),(i),(j),(k)
182
53
(b),(c),(d),(e),(f),(g),(i),(j)
Equity in income (losses) of
unconsolidated affiliates
(3
)
—
—
—
Net income (loss)
850
(39
)
Net income (loss) attributable to
noncontrolling interests
(2
)
2
(h)
(3
)
1
(h)
Net income (loss) attributable to
common shareholders
$
852
$
(36
)
Effective tax rate
0.7
%
127.3
%
Earnings per average common
share
Basic
$
2.72
$
(0.11
)
Diluted
$
2.71
$
(0.11
)
Average common shares
outstanding
Basic
314
320
Diluted
314
321
__________
(a)
Results reported in accordance
with GAAP.
(b)
Adjustment for mark-to-market on
economic hedges and fair value adjustments related to gas
imbalances and equity investments.
(c)
Adjustment for all gains and
losses associated with Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts (NDT), Asset
Retirement Obligation (ARO) accretion, Asset Retirement Cost (ARC)
Depreciation, ARO remeasurement, and any earnings neutral impacts
of contractual offset for Regulatory Agreement Units.
(d)
Adjustment for certain
incremental costs related to the separation (system-related costs,
third-party costs paid to advisors, consultants, lawyers, and other
experts assisting in the separation), including a portion of the
amounts billed to us pursuant to the transition services agreement
(TSA).
(e)
Adjustment for Pension and Other
Postretirement Employee Benefits (OPEB) Non-Service credits.
(f)
Adjustment for costs related to a
multi-year Enterprise Resource Program (ERP) system implemented in
the first quarter of 2024.
(g)
Adjustments related to plant
retirements and divestitures.
(h)
Adjustment for elimination of the
noncontrolling interest portion of certain adjustments included
above.
(i)
Adjustment for changes in
environmental liabilities.
(j)
Adjustment for
acquisition-related costs.
(k)
Adjustment to deferred income
taxes due to changes in forecasted apportionment.
Constellation Energy
Corporation
GAAP Consolidated Statements
of Operations and
Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating
Earnings Reconciling Adjustments
(unaudited)
(in millions, except per share
data)
Twelve Months Ended December
31, 2024
Twelve Months Ended December
31, 2023
GAAP (a)
Non-GAAP Adjustments
GAAP (a)
Non-GAAP Adjustments
Operating revenues
$
23,568
$
(321
)
(b),(c)
$
24,918
$
(1,404
)
(b),(c)
Operating expenses
Purchased power and fuel
11,419
1,018
(b)
16,001
(2,365
)
(b)
Operating and maintenance
6,159
(292
)
(c),(d),(f),(g), (i),(j)
5,685
(343
)
(c),(d),(f),(i),(j),(l)
Depreciation and amortization
1,123
(212
)
(c),(g)
1,096
(211
)
(c),(g)
Taxes other than income taxes
586
—
553
—
Total operating expenses
19,287
23,335
Gain (loss) on sales of assets and
businesses
71
(71
)
(g)
27
(27
)
(g)
Operating income (loss)
4,352
1,610
Other income and (deductions)
Interest expense, net
(506
)
(19
)
(b)
(431
)
18
(b)
Other, net
670
(580
)
(b),(c),(e)
1,268
(1,183
)
(b),(c),(d),(e)
Total other income and
(deductions)
164
837
Income (loss) before income
taxes
4,516
2,447
Income tax (benefit) expense
774
(498
)
(b),(c),(d),(e),(f),(g),(i),(j),(k)
859
(128
)
(b),(c),(d),(e),(f),(g),(i),(j),(k),(l)
Equity in income (losses) of
unconsolidated affiliates
(4
)
—
(11
)
—
Net income (loss)
3,738
1,577
Net income (loss) attributable to
noncontrolling interests
(11
)
7
(h)
(46
)
40
(h)
Net income (loss) attributable to
common shareholders
$
3,749
$
1,623
Effective tax rate
17.1
%
35.1
%
Earnings per average common
share
Basic
$
11.91
$
5.02
Diluted
$
11.89
$
5.01
Average common shares
outstanding
Basic
315
323
Diluted
315
324
__________
(a)
Results reported in accordance
with GAAP.
(b)
Adjustment for mark-to-market on
economic hedges and fair value adjustments related to gas
imbalances and equity investments.
(c)
Adjustment for all gains and
losses associated with NDTs, ARO accretion, ARC Depreciation, ARO
remeasurement, and any earnings neutral impacts of contractual
offset for Regulatory Agreement Units.
(d)
Adjustment for certain
incremental costs related to the separation (system-related costs,
third-party costs paid to advisors, consultants, lawyers, and other
experts assisting in the separation), including a portion of the
amounts billed to us pursuant to the TSA.
(e)
Adjustment for Pension and OPEB
Non-Service credits.
(f)
Adjustment for costs related to a
multi-year ERP system implemented in the first quarter of 2024.
(g)
Adjustment related to plant
retirements and divestitures.
(h)
Adjustment for elimination of the
noncontrolling interest portion of certain adjustments included
above.
(i)
Adjustment for changes in
environmental liabilities.
(j)
Adjustment for
acquisition-related costs.
(k)
Adjustment to deferred income
taxes due to changes in forecasted apportionment.
(l)
Adjustment for an asset
impairment.
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