Form 10-Q
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FORM 10-Q
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
(Mark One)
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from  _____  to  _____ 
         
    Exact Name of Each Registrant as specified in its    
Commission File   charter; State of Incorporation; Address; and   IRS Employer
Number   Telephone Number   Identification No.
1-8962
  PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
(an Arizona corporation)
400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999
(602) 250-1000
  86-0512431
1-4473
  ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(an Arizona corporation)
400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999
(602) 250-1000
  86-0011170
 
Indicate by check mark whether each 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.
     
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
  Yes þ No o
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
  Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
     
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
  Yes o No o
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
  Yes o No o
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.
             
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION    
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY    
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer þ   Smaller reporting company o
Indicate by check mark whether each registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).
     
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
  Yes o No þ
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
  Yes o No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date.
     
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
  Number of shares of common stock, no par value, outstanding as of July 29, 2009: 101,200,552
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
  Number of shares of common stock, $2.50 par value, outstanding as of July 29, 2009: 71,264,947
 
Arizona Public Service Company meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this form with the reduced disclosure format allowed under that General Instruction.
This combined Form 10-Q is separately provided by Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and Arizona Public Service Company. Each registrant is providing on its own behalf all of the information contained in this Form 10-Q that relates to such registrant and, where required, its subsidiaries. Except as stated in the preceding sentence, neither registrant is providing any information that does not relate to such registrant, and therefore makes no representation as to any such information.
 
 

 

 


 

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 Exhibit 12.1
 Exhibit 12.2
 Exhibit 12.3
 Exhibit 31.1
 Exhibit 31.2
 Exhibit 31.3
 Exhibit 31.4
 Exhibit 32.1
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GLOSSARY
ACC — Arizona Corporation Commission
ADEQ — Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
ALJ — Administrative Law Judge
APS — Arizona Public Service Company, a subsidiary of the Company
APSES — APS Energy Services Company, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company
Base Fuel Rate — the portion of APS’ retail base rates attributable to fuel and purchased power costs
Clean Air Act — Clean Air Act, as amended
Company — Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
DOE — United States Department of Energy
EITF — FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force
El Dorado — El Dorado Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Company
EPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency
FASB — Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERC — United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FIN — FASB Interpretation Number
FIP — Federal Implementation Plan
Fitch — Fitch, Inc.
Four Corners — Four Corners Power Plant
FSP — FASB Staff Position
GAAP — accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
IRS — United States Internal Revenue Service
kWh — kilowatt-hour, one thousand watts per hour
MMBTU — one million British thermal units
Moody’s — Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
Native Load — retail and wholesale sales supplied under traditional cost-based rate regulation
Note — a Note to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this report
NRC — United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OCI — other comprehensive income
Off-System Sales — sales of electricity from generation owned or contracted by the Company that is over and above the amount required to serve APS’ retail customers and traditional wholesale contracts
Palo Verde — Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Pinnacle West — Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, the Company

 

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Pinnacle West Marketing & Trading — Pinnacle West Marketing & Trading Co., LLC, a subsidiary of the Company
Price Anderson Act — Price Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
PRP — potentially responsible parties under Superfund
PSA — power supply adjustor approved by the ACC to provide for recovery or refund of variations in actual fuel and purchased power costs compared with the Base Fuel Rate
Salt River Project — Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
SEC — United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Settlement Agreement — Settlement Agreement dated June 12, 2009 between APS and other parties to its general retail rate case
SFAS — Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
Standard & Poor’s — Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
SunCor — SunCor Development Company, a subsidiary of the Company
SunCor Secured Revolver — SunCor’s principal loan facility
Superfund — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
2008 Form 10-K — Pinnacle West/APS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
VIE — variable-interest entity

 

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Part I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited)
(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
OPERATING REVENUES
               
Regulated electricity segment
  $ 812,510     $ 829,478  
Real estate segment
    16,763       23,365  
Marketing and trading
          22,508  
Other revenues
    10,782       9,162  
 
           
Total
    840,055       884,513  
 
           
OPERATING EXPENSES
               
Regulated electricity segment fuel and purchased power
    291,699       327,561  
Real estate segment operations
    23,693       30,594  
Real estate impairment charge (Note 21)
    632        
Marketing and trading fuel and purchased power
          18,687  
Operations and maintenance
    226,245       193,700  
Depreciation and amortization
    100,063       97,770  
Taxes other than income taxes
    32,887       33,251  
Other expenses
    7,733       6,822  
 
           
Total
    682,952       708,385  
 
           
OPERATING INCOME
    157,103       176,128  
 
           
OTHER
               
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    4,730       5,414  
Other income (Note 14)
    6,587       3,928  
Other expense (Note 14)
    (4,187 )     (10,055 )
 
           
Total
    7,130       (713 )
 
           
INTEREST EXPENSE
               
Interest charges
    58,951       51,521  
Capitalized interest
    (3,311 )     (4,938 )
 
           
Total
    55,640       46,583  
 
           
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    108,593       128,832  
INCOME TAXES
    37,600       16,025  
 
           
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
    70,993       112,807  
INCOME (LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
               
Net of income tax expense (benefit) of $(1,811) and $13,660 (Note 17)
    (2,798 )     21,055  
 
           
NET INCOME
    68,195       133,862  
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
    (152 )      
 
           
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
  $ 68,347     $ 133,862  
 
           
 
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING — BASIC
    101,109       100,653  
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING — DILUTED
    101,193       100,917  
 
               
EARNINGS PER WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARE OUTSTANDING
               
Income from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders — basic
  $ 0.70     $ 1.12  
Net income attributable to common shareholders — basic
    0.68       1.33  
Income from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders — diluted
    0.70       1.12  
Net income attributable to common shareholders — diluted
    0.68       1.33  
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE
  $ 0.525     $ 0.525  
 
               
AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS:
               
Income from continuing operations, net of tax
  $ 71,145     $ 112,807  
Discontinued operations, net of tax
    (2,798 )     21,055  
 
           
Net income attributable to common shareholders
  $ 68,347     $ 133,862  
 
           
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited)
(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
OPERATING REVENUES
               
Regulated electricity segment
  $ 1,415,088     $ 1,452,279  
Real estate segment
    35,129       49,631  
Marketing and trading
          52,960  
Other revenues
    19,231       17,899  
 
           
Total
    1,469,448       1,572,769  
 
           
OPERATING EXPENSES
               
Regulated electricity segment fuel and purchased power
    539,087       596,939  
Real estate segment operations
    53,974       61,551  
Real estate impairment charge (Note 21)
    211,938        
Marketing and trading fuel and purchased power
          42,673  
Operations and maintenance
    433,776       386,723  
Depreciation and amortization
    199,984       193,364  
Taxes other than income taxes
    67,015       66,403  
Other expenses
    14,200       12,760  
 
           
Total
    1,519,974       1,360,413  
 
           
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)
    (50,526 )     212,356  
 
           
OTHER
               
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    9,722       11,538  
Other income (Note 14)
    3,568       7,767  
Other expense (Note 14)
    (10,529 )     (14,951 )
 
           
Total
    2,761       4,354  
 
           
INTEREST EXPENSE
               
Interest charges
    114,757       106,223  
Capitalized interest
    (7,145 )     (10,617 )
 
           
Total
    107,612       95,606  
 
           
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    (155,377 )     121,104  
INCOME TAXES
    (58,574 )     14,484  
 
           
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
    (96,803 )     106,620  
INCOME (LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
               
Net of income tax expense (benefit) of $(3,703) and $14,763 (Note 17)
    (5,722 )     22,769  
 
           
NET INCOME (LOSS)
    (102,525 )     129,389  
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
    (14,362 )      
 
           
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
  $ (88,163 )   $ 129,389  
 
           
 
               
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING — BASIC
    101,048       100,587  
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING — DILUTED
    101,048       100,856  
 
               
EARNINGS PER WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARE OUTSTANDING
               
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders — basic
  $ (0.82 )   $ 1.06  
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders — basic
    (0.87 )     1.29  
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders — diluted
    (0.82 )     1.06  
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders — diluted
    (0.87 )     1.28  
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE
  $ 1.05     $ 1.05  
 
               
AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS:
               
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax
  $ (82,441 )   $ 106,620  
Discontinued operations, net of tax
    (5,722 )     22,769  
 
           
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders
  $ (88,163 )   $ 129,389  
 
           
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
ASSETS
               
 
               
CURRENT ASSETS
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 17,595     $ 105,245  
Trust fund for bond redemption (Note 4)
    163,975        
Customer and other receivables
    261,630       292,682  
Accrued utility revenues
    144,398       100,089  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    (2,860 )     (3,383 )
Materials and supplies (at average cost)
    184,043       173,252  
Fossil fuel (at average cost)
    40,589       29,752  
Deferred income taxes
    101,356       79,729  
Income tax receivable (Note 8)
    165,353        
Home inventory (Note 21)
    12,910       50,688  
Assets held for sale (Note 17)
    28,863        
Assets from risk management and trading activities (Note 10)
    43,652       32,581  
Other current assets
    23,318       21,847  
 
           
Total current assets
    1,184,822       882,482  
 
           
 
               
INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS
               
Real estate investments — net (Note 21)
    199,470       415,296  
Assets from long-term risk management and trading activities (Note 10)
    24,720       33,675  
Nuclear decommissioning trust (Note 18)
    363,221       343,052  
Other assets
    99,544       117,935  
 
           
Total investments and other assets
    686,955       909,958  
 
           
 
               
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
               
Plant in service and held for future use
    12,557,986       12,264,805  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    4,234,290       4,141,546  
 
           
Net
    8,323,696       8,123,259  
Construction work in progress
    481,759       572,354  
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization
    140,411       131,722  
Nuclear fuel, net of accumulated amortization
    138,163       89,323  
 
           
Total property, plant and equipment
    9,084,029       8,916,658  
 
           
 
               
DEFERRED DEBITS
               
Deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset (Note 5)
          7,984  
Other regulatory assets
    790,609       787,506  
Other deferred debits
    116,421       115,505  
 
           
Total deferred debits
    907,030       910,995  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 11,862,836     $ 11,620,093  
 
           
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
               
 
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Accounts payable
  $ 202,011     $ 261,029  
Accrued taxes
    105,397       109,798  
Accrued interest
    54,730       40,741  
Short-term borrowings
    390,498       670,469  
Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 4)
    331,128       177,646  
Customer deposits
    76,785       78,745  
Liabilities from risk management and trading activities (Note 10)
    53,038       69,585  
Other current liabilities
    82,430       97,915  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    1,296,017       1,505,928  
 
           
 
               
LONG-TERM DEBT LESS CURRENT MATURITIES (NOTE 4)
    3,528,987       3,031,603  
 
           
 
               
DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER
               
Deferred income taxes
    1,475,278       1,403,318  
Deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability (Note 5)
    71,323        
Other regulatory liabilities
    622,411       587,586  
Liability for asset retirements
    285,247       275,970  
Liabilities for pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 6)
    713,445       675,788  
Liabilities from risk management and trading activities (Note 10)
    109,711       126,532  
Other
    524,444       520,000  
 
           
Total deferred credits and other
    3,801,859       3,589,194  
 
           
 
               
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (SEE NOTES)
               
 
               
EQUITY (Note 11)
               
Common stock, no par value
    2,147,022       2,151,323  
Treasury stock
    (4,400 )     (2,854 )
 
           
Total common stock
    2,142,622       2,148,469  
 
           
Retained earnings
    1,248,086       1,444,208  
 
           
Accumulated other comprehensive loss:
               
Pension and other postretirement benefits
    (48,530 )     (47,547 )
Derivative instruments
    (135,373 )     (99,151 )
 
           
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (183,903 )     (146,698 )
 
           
Total Pinnacle West shareholders’ equity
    3,206,805       3,445,979  
 
           
Noncontrolling real estate interests
    29,168       47,389  
 
           
Total equity
    3,235,973       3,493,368  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
  $ 11,862,836     $ 11,620,093  
 
           
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
               
Net income (loss)
  $ (102,525 )   $ 129,389  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization including nuclear fuel
    218,939       209,355  
Deferred fuel and purchased power
    13,144       (25,867 )
Deferred fuel and purchased power amortization
    66,163       114,265  
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    (9,722 )     (11,538 )
Real estate impairment charge
    222,055        
Deferred income taxes
    77,588       154,249  
Change in mark-to-market valuations
    (401 )     (29,369 )
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
               
Customer and other receivables
    37,447       23,165  
Accrued utility revenues
    (44,309 )     (60,492 )
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel
    (21,628 )     (3,988 )
Other current assets
    (1,432 )     22,531  
Accounts payable
    (49,711 )     (399 )
Accrued taxes
    (169,754 )     (23,337 )
Other current liabilities
    (7,977 )     (1,036 )
Expenditures for real estate investments
    (1,560 )     (15,614 )
Other changes in real estate assets
    7,135       6,357  
Change in margin and collateral accounts — assets
    (2,457 )     251,299  
Change in margin and collateral accounts — liabilities
    (91,856 )     6,275  
Change in unrecognized tax benefits
    14,386       (115,337 )
Change in other long-term assets
    (8,025 )     9,088  
Change in other long-term liabilities
    46,898       39,840  
 
           
Net cash flow provided by operating activities
    192,398       678,836  
 
           
 
               
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Capital expenditures
    (393,682 )     (477,269 )
Contributions in aid of construction
    33,371       22,970  
Capitalized interest
    (7,145 )     (10,617 )
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust sales
    244,858       188,311  
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust
    (255,754 )     (198,682 )
Proceeds from sale of commercial real estate investments
          94,171  
Trust fund for bond redemption
    (163,975 )      
Other
    990       1,977  
 
           
Net cash flow used for investing activities
    (541,337 )     (379,139 )
 
           
 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Issuance of long-term debt
    840,630       63,127  
Repayment and reacquisition of long-term debt
    (195,767 )     (147,467 )
Short-term borrowings and payments — net
    (279,971 )     (74,210 )
Dividends paid on common stock
    (102,439 )     (105,592 )
Common stock equity issuance
    1,707       5,562  
Other
    (2,871 )     (890 )
 
           
Net cash flow provided by (used for) financing activities
    261,289       (259,470 )
 
           
 
               
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    (87,650 )     40,227  
 
               
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
    105,245       56,321  
 
           
 
               
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
  $ 17,595     $ 96,548  
 
           
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
               
Cash paid during the period for:
               
Income taxes, net of refunds
  $ 17,602     $ 10,809  
Interest, net of amounts capitalized
  $ 90,847     $ 93,734  
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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1. Consolidation and Nature of Operations
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Pinnacle West and our subsidiaries: APS, SunCor, APSES, El Dorado and Pinnacle West Marketing & Trading. By the end of 2008, substantially all of Pinnacle West Marketing & Trading’s contracts were transferred to APS or expired. Intercompany accounts and transactions between the consolidated companies have been eliminated. Our accounting records are maintained in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In preparing the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we have evaluated subsequent events that have occurred after June 30, 2009 through the date the financial statements were issued on August 4, 2009.
2. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments except as otherwise disclosed in the notes) that we believe are necessary for the fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. These condensed consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our 2008 Form 10-K. These condensed consolidated financial statements and notes have been prepared consistently with the 2008 Form 10-K with the exception of the reclassification of certain prior-year amounts on our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income and Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in accordance with SFAS No. 160 (see Note 19) and SFAS No. 144 (see Note 17).
We have presented certain line items in more detail in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows than was presented in the prior year. The prior year amounts were reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. Customer and other receivables and accrued utility revenues are presented as separate line items instead of the previously reported single line item of customer and other receivables. Accrued taxes and other current liabilities are presented as separate line items instead of the previously reported single line item of other current liabilities. The change in collateral and margin account — liabilities and the change in other long-term liabilities are presented separately instead of the previously reported single line item of other long-term liabilities. These reclassifications had no impact on total net cash flow provided by operating activities.
3. Quarterly Fluctuations
Weather conditions cause significant seasonal fluctuations in our revenues. In addition, real estate activities, such as the real estate impairment charges recorded in the first half of 2009 (see Note 21), can have significant impacts on our results for interim periods. For these reasons, results for interim periods do not necessarily represent results expected for the year.

 

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4. Liquidity Matters
The following table shows principal payments due on Pinnacle West’s and APS’ total long-term debt and capitalized lease requirements as of June 30, 2009 (dollars in millions):
                 
    Consolidated        
Year   Pinnacle West     APS  
2009
  $ 211     $ 164  
2010
    316       197  
2011
    578       401  
2012
    446       446  
2013
    34       32  
Thereafter
    2,283       2,283  
 
           
Total
  $ 3,868     $ 3,523  
 
           
The credit and liquidity markets experienced significant stress beginning the week of September 15, 2008. While Pinnacle West’s and APS’ ability to issue commercial paper has been negatively impacted by market conditions, they have both been able to access existing credit facilities, ensuring adequate liquidity.
Pinnacle West (parent company) has a $283 million revolving credit facility that terminates in December 2010. The revolver is available to support the issuance of up to $250 million in commercial paper or to be used as bank borrowings, including issuances of letters of credit of up to $94 million. At June 30, 2009, the parent company had outstanding $177 million of borrowings under its revolving credit facility and no letters of credit. It also had no commercial paper outstanding at June 30, 2009. At June 30, 2009, the parent company had remaining capacity available under its revolver of approximately $106 million.
On February 26, 2009, APS issued $500 million of 8.75% unsecured senior notes that mature on March 1, 2019. Net proceeds from the sale of the notes were used to repay short-term borrowings under two committed revolving lines of credit incurred to fund capital expenditures and for general corporate purposes.
During the second quarter of 2009, APS refinanced approximately $343 million of its $539 million variable rate pollution control bonds. As a result of these refinancings, which are described in the following three paragraphs, APS no longer has any outstanding debt securities in auction rate mode.
On May 28, 2009, the Navajo County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation issued approximately $166 million of Navajo County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2009 Series A-E, due 2034. The bonds were issued to redeem all of approximately $166 million of the Navajo County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds 2004 Series A-E, due 2034. The 2009 Series A-E bonds are payable solely from revenues obtained from APS pursuant to a loan agreement between APS and the Navajo County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation. We will be required to purchase the bonds at the applicable interest reset date and have the opportunity to remarket the bonds at that time. These bonds are classified as long-term debt on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Also on May 28, 2009, the Coconino County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation issued approximately $13 million of 5.50% Coconino County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2009 Series A, due 2034. The bonds were issued to redeem all of approximately $13 million of the Coconino County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds 2004 Series A, due 2034. The 2009 Series A bonds are payable solely from revenues obtained from APS pursuant to a loan agreement between APS and the Coconino County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation. We will be required to purchase the bonds at the interest reset date and have the opportunity to remarket the bonds at that time. These bonds are classified as long-term debt on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

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On June 26, 2009, the Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation issued approximately $164 million of Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2009 Series A-E, due 2029. The bonds were issued to redeem all of approximately $164 million of the Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds 2005 Series A-E, due 2029. The 2009 Series A-E bonds are payable solely from revenues obtained from APS pursuant to a loan agreement between APS and Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation. We will be required to purchase the bonds at the applicable interest reset date and have the opportunity to remarket the bonds at that time. These bonds are classified as long-term debt on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Approximately $164 million of the Maricopa 2005 Series A-E bonds, which were redeemed in July 2009, are classified as current maturities of long-term debt on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Approximately $164 million was also held in a restricted trust until redemption and is classified as “Trust fund for bond redemption” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The following table provides details related to the pollution control bonds described above:
             
    Navajo County, AZ   Coconino County, AZ   Maricopa County, AZ
    Pollution Control   Pollution Control   Pollution Control
Issuer   Corporation   Corporation   Corporation
 
           
Issuance Date
  May 28, 2009   May 28, 2009   June 26, 2009
 
           
Bond series details (series, interest rate, amount, reset date)
  Series A — 5.00%
$38 million
June 1, 2012
  Series A — 5.5%
$13 million,
June 1, 2014
  Series A — 6.00%
$36 million
May 1, 2014
 
           
 
  Series B — 5.50%
$32 million
June 1, 2014
      Series B — 5.50%
$32 million
May 1, 2012
 
           
 
  Series C — 5.50%
$32 million,
June 1, 2014
      Series C — 5.75%
$32 million
May 1, 2013
 
           
 
  Series D — 5.75%
$32 million,
June 1, 2016
      Series D — 6.00%
$32 million
May 1, 2014
 
           
 
  Series E — 5.75%,
$32 million,
June 1, 2016
      Series E — 6.00%
$32 million
May 1, 2014

 

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APS has two committed revolving credit facilities totaling $866 million, of which $377 million terminates in December 2010 and $489 million terminates in September 2011. The revolvers are available either to support the issuance of up to $250 million in commercial paper (see discussion above) or to be used for bank borrowings, including issuances of letters of credit up to $583 million. At June 30, 2009, APS had borrowings of approximately $209 million and no letters of credit under its revolving lines of credit. At June 30, 2009, APS had remaining capacity available under its revolvers of $657 million.
An existing ACC order requires APS to maintain a common equity ratio of at least 40%. As defined in the ACC order, the common equity ratio is common equity divided by the sum of common equity and long-term debt, including current maturities of long-term debt. At June 30, 2009, APS’ common equity ratio, as defined, was 48%. Its total common equity was approximately $3.3 billion, and total capitalization was approximately $6.8 billion. APS would be prohibited from paying dividends if the payment would reduce its common equity below approximately $2.7 billion, assuming APS’ total capitalization remains the same. This restriction does not materially affect Pinnacle West’s ability to meet its ongoing capital requirements.
The SunCor Secured Revolver matures in January 2010 and requires SunCor to reduce its outstanding borrowings by specified amounts over the term of the facility. As of June 30, 2009, approximately $108 million of borrowings were outstanding under the SunCor Secured Revolver and approximately $67 million of debt was outstanding under other SunCor credit facilities. SunCor intends to apply the proceeds of planned asset sales (see Note 21) to the repayment of the SunCor Secured Revolver and SunCor’s other outstanding debt. The impairment charges discussed in Note 21 and the maturity and non-payment of approximately $7 million of project loans resulted in violations of certain covenants contained in the SunCor Secured Revolver and SunCor’s other credit facilities. SunCor has obtained a forbearance agreement from the SunCor Secured Revolver lenders under which those lenders have agreed not to enforce any of their remedies under the SunCor Secured Revolver until August 15, 2009. SunCor remains in discussions with these lenders to modify the SunCor Secured Revolver to resolve the covenant defaults and extend the principal repayment provisions in a manner that more closely corresponds to SunCor’s planned asset sales. SunCor also is seeking extensions, waivers or similar relief from its other lenders and, while doing so, continues to make current interest payments to its lenders. If SunCor is unable to obtain additional extensions, waivers or similar relief from its lenders, SunCor could be required to immediately repay its outstanding indebtedness under the SunCor Secured Revolver and its other credit facilities. Such debt acceleration would have a material adverse impact on SunCor’s business and its financial position. Neither Pinnacle West nor any of its other subsidiaries has guaranteed any SunCor indebtedness. A SunCor debt default would not result in a cross-default of any of the debt of Pinnacle West or any of its other subsidiaries. As a result, Pinnacle West does not believe that SunCor’s inability to obtain waivers or similar relief from SunCor’s lenders would have a material adverse impact on Pinnacle West’s cash flows or liquidity.
As of June 30, 2009, SunCor could not transfer any cash dividends to Pinnacle West as a result of the covenants mentioned above. The restriction does not materially affect Pinnacle West’s ability to meet its ongoing capital requirements.

 

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5. Regulatory Matters
2008 General Retail Rate Case
Summary of APS Request and Interim Rate Surcharge — On June 2, 2008, APS filed with the ACC updated financial statements, testimony and other data in the general rate case originally filed on March 24, 2008. In its filing, APS requested a net retail rate increase of $278.2 million effective no later than October 1, 2009, which represents a base rate increase of $448.2 million less the reclassification of $170 million of fuel and purchased power revenues from the existing PSA to base rates.
On December 18, 2008, the ACC approved an emergency interim base rate surcharge for APS. This surcharge became effective for retail customer bills issued after December 31, 2008 and will continue in effect until a decision in the general rate case becomes effective. This surcharge increased annual pretax retail revenues by approximately $65.2 million, and is subject to refund with interest pending the final outcome of APS’ general retail rate case.
Proposed Settlement Agreement — APS and other parties to the rate case began settlement discussions on January 30, 2009 and, on June 12, 2009, they entered into an agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) detailing the terms upon which the parties have agreed to settle the rate case. The Settlement Agreement is conditioned upon approval of the ACC. Testimony filings were made by APS and other parties to the case in July and additional testimony will be filed in early August. The ACC has scheduled an evidentiary hearing on the matter commencing on August 19, 2009.
The Settlement Agreement includes a net retail rate increase of $207.5 million, which represents a base rate increase of $344.7 million less the reclassification of $137.2 million of fuel and purchased power revenues from the existing PSA to base rates.
The parties also agreed to a rate case filing plan in which APS is prohibited from filing its next two general rate cases until on or after June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2013, respectively, unless certain extraordinary events occur. Subject to the foregoing, APS may not request its next general retail rate increase to be effective prior to July 1, 2012. In addition, the parties will use good faith efforts to process these subsequent rate cases within twelve months of sufficiency findings from the ACC staff, which generally occur within 30 days after the filing of a rate case.
Other key provisions of the Settlement Agreement include the following:
    A non-fuel base rate increase in annual pretax revenues of $196.3 million, which would replace the $65.2 million interim base rate surcharge described above;
    A net increase in annual pretax revenues of $11.2 million for fuel and purchased power costs reflected in base rates that would not otherwise have been recoverable under the PSA;
    A Base Fuel Rate of $0.0376 per kWh (compared to the current Base Fuel Rate of $0.0325 per kWh);

 

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    Revenue accounting treatment for line extension payments received for new or upgraded service from January 1, 2010 through year end 2012 (or until new rates are established in APS’ next general rate case, if that is before the end of 2012), resulting in present estimates of increased revenues of $23 million, $25 million and $49 million, respectively;
    An authorized return on common equity of 11.0%;
    A capital structure comprised of 46.2% debt and 53.8% common equity;
    A commitment from APS to reduce average annual operational expenses by at least $30 million from 2010 through 2014 (an increase of $10 million above the $20 million required reductions for 2009 ordered by the ACC in its interim rate decision in this matter);
    Equity infusions into APS of at least $700 million during the period beginning June 1, 2009 through December 31, 2014; and
    Various modifications to the existing energy efficiency, demand-side management and renewable energy programs that would require APS to, among other things, expand its conservation and demand-side management programs and its use of renewable energy, as well as allow for concurrent recovery of renewable energy expenses and provide for more concurrent recovery of demand-side management costs and incentives.
If the Settlement Agreement is approved by the ACC, APS expects that its provisions, including the new rates, would become effective on or about January 1, 2010.
Energy Efficiency, Demand-Side Management and Renewable Energy Programs
In 2006, the ACC approved the Arizona Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (the “RES”). Under the RES, electric utilities that are regulated by the ACC must supply an increasing percentage of their retail electric energy sales from eligible renewable resources, including solar, wind, biomass, biogas and geothermal technologies. In order to achieve these requirements, the ACC allows APS to include an RES surcharge on customer bills to recover the approved amounts for use on renewable energy projects. On July 1, 2009, APS filed its annual RES implementation plan with the ACC, which covers the 2010-2014 timeframe and requests approval for RES funding of $85.5 million for 2010, or an increase of $7.1 million above 2009 levels. We expect to receive a determination from the ACC on this matter by the end of 2009.
On July 15, 2009, APS filed its initial Energy Efficiency Implementation Plan in compliance with certain provisions of the Settlement Agreement. APS is requesting approval by the ACC of programs and program elements for which APS has budgeted $49.9 million for 2010. The Plan is also contingent upon ACC approval of the Settlement Agreement. In order to recover the budgeted amounts for use on certain demand-side management programs, a surcharge would be added to customer bills similar to that described above under the RES. The surcharge will offset energy efficiency expenses and allow for the recovery of any earned incentives. We expect to receive a determination from the ACC on this matter simultaneously with its decision on the Settlement Agreement.

 

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PSA Balance
The following table shows the changes in the deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset (liability) for the six-month period ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in millions):
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
Beginning balance
  $ 8     $ 111  
Deferred fuel and purchased power costs-current period
    (13 )     25  
Interest on deferred fuel and purchased power
          1  
Amounts recovered through revenues
    (66 )     (114 )
 
           
Ending balance
  $ (71 )   $ 23  
 
           
The PSA annual adjustor rate is reset for a “PSA Year” effective for a twelve-month period beginning February 1 each year. The PSA rate for the PSA Year that began February 1, 2008 was set at $0.004 per kWh. The PSA rate for the PSA year that began February 1, 2009 was set at $0.0053 per kWh. The PSA rate may not be increased more than $0.004 per kWh in a year without permission of the ACC. The $71 million regulatory liability at June 30, 2009 reflects the seasonal nature of fuel and purchased power costs and lower average prices. Any uncollected (overcollected) deferrals during the 2009 PSA Year resulting from this limit will be included in the historical component of the PSA rate for the PSA Year beginning February 1, 2010.
Formula Transmission Tariff
In July 2008, the FERC approved an Open Access Transmission Tariff for APS to move from fixed rates to a formula rate-setting methodology in order to more accurately reflect the costs that APS incurs in providing transmission services. The formula rate is updated each year effective June 1 on the basis of APS’ actual cost of service, as disclosed in APS’ FERC Form 1 report for the previous fiscal year, and projected capital expenditures. A large portion of the rate represents charges for transmission services to serve APS’ retail customers (“Retail Transmission Charges”). In order to recover the Retail Transmission Charges, APS must file an application with, and obtain approval from, the ACC under the transmission cost adjustor (“TCA”) mechanism, by which changes in Retail Transmission Charges can be reflected in APS’ retail rates.
In 2009, APS was authorized to implement increases in its annual transmission revenues based on calculations filed with the FERC using data for its 2008 fiscal year. Increases in APS’ annual transmission revenues of $22.8 million became effective June 1, 2009. Of this amount, $21 million represents an increase in Retail Transmission Charges which was approved by the ACC on July 29, 2009 and allows APS to reflect the related increased Retail Transmission Charges in its retail rates through the TCA effective August 1, 2009.

 

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Equity Infusion Approval
On May 2, 2008, Pinnacle West filed a notice with the ACC that would allow Pinnacle West to infuse up to $400 million of equity into APS in the event Pinnacle West deems it appropriate to do so to strengthen or maintain APS’ financial integrity. Under Arizona law and implementing regulatory decisions, Pinnacle West is required to give such notice at least 120 days prior to an equity infusion into APS that exceeds $150 million in a single calendar year. On August 6, 2008, the ACC issued an order permitting the infusion to occur on or before December 31, 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, APS would have authorization to obtain equity infusions of up to $700 million during the period beginning June 1, 2009 through December 31, 2014, and such authorization would replace the $400 million authorization described above.
6. Retirement Plans and Other Benefits
Pinnacle West sponsors a qualified defined benefit and account balance pension plan, a non-qualified supplemental excess benefit retirement plan, and other postretirement benefit plans for the employees of Pinnacle West and our subsidiaries. Pinnacle West uses a December 31 measurement date for its pension and other postretirement benefit plans. The market-related value of our plan assets is their fair value at the measurement date.
The following table provides details of the plans’ net periodic benefit costs and the portion of these costs charged to expense (including administrative costs and excluding amounts capitalized as overhead construction or billed to electric plant participants) (dollars in millions):
                                                                 
    Pension Benefits     Other Benefits  
    Three Months     Six Months     Three Months     Six Months  
    Ended June 30,     Ended June 30,     Ended June 30,     Ended June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008     2009     2008     2009     2008  
Service cost — benefits earned during the period
  $ 13     $ 13     $ 27     $ 26     $ 4     $ 4     $ 9     $ 9  
Interest cost on benefit obligation
    30       28       59       55       9       9       19       19  
Expected return on plan assets
    (29 )     (30 )     (58 )     (59 )     (8 )     (11 )     (17 )     (22 )
Amortization of:
                                                               
Transition obligation
                            1       1       2       2  
Prior service cost
                1       1                          
Net actuarial loss
    4       2       7       6       2             5       1  
 
                                               
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 18     $ 13     $ 36     $ 29     $ 8     $ 3     $ 18     $ 9  
 
                                               
Portion of cost charged to expense
  $ 9     $ 5     $ 17     $ 12     $ 4     $ 1     $ 9     $ 4  
 
                                               
APS’ share of cost charged to expense
  $ 8     $ 5     $ 16     $ 12     $ 4     $ 1     $ 8     $ 4  
 
                                               
Contributions
In the first quarter of 2009, IRS regulations were modified to allow alternative measurement dates to determine the interest rate used to value the year-end 2008 pension liability for funding purposes. As a result of this change, we estimate our 2009 minimum pension contribution to be zero. The expected contribution to our other postretirement benefit plans in 2009 is estimated to be approximately $15 million. APS and other subsidiaries fund their share of the contributions. APS’ share is approximately 97% of both plans.

 

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7. Business Segments
Pinnacle West’s two reportable business segments are:
    our regulated electricity segment, which consists of traditional regulated retail and wholesale electricity businesses (primarily electricity service to Native Load customers) and related activities and includes electricity generation, transmission and distribution; and
    our real estate segment, which consists of SunCor’s real estate development and investment activities.
Financial data for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 and at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 is provided as follows (dollars in millions):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Operating revenues:
                               
Regulated electricity segment
  $ 812     $ 829     $ 1,415     $ 1,452  
Real estate segment
    17       23       35       50  
All other (a)
    11       33       19       71  
 
                       
Total
  $ 840     $ 885     $ 1,469     $ 1,573  
 
                       
 
                               
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders:
                               
Regulated electricity segment
  $ 78     $ 121     $ 58     $ 114  
Real estate segment
    (9 )     15       (140 )     14  
All other (a)
    (1 )     (2 )     (6 )     1  
 
                       
Total
  $ 68     $ 134     $ (88 )   $ 129  
 
                       
                 
    As of     As of  
    June 30, 2009     December 31, 2008  
Assets:
               
Regulated electricity segment
  $ 11,369     $ 10,951  
Real estate segment
    361       523  
All other (a)
    133       146  
 
           
Total
  $ 11,863     $ 11,620  
 
           
     
(a)   Includes activities related to marketing and trading, APSES and El Dorado. None of these segments is a reportable segment.

 

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8. Income Taxes
As of June 30, 2009, the tax year ended December 31, 2005 and all subsequent tax years remain subject to examination by the IRS. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to state income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 1999. We do not anticipate that there will be any significant increases or decreases in our unrecognized tax benefits within the next 12 months.
Pinnacle West expects to recognize approximately $100 million of cash tax benefits related to SunCor’s strategic asset sales (see Note 21) which will not be realized until the asset sale transactions are completed. Approximately $80 million of these benefits were recorded in the first quarter of 2009 as reductions to income tax expense related to the current impairment charges. The additional $20 million of tax benefits were recorded as reductions to income tax expense related to the SunCor impairment charge recorded in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The $165 million income tax receivable on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets represents the expected tax benefits related to the SunCor strategic asset sales and other anticipated cash refunds related to current income taxes.
9. Variable-Interest Entities
In 1986, APS entered into agreements with three separate VIE lessors in order to sell and lease back interests in Palo Verde Unit 2. The leases are accounted for as operating leases in accordance with GAAP. We are not the primary beneficiary of the Palo Verde VIEs and, accordingly, do not consolidate them.
APS is exposed to losses under the Palo Verde sale leaseback agreements upon the occurrence of certain events that APS does not consider to be reasonably likely to occur. Under certain circumstances (for example, the NRC issuing specified violation orders with respect to Palo Verde or the occurrence of specified nuclear events), APS would be required to assume the debt associated with the transactions, make specified payments to the equity participants, and take title to the leased Unit 2 interests, which, if appropriate, may be required to be written down in value. If such an event had occurred as of June 30, 2009, APS would have been required to assume approximately $167 million of debt and pay the equity participants approximately $161 million. See Note 15 for a discussion of letters of credit that support certain lessors in the Palo Verde sale leaseback transactions.
SunCor has certain land development arrangements that are required to be consolidated under FIN 46R, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.” The assets and non-controlling interests reflected in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets related to these arrangements were approximately $29 million at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
In addition, see Note 19 for a discussion of SFAS No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R).”
10. Derivative and Energy Trading Accounting
Our derivative instruments are accounted for at fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended and interpreted. See Note 20 for a discussion of fair value measurements. We adopted SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” on January 1, 2009. This new standard requires enhanced disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities. The adoption of SFAS No. 161 did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

 

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We are exposed to the impact of market fluctuations in the commodity price and transportation costs of electricity, natural gas, coal, emissions allowances and in interest rates. We manage risks associated with these market fluctuations by utilizing various derivative instruments, including futures, forwards, options and swaps. As part of our overall risk management program, we may use such instruments to hedge purchases and sales of electricity, fuels, and emissions allowances and credits. Derivative instruments that are designated as cash flow hedges are used to limit our exposure to cash flow variability on forecasted transactions. As of June 30, 2009, we hedged the majority of certain exposures to the price variability of commodities for a maximum of 39 months. The changes in market value of such contracts have a high correlation to price changes in the hedged transactions.
We enter into derivative instruments for economic hedging purposes. While we believe the economic hedges mitigate exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices, some of these instruments are not designated as accounting hedges. Economic hedges not designated as accounting hedges are recorded at fair value on our balance sheet with changes in fair value recognized in the statement of income as incurred. These instruments are included in the “non-designated hedges” discussion and disclosure below.
Accounting hedges must meet specific hedging requirements for designation. Accounting hedges, which do not meet the normal purchase and sales scope exception (as discussed below), are recognized at fair value as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet.
Hedge effectiveness is the degree to which the derivative instrument contract and the hedged item are correlated and is measured based on the relative changes in fair value between the derivative instrument contract and the hedged item over time. We assess hedge effectiveness both at inception and on a continuing basis. These assessments exclude the time value of certain options. For accounting hedges that are deemed an effective hedge, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. We recognize in current earnings the gains and losses representing hedge ineffectiveness, and the gains and losses on any hedge components which are excluded from our effectiveness assessment.
Derivative instruments for the physical delivery of purchase and sale quantities transacted in the normal course of business qualify for the normal purchase and sales scope exception and are accounted for under the accrual method of accounting. Due to the scope exception, these derivative instruments are excluded from our derivative instrument discussion and disclosures below.
We may also invest in derivative instruments for trading purposes; however, for the six months ended June 30, 2009, there was no material trading activity.
In the electricity business, some contracts to purchase energy are netted against other contracts to sell energy. This is called “book-out” and usually occurs in contracts that have the same terms (quantities and delivery points) and for which power does not flow. We net these book-outs, which reduces both revenues and fuel and purchased power costs in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, but this does not impact our financial condition, net income or cash flows.
For its regulated operations, APS defers for future rate treatment approximately 90% of gains and losses on certain derivatives that would otherwise be recognized in income pursuant to the PSA mechanism. Unless otherwise noted, gains and losses from derivatives in the following tables represent the amounts reflected as income after the effect of PSA deferrals.

 

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As of June 30, 2009 we had the following outstanding gross notional amount of derivatives, which represent both purchases and sales (does not reflect net position):
     
Commodity   Quantity
 
   
Power
    15,042,878 MWh      
Gas
  197,259,000 MMBTU
Derivative Instruments in Designated Accounting Hedging Relationships
The following table provides information about gains and losses from derivative instruments in designated accounting hedging relationships and their impact on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 (dollars in thousands):
                     
    Financial Statement   Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
Commodity Contracts   Location   June 30, 2009     June 30, 2009  
 
                   
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative Instruments (Effective Portion)
  Accumulated other comprehensive loss-derivative instruments   $ 5,554     $ (132,994 )
Amount of Loss Reclassified from OCI into Income (Effective Portion Realized)
  Regulated electricity segment fuel and purchased power     47,964       73,330  
Amount of Loss Recognized in Income from Derivative Instruments (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing) (a) (b)
  Regulated electricity segment fuel and purchased power     141       42  
     
(a)   Excludes net losses of $1,269 for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and $377 for the six months ended June 30, 2009 which were deferred under the PSA (see Note 5).
 
(b)   During the six months ended June 30, 2009 we had no amounts reclassified from OCI to earnings related to discontinued cash flow hedges.
During the next twelve months, we estimate that a net loss of $134 million before income taxes will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income as an offset to the effect of market price changes for the related hedged transactions. In accordance with the PSA, at least 90% of these amounts will be recorded as either a regulatory asset or liability and have no effect on earnings (see Note 5).

 

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Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Accounting Hedges
The following table provides information about gains and losses from derivative instruments not designated as accounting hedging instruments and their impact on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 (dollars in thousands):
                     
    Financial Statement   Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
Commodity Contracts   Location   June 30, 2009     June 30, 2009  
 
                   
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income from Derivative Instruments
  Regulated electricity segment revenue   $ (97 )   $ 11  
 
                   
Amount of Gain Recognized in Income from Derivative Instruments
  Regulated electricity segment fuel and purchased power expense     4,462       431  
 
               
Total (a)
      $ 4,365     $ 442  
 
               
     
(a)   Amounts exclude net gains of $42,185 for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and $811 for the six months ended June 30, 2009 which were deferred under the PSA (see Note 5).

 

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Fair Values of Derivative Instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
The following table provides information about the fair value of our derivative instruments. These amounts are located in the asset or liability from risk management and trading activities lines of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Amounts are as of June 30, 2009 (dollars in thousands):
                                         
    Current     Investments     Current     Deferred Credits     Total Assets  
Commodity Contracts   Assets     and Other Assets     Liabilities     and Other     (Liabilities)  
Derivatives designated as accounting hedging instruments:
                                       
Assets
  $     $ 379     $ 8,839     $ 736     $ 9,954  
Liabilities
    (2,877 )     (318 )     (131,237 )     (93,949 )     (228,381 )
 
                             
Total hedging instruments
    (2,877 )     61       (122,398 )     (93,213 )     (218,427 )
 
                             
 
                                       
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedging instruments:
                                       
Assets
    31,140       31,248       49,811       38,909       151,108  
Liabilities
    (890 )     (6,589 )     (181,463 )     (84,944 )     (273,886 )
 
                             
Total non-hedging instruments
    30,250       24,659       (131,652 )     (46,035 )     (122,778 )
 
                             
 
                                       
Total derivatives
    27,373       24,720       (254,050 )     (139,248 )     (341,205 )
 
                                       
Margins and options at cost
    16,279             64,022       1,906       82,207  
Collateral provided to counterparties
                137,240       27,631       164,871  
Collateral provided from counterparties
                (250 )           (250 )
 
                             
Balance Sheet Total
  $ 43,652     $ 24,720     $ (53,038 )   $ (109,711 )   $ (94,377 )
 
                             
Derivative instrument assets and liabilities in the table are reported on a gross basis and exclude cash collateral and margin accounts. Transactions with counterparties that have master netting arrangements are reported net on the balance sheet, including cash collateral and margin in accordance with FSP FIN 39-1.
Credit Risk and Credit Related Contingent Features
We are exposed to losses in the event of nonperformance or nonpayment by counterparties. We have risk management and trading contracts with many counterparties, including one counterparty for which our exposure represents approximately 42% of Pinnacle West’s $68 million of risk management and trading assets as of June 30, 2009. This exposure relates to a long-term traditional wholesale contract with a counterparty that has very high credit quality. Our risk management process assesses and monitors the financial exposure of all counterparties. Despite the fact that the great majority of trading counterparties’ debt is rated as investment grade by the credit rating agencies, there is still a possibility that one or more of these companies could default, resulting in a material impact on consolidated earnings for a given period. Counterparties in the portfolio consist principally of financial institutions, major energy companies, municipalities and local distribution companies. We maintain credit policies that we believe minimize overall credit risk to within acceptable limits. Determination of the credit quality of our counterparties is based upon a number of factors, including credit ratings and our evaluation of their financial condition. To manage credit risk, we employ collateral requirements and standardized agreements that allow for the netting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty. Valuation adjustments are established representing our estimated credit losses on our overall exposure to counterparties.

 

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Certain of our derivative instrument contracts contain credit-risk-related contingent features including, among other things, investment grade credit rating provisions, credit-related cross default provisions, and adequate assurance provisions. Adequate assurance provisions allow a counterparty with reasonable grounds for uncertainty to demand additional collateral based on subjective events and/or conditions. The aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a liability position on June 30, 2009 was $417 million for which we had posted collateral of $165 million in the normal course of business.
For those derivative instruments in a net liability position, with investment grade credit contingencies, the counterparties could demand additional collateral if our debt were to fall below investment grade (below BBB- for S&P or Fitch, or Baa3 for Moody’s), which would be a violation of the credit rating provisions. If the investment grade contingent features underlying these agreements had been triggered on June 30, 2009, after off-setting asset positions under master netting arrangements we would have been required to post approximately an additional $140 million of collateral to our counterparties; this amount includes those contracts which qualify for scope exceptions, which are excluded from the derivative details in the above footnote. We also have energy related non-derivative instrument contracts with investment grade credit-related contingent features which could also require us to post additional collateral of approximately $200 million if our debt were to fall below investment grade.

 

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11. Changes in Equity
The following tables shows the Company’s changes in common stock equity and changes in equity of noncontrolling interests for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in thousands):
                                                 
    Three Months Ended June 30, 2009     Three Months Ended June 30, 2008  
    Common     Noncontrolling             Common     Noncontrolling        
    Shareholders     Interests     Total     Shareholders     Interests     Total  
 
                                               
Beginning balance, March 31
  $ 3,162,902     $ 34,366     $ 3,197,268     $ 3,544,201     $ 54,247     $ 3,598,448  
 
                                               
Net income (loss)
    68,347       (152 )     68,195       133,862             133,862  
 
                                   
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                                               
Net unrealized gains on derivative instruments (a)
    5,554             5,554       240,986             240,986  
Net reclassification of realized (gains) losses to income (b)
    47,964             47,964       (36,705 )           (36,705 )
Reclassification of pension and other postretirement benefits to income
    1,253             1,253       1,304             1,304  
Net unrealized losses related to pension and other postretirement benefits
    (4,204 )           (4,204 )     (10,595 )           (10,595 )
Income tax expense related to items of other comprehensive income
    (19,844 )           (19,844 )     (76,344 )           (76,344 )
 
                                   
Total other comprehensive income
    30,723             30,723       118,646             118,646  
 
                                   
Total comprehensive income (loss)
    99,070       (152 )     98,918       252,508             252,508  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Issuance of capital stock
    2,717             2,717       2,747             2,747  
Purchase of treasury stock, net of reissuances
    5             5                    
Other (primarily stock compensation)
    (4,820 )     (41 )     (4,861 )     1,188       (382 )     806  
Common stock dividends
    (53,069 )           (53,069 )     (52,831 )           (52,831 )
Net capital activities by noncontrolling interests
          (5,005 )     (5,005 )                  
 
                                   
Ending balance, June 30
  $ 3,206,805     $ 29,168     $ 3,235,973     $ 3,747,813     $ 53,865     $ 3,801,678  
 
                                   

 

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    Six Months Ended June 30, 2009     Six Months Ended June 30, 2008  
    Common     Noncontrolling             Common     Noncontrolling        
    Shareholders     Interests     Total     Shareholders     Interests     Total  
 
                                               
Beginning balance, January 1
  $ 3,445,979     $ 47,389     $ 3,493,368     $ 3,531,611     $ 54,569     $ 3,586,180  
 
                                               
Net income (loss)
    (88,163 )     (14,362 )     (102,525 )     129,389             129,389  
 
                                   
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                                               
Net unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments (a)
    (132,994 )           (132,994 )     360,792             360,792  
Net reclassification of realized (gains) losses to income (b)
    73,330             73,330       (38,771 )           (38,771 )
Reclassification of pension and other postretirement benefits to income
    2,506             2,506       2,347             2,347  
Net unrealized losses related to pension and other postretirement benefits
    (4,204 )           (4,204 )     (10,595 )           (10,595 )
Income tax (expense) benefit related to items of other comprehensive income
    24,157             24,157       (122,825 )           (122,825 )
 
                                   
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
    (37,205 )           (37,205 )     190,948             190,948  
 
                                   
Total comprehensive income (loss)
    (125,368 )     (14,362 )     (139,730 )     320,337             320,337  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Issuance of capital stock
    5,346             5,346       5,562             5,562  
Purchase of treasury stock, net of reissuances
    (1,546 )           (1,546 )     (1,344 )           (1,344 )
Other (primarily stock compensation)
    (11,527 )     (170 )     (11,697 )     (2,763 )     (704 )     (3,467 )
Common stock dividends
    (106,079 )           (106,079 )     (105,590 )           (105,590 )
Net capital activities by noncontrolling interests
          (3,689 )     (3,689 )                  
 
                                   
Ending balance, June 30
  $ 3,206,805     $ 29,168     $ 3,235,973     $ 3,747,813     $ 53,865     $ 3,801,678  
 
                                   
     
(a)   These amounts primarily include unrealized gains and losses on contracts used to hedge our forecasted electricity and natural gas requirements to serve Native Load. These changes are primarily due to changes in forward natural gas prices and wholesale electricity prices.
 
(b)   These amounts primarily include the reclassification of unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses for contracted commodities delivered during the period.

 

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12. Commitments and Contingencies
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Spent Nuclear Fuel and Waste Disposal
Nuclear power plant operators are required to enter into spent fuel disposal contracts with the DOE, and the DOE is required to accept and dispose of all spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive wastes generated by domestic power reactors. Although the Nuclear Waste Policy Act required the DOE to develop a permanent repository for the storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel by 1998, the DOE has announced that the repository cannot be completed before at least 2017. In November 1997, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) issued a decision preventing the DOE from excusing its own delay, but refused to order the DOE to begin accepting spent nuclear fuel. Based on this decision and the DOE’s delay, a number of utilities, including APS (on behalf of itself and the other Palo Verde owners), filed damages actions against the DOE in the Court of Federal Claims. APS is currently pursuing that damages claim. In August 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued decisions in three damages actions brought by other nuclear utilities that could result in a decrease in the amount of our recoverable damages; however, additional appeals in those actions are possible and APS continues to monitor the status of those actions. The trial in the APS matter began on January 28, 2009, and closing arguments were heard in late May. The court has not indicated when it will reach its decision in the matter.
APS currently estimates it will incur $132 million (in 2009 dollars) over the current life of Palo Verde for its share of the costs related to the on-site interim storage of spent nuclear fuel. At June 30, 2009, APS had a regulatory liability of $28 million that represents amounts recovered in retail rates in excess of amounts spent for on-site interim spent fuel storage.
Purchased Power and Fuel Commitments
APS is party to various purchased power and fuel contracts that include required purchase provisions. APS estimates the contract requirements to be approximately $569 million in 2009; $406 million in 2010; $333 million in 2011; $347 million in 2012; $483 million in 2013; and $10.9 billion thereafter. However, these amounts may vary significantly pursuant to certain provisions in such contracts that permit us to decrease required purchases under certain circumstances. These amounts have increased since the 2008 Form 10-K primarily due to purchased power and fuel commitments, predominately a contingent renewable purchased power agreement with Starwood Solar I for a 290MW solar project scheduled for completion in 2013.

 

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California Energy Market Issues and Refunds in the Pacific Northwest
FERC
In July 2001, the FERC ordered an expedited fact-finding hearing to calculate refunds for spot market transactions in California during a specified time frame. APS was a seller and a purchaser in the California markets at issue and, to the extent that refunds are ordered, APS should be a recipient as well as a payor of such amounts. In addition, on March 19, 2002, the State of California filed a complaint with the FERC alleging that wholesale sellers of power and energy, including APS, failed to properly file rate information at the FERC in connection with sales to California from 2000 to March 2002 under market-based rates. Since 2004, the Ninth Circuit and the FERC have issued various decisions and orders involving the aforementioned issues, including decisions related to: entities subject to FERC jurisdiction and, therefore, potentially owing refunds; applicable refund methodologies; the temporal scope and types of transactions that are properly subject to the refund orders; and the appropriate standard of review at the FERC on wholesale power contracts in the refund proceedings. A settlement, resolving APS’ issues with certain California parties for the current refund period, was approved by the FERC in an order issued on June 30, 2008. The resolution of the claims related to the parties involved in this settlement had no material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. We currently believe the refund claims at the FERC related to the parties not involved in this settlement will have no material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
On July 25, 2001, the FERC also ordered an evidentiary proceeding to discuss and evaluate possible refunds for wholesale sales in the Pacific Northwest. The FERC affirmed the ALJ’s conclusion that the prices in the Pacific Northwest were not unreasonable or unjust and refunds should not be ordered in this proceeding. This decision was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On August 24, 2007, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion that remanded the proceeding to the FERC for further consideration. Petitions for rehearing of this opinion were filed. Although the FERC has not yet determined whether any refunds will ultimately be required, we do not expect that the resolution of these issues will have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Superfund
Superfund establishes liability for the cleanup of hazardous substances found contaminating the soil, water or air. Those who generated, transported or disposed of hazardous substances at a contaminated site are among those who are PRPs. PRPs may be strictly, and often are jointly and severally, liable for clean-up. On September 3, 2003, the EPA advised APS that the EPA considers APS to be a PRP in the Motorola 52nd Street Superfund Site, Operable Unit 3 (OU3) in Phoenix, Arizona. APS has facilities that are within this Superfund site. APS and Pinnacle West have agreed with the EPA to perform certain investigative activities of the APS facilities within OU3. Because the investigation has not yet been completed and ultimate remediation requirements are not yet finalized, at the present time neither APS nor Pinnacle West can accurately estimate the expenditures that may be required.

 

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Salt River Project
Salt River Project previously notified APS that Salt River Project allegedly failed to bill APS for (a) energy losses under certain service schedules of a power contract between the parties and (b) certain other charges under the contract. Salt River Project asserted that certain of these failures to bill APS for such losses and charges may have extended back to 1996 and, as a result, claimed that APS owed it approximately $29 million, which APS disputed. The parties entered into a settlement agreement on April 9, 2009, resolving these matters. The resolution had no material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Landlord Bankruptcy
On April 16, 2009, the landlord for our corporate headquarters building announced that it is seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. We currently have several assets on our books related to our landlord, the most significant of which is an asset related to rent payments for the building of approximately $64 million. This amount will continue to increase to approximately $94 million as a result of the lease terms until 2015 when this amount will begin to decrease over the remaining life of the lease. We are monitoring this matter and, while there can be no assurances as to the ultimate outcome of the matter due to the complexity of the bankruptcy proceedings, we currently do not expect that it will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Litigation
We are party to various other claims, legal actions and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to environmental matters related to the Clean Air Act, Navajo Nation issues and EPA and ADEQ issues. In our opinion, the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
13. Nuclear Insurance
The Palo Verde participants are insured against public liability for a nuclear incident up to $12.5 billion per occurrence. As required by the Price Anderson Act, Palo Verde maintains the maximum available nuclear liability insurance in the amount of $300 million, which is provided by commercial insurance carriers. The remaining balance of $12.2 billion is provided through a mandatory industry wide retrospective assessment program. If losses at any nuclear power plant covered by the program exceed the accumulated funds, APS could be assessed retrospective premium adjustments. The maximum assessment per reactor under the program for each nuclear incident is approximately $118 million, subject to an annual limit of $18 million per incident, to be periodically adjusted for inflation. Based on APS’ interest in the three Palo Verde units, APS’ maximum potential assessment per incident for all three units is approximately $103 million, with an annual payment limitation of approximately $15 million.

 

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The Palo Verde participants maintain “all risk” (including nuclear hazards) insurance for property damage to, and decontamination of, property at Palo Verde in the aggregate amount of $2.75 billion, a substantial portion of which must first be applied to stabilization and decontamination. APS has also secured insurance against portions of any increased cost of generation or purchased power and business interruption resulting from a sudden and unforeseen accidental outage of any of the three units. The property damage, decontamination, and replacement power coverages are provided by Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL). APS is subject to retrospective assessments under all NEIL policies if NEIL’s losses in any policy year exceed accumulated funds. The maximum amount APS could incur under the current NEIL policies totals approximately $21 million for each retrospective assessment declared by NEIL’s Board of Directors due to losses. In addition, NEIL policies contain rating triggers that would result in APS providing approximately $56 million of collateral assurance within 20 business days of a rating downgrade to non-investment grade. The insurance coverage discussed in this and the previous paragraph is subject to certain policy conditions and exclusions.
14. Other Income and Other Expense
The following table provides detail of other income and other expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Other income:
                               
Interest income
  $ 398     $ 3,233     $ 659     $ 5,476  
Investment gains — net
    3,398                    
SunCor other income (a)
    323       42       258       1,629  
Miscellaneous
    2,468       653       2,651       662  
 
                       
Total other income
  $ 6,587     $ 3,928     $ 3,568     $ 7,767  
 
                       
 
                               
Other expense:
                               
Non-operating costs
  $ (3,248 )   $ (3,594 )   $ (4,855 )   $ (5,524 )
Investment losses — net
          (5,534 )     (3,832 )     (8,200 )
Miscellaneous
    (939 )     (927 )     (1,842 )     (1,227 )
 
                       
Total other expense
  $ (4,187 )   $ (10,055 )   $ (10,529 )   $ (14,951 )
 
                       
     
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15. Guarantees
We have issued parental guarantees and obtained letters of credit and surety bonds on behalf of some of our subsidiaries.
Our parental guarantees for APS relate to commodity energy products. As required by Arizona law, Pinnacle West has also obtained a $10 million bond on behalf of APS in connection with the interim base rate surcharge approved by the ACC in December 2008. In addition, Pinnacle West has obtained approximately $8 million of surety bonds related to APS operations, which primarily relate to self-insured workers’ compensation. Our credit support instruments enable APSES to offer energy-related products and services. Non-performance or non-payment under the original contract by our subsidiaries would require us to perform under the guarantee or surety bond. No liability is currently recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets related to Pinnacle West’s current outstanding guarantees on behalf of our subsidiaries. At June 30, 2009 we had no guarantees that were in default. Our guarantees have no recourse or collateral provisions to allow us to recover from our subsidiaries amounts paid under the guarantees. The amounts and approximate terms of our guarantees and surety bonds for each subsidiary at June 30, 2009 are as follows (dollars in millions):
                                 
    Guarantees     Surety Bonds  
            Term             Term  
    Amount     (in years)     Amount     (in years)  
APS
  $ 1       1     $ 18       1  
APSES
    14       1       13       1  
 
                           
Total
  $ 15             $ 31          
 
                           
APS has entered into various agreements that require letters of credit for financial assurance purposes. At June 30, 2009, approximately $200 million of letters of credit were outstanding to support existing pollution control bonds of approximately $200 million. The letters of credit are available to fund the payment of principal and interest of such debt obligations and expire in 2010. APS has also entered into approximately $70 million of letters of credit to support certain equity lessors in the Palo Verde sale leaseback transactions (see Note 9 for further details on the Palo Verde sale leaseback transactions). These letters of credit expire in 2010. APS intends to provide from either existing or new facilities for the extension, renewal or substitution of the letters of credit to the extent required.
We enter into agreements that include indemnification provisions relating to liabilities arising from or related to certain of our agreements; most significantly, APS has agreed to indemnify the equity participants and other parties in the Palo Verde sale leaseback transactions with respect to certain tax matters. Generally, a maximum obligation is not explicitly stated in the indemnification provisions and, therefore, the overall maximum amount of the obligation under such indemnification provisions cannot be reasonably estimated. Based on historical experience and evaluation of the specific indemnities, we do not believe that any material loss related to such indemnification provisions is likely.

 

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16. Earnings Per Share
The following table presents earnings per weighted average common share outstanding for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Basic earnings per share:
                               
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders
  $ 0.70     $ 1.12     $ (0.82 )   $ 1.06  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    (0.02 )     0.21       (0.05 )     0.23  
 
                       
Earnings per share — basic
  $ 0.68     $ 1.33     $ (0.87 )   $ 1.29  
 
                       
 
                               
Diluted earnings per share:
                               
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders
  $ 0.70     $ 1.12     $ (0.82 )   $ 1.06  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    (0.02 )     0.21       (0.05 )     0.22  
 
                       
Earnings per share — diluted
  $ 0.68     $ 1.33     $ (0.87 )   $ 1.28  
 
                       
Dilutive stock options and performance shares (which are contingently issuable) increased average common shares outstanding by approximately 84,000 shares and 264,000 shares for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 respectively, and by approximately 269,000 shares for the six months ended June 30, 2008. For the six months ended June 30, 2009 the weighted average common shares outstanding were the same for both basic and diluted shares.
Options to purchase 599,324 shares of common stock for the three-month period ended June 30, 2009, and 713,291 shares for the three-month period ended June 30, 2008 were outstanding but were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares. Options to purchase 612,424 shares and 688,167 shares of common stock for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2008, respectively, were outstanding but were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the impact of including those options would be antidilutive.
17. Discontinued Operations
SunCor (real estate segment) In 2009 and 2008, SunCor sold or expects to sell properties that are required to be reported as discontinued operations on Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income in accordance with SFAS No. 144. SFAS No. 144 requires reclassification of certain prior-year amounts from operations to discontinued operations. Assets held for sale relate to properties in the amount of $29 million at June 30, 2009. These properties were classified as home inventory and real estate investments at December 31, 2008. In addition, see Note 21 — Real Estate Impairment Charge.
APSES (other) Includes activities related to discontinued commodity-related energy services in 2008, and the associated revenues and costs that were reclassified to discontinued operations in 2008.

 

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The following table provides revenue, income (loss) before income taxes and income (loss) after taxes classified as discontinued operations in Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in millions):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Revenue:
                               
SunCor
  $     $ 12     $ 1     $ 35  
APSES
          28             56  
 
                       
Total revenue
  $     $ 40     $ 1     $ 91  
 
                       
 
                               
Income (loss) before taxes:
                               
SunCor
  $ (5 )   $ 34     $ (9 )   $ 39  
APSES
          1             (1 )
 
                       
Total income before taxes
  $ (5 )   $ 35     $ (9 )   $ 38  
 
                       
 
                               
Income (loss) after taxes:
                               
SunCor (a)
  $ (3 )   $ 21     $ (5 )   $ 23  
 
                       
     
(a)   Includes a tax benefit recognized by the parent company in accordance with an intercompany tax sharing agreement of $2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and $4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009.
18. Nuclear Decommissioning Trust
To fund the costs APS expects to incur to decommission Palo Verde, APS established external decommissioning trusts in accordance with NRC regulations. APS invests the trust funds in fixed income securities and domestic equity securities. APS applies the provisions of SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” in accounting for investments in decommissioning trust funds, and classifies these investments as available for sale. As a result, we record the decommissioning trust funds at their fair value on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Because of the ability of APS to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, we have recorded the offsetting amount of gains or losses on investment securities in other regulatory liabilities or assets. The following table summarizes the fair value of APS’ nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 (dollars in millions):
                         
            Total     Total  
            Unrealized     Unrealized  
    Fair Value     Gains     Losses  
June 30, 2009
                       
Equity securities
  $ 126     $ 19     $ (17 )
Fixed income securities
    237       9       (2 )
 
                 
Total
  $ 363     $ 28     $ (19 )
 
                 

 

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            Total     Total  
            Unrealized     Unrealized  
    Fair Value     Gains     Losses  
December 31, 2008
                       
Equity securities
  $ 113     $ 18     $ (18 )
Fixed income securities
    228       10       (5 )
Net payables (a)
    2              
 
                 
Total
  $ 343     $ 28     $ (23 )
 
                 
     
(a)   Net payables relate to pending securities sales and purchases.
The costs of securities sold are determined on the basis of specific identification. The following table sets forth approximate gains and losses and proceeds from the sale of securities by the nuclear decommissioning trust funds (dollars in millions):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Realized gains
  $ 3     $ 1     $ 5     $ 2  
Realized losses
    (3 )     (1 )     (5 )     (2 )
Proceeds from the sale of securities
    115       121       245       188  
The fair value of fixed income securities, summarized by contractual maturities, at June 30, 2009 is as follows (dollars in millions):
         
    Fair Value  
Less than one year
  $ 8  
1 year - 5 years
    64  
5 years - 10 years
    57  
Greater than 10 years
    108  
 
     
Total
  $ 237  
 
     
See Note 20 for a discussion of fair value measurements.
19. New Accounting Standards
See Note 20 for a discussion of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” which we adopted for our non-financial assets on January 1, 2009. This guidance was adopted for our financial assets on January 1, 2008.
On April 1, 2009 we adopted FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly”; FSP Nos. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments”; and FSP No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments.” These staff positions provided guidance on fair value measurements, impairments, and disclosures. Adoption of these staff positions did not have a material impact on our financial statements. See Note 20 for a discussion of fair value measurements.

 

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See Note 10 for a discussion of SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities — an amendment to SFAS No. 133,” which we adopted January 1, 2009.
We adopted SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51,” on January 1, 2009. This guidance provides accounting and reporting standards for noncontrolling interests in a consolidated subsidiary and clarifies that noncontrolling interests should be reported as equity on the consolidated financial statements. As a result of adopting this guidance, we have disclosed on the face of our financial statements the portion of equity and net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries. Additionally, we reclassified $47 million of noncontrolling interests from Other Deferred Credits to Equity on the December 31, 2008 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Prior year’s net income attributable to noncontrolling interests was not material to our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and was not reclassified. The adoption of this guidance modified our financial statement presentation, but did not have an impact on our financial statement results.
On January 1, 2009, we adopted FSP No. EITF 03-6-1 (FSP EITF 03-6-1), “Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities.” FSP EITF 03-6-1 requires companies to treat unvested share-based payment awards that have nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents as participating securities when computing earnings per share, pursuant to the two-class method described in SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” Our awards do not have nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents and therefore, the adoption of this FSP did not have any impact on our financial statements.
In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, “Subsequent Events,” which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. We adopted this guidance during the second quarter of 2009. The adoption of this Standard did not have a material impact on our financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles — a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162.” This Standard establishes the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP. This guidance is effective for financial statements issued for periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of this Standard will not have a material impact on our financial statements.
In December 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 132(R)-1, “Employers’ Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets.” This guidance requires enhanced employers’ disclosures about plan assets of a defined benefit pension or other postretirement plan. The guidance is effective for us on December 31, 2009. We do not expect it to have a material impact on our financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R).” This Statement amends certain requirements of FASB Interpretation No. 46(R),“Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” to improve financial reporting and provide more relevant and reliable information by enterprises involved with variable interest entities. This guidance is effective for us on January 1, 2010. We are currently evaluating this new guidance and the impact it may have on our financial statements.

 

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20. Fair Value Measurements
In accordance with GAAP, we are required to disclose the fair value of certain assets and liabilities according to a fair value hierarchy. This hierarchy ranks the quality and reliability of the inputs used to determine fair values, which are then classified and disclosed in one of three categories. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide information on an ongoing basis. This category includes our derivative instruments that are exchange-traded such as futures, cash equivalents invested in exchange-traded money market funds, and nuclear decommissioning trust investments in Treasury securities.
Level 2 — Quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable. Derivative instruments in this category include nonexchange-traded contracts such as forwards, options, and swaps. This category also includes our nuclear decommissioning trust assets in bonds and commingled equity funds. We consider broker quotes observable inputs when the quote is binding on the broker, we can validate the quote with market transactions, or we can determine that the inputs the broker used to arrive at the quoted price are observable. Quarterly and calendar year quotes from independent brokers are converted into monthly prices using historical relationships.
Level 3 — Model-derived valuations with unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity. Instruments in this category include long-dated derivative transactions where models are required due to the length of the transaction, options, and transactions in locations where observable market data does not exist. The valuation models we employ utilize spot prices, forward prices, historical market data and other factors to forecast future prices. The primary valuation technique we use to calculate the fair value of contracts where price quotes are not available is based on the extrapolation of forward pricing curves using observable market data for more liquid delivery points in the same region and actual transactions at the more illiquid delivery points. We also value option contracts using a variation of the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. We maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. If market data is not readily available, inputs may reflect our own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment, and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Thus, a valuation may be classified in Level 3 even though the valuation may include significant inputs that are readily observable.
For non-exchange traded contracts, we calculate fair market value based on the average of the bid and offer price, discounted to reflect net present value. We maintain certain valuation adjustments for a number of risks associated with the valuation of future commitments. These include valuation adjustments for liquidity and credit risks based on the financial condition of counterparties. The liquidity valuation adjustment represents the cost that would be incurred if all unmatched positions were closed-out or hedged.

 

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The credit valuation adjustment represents estimated credit losses on our overall exposure to counterparties, taking into account netting arrangements, expected default experience for the credit rating of the counterparties and the overall diversification of the portfolio. Counterparties in the portfolio consist principally of major energy companies, municipalities, local distribution companies and financial institutions. We maintain credit policies that management believes minimize overall credit risk. Determination of the credit quality of counterparties is based upon a number of factors, including credit ratings, financial condition, project economics and collateral requirements. When applicable, we employ standardized agreements that allow for the netting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty.
We apply recurring fair value measurements to derivative instruments, nuclear decommissioning trusts, and certain cash equivalents. We may be required to record other assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. These nonrecurring fair value measurements typically involve write-downs of individual assets due to impairment.
Some of our derivative instrument transactions are valued based on unobservable inputs due to the long-term nature of contracts or the unique location of the transactions. Our long-dated energy transactions consist of observable valuations for the near term portion and unobservable valuations for the long-term portions of the transaction. When the unobservable portion is significant to the overall valuation of the transaction, the entire transaction is classified as Level 3. Our classification of instruments as Level 3 is primarily reflective of the long-term nature of our energy transactions, and is not reflective of material inactive markets.
The nuclear decommissioning trust invests in fixed income securities directly and equity securities indirectly through commingled funds. Commingled funds are valued based on the fund share price and are classified within Level 2. The commingled funds’ underlying investments would be Level 1 if the investments were held directly by the trust. Our trustee provides valuation of our nuclear decommissioning trust assets by using pricing services to determine fair market value. We assess these valuations and verify that pricing can be supported by actual recent market transactions. The trust fund investments have been established to satisfy APS’ nuclear decommissioning obligations (see Note 18).

 

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The following table presents the fair value at June 30, 2009 of our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in millions):
                                         
    Quoted Prices     Significant                    
    in Active     Other     Significant              
    Markets for     Observable     Unobservable     Counterparty        
    Identical Assets     Inputs     Inputs     Netting & Other     Balance at  
    (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)     (a)     June 30, 2009  
 
                                       
Assets
                                       
Cash equivalents
  $ 2     $     $     $     $ 2  
Risk management and trading activities
    9       94       58       (93 )     68  
Nuclear decommissioning trust:
                                       
US Treasury Debt Securities
    50                         50  
Commingled Equity Funds
          126                   126  
Corporate Debt Securities
          60                   60  
Mortgage-Backed Securities
          60                   60  
Municipality Debt Securities
          50                   50  
Other
          17                   17  
 
                             
Total
  $ 61     $ 407     $ 58     $ (93 )   $ 433  
 
                             
 
                                       
Liabilities
                                       
Risk management and trading activities
  $ (73 )   $ (355 )   $ (74 )   $ 339     $ (163 )
 
                             

 

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The following table presents the fair value at December 31, 2008 of our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in millions):
                                         
    Quoted Prices     Significant                    
    in Active     Other     Significant              
    Markets for     Observable     Unobservable     Counterparty     Balance at  
    Identical Assets     Inputs     Inputs     Netting & Other     December 31,  
    (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)     (a)     2008  
Assets
                                       
Cash equivalents
  $ 75     $     $     $     $ 75  
Risk management and trading activities
    31       76       51       (92 )     66  
Nuclear decommissioning trust:
                                       
US Treasury Debt Securities
    33                         33  
Commingled Equity Funds
          113                   113  
Corporate Debt Securities
          33                   33  
Mortgage-Backed Securities
          73                   73  
Municipality Debt Securities
          67                   67  
Other
          22             2       24  
 
                             
Total
  $ 139     $ 384     $ 51     $ (90 )   $ 484  
 
                             
 
                                       
Liabilities
                                       
Risk management and trading activities
  $ (85 )   $ (297 )   $ (58 )   $ 244     $ (196 )
 
                             
     
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The following table shows the changes in fair value for assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 inputs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in millions):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Net derivative balance at beginning of period
  $ (23 )   $ 7     $ (7 )   $ 8  
Total net gains (losses) realized/unrealized:
                               
Included in earnings (a)
          (17 )     2       (19 )
Included in OCI
          11       (1 )     13  
Deferred as a regulatory asset or liability
    9       (2 )     6       (5 )
Purchases, issuances, and settlements
    3             3        
Level 3 transfers (b)
    (5 )     8       (19 )     10  
 
                       
Net derivative balance at end of period
  $ (16 )   $ 7     $ (16 )   $ 7  
 
                       
 
                               
Net unrealized losses included in earnings related to instruments still held at end of period
  $     $ 16     $ 2     $ 18  
     
(a)   Earnings are recorded in regulated electricity segment revenue or regulated electricity segment fuel and purchased power.
 
(b)   Transfers in or out of Level 3 reflect the fair market value at the beginning of the period. Transfers are triggered by a change in the lowest significant input during the period.
The following table represents the carrying amount and estimated fair value of our debt which is not carried at fair value on the balance sheet. The carrying value of our cash, net accounts receivable, accounts payable and short-term borrowings approximate fair value. Our debt fair value estimates are based on quoted market prices of the same or similar issues (dollars in millions):
                                 
    As of     As of  
    June 30, 2009     December 31, 2008  
    Carrying             Carrying        
    Amount     Fair Value     Amount     Fair Value  
 
Pinnacle West
  $ 175     $ 176     $ 175     $ 169  
APS
    3,515       3,470       2,851       2,466  
SunCor
    170       170       183       183  
 
                       
Total
  $ 3,860     $ 3,816     $ 3,209     $ 2,818  
 
                       

 

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In accordance with FSP FAS 157-2, we adopted SFAS No. 157 for our nonfinancial assets and liabilities on January 1, 2009, and it did not have a material impact on our financial statements. We apply nonrecurring fair value measurements to certain real estate assets. These adjustments to fair value are the result of write-downs of individual assets due to impairment. Certain of our real estate assets have been impaired due to the distressed real estate market. We determine fair value for our real estate assets primarily based on the future cash flows that we estimate will be generated by each asset discounted for market risk. These fair value determinations require significant judgment regarding key assumptions. Due to these unobservable inputs the valuation of real estate assets are considered Level 3 measurements.
As of June 30, 2009, the fair value of our impaired real estate assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis was $148 million, all of which was valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). Total impairment charges included in net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 were approximately $6 million and $222 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 (including net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests of $14 million before income taxes). See Note 21 for additional information.
21. Real Estate Impairment Charge
During the first quarter of 2009, SunCor undertook and completed a review of its assets and strategies within its various markets as a result of the then current and anticipated continuing distressed conditions in real estate and credit markets. Based on the results of the review, on March 27, 2009, SunCor’s Board of Directors authorized a series of strategic transactions to dispose of SunCor’s homebuilding operations, master-planned communities, and golf courses in order to reduce SunCor’s outstanding debt. This resulted in a pretax impairment charge of approximately $202 million, or $123 million after income taxes, in the first quarter of 2009. During the second quarter of 2009, SunCor reassessed market conditions and recorded an additional pretax impairment charge of approximately $6 million, or $4 million after income taxes. Of the total $208 million impairment charge for the six months ended June 30, 2009, approximately $15 million related to assets held for sale and approximately $193 million related to held and used assets. We believe that most of the assets to be sold do not meet the held for sale criteria as of June 30, 2009 because of the uncertainties related to the current market conditions and obtaining necessary approvals. The detail of the impairment charge is as follows (dollars in millions):
                 
    Three Months
Ended
    Six Months
Ended
 
    June 30, 2009     June 30, 2009  
Homebuilding and master-planned communities
  $ 1     $ 142  
Land parcels and commercial assets
          53  
Golf courses
          17  
 
           
Subtotal
    1       212  
Discontinued operations
    5       10  
Less non-controlling interests
          (14 )
 
           
Total
  $ 6     $ 208  
 
           
We estimate the fair value of our real estate assets primarily based on either the future cash flows that we estimate will be generated by each asset discounted at a rate we believe market participants would use, or on independent appraisals. Our impairment assessments and fair value determinations require significant judgment regarding key assumptions such as future sales prices, future construction and land development costs, future sales timing, and discount rates. The assumptions are specific to each project and may vary among projects. The weighted average discount rates we used to estimate fair values at June 30, 2009 ranged from 11% to 29%. Due to the judgment and assumptions applied in the estimation process, with regard to impairments, it is possible that actual results could differ from those estimates. If conditions in the broader economy or the real estate markets worsen, or as a result of a change in SunCor’s strategy, we may be required to record additional impairments.

 

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SunCor also recorded in the first quarter approximately $8 million of pretax severance and other charges relating to these actions. Pinnacle West does not expect that any of the impairment charges will result in future cash expenditures, other than immaterial disposition costs.
The SunCor Secured Revolver matures in January 2010 and requires SunCor to reduce its outstanding borrowings by specified amounts over the term of the facility. As of June 30, 2009, approximately $108 million of borrowings were outstanding under the SunCor Secured Revolver and approximately $67 million of debt was outstanding under other SunCor credit facilities. SunCor intends to apply the proceeds of planned asset sales to the repayment of the SunCor Secured Revolver and SunCor’s other outstanding debt. The impairment charges discussed above and the maturity and non-payment of approximately $7 million of project loans resulted in violations of certain covenants contained in the SunCor Secured Revolver and SunCor’s other credit facilities. SunCor has obtained a forbearance agreement from the SunCor Secured Revolver lenders under which those lenders have agreed not to enforce any of their remedies under the SunCor Secured Revolver until August 15, 2009. SunCor remains in discussions with these lenders to modify the SunCor Secured Revolver to resolve the covenant defaults and extend the principal repayment provisions in a manner that more closely corresponds to SunCor’s planned asset sales. SunCor also is seeking extensions, waivers or similar relief from its other lenders and, while doing so, continues to make current interest payments to its lenders. If SunCor is unable to obtain additional extensions, waivers or similar relief from its lenders, SunCor could be required to immediately repay its outstanding indebtedness under the SunCor Secured Revolver and its other credit facilities. Such debt acceleration would have a material adverse impact on SunCor’s business and its financial position. Neither Pinnacle West nor any of its other subsidiaries has guaranteed any SunCor indebtedness. A SunCor debt default would not result in a cross-default of any of the debt of Pinnacle West or any of its other subsidiaries. As a result, Pinnacle West does not believe that SunCor’s inability to obtain waivers or similar relief from SunCor’s lenders would have a material adverse impact on Pinnacle West’s cash flows or liquidity.

 

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
 
ELECTRIC OPERATING REVENUES
  $ 812,587     $ 831,083  
 
               
OPERATING EXPENSES
               
Fuel and purchased power
    291,699       329,077  
Operations and maintenance
    221,128       187,819  
Depreciation and amortization
    98,998       95,961  
Income taxes
    45,862       21,553  
Other taxes
    32,515       32,813  
 
           
Total
    690,202       667,223  
 
           
OPERATING INCOME
    122,385       163,860  
 
           
 
               
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
               
Income taxes
    1,432       1,839  
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    4,730       5,414  
Other income (Note S-2)
    4,958       1,034  
Other expense (Note S-2)
    (4,973 )     (6,200 )
 
           
Total
    6,147       2,087  
 
           
 
               
INTEREST DEDUCTIONS
               
Interest on long-term debt
    50,656       40,719  
Interest on short-term borrowings
    1,293       2,519  
Debt discount, premium and expense
    1,256       1,160  
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction
    (3,217 )     (3,833 )
 
           
Total
    49,988       40,565  
 
           
 
               
NET INCOME
  $ 78,544     $ 125,382  
 
           
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Notes to Arizona Public Service Company’s Condensed Financial Statements.

 

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
 
               
ELECTRIC OPERATING REVENUES
  $ 1,415,247     $ 1,456,659  
 
               
OPERATING EXPENSES
               
Fuel and purchased power
    539,087       601,130  
Operations and maintenance
    422,228       375,954  
Depreciation and amortization
    197,009       189,846  
Income taxes
    39,118       26,710  
Other taxes
    66,295       65,531  
 
           
Total
    1,263,737       1,259,171  
 
           
OPERATING INCOME
    151,510       197,488  
 
           
 
               
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
               
Income taxes
    2,614       2,954  
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    9,722       11,538  
Other income (Note S-2)
    4,050       3,098  
Other expense (Note S-2)
    (8,008 )     (12,088 )
 
           
Total
    8,378       5,502  
 
           
 
               
INTEREST DEDUCTIONS
               
Interest on long-term debt
    97,051       82,892  
Interest on short-term borrowings
    4,268       6,368  
Debt discount, premium and expense
    2,445       2,320  
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction
    (6,941 )     (7,608 )
 
           
Total
    96,823       83,972  
 
           
 
               
NET INCOME
  $ 63,065     $ 119,018  
 
           
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Notes to Arizona Public Service Company’s Condensed Financial Statements.

 

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
ASSETS
               
 
               
UTILITY PLANT
               
Electric plant in service and held for future use
  $ 12,491,259     $ 12,198,010  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    4,221,713       4,129,958  
 
           
Net
    8,269,546       8,068,052  
 
               
Construction work in progress
    478,525       571,977  
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization
    140,193       131,243  
Nuclear fuel, net of accumulated amortization
    138,163       89,323  
 
           
Total utility plant
    9,026,427       8,860,595  
 
           
 
               
INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS
               
Nuclear decommissioning trust (Note 18)
    363,221       343,052  
Assets from long-term risk management and trading activities (Note 10)
    24,720       33,675  
Other assets
    62,814       60,604  
 
           
Total investments and other assets
    450,755       437,331  
 
           
 
               
CURRENT ASSETS
               
Cash and cash equivalents
    2,917       71,544  
Trust fund for bond redemption (Note 4)
    163,975        
Customer and other receivables
    245,281       262,177  
Accrued utility revenues
    144,398       100,089  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    (2,767 )     (3,155 )
Materials and supplies (at average cost)
    184,043       173,252  
Fossil fuel (at average cost)
    40,589       29,752  
Assets from risk management and trading activities (Note 10)
    43,652       32,181  
Deferred income taxes
    101,643       79,694  
Other current assets
    21,353       19,866  
 
           
Total current assets
    945,084       765,400  
 
           
 
               
DEFERRED DEBITS
               
Deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset (Note 5)
          7,984  
Other regulatory assets
    790,609       787,506  
Unamortized debt issue costs
    22,856       22,026  
Other
    85,971       82,735  
 
           
Total deferred debits
    899,436       900,251  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 11,321,702     $ 10,963,577  
 
           
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Notes to Arizona Public Service Company’s Condensed Financial Statements.

 

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
               
 
               
CAPITALIZATION
               
Common stock
  $ 178,162     $ 178,162  
Additional paid-in capital
    2,122,292       2,117,789  
Retained earnings
    1,146,966       1,168,901  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note S-1):
               
Pension and other postretirement benefits
    (28,036 )     (26,960 )
Derivative instruments
    (134,816 )     (98,742 )
 
           
Common stock equity
    3,284,568       3,339,150  
Long-term debt less current maturities (Note 4)
    3,349,801       2,850,242  
 
           
Total capitalization
    6,634,369       6,189,392  
 
           
 
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Short-term borrowings
    209,220       521,684  
Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 4)
    165,012       874  
Accounts payable
    175,142       233,529  
Accrued taxes (Note 8)
    158,290       219,129  
Accrued interest
    53,972       39,860  
Customer deposits
    75,998       77,452  
Liabilities from risk management and trading activities (Note 10)
    53,038       69,585  
Other current liabilities
    84,403       105,655  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    975,075       1,267,768  
 
           
 
               
DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER
               
Deferred income taxes
    1,471,064       1,401,412  
Regulatory liabilities
    622,411       587,586  
Deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability (Note 5)
    71,323        
Liability for asset retirements
    285,247       275,970  
Liabilities for pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 6)
    671,805       635,327  
Customer advances for construction
    134,387       132,023  
Liabilities from long-term risk management and trading activities (Note 10)
    109,711       126,532  
Other
    346,310       347,567  
 
           
Total deferred credits and other
    3,712,258       3,506,417  
 
           
 
               
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (SEE NOTES)
               
 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
  $ 11,321,702     $ 10,963,577  
 
           
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Notes to Arizona Public Service Company’s Condensed Financial Statements.

 

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
               
Net Income
  $ 63,065     $ 119,018  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization including nuclear fuel
    215,964       205,810  
Deferred fuel and purchased power
    13,144       (25,867 )
Deferred fuel and purchased power amortization
    66,163       114,265  
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    (9,722 )     (11,538 )
Deferred income taxes
    75,096       152,408  
Change in mark-to-market valuations
    (401 )     (28,825 )
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
               
Customer and other receivables
    23,252       12,759  
Accrued utility revenues
    (44,309 )     (60,492 )
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel
    (21,628 )     (3,988 )
Other current assets
    (4,687 )     1,949  
Accounts payable
    (44,577 )     35,147  
Accrued taxes
    (60,839 )     (22,964 )
Other current liabilities
    (8,594 )     11,514  
Change in margin and collateral accounts — assets
    (2,856 )     251,299  
Change in margin and collateral accounts — liabilities
    (91,856 )     6,276  
Change in unrecognized tax benefits
    14,639       (112,507 )
Change in other long-term assets
    (21,695 )     4,072  
Change in other long-term liabilities
    46,962       38,127  
 
           
Net cash flow provided by operating activities
    207,121       686,463  
 
           
 
               
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Capital expenditures
    (388,526 )     (462,598 )
Contributions in aid of construction
    33,371       22,970  
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction
    (6,941 )     (7,608 )
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust sales
    244,858       188,311  
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust
    (255,754 )     (198,682 )
Trust fund for bond redemption
    (163,975 )      
Other
    990       555  
 
           
Net cash flow used for investing activities
    (535,977 )     (457,052 )
 
           
 
               
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Equity infusion
          7,601  
Issuance of long-term debt
    837,193        
Repayment and reacquisition of long-term debt
    (179,500 )     (494 )
Short-term borrowings and payments-net
    (312,464 )     (118,000 )
Dividends paid on common stock
    (85,000 )     (85,000 )
 
           
Net cash flow provided by (used for) financing activities
    260,229       (195,893 )
 
           
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    (68,627 )     33,518  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
    71,544       52,151  
 
           
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
  $ 2,917     $ 85,669  
 
           
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
               
Cash paid during the period for:
               
Income taxes, net of refunds
  $ 13,704     $ 7,197  
Interest, net of amounts capitalized
  $ 80,266     $ 81,459  
See Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Notes to Arizona Public Service Company’s Condensed Financial Statements.

 

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Certain notes to APS’ Condensed Financial Statements are combined with the Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Listed below are the Condensed Consolidated Notes to Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the majority of which also relate to APS’ Condensed Financial Statements. In addition, listed below are the Supplemental Notes that are required disclosures for APS and should be read in conjunction with Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Notes.
                 
    Condensed     APS’  
    Consolidated     Supplemental  
    Footnote     Footnote  
    Reference     Reference  
Consolidation and Nature of Operations
  Note 1      
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
  Note 2      
Quarterly Fluctuations
  Note 3      
Liquidity Matters
  Note 4      
Regulatory Matters
  Note 5      
Retirement Plans and Other Benefits
  Note 6      
Business Segments
  Note 7      
Income Taxes
  Note 8      
Variable-Interest Entities
  Note 9      
Derivative and Energy Trading Accounting
  Note 10      
Changes in Equity
  Note 11      
Commitments and Contingencies
  Note 12      
Nuclear Insurance
  Note 13      
Other Income and Other Expense
  Note 14   Note S-2
Guarantees
  Note 15      
Earnings Per Share
  Note 16      
Discontinued Operations
  Note 17      
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust
  Note 18      
New Accounting Standards
  Note 19      
Fair Value Measurements
  Note 20      
Real Estate Impairment Charge
  Note 21      
Comprehensive Income
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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
S-1. Comprehensive Income
Components of APS’ comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are as follows (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
 
Net income
  $ 78,544     $ 125,382     $ 63,065     $ 119,018  
 
                       
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                               
Net unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments (a)
    5,554       234,352       (132,994 )     341,368  
Net reclassification of realized (gains) losses to income (b)
    47,964       (26,647 )     73,330       (23,329 )
Net unrealized losses related to pension benefits
    (3,774 )     (10,279 )     (3,774 )     (10,279 )
Reclassification of pension and other postretirement benefits to income
    1,005       1,206       1,993       2,001  
Income tax benefit (expense) related to items of other comprehensive income
    (20,066 )     (78,182 )     24,295       (121,922 )
 
                       
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
    30,683       120,450       (37,150 )     187,839  
 
                       
Comprehensive income
  $ 109,227     $ 245,832     $ 25,915     $ 306,857  
 
                       
     
(a)   These amounts primarily include unrealized gains and losses on contracts used to hedge our forecasted electricity and natural gas requirements to serve Native Load. These changes are primarily due to changes in forward natural gas prices and wholesale electricity prices.
 
(b)   These amounts primarily include the reclassification of unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses for contracted commodities delivered during the period.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
S-2. Other Income and Other Expense
The following table provides detail of APS’ other income and other expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Other income:
                               
Interest income
  $ 159     $ 602     $ 342     $ 2,325  
Investment gains — net
    3,062             1,739        
Miscellaneous
    1,737       432       1,969       773  
 
                       
Total other income
  $ 4,958     $ 1,034     $ 4,050     $ 3,098  
 
                       
 
                               
Other expense:
                               
Non-operating costs (a)
  $ (3,177 )   $ (2,864 )   $ (4,512 )   $ (6,186 )
Investment losses — net
          (1,411 )           (2,863 )
Miscellaneous
    (1,796 )     (1,925 )     (3,496 )     (3,039 )
 
                       
Total other expense
  $ (4,973 )   $ (6,200 )   $ (8,008 )   $ (12,088 )
 
                       
     
(a)   As defined by the FERC, includes below-the-line non-operating utility income and expense (items excluded from utility rate recovery).

 

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
INTRODUCTION
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Arizona Public Service Company’s Condensed Financial Statements and the related Notes that appear in Item 1 of this report.
OVERVIEW
Pinnacle West owns all of the outstanding common stock of APS. APS is a vertically-integrated electric utility that provides retail and wholesale electric service to most of the state of Arizona, with the major exceptions of about one-half of the Phoenix metropolitan area, the Tucson metropolitan area and Mohave County in northwestern Arizona. APS has historically accounted for a substantial part of our revenues and earnings, and is expected to continue to do so.
While growth in APS’ service territory has been an important driver of our revenues and earnings, it has significantly slowed, reflecting recessionary economic conditions both nationally and in Arizona. Customer growth averaged 3% a year for the three years 2006 through 2008. We currently expect customer growth to average about 1% per year during 2009 through 2011; however, we currently project that our customer growth will begin to accelerate as the economy recovers. APS’ actual retail electricity sales have also slowed. For the three years 2006 through 2008, such kilowatt-hour sales grew at an average annual rate of 2.9%; adjusted to exclude the effects of weather variations, such retail sales growth also averaged 2.9% a year. We currently estimate that total retail electricity sales in kilowatt-hours will remain flat on average per year during 2009 through 2011, including the effects of APS’ energy efficiency programs but excluding the effects of weather variations.
The near-term economic conditions are reflected in the recent volatility and disruption of the credit markets, as discussed in detail under “Pinnacle West Consolidated — Liquidity and Capital Resources” below. Despite these conditions, Pinnacle West and APS currently have ample borrowing capacity under their respective credit facilities and have been able to access these facilities, ensuring adequate liquidity for each company.
Our cash flows and profitability are affected by the electricity rates APS may charge and the timely recovery of costs through those rates. APS’ retail rates are regulated by the ACC and its wholesale electric rates (primarily for transmission) are regulated by the FERC. APS’ capital expenditure requirements, which are discussed below under “Pinnacle West Consolidated — Liquidity and Capital Resources,” are substantial because of increased costs related to environmental compliance and controls and system reliability, as well as continuing, though slowed, customer growth in APS’ service territory.
APS needs timely recovery through rates of its capital and operating expenditures to maintain adequate financial health. See “Factors Affecting Our Financial Outlook” below. On March 24, 2008, APS filed a rate case with the ACC, which it updated on June 2, 2008, requesting, among other things, an increase in retail rates to help defray rising infrastructure costs, approval of an impact fee and approval of new conservation rates. On January 30, 2009, APS and other parties to the rate case began settlement discussions and, on June 12, 2009, they filed a proposed settlement agreement with the ACC. See Note 5 for details regarding this rate case, including the ACC’s approval of an interim base rate surcharge pending the outcome of the case and a discussion of the Settlement Agreement and related timeline.

 

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During the first quarter of 2009, SunCor undertook and completed a review of its assets and strategies within its various markets as a result of the then current and anticipated continuing distressed conditions in real estate and credit markets. Based on the results of the review, on March 27, 2009, SunCor’s Board of Directors authorized a series of strategic transactions to dispose of SunCor’s homebuilding operations, master-planned communities, and golf courses in order to reduce SunCor’s outstanding debt. This resulted in a pretax impairment charge of approximately $202 million, or $123 million after income taxes, in the first quarter of 2009. During the second quarter of 2009, SunCor reassessed market conditions and recorded an additional pretax impairment charge of approximately $6 million, or $4 million after income taxes. We believe that most of the assets to be sold do not meet the held for sale criteria as of June 30, 2009 because of the uncertainties related to the current market conditions and obtaining necessary approvals. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources — Other Subsidiaries — SunCor” below for a discussion of SunCor’s outstanding debt and related matters.
Our other principal first tier subsidiaries, El Dorado and APSES, are not expected to have any material impact on our financial results, or to require any material amounts of capital, over the next three years.
See “Factors Affecting Our Financial Outlook” below for a discussion of several factors that could affect our future financial results.
EARNINGS CONTRIBUTION BY BUSINESS SEGMENT
Pinnacle West’s two reportable business segments are:
    our regulated electricity segment, which consists of traditional regulated retail and wholesale electricity businesses (primarily electric service to Native Load customers) and related activities and includes electricity generation, transmission and distribution; and
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The following table presents income (loss) from continuing operations for our regulated electricity and real estate segments and reconciles those amounts to our consolidated net income (loss) (dollars in millions):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Regulated electricity segment
  $ 78     $ 121     $ 58     $ 114  
Real estate segment (a)
    (6 )     (6 )     (149 )     (9 )
All other (b)
    (1 )     (2 )     (6 )     1  
 
                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    71       113       (97 )     106  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations — net of tax:
                               
Real estate segment (a)
    (3 )     21       (5 )     23  
 
                       
Net income (loss)
    68       134       (102 )     129  
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests — real estate segment (a)
                (14 )      
 
                       
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders
  $ 68     $ 134     $ (88 )   $ 129  
 
                       
     
(a)   We recorded an after-tax real estate impairment charge of $127 million in the six months ended June 30, 2009.
 
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Operating Results — Three-month period ended June 30, 2009 compared with three-month period ended June 30, 2008
Our consolidated net income attributable to common shareholders for the three months ended June 30, 2009 was $68 million, compared with net income of $134 million for the comparable prior-year period. The major factors that increased (decreased) the net income attributable to common shareholders for the three-month comparison are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):
                 
    Increase (Decrease)  
    Pretax     After Tax  
Regulated electricity segment:
               
Retail rate increases primarily due to the interim rate increase effective January 1, 2009
  $ 19     $ 12  
Effects of weather on retail sales
    12       7  
Lower retail sales primarily due to lower per customer usage, including the effects of the Company’s energy efficiency programs, excluding the effects of weather
    (13 )     (8 )
Lower mark-to-market valuations of fuel and purchased power contracts related to changes in market prices, net of related PSA deferrals
    (9 )     (5 )
Higher operations and maintenance expense primarily related to higher generation costs, including more planned maintenance
    (17 )     (10 )
Higher interest expense, net of capitalized financing costs, primarily due to higher debt balances
    (9 )     (5 )
Income tax benefits related to prior years resolved in 2008
          (30 )
Miscellaneous items, net
    (5 )     (4 )
 
           
Decrease in regulated electricity segment net income
    (22 )     (43 )
Decrease in other expense, net of other income, primarily due to investment losses recorded in 2008
    5       3  
Other miscellaneous items, net
    (3 )     (2 )
 
           
Decrease in income from continuing operations
  $ (20 )     (42 )
 
             
Decrease in income from discontinued operations primarily related to certain real estate commercial property sales in 2008
            (24 )
 
             
Decrease in net income attributable to common shareholders
          $ (66 )
 
             
Regulated Electricity Segment Revenues
Regulated electricity segment revenues were $17 million lower for the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the prior year period primarily because of:
    a $26 million decrease in retail revenues related to recovery of PSA deferrals, which had no earnings effect because of amortization of the same amount recorded as fuel and purchased power expense (see Note 5);
    a $23 million decrease in retail revenues primarily related to lower usage, excluding weather effects;
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    a $19 million increase in retail revenues due to the effects of weather;
    a $19 million increase in retail revenues due to an interim rate increase effective January 2009 and transmission rate increases (including related retail rates);
    a $16 million increase in renewable energy and demand side management surcharges which are offset by operations and maintenance expense (see Note 5); and
    a $4 million net decrease due to miscellaneous factors.
Real Estate Segment Revenues
Real estate segment revenues were $7 million lower for the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the prior year period primarily because of lower residential property and parcel sales as a result of the distressed real estate market.
All Other Revenues
Other revenues were $21 million lower for the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the prior year period because of planned reductions of marketing and trading activities.

 

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Operating Results — Six-month period ended June 30, 2009 compared with six-month period ended June 30, 2008
Our consolidated net loss attributable to common shareholders for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $88 million, compared with net income of $129 million for the comparable prior-year period. The major factors that increased (decreased) the net income attributable to common shareholders for the six-month comparison are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):
                 
    Increase (Decrease)  
    Pretax     After Tax  
Regulated electricity segment:
               
Interim rate increase effective January 1, 2009
  $ 29     $ 18  
Transmission rate increases (including related retail rates)
    9       5  
Lower mark-to-market valuations of fuel and purchased power contracts related to changes in market prices, net of related PSA deferrals
    (28 )     (17 )
Lower retail sales primarily due to lower per customer usage, including the effects of the Company’s energy efficiency programs, excluding the effects of weather
    (17 )     (10 )
Higher operations and maintenance expense primarily related to higher generation costs, including more planned maintenance
    (16 )     (10 )
Higher depreciation and amortization primarily due to increased utility plant in service
    (7 )     (4 )
Higher interest expense, net of capitalized financing costs, primarily due to higher debt balances
    (13 )     (8 )
Income tax benefits related to prior years resolved in 2008
          (30 )
Miscellaneous items, net
    (1 )      
 
           
Decrease in regulated electricity segment net income
    (44 )     (56 )
Real estate segment:
               
Real estate impairment charge (Note 21)
    (212 )     (134 )
Higher real estate segment costs primarily related to employee severance
    (9 )     (6 )
Lower marketing and trading contributions primarily due to lower sales volumes
    (11 )     (7 )
 
           
Decrease in income from continuing operations
  $ (276 )     (203 )
 
             
Decrease in income from discontinued operations primarily related to certain real estate commercial property sales in 2008
            (28 )
 
             
Decrease in net income
            (231 )
Less: Net loss attributable to real estate noncontrolling interests primarily due to real estate impairment
            (14 )
 
             
Decrease in net income attributable to common shareholders
          $ (217 )
 
             
Regulated Electricity Segment Revenues
Regulated electricity segment revenues were $37 million lower for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the prior year period primarily because of:
    a $48 million decrease in retail revenues related to recovery of PSA deferrals, which had no earnings effect because of amortization of the same amount recorded as fuel and purchased power expense (see Note 5);
    a $30 million decrease in retail revenues primarily related to lower usage, excluding weather effects;
    a $21 million decrease in revenues from Off-System Sales due to lower market prices;
    a $3 million decrease in retail revenues due to the effects of weather;
    a $38 million increase in retail revenues due to an interim rate increase effective January 2009 and transmission rate increases (including related retail rates);
    a $32 million increase in renewable energy and demand side management surcharges which are offset by operations and maintenance expense (see Note 5); and
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Real Estate Segment Revenues
Real estate segment revenues were $15 million lower for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the prior year period primarily because of lower residential property and parcel sales as a result of the distressed real estate market.
All Other Revenues
Other revenues were $52 million lower for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the prior year period because of planned reductions of marketing and trading activities.
PINNACLE WEST CONSOLIDATED — LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Cash Flows
The following table presents net cash provided by (used for) operating, investing and financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in millions):
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
Net cash flow provided by operating activities
  $ 192     $ 679  
Net cash flow used for investing activities
    (541 )     (379 )
Net cash flow provided by (used for) financing activities
    261       (259 )
The decrease of approximately $487 million in net cash provided by operating activities is primarily due to changes in collateral and margin cash balances as a result of changes in commodity prices and other changes in working capital.
The increase of approximately $162 million in net cash used for investing activities is primarily due to the timing of pollution control auction rate securities redemptions (see Note 4) and lower real estate sales primarily due to a commercial property sale in 2008, partially offset by lower levels of capital expenditures (see table and discussion below).
The increase of approximately $520 million in net cash provided by financing activities is primarily due to APS’ issuance of $500 million of unsecured senior notes. A portion of these proceeds were used to repay short-term borrowings. In addition, there was the issuance of $343 million of pollution control bonds, a portion of which was used to redeem $179 million of APS’ existing pollution control bonds. The remaining $164 million was deposited in a restricted trust fund for bond redemption of auction rate securities in July 2009 (see Note 4).

 

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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
(dollars in millions)
                                         
    Six Months Ended     Estimated for the Year Ended  
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2009     2009     2010     2011  
APS
                                       
Distribution
  $ 173     $ 121     $ 276     $ 289     $ 381  
Generation (a)
    164       131       288       274       319  
Transmission
    81       93       275       99       185  
Other (b)
    11       15       44       37       50  
 
                             
Subtotal
    429       360       883       699       935  
Other
    31       7       12       8       8  
 
                             
Total
  $ 460     $ 367     $ 895     $ 707     $ 943  
 
                             
     
(a)   Generation includes nuclear fuel expenditures of approximately $60 million to $80 million per year for 2009, 2010 and 2011.
 
(b)   Primarily information systems and facilities projects.
Distribution and transmission capital expenditures are comprised of infrastructure additions and upgrades, capital replacements, new customer construction and related information systems and facility costs. Examples of the types of projects included in the forecast include power lines, substations, line extensions to new residential and commercial developments and upgrades to customer information systems, partially offset by contributions in aid of construction in accordance with APS’ line extension policy.
Generation capital expenditures are comprised of various improvements to APS’ existing fossil and nuclear plants. Examples of the types of projects included in this category are additions, upgrades and capital replacements of various power plant equipment such as turbines, boilers and environmental equipment. Environmental expenditures differ for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011, with the lowest year estimated at approximately $25 million, and the highest year estimated at approximately $80 million. We are also monitoring the status of certain environmental matters, which, depending on their final outcome, could require modification to our environmental expenditures. (See “Environmental Matters — EPA Environmental Regulation — Regional Haze Rules” in Part II, Item 5 below and “Environmental Matters — EPA Environmental Regulation — Mercury” in Part II, Item 5 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.)

 

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Capital expenditures will be funded with internally generated cash and/or external financings, which may include issuances of long-term debt and Pinnacle West common stock.
Pinnacle West (Parent Company)
Our primary cash needs are for dividends to our shareholders and principal and interest payments on our long-term debt. The level of our common stock dividends and future dividend growth will be dependent on a number of factors including, but not limited to, payout ratio trends, free cash flow and financial market conditions.
On July 22, 2009, the Pinnacle West Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.525 per share of common stock, payable on September 1, 2009, to shareholders of record on August 3, 2009.
Our primary sources of cash are dividends from APS and external debt and equity financings. In addition, Pinnacle West expects to recognize approximately $100 million of cash tax benefits related to SunCor’s strategic asset sales which will not be realized until the asset sale transactions are completed. Approximately $80 million of these benefits were recorded in the first quarter of 2009 as reductions to income tax expense related to the current impairment charges. The additional $20 million of tax benefits were recorded as reductions in income tax expense related to the impairment charge recorded in the fourth quarter of 2008.
An existing ACC order requires APS to maintain a common equity ratio of at least 40% and prohibits APS from paying common stock dividends if the payment would reduce its common equity below that threshold. As defined in the ACC order, the common equity ratio is common equity divided by the sum of common equity and long-term debt, including current maturities of long-term debt. At June 30, 2009, APS’ common equity ratio, as defined, was approximately 48%.
The credit and liquidity markets experienced significant stress beginning the week of September 15, 2008. While Pinnacle West’s and APS’ ability to issue commercial paper has been negatively impacted by the market stress, they have both been able to access existing credit facilities, ensuring adequate liquidity.
Pinnacle West (parent company) has a $283 million revolving credit facility that terminates in December 2010. The revolver is available to support the issuance of up to $250 million in commercial paper or to be used as bank borrowings, including issuances of letters of credit of up to $94 million. At June 30, 2009, the parent company had outstanding $177 million of borrowings under its revolving credit facility and no letters of credit. It also had no commercial paper outstanding at June 30, 2009. At June 30, 2009, the parent company had remaining capacity available under its revolver of approximately $106 million.

 

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Pinnacle West sponsors a qualified defined benefit and account balance pension plan and a non-qualified supplemental excess benefit retirement plan for the employees of Pinnacle West and our subsidiaries. IRS regulations require us to contribute a minimum amount to the qualified plan. We contribute at least the minimum amount required under IRS regulations, but no more than the maximum tax-deductible amount. The minimum required funding takes into consideration the value of plan assets and our pension obligation. The assets in the plan are comprised of fixed-income, equity, real estate and short-term investments. Future year contribution amounts are dependent on plan asset performance and plan actuarial assumptions. We contributed $35 million to our pension plan in 2008. In the first quarter of 2009, IRS regulations were modified to allow alternative measurement dates to determine the interest rate used to value the year-end 2008 pension liability for funding purposes for 2009. As a result of this change, we estimate our minimum pension contribution to be zero in 2009. We currently estimate that our pension contributions could average around $150 million for several years, assuming the discount rate remains at approximately current levels. The expected contribution to our other postretirement benefit plans in 2009 is estimated to be approximately $15 million. APS and other subsidiaries fund their share of the contributions. APS’ share is approximately 97% of both plans.
See Note 5 for information regarding Pinnacle West’s approval from the ACC regarding a potential equity infusion into APS of up to $400 million. In addition, see Note 5 for details regarding terms of the proposed retail rate case settlement under which APS would have authorization to obtain additional equity infusions.
APS
APS’ capital requirements consist primarily of capital expenditures and mandatory redemptions of long-term debt. APS pays for its capital requirements with cash from operations and, to the extent necessary, equity infusions from Pinnacle West and external financings. See “Pinnacle West (Parent Company)” above for a discussion of the common equity ratio that APS must maintain in order to pay dividends to Pinnacle West.
On February 26, 2009, APS issued $500 million of 8.75% unsecured senior notes that mature on March 1, 2019. Net proceeds from the sale of the notes were used to repay short-term borrowings under two committed revolving lines of credit incurred to fund capital expenditures and for general corporate purposes.
During the second quarter of 2009, APS refinanced approximately $343 million of its $539 million variable rate pollution control bonds. As a result of these refinancings, which are described in the following three paragraphs, APS no longer has any outstanding debt securities in auction rate mode.
On May 28, 2009, the Navajo County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation issued approximately $166 million of Navajo County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2009 Series A-E, due 2034. The bonds were issued to redeem all of approximately $166 million of the Navajo County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds 2004 Series A-E, due 2034. The 2009 Series A-E bonds are payable solely from revenues obtained from APS pursuant to a loan agreement between APS and the Navajo County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation. The interest rates on these bonds will be reset at the end of three years (Series A), five years (Series B and C), or seven years (Series D and E). We will be required to purchase the bonds at the applicable interest reset date and have the opportunity to remarket the bonds at that time. These bonds are classified as long-term debt on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

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Also on May 28, 2009, the Coconino County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation issued approximately $13 million of 5.50% Coconino County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2009 Series A, due 2034. The bonds were issued to redeem all of approximately $13 million of the Coconino County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds 2004 Series A, due 2034. The 2009 Series A bonds are payable solely from revenues obtained from APS pursuant to a loan agreement between APS and the Coconino County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation. The interest rates on these bonds will be reset at the end of five years. We will be required to purchase the bonds at the interest reset date and have the opportunity to remarket the bonds at that time. These bonds are classified as long-term debt on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
On June 26, 2009, the Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation issued approximately $164 million of Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2009 Series A-E, due 2029. The bonds were issued to redeem all of approximately $164 million of the Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds 2005 Series A-E, due 2029. The 2009 Series A-E bonds are payable solely from revenues obtained from APS pursuant to a loan agreement between APS and Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation. The interest rates on these bonds will be reset at the end of three years (Series B), four years (Series C), and five years (Series A, D, and E). We will be required to purchase the bonds at the applicable interest reset date and have the opportunity to remarket the bonds at that time. These bonds are classified as long-term debt on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Maricopa 2005 Series A-E bonds, which were redeemed in July 2009, are classified as current maturities of long-term debt on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
APS has two committed revolving credit facilities totaling $866 million, of which $377 million terminates in December 2010 and $489 million terminates in September 2011. The revolvers are available either to support the issuance of up to $250 million in commercial paper or to be used for bank borrowings, including issuances of letters of credit up to $583 million. At June 30, 2009, APS had borrowings of approximately $209 million and no letters of credit under its revolving lines of credit. APS had no commercial paper outstanding at June 30, 2009. At June 30, 2009, APS had remaining capacity available under its revolvers of $657 million and had cash and investments of approximately $3 million.
Other Financing Matters — See Note 5 for information regarding the PSA approved by the ACC. Although APS defers actual retail fuel and purchased power costs on a current basis, APS’ recovery of the deferrals from its ratepayers is subject to annual and, if necessary, periodic PSA adjustments.
See Note 5 for information regarding an ACC order permitting Pinnacle West to infuse up to $400 million of equity into APS, on or before December 31, 2009, if Pinnacle West deems it appropriate to do so to strengthen or maintain APS’ financial integrity. In addition, see Note 5 for details regarding terms of the proposed retail rate case settlement under which APS would have authorization to obtain additional equity infusions through December 31, 2014.
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Other Subsidiaries
SunCor — During the first quarter of 2009, SunCor undertook and completed a review of its assets and strategies within its various markets as a result of the then current and anticipated continuing distressed conditions in real estate and credit markets. Based on the results of the review, on March 27, 2009, SunCor’s Board of Directors authorized a series of strategic transactions to dispose of SunCor’s homebuilding operations, master-planned communities, and golf courses in order to reduce SunCor’s outstanding debt. This resulted in a pre-tax impairment charge of approximately $202 million, or $123 million after income taxes, in the first quarter of 2009. During the second quarter of 2009, SunCor reassessed market conditions and recorded an additional pretax impairment charge of approximately $6 million, or $4 million after income taxes. We believe that most of the assets to be sold do not meet the held for sale criteria as of June 30, 2009 because of the uncertainties related to the current market conditions and obtaining necessary approvals. Pinnacle West does not expect that any of the impairment charges will result in future cash expenditures, other than immaterial disposition costs.
The SunCor Secured Revolver matures in January 2010 and requires SunCor to reduce its outstanding borrowings by specified amounts over the term of the facility. As of June 30, 2009, approximately $108 million of borrowings were outstanding under the SunCor Secured Revolver and approximately $67 million of debt was outstanding under other SunCor credit facilities. SunCor intends to apply the proceeds of planned asset sales (see Note 21) to the repayment of the SunCor Secured Revolver and SunCor’s other outstanding debt. The impairment charges discussed in Note 21 and the maturity and non-payment of approximately $7 million of project loans resulted in violations of certain covenants contained in the SunCor Secured Revolver and SunCor’s other credit facilities. SunCor has obtained a forbearance agreement from the SunCor Secured Revolver lenders under which those lenders have agreed not to enforce any of their remedies under the SunCor Secured Revolver until August 15, 2009. SunCor remains in discussions with these lenders to modify the SunCor Secured Revolver to resolve the covenant defaults and extend the principal repayment provisions in a manner that more closely corresponds to SunCor’s planned asset sales. SunCor also is seeking extensions, waivers or similar relief from its other lenders and, while doing so, continues to make current interest payments to its lenders. If SunCor is unable to obtain additional extensions, waivers or similar relief from its lenders, SunCor could be required to immediately repay its outstanding indebtedness under the SunCor Secured Revolver and its other credit facilities. Such debt acceleration would have a material adverse impact on SunCor’s business and its financial position. Neither Pinnacle West nor any of its other subsidiaries has guaranteed any SunCor indebtedness. A SunCor debt default would not result in a cross-default of any of the debt of Pinnacle West or any of its other subsidiaries. As a result, Pinnacle West does not believe that SunCor’s inability to obtain waivers or similar relief from SunCor’s lenders would have a material adverse impact on Pinnacle West’s cash flows or liquidity.
El Dorado — El Dorado expects minimal capital requirements over the next three years and intends to focus on prudently realizing the value of its existing investments.
APSES — APSES expects minimal capital expenditures over the next three years.
Debt Provisions
Pinnacle West’s and APS’ debt covenants related to their respective bank financing arrangements include debt to capitalization ratios. Certain of APS’ bank financing arrangements also include an interest coverage test. Pinnacle West and APS comply with these covenants and each anticipates it will continue to meet these and other significant covenant requirements. For both Pinnacle West and APS, these covenants require that the ratio of consolidated debt to total consolidated capitalization not exceed 65%. At June 30, 2009, the ratio was approximately 55% for Pinnacle West and 51% for APS. The provisions regarding interest coverage require minimum cash coverage of two times the interest requirements for APS. The interest coverage was approximately 4.3 times under APS’ bank financing agreements as of June 30, 2009. Failure to comply with such covenant levels would result in an event of default which, generally speaking, would require the immediate repayment of the debt subject to the covenants and could cross-default other debt. See further discussion of “cross-default” provisions below.

 

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Neither Pinnacle West’s nor APS’ financing agreements contain “rating triggers” that would result in an acceleration of the required interest and principal payments in the event of a rating downgrade. However, our bank financial agreements contain a pricing grid in which the interest costs we pay are determined by our current credit ratings.
All of Pinnacle West’s loan agreements contain “cross-default” provisions that would result in defaults and the potential acceleration of payment under these loan agreements if Pinnacle West or APS were to default under certain other material agreements. All of APS’ bank agreements contain cross-default provisions that would result in defaults and the potential acceleration of payment under these bank agreements if APS were to default under certain other material agreements. Pinnacle West and APS do not have a material adverse change restriction for revolver borrowings.
See Note 4 for further discussions of liquidity matters.
Credit Ratings
The ratings of securities of Pinnacle West and APS as of August 3, 2009 are shown below. The ratings reflect the respective views of the rating agencies, from which an explanation of the significance of their ratings may be obtained. There is no assurance that these ratings will continue for any given period of time. The ratings may be revised or withdrawn entirely by the rating agencies if, in their respective judgments, circumstances so warrant. Any downward revision or withdrawal may adversely affect the market price of Pinnacle West’s or APS’ securities and serve to increase the cost of and limit access to capital. It may also require substantial additional cash or other collateral requirements related to certain derivative instruments, insurance policies, natural gas transportation, fuel supply, and other energy-related contracts. At this time, we believe we have sufficient liquidity to cover a downward revision to our credit ratings.
                         
    Moody’s     Standard & Poor’s     Fitch  
Pinnacle West
                       
Senior unsecured (a)
  Baa3 (P)   BB+ (prelim)     N/A  
Commercial paper
  P-3       A-3       F3  
Outlook
  Stable   Stable   Negative
 
                       
APS
                       
Senior unsecured
  Baa2   BBB-   BBB
Secured lease obligation bonds
  Baa2   BBB-   BBB
Commercial paper
  P-2       A-3       F3  
Outlook
  Stable   Stable   Stable
     
(a)   Pinnacle West has a shelf registration under SEC Rule 415. Pinnacle West currently has no outstanding, rated senior unsecured securities. However, Moody’s assigned a provisional (P) rating and Standard & Poor’s assigned a preliminary (prelim) rating to the senior unsecured securities that can be issued under such shelf registration.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
In 1986, APS entered into agreements with three separate VIE lessors in order to sell and lease back interests in Palo Verde Unit 2. The leases are accounted for as operating leases in accordance with GAAP. We are not the primary beneficiary of the Palo Verde VIEs and, accordingly, do not consolidate them.
APS is exposed to losses under the Palo Verde sale leaseback agreements upon the occurrence of certain events that APS does not consider to be reasonably likely to occur. Under certain circumstances (for example, the NRC issuing specified violation orders with respect to Palo Verde or the occurrence of specified nuclear events), APS would be required to assume the debt associated with the transactions, make specified payments to the equity participants, and take title to the leased Unit 2 interests, which, if appropriate, may be required to be written down in value. If such an event had occurred as of June 30, 2009, APS would have been required to assume approximately $167 million of debt and pay the equity participants approximately $161 million. See Note 15 for a discussion of letters of credit that support certain lessors in the Palo Verde sale leaseback transactions.
SunCor has certain land development arrangements that are required to be consolidated under FIN 46R, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.” The assets and non-controlling interests reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets related to these arrangements were approximately $29 million at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
Guarantees and Letters of Credit
We have issued parental guarantees and obtained letters of credit and surety bonds on behalf of some of our subsidiaries.
Our parental guarantees for APS relate to commodity energy products. As required by Arizona law, Pinnacle West has also obtained a $10 million bond on behalf of APS in connection with the interim base rate surcharge approved by the ACC in December 2008. In addition, Pinnacle West has obtained approximately $8 million of surety bonds related to APS operations, which primarily relate to self-insured workers’ compensation. Our credit support instruments enable APSES to offer energy-related products and services. Non-performance or non-payment under the original contract by our subsidiaries would require us to perform under the guarantee or surety bond. No liability is currently recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets related to Pinnacle West’s current outstanding guarantees on behalf of our subsidiaries. At June 30, 2009, we had no guarantees that were in default. Our guarantees have no recourse or collateral provisions to allow us to recover from our subsidiaries amounts paid under the guarantees. We generally agree to indemnification provisions related to liabilities arising from or related to certain of our agreements, with limited exceptions depending on the particular agreement. See Note 15 for additional information regarding guarantees and letters of credit.
Contractual Obligations
Our future contractual obligations, including contingent obligations, related to purchased power and fuel contracts have increased from approximately $7.9 billion at December 31, 2008 to $13.0 billion at June 30, 2009 as follows (dollars in billions):
                                     
2009     2010-2011     2012-2013     Thereafter     Total  
$ 0.6     $ 0.7     $ 0.8     $ 10.9     $ 13.0  

 

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This increase is primarily due to purchased power and fuel commitments, predominately a contingent renewable purchased power agreement with Starwood Solar I for a 290 MW solar project scheduled for completion in 2013.
See Note 4 for a discussion of APS’ recent long-term debt issuances and a list of payments due on total long-term debt and capitalized lease requirements.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
In preparing the financial statements in accordance with GAAP, management must often make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosures at the date of the financial statements and during the reporting period. Some of those judgments can be subjective and complex and actual results could differ from those estimates. Our most critical accounting policies include the impacts of regulatory accounting, accounting for our pension and other postretirement benefits, derivative accounting, fair value measurements and real estate investment impairments. There have been no changes to our critical accounting policies since our 2008 Form 10-K. See “Critical Accounting Policies” in Item 7 of the 2008 Form 10-K for further details about our critical accounting policies.
OTHER ACCOUNTING MATTERS
See Note 20 for a discussion of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” which we adopted for our non-financial assets on January 1, 2009. This guidance was adopted for our financial assets on January 1, 2008.
On April 1, 2009 we adopted FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly”; FSP Nos. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments”; and FSP No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments.” These staff positions provided guidance on fair value measurements, impairments, and disclosures. Adoption of these staff positions did not have a material impact on our financial statements. See Note 20 for a discussion of fair value measurements.
See Note 10 for a discussion of SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities — an amendment to SFAS No. 133,” which we adopted January 1, 2009.
We adopted SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51,” on January 1, 2009. This guidance provides accounting and reporting standards for noncontrolling interests in a consolidated subsidiary and clarifies that noncontrolling interests should be reported as equity on the consolidated financial statements. As a result of adopting this guidance, we have disclosed on the face of our financial statements the portion of equity and net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries. Additionally, we reclassified $47 million of noncontrolling interests from Other Deferred Credits to Equity on the December 31, 2008 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Prior year’s net income attributable to noncontrolling interests was not material to our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and was not reclassified. The adoption of this guidance modified our financial statement presentation, but did not have an impact on our financial statement results.

 

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On January 1, 2009, we adopted FSP No. EITF 03-6-1 (FSP EITF 03-6-1), “Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities.” FSP EITF 03-6-1 requires companies to treat unvested share-based payment awards that have nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents as participating securities when computing earnings per share, pursuant to the two-class method described in SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” Our awards do not have nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents and therefore, the adoption of this FSP did not have any impact on our financial statements.
In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, “Subsequent Events,” which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. We adopted this guidance during the second quarter of 2009. The adoption of this Standard did not have a material impact on our financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles — a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162.” This Standard establishes the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP. This guidance is effective for financial statements issued for periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of this Standard will not have a material impact on our financial statements.
In December 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 132(R)-1, “Employers’ Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets.” This guidance requires enhanced employers’ disclosures about plan assets of a defined benefit pension or other postretirement plan. The guidance is effective for us on December 31, 2009. We do not expect it to have a material impact on our financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R).” This Statement amends certain requirements of FASB Interpretation No. 46(R),“Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” to improve financial reporting and provide more relevant and reliable information by enterprises involved with variable interest entities. This guidance is effective for us on January 1, 2010. We are currently evaluating this new guidance and the impact it may have on our financial statements.
PINNACLE WEST CONSOLIDATED — FACTORS AFFECTING
OUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK
General Electric operating revenues are derived from sales of electricity in regulated retail markets in Arizona and from competitive retail and wholesale power markets in the western United States. For the years 2006 through 2008, retail electric revenues comprised approximately 91% of our total electric operating revenues. Our electric operating revenues are affected by electricity sales volumes related to customer growth, variations in weather from period to period, customer mix, average usage per customer, electricity rates and tariffs and the recovery of PSA deferrals. Off-System Sales of excess generation output, purchased power and natural gas are included in regulated electricity segment revenues and related fuel and purchased power because they are credited to APS’ retail customers through the PSA. These revenue transactions are affected by the availability of excess economic generation or other energy resources and wholesale market conditions, including demand and prices.

 

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Rate Proceedings Our cash flows and profitability are affected by the rates APS may charge and the timely recovery of costs through those rates. APS’ retail rates are regulated by the ACC and its wholesale electric rates (primarily for transmission) are regulated by the FERC. APS’ capital expenditure requirements, which are discussed above under “Pinnacle West Consolidated — Liquidity and Capital Resources,” are substantial because of environmental compliance and controls, system reliability, and continuing, though slowed, customer growth in APS’ service territory. APS needs timely recovery through rates of its capital and operating expenditures to maintain adequate financial health. On March 24, 2008, APS filed a rate case with the ACC, which it updated on June 2, 2008, requesting, among other things, an increase in retail rates to help defray rising infrastructure costs, approval of an impact fee and approval of new conservation rates. On January 30, 2009, APS and other parties to the rate case began settlement discussions and, on June 12, 2009, they filed a proposed settlement agreement with the ACC. See Note 5 for details regarding this rate case, including the ACC’s approval of an interim base rate surcharge pending the outcome of the case and a discussion of the Settlement Agreement and related timeline.
Fuel and Purchased Power Costs Fuel and purchased power costs included on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income are impacted by our electricity sales volumes, existing contracts for purchased power and generation fuel, our power plant performance, transmission availability or constraints, prevailing market prices, new generating plants being placed in service in our market areas, our hedging program for managing such costs and, since April 1, 2005, PSA deferrals and the amortization thereof. See Note 5 for information regarding the PSA. APS’ recovery of PSA deferrals from its ratepayers is subject to annual and, if necessary, periodic PSA adjustments.
Customer and Sales Growth The customer and sales growth referred to in this paragraph apply to Native Load customers and sales to them. Customer growth in APS’ service territory for the six-month period ended June 30, 2009 was 0.7% compared with the prior-year period. Customer growth averaged 3% a year for the three years 2006 through 2008. We currently expect customer growth to average about 1% per year for 2009 through 2011 due to factors reflecting the economic conditions both nationally and in Arizona. For the three years 2006 through 2008, APS’ actual retail electricity sales in kilowatt-hours grew at an average annual rate of 2.9%; adjusted to exclude the effects of weather variations, such retail sales growth averaged 2.9% a year. We currently estimate that total retail electricity sales in kilowatt-hours will remain flat on average per year during 2009 through 2011, including the effects of APS’ energy efficiency programs but excluding the effects of weather variations. We currently expect our retail sales growth in 2009 to be below average because of potential effects on customer usage from the economic conditions mentioned above, retail rate increases (see Note 5) and the effects of APS’ energy efficiency programs.
Actual sales growth, excluding weather-related variations, may differ from our projections as a result of numerous factors, such as economic conditions, customer growth, usage patterns and responses to retail price changes. Our experience indicates that a reasonable range of variation in our kilowatt-hour sales projection attributable to such economic factors under normal business conditions can result in increases or decreases in annual net income of up to $10 million.
Weather In forecasting retail sales growth, we assume normal weather patterns based on historical data. Historical extreme weather variations have resulted in annual variations in net income in excess of $20 million. However, our experience indicates that the more typical variations from normal weather can result in increases or decreases in annual net income of up to $10 million.

 

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Wholesale Market Our marketing and trading activities focus primarily on managing APS’ risks relating to fuel and purchased power costs in connection with its costs of serving Native Load customer demand. Our marketing and trading activities include, subject to specified parameters, marketing, hedging and trading in electricity and fuels. See “Formula Transmission Tariff” in Note 5 for information regarding APS’ approval by the FERC to implement a formula rate.
Other Factors Affecting Financial Results
Operations and Maintenance Expenses Operations and maintenance expenses are impacted by growth, power plant operations, maintenance of utility plant (including generation, transmission, and distribution facilities), inflation, outages, higher-trending pension and other postretirement benefit costs, renewable energy and demand side management related expenses (which are offset by the same amount of regulated electricity segment operating revenues) and other factors. APS recently identified certain operations and maintenance expense reductions for 2009 and has committed to additional reductions in the rate case Settlement Agreement. See “Energy Efficiency, Demand-Side Management and Renewable Energy Programs” and “2008 General Retail Rate Case — Proposed Settlement Agreement” in Note 5.
Depreciation and Amortization Expenses Depreciation and amortization expenses are impacted by net additions to utility plant and other property (such as new generation, transmission, and distribution facilities), and changes in depreciation and amortization rates. See “Capital Expenditures” above for information regarding planned additions to our facilities.
Property Taxes Taxes other than income taxes consist primarily of property taxes, which are affected by the value of property in-service and under construction, assessment ratios, and tax rates. The average property tax rate for APS, which currently owns the majority of our property, was 7.8% of the assessed value for 2008 and 8.3% of the assessed value for 2007. We expect property taxes to increase as we add new utility plant (including new generation, transmission and distribution facilities) and as we improve our existing facilities. See “Capital Expenditures” above for information regarding planned additions to our facilities.
Interest Expense Interest expense is affected by the amount of debt outstanding and the interest rates on that debt (see Note 4.) The primary factors affecting borrowing levels are expected to be our capital expenditures, long-term debt maturities, and internally generated cash flow. Capitalized interest offsets a portion of interest expense while capital projects are under construction. We stop accruing capitalized interest on a project when it is placed in commercial operation.
Climate Change Recent concern over climate change could have a significant impact on our capital expenditures and operating costs in the form of taxes, emissions allowances or required equipment upgrades. The timing and type of compliance measures and related costs are impacted by current and future regulatory and legislative actions, which we are closely monitoring. See “Climate Change” in Part II, Item 5 for more information regarding climate change initiatives.
Retail Competition Although some very limited retail competition existed in Arizona in 1999 and 2000, there are currently no active retail electric service providers providing unbundled energy or other utility services to APS’ customers. We cannot predict when, and the extent to which, additional electric service providers will re-enter APS’ service territory.

 

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Subsidiaries SunCor’s net loss was approximately $26 million in 2008. SunCor’s net loss in 2008 included a $53 million (pre-tax) real estate impairment charge. SunCor’s net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was approximately $233 million, which included a pre-tax impairment charge of approximately $208 million. See Note 21 for further discussion of impairment charges in 2009. These results reflect conditions in the real estate and credit markets. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources — Other Subsidiaries — SunCor” and Note 4 for a discussion of SunCor’s long-term debt, liquidity, and capital requirements.
The historical results of SunCor, APSES and El Dorado are not indicative of future performance.
General Our financial results may be affected by a number of broad factors. See “Forward-Looking Statements” below and “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of the 2008 Form 10-K for further information on such factors, which may cause our actual future results to differ from those we currently seek or anticipate.
Market Risks
Our operations include managing market risks related to changes in interest rates, commodity prices and investments held by our nuclear decommissioning trust fund.
Interest Rate and Equity Risk
We have exposure to changing interest rates. Changing interest rates will affect interest paid on variable-rate debt and the market value of fixed income securities held by our nuclear decommissioning trust fund (See Note 18). The nuclear decommissioning trust fund also has risks associated with the changing market value of its investments. Nuclear decommissioning costs are recovered in regulated electricity prices.
Commodity Price Risk
We are exposed to the impact of market fluctuations in the commodity price and transportation costs of electricity and natural gas. Our energy risk management committee, consisting of officers and key management personnel, oversees company-wide energy risk management activities and monitors the results of marketing and trading activities to ensure compliance with our stated energy risk management and trading policies. We manage risks associated with these market fluctuations by utilizing various commodity instruments that qualify as derivatives, including exchange-traded futures and options and over-the-counter forwards, options and swaps. As part of our risk management program, we use such instruments to hedge purchases and sales of electricity and fuels. The changes in market value of such contracts have a high correlation to price changes in the hedged commodities.

 

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The following tables show the net pre-tax changes in mark-to-market value of our derivative positions for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in millions):
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
Mark-to-market of net positions at beginning of period
  $ (282 )   $ 40  
Recognized in earnings:
               
Change in mark-to-market gains (losses) for future period deliveries
    (4 )     32  
Mark-to-market (gains) losses realized including ineffectiveness during the period
    5       (3 )
Decrease in regulatory asset
          178  
Recognized in OCI:
               
Change in mark-to-market gains (losses) for future period deliveries (a)
    (133 )     361  
Mark-to-market (gains) losses realized during the period
    73       (39 )
Change in valuation techniques
           
 
           
Mark-to-market of net positions at end of period
  $ (341 )   $ 569  
 
           
     
(a)   The changes are primarily due to changes in forward natural gas prices.
The table below shows the net fair value of maturities of our derivative contracts (dollars in millions) at June 30, 2009 by yearly maturities and by the type of valuation that is performed to calculate the fair values. See Note 1, “Derivative Accounting,” in Item 8 of our 2008 Form 10-K and Note 20 for more discussion of our valuation methods.
                                                         
                                            Years     Total  
Source of Fair Value   2009     2010     2011     2012     2013     thereafter     Fair Value  
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets
  $ (53 )   $ (11 )   $     $     $     $     $ (64 )
Level 2 — Significant other observable inputs
    (126 )     (83 )     (49 )     (3 )                 (261 )
Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs
    (1 )     (6 )     3       3       (4 )     (11 )     (16 )
 
                                         
Total by maturity
  $ (180 )   $ (100 )   $ (46 )   $     $ (4 )   $ (11 )   $ (341 )
 
                                         

 

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The table below shows the impact that hypothetical price movements of 10% would have on the market value of our risk management and trading assets and liabilities included on Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 (dollars in millions):
                                 
    June 30, 2009     December 31, 2008  
    Gain (Loss)     Gain (Loss)  
    Price Up 10%     Price Down 10%     Price Up 10%     Price Down 10%  
Mark-to-market changes reported in:
                               
Earnings
                               
Electricity
  $ 2     $ (2 )   $ 2     $ (2 )
Natural gas
    2       (2 )     3       (3 )
Regulatory asset (liability) or OCI (a)
                               
Electricity
    21       (21 )     20       (20 )
Natural gas
    58       (58 )     64       (64 )
 
                       
Total
  $ 83     $ (83 )   $ 89     $ (89 )
 
                       
     
(a)   These contracts are hedges of our forecasted purchases of natural gas and electricity. The impact of these hypothetical price movements would substantially offset the impact that these same price movements would have on the physical exposures being hedged. To the extent the amounts are eligible for inclusion in the PSA, the amounts are recorded as either a regulatory asset or liability.
Credit Risk
We are exposed to losses in the event of non-performance or non-payment by counterparties. See Note 1, “Derivative Accounting,” in Item 8 of our 2008 Form 10-K for a discussion of our credit valuation adjustment policy. See Note 10 for further discussion of credit risk.

 

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY — RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY — RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Operating Results — Three-month period ended June 30, 2009 compared with three-month period ended June 30, 2008
APS’ net income for the three months ended June 30, 2009 was $79 million, compared with net income of $125 million for the comparable prior-year period. The major factors that increased (decreased) the net income for the three-month comparison are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):
                 
    Increase (Decrease)  
    Pretax     After Tax  
 
               
Retail rate increases primarily due to the interim rate increase effective January 1, 2009
  $ 19     $ 12  
Effects of weather on retail sales
    12       7  
Lower retail sales primarily due to lower per customer usage including the effects of the Company’s energy efficiency programs, excluding the effects of weather
    (13 )     (8 )
Lower mark-to-market valuations of fuel and purchased power contracts related to changes in market prices, net of related PSA deferrals
    (9 )     (5 )
Higher operations and maintenance expense primarily related to higher generation costs, including more planned maintenance
    (17 )     (10 )
Higher interest expense, net of capitalized financing costs, primarily due to higher debt balances
    (10 )     (6 )
Income tax benefits related to prior years resolved in 2008
          (29 )
Decrease in other expense, net of other income, primarily due to investment losses recorded in 2008
    5       3  
Higher depreciation and amortization primarily due to increased utility plant in service
    (3 )     (2 )
Other miscellaneous items, net
    (6 )     (8 )
 
           
Decrease in net income
  $ (22 )   $ (46 )
 
           
Electric operating revenues were $18 million lower for the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the prior year period primarily because of:
    a $26 million decrease in retail revenues related to recovery of PSA deferrals, which had no earnings effect because of amortization of the same amount recorded as fuel and purchased power expense (see Note 5);
    a $23 million decrease in retail revenues primarily related to lower usage, excluding weather effects;
    an $18 million decrease in revenues from Off-System Sales due to lower market prices;
    a $19 million increase in retail revenues due to the effects of weather;
    a $19 million increase in retail revenues due to an interim rate increase effective January 2009 and transmission rate increases (including related retail rates);
    a $16 million increase in renewable energy and demand side management surcharges which are offset by operations and maintenance expense (see Note 5); and
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Operating Results — Six-month period ended June 30, 2009 compared with six-month period ended June 30, 2008
APS’ net income for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $63 million, compared with net income of $119 million for the comparable prior-year period. The major factors that increased (decreased) the net income for the six-month comparison are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):
                 
    Increase (Decrease)  
    Pretax     After Tax  
 
               
Interim rate increase effective January 1, 2009
  $ 29     $ 18  
Transmission rate increases (including related retail rates)
    9       5  
Lower mark-to-market valuations of fuel and purchased power contracts related to changes in market prices, net of related PSA deferrals
    (28 )     (17 )
Lower retail sales primarily due to lower per customer usage, including the effects of the Company’s energy efficiency programs, excluding the effects of weather
    (17 )     (10 )
Higher operations and maintenance expense primarily related to higher generation costs, including more planned maintenance
    (16 )     (10 )
Higher depreciation and amortization primarily due to increased utility plant in service
    (7 )     (4 )
Higher interest expense, net of capitalized financing costs, primarily due to higher debt balances
    (15 )     (9 )
Income tax benefits related to prior years resolved in 2008
          (29 )
Decrease in other expense, net of other income, primarily due to investment losses recorded in 2008
    5       3  
Other miscellaneous items, net
    (3 )     (3 )
 
           
Decrease in net income
  $ (43 )   $ (56 )
 
           
Electric operating revenues were $41 million lower for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared with the prior year period primarily because of:
    a $48 million decrease in retail revenues related to recovery of PSA deferrals, which had no earnings effect because of amortization of the same amount recorded as fuel and purchased power expense (see Note 5);
    a $30 million decrease in retail revenues primarily related to lower usage, excluding weather effects;
    a $21 million decrease in revenues from Off-System Sales due to lower market prices;
    a $3 million decrease in retail revenues due to the effects of weather;
    a $38 million increase in retail revenues due to an interim rate increase effective January 2009 and transmission rate increases (including related retail rates);
 
    a $32 million increase in renewable energy and demand side management surcharges which are offset by operations and maintenance expense (see Note 5); and
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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY — LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Cash Flows
The following table presents net cash provided by (used for) operating, investing and financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in millions):
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2009     2008  
Net cash flow provided by operating activities
  $ 207     $ 686  
Net cash flow used for investing activities
    (536 )     (457 )
Net cash flow provided by (used for) financing activities
    260       (196 )
The decrease of approximately $479 million in net cash provided by operating activities is primarily due to changes in collateral and margin cash balances as a result of changes in commodity prices and other changes in working capital.
The increase of approximately $79 million in net cash used for investing activities is primarily due to the timing of pollution control auction rate securities redemptions (see Note 4), partially offset by lower levels of capital expenditures.
The increase of approximately $456 million in net cash provided by financing activities is primarily due to APS’ issuance of $500 million of unsecured senior notes. A portion of these proceeds were used to repay short-term borrowings. In addition, there was the issuance of $343 million of pollution control bonds, a portion of which was used to redeem $179 million of APS’ existing pollution control bonds. The remaining $164 million was deposited in a restricted trust fund for bond redemption of auction rate securities in July 2009 (See Note 4).
Contractual Obligations
APS’ future contractual obligations, including contingent obligations, related to purchased power and fuel contracts have increased from approximately $7.9 billion at December 31, 2008 to $13.0 billion at June 30, 2009 as follows (dollars in billions):
                                     
2009     2010-2011     2012-2013     Thereafter     Total
$ 0.6     $ 0.7     $ 0.8     $ 10.9     $ 13.0  
This increase is primarily due to purchased power and fuel commitments, predominately a contingent renewable purchased power agreement with Starwood Solar I for a 290 MW solar project scheduled for completion in 2013.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations, and neither Pinnacle West nor APS assumes any obligation to update these statements or make any further statements on any of these issues, except as required by applicable law. These forward-looking statements are often identified by words such as “estimate,” “predict,” “hope,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “expect,” “require,” “intend,” “assume” and similar words. Because actual results may differ materially from expectations, we caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements. A number of factors could cause future results to differ materially from historical results, or from results or outcomes currently expected or sought by Pinnacle West or APS. In addition to the Risk Factors described in Item 1A of the 2008 Form 10-K, these factors include, but are not limited to:
    state and federal regulatory and legislative decisions and actions, including the outcome or timing of the pending rate case of APS;
    increases in our capital expenditures and operating costs and our ability to achieve timely and adequate rate recovery of these increased costs;
    our ability to reduce capital expenditures and other costs while maintaining reliability and customer service levels, and unexpected developments that would limit us from achieving all or some of our planned capital expenditure reductions;
    volatile fuel and purchased power costs, including fluctuations in market prices for natural gas, coal, uranium and other fuels used in our generating facilities, availability of supplies of such commodities, and our ability to recover the costs of such commodities;
    the outcome and resulting costs of regulatory, legislative and judicial proceedings, both current and future, including those related to environmental matters and climate change;
    the availability of sufficient water supplies to operate our generation facilities, including as the result of drought conditions;
    the potential for additional restructuring of the electric industry, including decisions impacting wholesale competition and the introduction of retail electric competition in Arizona;
    regional, national and international economic and market conditions, including the strength of the real estate, credit and financial markets;
    the potential adverse impact of current economic conditions on our results of operations;
    the cost of debt and equity capital and access to capital markets;
    changes in the market price of our common stock;
    restrictions on dividends or other burdensome provisions in new or existing credit agreements;
    our ability, or the ability of our subsidiaries, to meet debt service obligations;
    current credit ratings remaining in effect for any given period of time;
    the performance of the stock market and the changing interest rate environment, which affect the value of our nuclear decommissioning trust, pension, and other postretirement benefit plan assets, the amount of required contributions to Pinnacle West’s pension plan and contributions to APS’ nuclear decommissioning trust funds, as well as the reported costs of providing pension and other postretirement benefits and our ability to recover such costs;
    volatile market liquidity, any deteriorating counterparty credit and the use of derivative contracts in our business (including the interpretation of the subjective and complex accounting rules related to these contracts);

 

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    the potential shortfall in insurance coverage for a loss resulting from an insurer failing to meet, or being unwilling to meet, its obligations under our insurance policies, or from our commercially reasonable levels of insurance failing to fully cover the loss incurred;
    changes in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the interpretation of those principles and the impact of the adoption of new accounting standards;
    customer growth and energy usage;
    weather variations affecting local and regional customer energy usage;
    power plant performance and outages;
    transmission outages and constraints;
    the completion of generation and transmission construction in the region, which could affect customer growth and the cost of power supplies;
    risks inherent in the operation of nuclear facilities, such as environmental, regulatory, health and financial risks, risk of terrorist attack, planned and unplanned outages and unfunded decommissioning costs;
    the ability of our power plant participants to meet contractual or other obligations;
    technological developments in the electric industry;
    the results of litigation and other proceedings resulting from the California and Pacific Northwest energy situations;
    the performance of Pinnacle West’s subsidiaries and any resulting effects on its cash flow;
    the strength of the real estate and credit markets and economic and other conditions affecting the real estate and credit markets in SunCor’s market areas, which include Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and Utah; and
    other uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Pinnacle West and APS.
Item 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
See “Pinnacle West Consolidated — Factors Affecting Our Financial Outlook” in Item 2 above for a discussion of quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risks.
Item 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The term “disclosure controls and procedures” means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to a company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

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Pinnacle West’s management, with the participation of Pinnacle West’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of Pinnacle West’s disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2009. Based on that evaluation, Pinnacle West’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of that date, Pinnacle West’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
APS’ management, with the participation of APS’ Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of APS’ disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2009. Based on that evaluation, APS’ Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of that date, APS’ disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The term “internal control over financial reporting” (defined in SEC Rule 13a-15(f)) refers to the process of a company that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.
No change in Pinnacle West’s or APS’ internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Pinnacle West’s or APS’ internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Part II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Note 12 in regard to pending or threatened litigation or other disputes.
Item 1A.  RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the 2008 Form 10-K, which could materially affect the business, financial condition, cash flows or future results of APS and Pinnacle West. The risks described in the 2008 Form 10-K are not the only risks facing APS and Pinnacle West. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect the business, financial condition, cash flows and/or operating results of APS and Pinnacle West.
Item 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
At our Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 20, 2009, the following persons were elected as directors:
                         
Directors (Term to expire at                   Abstentions and Broker  
2010 Annual Meeting)   Votes For     Votes Withheld     Non-Votes  
 
                       
Edward N. Basha, Jr.
    84,404,209       1,669,440       N/A  
 
Donald E. Brandt
    83,838,586       2,235,063       N/A  
 
Susan Clark-Johnson
    82,410,143       3,663,506       N/A  
 
Michael L. Gallagher
    68,232,963       17,840,686       N/A  
 
Pamela Grant
    84,010,027       2,063,622       N/A  
 
Roy A. Herberger, Jr.
    84,050,900       2,022,749       N/A  
 
William S. Jamieson
    84,031,166       2,042,483       N/A  
 
Humberto S. Lopez
    84,094,942       1,978,707       N/A  
 
Kathryn L. Munro
    83,896,266       2,177,383       N/A  
 
Bruce J. Nordstrom
    84,570,989       1,502,660       N/A  
 
W. Douglas Parker
    82,408,588       3,665,061       N/A  
 
William J. Post
    84,072,597       2,001,052       N/A  
 
William L. Stewart
    82,534,294       3,539,355       N/A  
 

 

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Proposal 2 — Independent Auditors
At the same meeting, a proposal for the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending 2009 was submitted to the shareholders, and the voting was as follows:
                         
Proposal for the ratification                      
of the selection of Deloitte &                      
Touche LLP for the fiscal year                   Abstentions and  
ending 2009   Votes For     Votes Against     Broker Non-Votes  
 
 
    85,141,719       727,289       204,641  
Proposal 3 — Shareholder Proposal
Also at this annual meeting, a shareholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors take the steps necessary to amend our bylaws and each appropriate governing document to give holders of 10% of our outstanding common stock (or the lowest percentage allowed by law above 10%) the power to call special shareowner meetings was submitted to the shareholders. This includes that such bylaw and/or charter text will not have any exception or exclusion conditions (to the fullest extent permitted by state law) that apply only to shareowners but not to management and/or the board. The voting was as follows:
                         
Shareholder proposal to provide                      
for amending the Company                      
bylaws to give holders of 10% of                      
our outstanding common stock the                      
power to call special shareowner                   Abstentions and  
meetings   Votes For     Votes Against     Broker Non-Votes  
 
 
    47,654,894       26,340,086       12,078,669  
Item 5.  OTHER INFORMATION
Construction and Financing Programs
See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Part I, Item 2 of this report for a discussion of construction and financing programs of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Regulatory Matters
See Note 5 for a discussion of regulatory developments.
Environmental Matters
Superfund
See “Superfund” in Note 12 for a discussion of a Superfund site.

 

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EPA Environmental Regulation
Regional Haze Rules As previously reported, EPA Region 9 requested that APS perform a “best available retrofit technology” (BART) analysis for Four Corners, and we are currently waiting to receive the EPA’s final determination as to what constitutes BART for this plant. See “Business of Arizona Public Service Company — Environmental Matters — EPA Environmental Regulation — Regional Haze Rules” in Item 1 of the 2008 Form 10-K. The BART issues related to Four Corners also apply to the Navajo Generating Station (“Navajo”), which is operated by Salt River Project. APS owns a 14% interest in Navajo Units 1, 2 and 3. As with the Four Corners BART matter, we are waiting to receive EPA’s final determination as to what constitutes BART for Navajo. Once we receive the determination, APS and the other Navajo participant owners will have five years to achieve compliance with the BART requirements. However, in order to coordinate with the plant’s other scheduled activities, SRP is currently implementing portions of its recommended plan for Navajo on a voluntary basis. Costs related to the implementation of these portions of the recommended plan are included in our environmental expenditure estimates (see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Capital Expenditures” in Item 2).
Four Corners FIP On April 30, 2007, the EPA adopted a source specific FIP to set air quality standards at Four Corners. The FIP essentially federalizes the requirements contained in the New Mexico State Implementation Plan, which Four Corners has historically followed. The FIP also includes a requirement to maintain and enhance dust suppression methods. On July 2, 2007, APS filed a petition for review in the United States District Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit seeking revisions to the FIP to clarify certain requirements and allow operational flexibility. The Sierra Club intervened in this action. On July 6, 2007, the Sierra Club and other parties filed a petition for review with the same court challenging the FIP’s compliance with the Clean Air Act and we intervened in their action. In our lawsuit, we challenged two key provisions of the FIP: a 20% opacity limit on certain fugitive dust emissions, and a 20% stack opacity limit on Units 4 and 5. During 2008, the EPA voluntarily moved to vacate the fugitive dust provisions of the FIP, and on April 14, 2009, the court granted EPA’s motion. The court also rejected the Sierra Club’s challenges to the FIP and ruled in favor of the 20% stack opacity limit. While we do not believe that compliance with this limit will have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, we filed a petition for rehearing on May 29, 2009 related to the stack opacity limit finding because we do not believe that the EPA properly established the limit in question.
Coal Combustion Waste Primarily as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal ash impoundment failure at the Kingston Power Plant in December 2008, the EPA is expected to issue proposed regulations governing the handling and disposal of coal combustion byproducts (“CCBs”), such as fly ash. The EPA is evaluating options that include regulation of CCBs under non-hazardous waste standards, hazardous waste standards, or a combination of both. A proposed rule is expected by the end of 2009, and it is uncertain as to when the EPA will issue a final rule, including required compliance dates. While APS continues to advocate for the regulation of CCBs as non-hazardous waste, we cannot currently predict the outcome of the EPA’s actions and whether such actions will have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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Climate Change
Legislative and Regulatory Initiatives. In the past several years, the United States Congress has considered bills that would regulate domestic greenhouse gas emissions, but such bills have not yet received sufficient Congressional approval to become law; however, on June 26, 2009, the House of Representatives approved the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, H.R. 2454. In addition to establishing clean energy programs, H.R. 2454 would establish a greenhouse gas emission cap-and-trade system applicable to about 85% of all emission sources in the nation. This legislation now moves to the Senate for its consideration. The economic and operational impact of this or any similar legislation on the Company depends on a variety of factors, none of which can be fully known until such legislation passes and the specifics of the resulting program are established. These factors include the terms of the legislation with regard to allowed emissions; whether the permitted emissions will be allocated or auctioned; the cost to reduce emissions or buy them in the marketplace; and the availability of offsets and mitigating factors to moderate the costs of compliance.
In 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled that greenhouse gases fit within the Clean Air Act’s broad definition of “air pollutant” and, as a result, the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions of new motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. The EPA was charged with determining whether greenhouse gas emissions “endanger the public health and welfare of current and future generations.” On April 17, 2009, the EPA issued a proposed finding that such emissions do endanger the public. While the Supreme Court decision applies only to emissions from new motor vehicles, the EPA’s determination will likely impact other Clean Air Act programs as well, and could potentially result in new regulatory requirements for our power plants. At the present time we cannot predict when the EPA will issue its final finding, what rules or regulations may ultimately result from this finding, and what impact these rules or regulations will have on our operations. The EPA has also drafted a proposed greenhouse gas reporting rule, which was available for public review and comment through June 9, 2009. This proposed rule, expected to be finalized by mid to late 2009, is in anticipation of future regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act and applies to direct greenhouse gas emissions from facilities such as our power plants.
In addition to federal legislative initiatives, state specific initiatives may also impact our business. While Arizona has not yet enacted any state specific legislation regarding greenhouse gas emissions, AB 32 is a California statute mandating the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. In December 2008, the California Air Resources Board issued a final scoping plan, which is intended to form the basis of rules required under AB 32. On January 1, 2012, the regulations based on the scoping plan will become effective. We are monitoring this and other state legislative developments to evaluate whether, and the extent to which, any resulting statutes or rules in California or other states may affect our business, including our sales into the impacted states or the ability of our out-of-state power plant participants to meet their obligations.
If any emission reduction legislation or regulations are enacted, we will assess our compliance alternatives, which may include replacement of existing equipment, installation of additional pollution control equipment, purchase of allowances, curtailing certain operations, or other actions. Although associated capital expenditures or operating costs resulting from greenhouse gas emission regulations or legislation could be material, we believe that we would be able to recover the costs of these environmental compliance initiatives through our rates.

 

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Regional Initiative. In 2007, six western states (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington) and two Canadian provinces (British Columbia and Manitoba) entered into an accord, the Western Climate Initiative (“WCI”), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and certain industries, including utilities. Montana, Quebec and Ontario have also joined WCI. In August 2007, WCI participants set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 15% below 2005 levels by 2020. In 2008, draft documents were issued for public comment and, in September 2008, WCI issued the design of a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions. We are reviewing the recommendations and requirements in these documents, which currently provide only a general framework for the proposed program. Due in part to the recent activity at the federal level discussed above, the initiative’s momentum and the movement toward detailed proposed rules has slowed. Since details are not yet available, such as the number of allowances each source may receive, we are unable to quantify the potential financial and operational impacts on our business should Arizona adopt and implement rules based on WCI’s cap-and-trade program design and any forthcoming regulations. In addition, we believe that in Arizona, the implementation of any such program and rules would require legislative action. As a result, while we continue to monitor the progress and impact of WCI, at the present time we cannot predict what detailed form it will ultimately take, whether it will be implemented or, if it is implemented, what impact it will have on our operations.
Company Response to Climate Change Initiatives. We have undertaken a number of initiatives to address emission concerns, including renewable energy procurement and development, promotion of programs and rates related to energy conservation, renewable energy use and energy efficiency, and implementation of an active technology innovation effort to evaluate potential emerging new technologies. APS currently has a diverse portfolio of renewable resources including wind, geothermal, solar and biomass and we are focused on increasing the percentage of our energy that is produced by renewable resources. (See “Portfolio Resources — Alternative Generation Sources” in Part I, Item 1 of the 2008 Form 10-K.) In January 2009, we submitted a Resource Plan Report to the ACC proposing our future plans for additional diverse resources. See “Portfolio Resources — Resource Plan” in Part I, Item 1 of the 2008 Form 10-K for information regarding the Resource Plan Report, which was designed, in part, to increase Arizona’s commitment to non-fossil resources.
In addition, on May 18, 2009, we submitted a comprehensive Climate Change Management Plan to the ACC to comply with an ACC order that directed APS to undertake a climate management plan, carbon emission reduction study and commitment and action plan with public input and ACC review. The Climate Change Management Plan details scientific, legislative and policy issues, potential physical and financial risks to APS, greenhouse gas emission inventory, APS technology innovation and greenhouse gas reduction efforts, and our companies’ strategic approach to climate change management.
In January 2008, APS joined the Climate Registry as a Founding Reporter. Founding Reporters are companies that voluntarily joined the non-profit organization before May 2008 to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions in a common, accurate and transparent manner consistent across industry sectors and borders. Pinnacle West has also reported, and will continue to report, greenhouse gas emissions in its annual Corporate Responsibility Report, which is available on our website (www.pinnaclewest.com). In addition to emissions data, the report provides information related to the Company, its approach to sustainability and its workplace and environmental performance, as well as a copy of our Climate Change Management Plan discussed above. The information on Pinnacle West’s website, including the Corporate Responsibility Report, is not incorporated by reference into this report.

 

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Item 6.  EXHIBITS
(a) Exhibits
         
Exhibit No.   Registrant(s)   Description
 
       
12.1
  Pinnacle West   Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 
       
12.2
  APS   Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 
       
12.3
  Pinnacle West   Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements
 
       
31.1
  Pinnacle West   Certificate of Donald E. Brandt, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
 
       
31.2
  Pinnacle West   Certificate of James R. Hatfield, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
 
       
31.3
  APS   Certificate of Donald E. Brandt, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
 
       
31.4
  APS   Certificate of James R. Hatfield, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
 
       
32.1
  Pinnacle West   Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1850, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
       
32.2
  APS   Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1850, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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In addition, the Company hereby incorporates the following Exhibits pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 12b-32 and Regulation §229.10(d) by reference to the filings set forth below:
                 
Exhibit           Previously Filed as   Date
No.   Registrant(s)   Description   Exhibit1   Filed
 
               
3.1
  Pinnacle West   Articles of Incorporation, restated as of May 21, 2008   3.1 to Pinnacle West/APS June 30, 2008 Form 10-Q Report, File Nos. 1-8962 and 1-4473   8-7-08
 
3.2
  Pinnacle West   Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Bylaws, amended as of January 21, 2009   3.2 to Pinnacle West/APS December 31, 2008 Form 10-K Report, File Nos. 1-8962 and 1-4473   2-20-09
 
3.3
  APS   Articles of Incorporation, restated as of May 25, 1988   4.2 to APS’ Form S-3 Registration Nos. 33-33910 and 33-55248 by means of September 24, 1993 Form 8-K Report, File No. 1-4473   9-29-93
 
3.4
  APS   Arizona Public Service Company Bylaws, amended as of December 16, 2008   3.4 to Pinnacle West/APS December 31, 2008 Form 10-K, File Nos. 1-8962 and 1-4473   2-20-09
 
     
1   Reports filed under File Nos. 1-4473 and 1-8962 were filed in the office of the Securities and Exchange Commission located in Washington, D.C.

 

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
  PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
 
Dated: August 4, 2009  By:   /s/ James R. Hatfield   
    James R. Hatfield   
    Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Officer Duly Authorized to sign this Report) 
 
 
  ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(Registrant)
 
 
Dated: August 4, 2009  By:   /s/ James R. Hatfield  
    James R. Hatfield   
    Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 
(Principal Financial Officer and 
Officer Duly Authorized to sign this Report) 
 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.   Registrant(s)   Description
 
       
12.1
  Pinnacle West   Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 
       
12.2
  APS   Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 
       
12.3
  Pinnacle West   Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements
 
       
31.1
  Pinnacle West   Certificate of Donald E. Brandt, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
 
       
31.2
  Pinnacle West   Certificate of James R. Hatfield, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
 
       
31.3
  APS   Certificate of Donald E. Brandt, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
 
       
31.4
  APS   Certificate of James R. Hatfield, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
 
       
32.1
  Pinnacle West   Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1850, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
       
32.2
  APS   Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1850, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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