Edison International Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Results

Edison International (NYSE: EIX) today reported fourth quarter 2022 net income of $415 million, or $1.09 per share, compared to net income of $523 million, or $1.38 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2021. As adjusted, fourth quarter 2022 core earnings were $437 million, or $1.15 per share, compared to core earnings of $440 million, or $1.16 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Southern California Edison’s fourth quarter 2022 core earnings per share (EPS) increased year over year, primarily due to higher California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)-related revenue due to the escalation mechanism as set forth in the 2021 General Rate Case (GRC) final decision, partially offset by higher depreciation expense from increased plant balance and higher net interest expense related to higher rates.

Edison International Parent and Other’s fourth quarter 2022 core loss per share increased year over year, primarily due to higher interest expense and higher corporate expense.

“Edison International posted strong results for 2022, with core EPS in the upper end of our initial guidance range,” said Pedro J. Pizarro, president and CEO of Edison International. “SCE continued its tremendous progress in making its communities safer by reducing wildfire risk. SCE’s approach is differentiated by the speed of its infrastructure hardening, and the utility recently completed its 4,400th mile of covered conductor.”

Pizarro added, “The support for economywide electrification continues to grow nationally and here in California. Rapid electrification expansion sharpens the continued need to make significant grid investments that support California’s leading role in building a carbon-free economy.”

Full-Year Earnings

For 2022, Edison International reported net income of $612 million, or $1.61 per share, compared to $759 million, or $2.00 per share, for 2021. As adjusted, Edison International’s core earnings were $1,765 million, or $4.63 per share, compared to $1,741 million, or $4.59 per share, in 2021.

SCE’s full-year core EPS was higher, primarily due to higher CPUC-related revenue due to the escalation mechanism as set forth in the 2021 GRC final decision along with return on rate base approved in applications related to wildfire mitigation capital expenditures and the Customer Service Re-Platform project. These were partially offset by higher operating and maintenance expenses, higher depreciation expense from increased plant balance and higher interest expense.

Edison International Parent and Other’s full-year loss per share increased primarily due to higher preferred dividends.

Edison International uses core earnings internally for financial planning and for analysis of performance. Core earnings are also used when communicating with investors and analysts regarding Edison International’s earnings results to facilitate comparisons of the company's performance from period to period. Please see the attached tables for a reconciliation of core earnings to basic GAAP earnings.

2023 Earnings Guidance

The company announced its earnings guidance range for 2023 as summarized in the following chart. See page 14 of the presentation accompanying the company’s conference call for further information and assumptions.

Edison International and Southern California Edison Declare Dividends

Today, the board of directors of Edison International declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.7375 per share, payable on April 30, 2023, to shareholders of record on March 31, 2023. They also declared dividends on preferred stock. Additionally, the board of directors of Southern California Edison Company today declared dividends on preference stock. For more information, please see the related news release at www.edisoninvestor.com.

Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast Details

Edison International has posted its earnings conference call prepared remarks by the CEO and CFO, the teleconference presentation and Form 10-K to the company’s investor relations website. These materials are available at www.edisoninvestor.com.

About Edison International

Edison International (NYSE: EIX) is one of the nation’s largest electric utility holding companies, providing clean and reliable energy and energy services through its independent companies. Headquartered in Rosemead, California, Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison Company, a utility that delivers electricity to 15 million people across Southern, Central and Coastal California. Edison International is also the parent company of Edison Energy LLC, a global energy advisory firm engaged in the business of providing integrated decarbonization and energy solutions to commercial, industrial and institutional customers.

Appendix

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Edison International’s earnings are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States and represent the company’s earnings as reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our management uses core earnings and core earnings per share (EPS) internally for financial planning and for analysis of performance of Edison International and Southern California Edison. We also use core earnings and core EPS when communicating with analysts and investors regarding our earnings results to facilitate comparisons of the Company’s performance from period to period. Financial measures referred to as net income, basic EPS, core earnings, or core EPS also apply to the description of earnings or earnings per share.

Core earnings and core EPS are non-GAAP financial measures and may not be comparable to those of other companies. Core earnings and core EPS are defined as basic earnings and basic EPS excluding income or loss from discontinued operations and income or loss from significant discrete items that management does not consider representative of ongoing earnings. Basic earnings and losses refer to net income or losses attributable to Edison International shareholders. Core earnings are reconciled to basic earnings in the attached tables. The impact of participating securities (vested awards that earn dividend equivalents that may participate in undistributed earnings with common stock) for the principal operating subsidiary is not material to the principal operating subsidiary’s EPS and is therefore reflected in the results of the Edison International holding company, which is included in Edison International Parent and Other.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements contained in this presentation about future performance, including, without limitation, operating results, capital expenditures, rate base growth, dividend policy, financial outlook, and other statements that are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations; however, such statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. These forward-looking statements represent our expectations only as of the date of this presentation, and Edison International assumes no duty to update them to reflect new information, events or circumstances. Important factors that could cause different results include, but are not limited to the:

• ability of SCE to recover its costs through regulated rates, including uninsured wildfire-related and debris flow-related costs, costs incurred to mitigate the risk of utility equipment causing future wildfires, costs incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and increased costs due to supply chain constraints, inflation and rising interest rates;
• ability of SCE to implement its Wildfire Mitigation Plan and capital program;
• risks of regulatory or legislative restrictions that would limit SCE's ability to implement operational measures to mitigate wildfire risk, including Public Safety Power Shutoff ("PSPS") and fast curve settings, when conditions warrant or would otherwise limit SCE's operational practices relative to wildfire risk mitigation;
• risks associated with SCE implementing PSPS, including regulatory fines and penalties, claims for damages and reputational harm;
• ability of SCE to maintain a valid safety certification;
• ability of Edison International and SCE to obtain sufficient insurance at a reasonable cost, including insurance relating to wildfire-related claims, and to recover the costs of such insurance or, in the event liabilities exceed insured amounts, the ability to recover uninsured losses (including amounts paid for self-insured retention and co-insurance) from customers or other parties;
• extreme weather-related incidents (including events caused, or exacerbated, by climate change, such as wildfires, debris flows, flooding, droughts, high wind events and extreme heat events) and other natural disasters (such as earthquakes), which could cause, among other things, public safety issues, property damage, rotating outages and other operational issues (such as issues due to damaged infrastructure), PSPS activations and unanticipated costs;
• risk that California Assembly Bill 1054 ("AB 1054") does not effectively mitigate the significant exposure faced by California investor-owned utilities related to liability for damages arising from catastrophic wildfires where utility facilities are alleged to be a substantial cause, including the longevity of the Wildfire Insurance Fund and the CPUC's interpretation of and actions under AB 1054, including its interpretation of the prudency standard clarified by AB 1054;
• ability of Edison International and SCE to effectively attract, manage, develop and retain a skilled workforce, including its contract workers;
• decisions and other actions by the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other governmental authorities, including decisions and actions related to nationwide or statewide crisis, determinations of authorized rates of return or return on equity, the recoverability of wildfire-related and debris flow-related costs, issuance of SCE's wildfire safety certification, wildfire mitigation efforts, approval and implementation of electrification programs, and delays in executive, regulatory and legislative actions;
• cost and availability of labor, equipment and materials, including as a result of supply chain constraints and inflation;
• ability of Edison International or SCE to borrow funds and access bank and capital markets on reasonable terms;
• risks associated with the decommissioning of San Onofre, including those related to worker and public safety, public opposition, permitting, governmental approvals, on-site storage of spent nuclear fuel and other radioactive material, delays, contractual disputes, and cost overruns;
• pandemics, such as COVID-19, and other events that cause regional, statewide, national or global disruption, which could impact, among other things, Edison International's and SCE's business, operations, cash flows, liquidity and/or financial results and cause Edison International and SCE to incur unanticipated costs;
• physical security of Edison International's and SCE's critical assets and personnel and the cybersecurity of Edison International's and SCE's critical information technology systems for grid control, and business, employee and customer data;
• risks associated with cost allocation resulting in higher rates for utility bundled service customers because of possible customer bypass or departure for other electricity providers such as Community Choice Aggregators ("CCA," which are cities, counties, and certain other public agencies with the authority to generate and/or purchase electricity for their local residents and businesses) and Electric Service Providers (entities that offer electric power and ancillary services to retail customers, other than electrical corporations (like SCE) and CCAs) ;
• risks inherent in SCE's capital investment program, including those related to project site identification, public opposition, environmental mitigation, construction, permitting, contractor performance, changes in the California Independent System Operator's transmission plans, and governmental approvals; and
• risks associated with the operation of electrical facilities, including worker and public safety issues, the risk of utility assets causing or contributing to wildfires, failure, availability, efficiency, and output of equipment and facilities, and availability and cost of spare parts.

Additional information about risks and uncertainties, including more detail about the factors described in this release, is contained throughout this release and in the 2022 Form 10-K, including the "Risk Factors" sections. Readers are urged to read this entire release including information incorporated by reference, as well as the 2022 Form 10-K, and carefully consider the risks, uncertainties, and other factors that affect Edison International's and SCE's businesses. Edison International and SCE post or provide direct links (i) to certain SCE and other parties' regulatory filings and documents with the CPUC and the FERC and certain agency rulings and notices in open proceedings in a section titled "SCE Regulatory Highlights," (ii) to certain documents and information related to Southern California wildfires which may be of interest to investors in a section titled "Southern California Wildfires," and (iii) to presentations, documents and other information that may be of interest to investors in a section titled "Presentations and Updates" at www.edisoninvestor.com in order to publicly disseminate such information.

These forward-looking statements represent our expectations only as of the date of this news release, and Edison International assumes no duty to update them to reflect new information, events or circumstances. Readers should review future reports filed by Edison International and SCE with the SEC.

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