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| In short, we believe our 5-year plan is tremendous, and it will be implemented by a proven team with a track record of operational excellence |
| Our excellent execution is driven by fully engaged employees |
| Our communities maintain strong unemployment rates and continue to attract expanding in new businesses that our low rates help secure |
| Our balance sheet is one of the strongest in the industry, supporting the $6 billion 5-year capital investment you see in today's materials |
| Looking ahead, we have developed an operational and financial plan spending 5 years, aiming to bring substantial value to customers and OG&E's power system, supporting economic development in our communities and providing a compelling investment thesis for our shareholders |
| Once again, our safety results were very strong with the last 8 years being the safest in our 121-year history even as we continue to face some of the most extreme weather in the country, like Winter storms Jerry and Heather in January where our plants ran generating electricity to the grid to ensure our customers could continue to live their lives and run their businesses |
| In fact, we project load growth of 3% to 5% in 2024 and expect 2025 to be well above our historic 1% load growth with emerging trends that indicate continued strength in years beyond 2025 |
| Our future outlook is based on this lower risk investment strategy, backed by exceptional load growth, a solid financial position, constructive regulatory jurisdictions and consistent executions from our employees |
| Our team has once again delivered exceptional results in 2023 at the high end of our original and increased EPS guidance range |
| I'm so proud of everyone here at the company, and it's because of them that we are discussing great financial results |
| Our sustainable business model provides opportunities to drive loan growth while simultaneously investing in the grid and generation for many years to come in a way that is mindful of ensuring a smooth customer impact and delivering consistent financial returns |
| As I've spoken to the last few quarters, the utility and holding company are lining up very well for 2024 and beyond |
| Milder weather in 2023 was partly offset by the benefits of strong load growth of 2.7% in the year |
| Its earnings growth profile has the foundation of strong load growth in 2024 that looks similar to the past 3 years as well as an investment plan that is focused on our ability to serve our growing customer base with a reliable, resilient and safe power system |
| Our plan going forward, which Bryan will detail, is based on a pure-play electric model with premium fundamentals, including a strong financial base and credit metrics, excellent load and customer growth and a lower risk investment plan focused on delivering a safe, reliable, resilient electric service that our customers expect |
| So strong load results throughout the 5-year period, staying on top of our regulatory recovery for investments |
| Our grid and weather hardening investments continue to deliver great results for our customers |
| You've heard us speak to the many tailwinds at utility we spoke about today, namely the very strong load growth and a host of incremental infrastructure investment needs |
| And I believe they really appreciate our track record |
| We operate and construct the regulatory jurisdictions, and we've created a competitive, credible, lower-risk financial plan backed by a strong balance sheet |
| It starts with the service area with favorable business prospects |
| And just last week, Forbes named OGE the 16th best midsized employer in the country, achieving the highest rank in our sector and the highest ranking of any company in Oklahoma |
| And don't forget about the great tailwinds that we're seeing at the utility and the overall growth we're seeing in our core operations |
| Our load forecast for 2024 continues to keep pace with the outstanding growth we've experienced over the last 3 years, and our long-term load forecast remains as strong as our service area continues to grow |
| Constructive regulatory outcomes enable us to support growth, serve customers and achieve results for our shareholders |
| But in total, when you look at the whole package, we feel very confident and strongly about our ability to deliver that 5% to 7% consolidated CAGR and annual growth rate |
| Consolidated FFO to debt is forecasted to remain strong throughout the 5-year forecast period with no big dips and instead a consistent performance of approximately 17% each year |
| The case for OG&E is strong, and I'm bullish on our future |
| Our grid reliability investments benefited customers in 2023, saving over 320 minutes of interruption for the average impact to customer |
| We're seeing nice loan growth prospects across a lot of different industries |
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| Today's macro environment continues to -- macroeconomic environment continues to create pressure on our customers, and we remain committed to affordability and keeping bills low |
| The year-over-year decrease in electric company net income was primarily due to milder weather compared to the prior year |
| At the holding company in 2024, we are forecasting a loss of $0.10 per share consistent with the expectations I shared with you on prior calls |
| Other operations, including our honing company, reported a loss of $10 million or $0.05 per diluted share in 2023 compared to a loss of $5 million or $0.03 per share in 2022 |
| It's not in plan |
| I believe -- I may have it wrong, I thought your Moody's downgrade threshold was 18% |
| As you may recall, Oklahoma and Arkansas experienced an exceptionally hot summer in 2022 |
| That should decline a little bit as time goes by |
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