Renewable Natural Gas Growth and CO2 Emission Reduction Strategies
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Continued)
KINDER MORGAN
Adjusted Segment EBDA is calculated by adjusting segment earnings before DD&A and amortization of excess cost of equity investments (Segment EBDA) for Certain Items attributable to
the segment. Adjusted Segment EBDA is used by management in its analysis of segment performance and management of our business. General and administrative expenses and certain
corporate charges are generally not under the control of our segment operating managers, and therefore, are not included when we measure business segment operating performance. We
believe Adjusted Segment EBDA is a useful performance metric because it provides management and external users of our financial statements additional insight into the ability of our
segments to generate cash earnings on an ongoing basis. We believe it is useful to investors because it is a measure that management uses to allocate resources to our segments and assess
each segment's performance. We believe the GAAP measure most directly comparable to Adjusted Segment EBDA is Segment EBDA.
Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by adjusting net income attributable to Kinder Morgan, Inc. before interest expense, income taxes, DD&A, and amortization of excess cost of equity
investments (EBITDA) for Certain Items. We also include amounts from joint ventures for income taxes and DD&A (see "Amounts from Joint Ventures" below). Adjusted EBITDA is used by
management and external users, in conjunction with our Net Debt (as described further below), to evaluate certain leverage metrics. Therefore, we believe Adjusted EBITDA is useful to
investors. We believe the GAAP measure most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA is net income attributable to Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Amounts from Joint Ventures - Certain Items, DCF and Adjusted EBITDA reflect amounts from unconsolidated joint ventures (JVs) and consolidated JVs utilizing the same recognition and
measurement methods used to record "Earnings from equity investments" and "Noncontrolling interests (NCI)," respectively. The calculations of DCF and Adjusted EBITDA related to our
unconsolidated and consolidated JVs include the same items (DD&A and income tax expense, and for DCF only, also cash taxes and sustaining capital expenditures) with respect to the JVs
as those included in the calculations of DCF and Adjusted EBITDA for our wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries. Although these amounts related to our unconsolidated JVs are included in
the calculations of DCF and Adjusted EBITDA, such inclusion should not be understood to imply that we have control over the operations and resulting revenues, expenses or cash flows of
such unconsolidated JVs. DCF and Adjusted EBITDA are further adjusted for certain KML activities attributable to our NCI in KML for the periods presented through KML's sale on December
16, 2019.
Net Debt is calculated by subtracting from debt (i) cash and cash equivalents, (ii) the preferred interest in the general partner of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (which was redeemed in
January 2020), (iii) debt fair value adjustments, and (iv) the foreign exchange impact on Euro-denominated bonds for which we have entered into currency swaps. Net Debt is a non-GAAP
financial measure that management believes is useful to investors and other users of our financial information in evaluating our leverage. We believe the most comparable measure to Net Debt
is debt net of cash and cash equivalents.
Project EBITDA is calculated for an individual capital project as earnings before interest expense, taxes, DD&A and general and administrative expenses attributable to such project, or for JV
projects, consistent with the methods described above under "Amounts from Joint Ventures." Management uses Project EBITDA to evaluate our return on investment for capital projects before
expenses that are generally not controllable by operating managers in our business segments. We believe the GAAP measure most directly comparable to Project EBITDA is the portion of net
income attributable to a capital project.
Free Cash Flow is calculated by adjusting cash flow from operations for capital expenditures. Free Cash Flows is used by external users as an additional leverage metric. Therefore, we
believe Free Cash Flow is useful to our investors. We believe the GAAP measure most directly comparable to Free Cash Flow is cash flow from operations.
CO2 EOR & Transport Free Cash Flow is calculated by reducing EBDA (GAAP) for our CO2 EOR & Transport assets by Certain Items, capital expenditures (sustaining and expansion) and
acquisitions attributable to the EOR & Transport assets. Management uses CO2 EOR & Transport Free Cash Flow as an additional performance measure for our CO2 EOR & Transport assets.
We believe the GAAP measure most directly comparable to CO2 EOR & Transport Free Cash Flow is EBDA (GAAP) for our CO2 EOR & Transport assets.
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