Unseasonably warm weather reduced energy demand in the Northeast, lowered prices and cut into KeySpan’s fourth quarter earnings. The company reported slightly lower earnings, excluding special items, of $99 million, or 71 cents per share, down from $100.9 million, or 75 cents per share, a year earlier. Wall Street analysts had expected earnings of 73-78 cents per share, with a consensus estimate of 75 cents. Including special items, earnings fell to $34.4 million, or 25 cents per share, from $58.9 million, or 44 cents per share.
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Mild Heating Season Hurts KeySpan, But Strong Gas Conversions Continue
Unseasonably warm weather reduced energy demand in the Northeast, lowered prices and cut into KeySpan’s fourth quarter earnings. The company reported slightly lower earnings, excluding special items, of $99 million, or 71 cents per share, down from $100.9 million, or 75 cents per share, a year earlier. Wall Street analysts had expected earnings of 73-78 cents per share, with a consensus estimate of 75 cents. Including special items, earnings fell to $34.4 million, or 25 cents per share, from $58.9 million, or 44 cents per share.
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Citing continuing reduction of capacity by unseasonably hightemperatures, PG&E Gas Transmission-Northwest said it wouldagain be necessary to limit volumes today to 2,450 MMcf/d atKingsgate and to 1,870 MMcf/d at Station 14 (the last one upstreamof Malin) in order to return the system to optimum performance.