APS Regional Energy Overview
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Forward Looking Statements
This presentation contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations, including statements regarding our earnings guidance and
financial outlook and goals. These forward-looking statements are often identified by words such as "estimate," "predict," "may," "believe," "plan,"
"expect," "require," "intend,” “assume,” “project," "anticipate," "goal," "seek," "strategy," "likely," "should," "will," "could," and similar words.
Because actual results may differ materially from expectations, we caution you not to place undue reliance on these statements. A number of factors
could cause future results to differ materially from historical results, or from outcomes currently expected or sought by Pinnacle West or APS. These
factors include, but are not limited to: the potential effects of the continued COVID-19 pandemic, including, but not limited to, demand for energy,
economic growth, our employees and contractors, vaccine mandates, supply chain, expenses, capital markets, capital projects, operations and
maintenance activities, uncollectable accounts, liquidity, cash flows, or other unpredictable events; our ability to manage capital expenditures and
operations and maintenance costs while maintaini liability and customer service levels; variations in demand for electricity, including those due to
weather seasonality, the general economy or social conditions, customer and sales growth (or decline), the effects of energy conservation measures
and distributed generation, and technological advancements; the potential effects of climate change on our electric system, including as a result of
weather extremes such as prolonged drought and high temperature variations in the area where APS conducts its business; power plant and
transmission system performance and outages; competition in retail and wholesale power markets; regulatory and judicial decisions, developments
and proceedings; new legislation, ballot initiatives and regulation or interpretations of existing legislation or regulations, including those relating to
environmental requirements, regulatory and energy policy, nuclear plant operations and potential deregulation of retail electric markets; fuel and water
supply availability; our ability to achieve timely and adequate rate recovery of our costs through our rates and adjustor recovery mechanisms,
including returns on and of debt and equity capital investments; our ability to meet renewable energy and energy efficiency mandates through our
adjustor and recovery mechanisms and recover related costs; the ability of APS to achieve its clean energy goals (including a goal by 2050 of 100%
clean, carbon-free electricity) and, if these goals are achieved, the impact of such achievement on APS, its customers, and its business, financial
condition and results of operations; risks inherent in the operation of nuclear facilities, including spent fuel disposal uncertainty; current and future
economic conditions in Arizona, including in real estate markets; the direct or indirect effect on our facilities or business from cybersecurity threats or
intrusions, data security breaches, terrorist attack, physical attack, severe storms, or other catastrophic events, such as fires, explosions, pandemic
health events, or similar occurrences; the development of new technologies which may affect electric sales or delivery; the cost of debt and equity
capital and the ability to access capital markets when required; environmental, economic and other concerns surrounding coal-fired generation,
including regulation of greenhouse gas emissions; volatile fuel and purchased power costs; the investment performance of the assets of our nuclear
decommissioning trusts, pension, and other postretirement benefit plans and the resulting impact on future funding requirements; the liquidity of
wholesale power markets and the use of derivative contracts in our business; potential shortfalls in insurance coverage; new accounting requirements
or new interpretations of existing requirements; generation, transmission and distribution facility and system conditions and operating costs; the ability
to meet the anticipated future need for additional generation and associated transmission facilities in our region; the willingness or ability of our
counterparties, power plant participants and power plant land owners to meet contractual or other obligations or extend the rights for continued power
plant operations; and restrictions on dividends or other provisions in our credit agreements and ACC orders. These and other factors are discussed in
Risk Factors described in Part I, Item 1A of the Pinnacle West/APS Annual Report on Form 10-K review for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2021, which you should review carefully before placing any reliance on our financial statements, disclosures or earnings outlook."
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