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DATE
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026
CALL PARTICIPANTS
- Director of Investor Relations – Michael Dowling
- Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of NextEra Energy – John Ketchum
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NextEra Energy – Mike Dunne
- Vice Chairman of NextEra Energy – Armando Pimentel
- President and Chief Executive Officer of Florida Power & Light Company – Scott Bores
- President and Chief Executive Officer of NextEra Energy Resources – Brian Bolster
- Executive Vice President of NextEra Energy – Mark Hickson
TAKEAWAYS
- Adjusted EPS — $1.24, representing a 9.7% increase year over year driven by strong financial and operational performance across the business segments.
- FPL Net Income — $1.62 billion, compared to $1.463 billion in the prior-year quarter, primarily reflecting continued disciplined capital investments.
- Energy Resources Adjusted Earnings — $1.247 billion, an increase of 13% year over year supported by new investments and more normalized wind resources.
- Renewables and Storage Backlog — 36.7 gigawatts, after adding 3.7 gigawatts in the third quarter and placing 1.8 gigawatts into commercial service.
- Battery Storage Origination — 2.4 gigawatts, marking the fourth consecutive quarter Energy Resources added more than 3.5 gigawatts of total renewables and storage to its backlog.
- Regulated Capital Employed — 9.2% growth at FPL year over year, driven by approximately $2.4 billion in quarterly capital expenditures.
- Transmission and Gas Portfolio — $12.7 billion in invested capital and secured expenditures, an increase of approximately 25% since December 2025.
- Federal Hub Projects — 16.5 gigawatts across three signed agreements, which have secured $5.7 billion in initial funding year to date to support development and construction.
- FPL Retail Sales — 2.8% increase year over year, or 1.4% on a weather-normalized basis, reflecting continued customer growth in Florida.
- Large Load Pipeline — 20 gigawatts of advanced projects, including over 18 gigawatts of gas-fired generation intended to serve data center demand.
- FPL Large Load Target — 8 gigawatts by 2032, an increase from the previous 6-gigawatt expectation due to high customer interest.
- Renewable Recontracting — 1,400 megawatts of projects recontracted year to date at an average premium of approximately $20 per megawatt hour over recent realized pricing.
- Duane Arnold Restart — $1.9 billion loan closed with the Department of Energy to support the recommissioning of the nuclear plant by the first quarter of 2029.
- Interest Rate Hedging — $48 billion forward starting program with an average rate of approximately 4% to mitigate financing risk for future projects.
- Equity Needs — $12 billion to $17 billion in total expected issuances through 2032 to support the long-term capital investment plan.
- Dominion Energy Combination Commitments — $2 billion in proposed rate credits and $100 million in additional customer bill assistance through 2038 for Virginia customers.
- Workforce Expansion — 1,000 total new jobs committed to Virginia, including 600 from NextEra Energy and 400 from secured letters of intent with suppliers.
- Full Year FPL Investment — $12 billion in expected capital expenditures for 2026 to support grid resiliency and clean energy infrastructure.
- Storm Restoration Cost Avoidance — 140,000 outages avoided during Hurricane Isaias due to smart grid technology and a stronger grid.
- Operating Cash Flow — Expected to grow at or above the adjusted earnings per share compound annual growth rate through 2032.
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RISKS
- Ketchum stated, “The high end of that range also includes the El Niño impacts that we expect to occur on our wind facilities in Q4 of this year,” noting that wind generation is projected to fall to 90% to 95% of the long-term average during that period.
SUMMARY
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE -0.73%) reported a 9.7% increase in adjusted earnings per share for the third quarter, supported by a 9.2% increase in regulatory capital employed at Florida Power & Light and 13% growth in adjusted earnings at NextEra Energy Resources. Management emphasized the execution of a multiyear growth plan centered on meeting accelerating power demand through a 20-gigawatt large load project pipeline and the expansion of the renewables backlog to nearly 37 gigawatts. The company is progressing toward its pending combination with Dominion Energy, having secured shareholder approval and establishing procedural schedules for state regulatory reviews expected to conclude in early 2027. Management maintained its 2026 adjusted earnings guidance while targeting the high end of the range, despite projected weather-related headwinds in the wind portfolio.
- Management confirmed that federal hubs are expected to generate approximately 50% of the adjusted earnings per share that Energy Resources would receive if it owned the projects, despite the company investing no capital in these facilities.
- CEO Ketchum noted that Energy Resources has the opportunity to build and own an incremental 6 gigawatts to 11 gigawatts of battery storage to support data center load at these federal hub sites.
- The company executed a 20-year power purchase agreement for 1 gigawatt of the Point Beach nuclear asset, ensuring the facility is contracted into the 2050s.
- CFO Dunne reported that a 50 basis point move in interest rates would only impact 2028 adjusted earnings per share by $0.01 to $0.03, representing less than 1% of expected earnings.
- Management stated that FPL’s typical residential bill remains 37% below the national average, with a projected average annual increase of only 2% through 2030.
- The company closed a $1.9 billion loan with the Department of Energy to facilitate the restart of the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa by early 2029.
- The proposed merger with Dominion Energy includes a $5 billion Virginia supplier program and the creation of a new shareholder-funded co-headquarters in Richmond.
INDUSTRY GLOSSARY
- ERCOT: Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the organization that operates the state’s electrical grid and manages the deregulated market for 75% of Texas.
- Federal Hub: NextEra Energy’s term for large-scale energy infrastructure projects where the company earns development, construction, and operation fees without investing its own capital.
- FPL: Florida Power & Light Company, the largest electric utility in the United States and a subsidiary of NextEra Energy.
- Gigawatt (GW): A unit of power equal to 1,000 megawatts, often used to measure the capacity of large power plants or energy portfolios.
- MISO: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, a regional transmission organization that manages the power grid across several U.S. states and Manitoba, Canada.
- NextEra Energy Resources: The competitiv
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