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Segment Information
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION
SEGMENT INFORMATION

Regulated Distribution and Regulated Transmission are FirstEnergy's reportable segments.

On March 31, 2018, as discussed in Note 3, “Discontinued Operations,” FirstEnergy deconsolidated FES and FENOC and presented FES, FENOC, BSPC and a portion of AE Supply, representing substantially all of FirstEnergy’s operations that previously comprised the CES reportable operating segment, as discontinued operations in FirstEnergy’s consolidated financial statements resulting from actions taken as part of the strategic review to exit commodity-exposed generation. The financial information for all periods has been revised to present the discontinued operations within Reconciling Adjustments. The remaining business activities that previously comprised the CES reportable operating segment were not material and, as such, have been combined into Corporate/Other for reporting purposes.

The Regulated Distribution segment distributes electricity through FirstEnergy’s ten utility operating companies, serving approximately six million customers within 65,000 square miles of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and New York, and purchases power for its POLR, SOS, SSO and default service requirements in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. This segment also controls 3,790 MWs of regulated electric generation capacity located primarily in West Virginia, Virginia and New Jersey. The segment's results reflect the costs of securing and delivering electric generation from transmission facilities to customers, including the deferral and amortization of certain related costs.
The Regulated Transmission segment provides transmission infrastructure owned and operated by the Transmission Companies and certain of FirstEnergy's utilities (JCP&L, MP, PE and WP) to transmit electricity from generation sources to distribution facilities. The segment's revenues are primarily derived from forward-looking formula rates at the Transmission Companies as well as stated transmission rates at certain of JCP&L, MP, PE and WP. Both the forward-looking formula and stated rates recover costs that the regulatory agencies determine are permitted to be recovered and provide a return on transmission capital investment. Under forward-looking formula rates, the revenue requirement is updated annually based on a projected rate base and projected costs, which is subject to an annual true-up based on actual costs. The segment's results also reflect the net transmission expenses related to the delivery of electricity on FirstEnergy's transmission facilities.
The Corporate/Other segment reflects corporate support not charged to FE's subsidiaries, interest expense on FE’s holding company debt and other businesses that do not constitute an operating segment. Reconciling adjustments for the elimination of inter-segment transactions and discontinued operations are shown separately in the following table of Segment Financial Information. As of March 31, 2019, approximately 70 MWs of electric generating capacity, representing AE Supply's OVEC capacity entitlement, was included in continuing operations of the Corporate/Other reportable segment. As of March 31, 2019, Corporate/Other had approximately $7.2 billion of FE holding company debt.
Financial information for each of FirstEnergy's reportable segments is presented in the tables below:
Segment Financial Information
For the Three Months Ended
 
Regulated Distribution
 
Regulated Transmission
 
Corporate/ Other
 
Reconciling Adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
 
(In millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
External revenues
 
$
2,526

 
$
352

 
$
5

 
$

 
$
2,883

Internal revenues
 
47

 
4

 

 
(51
)
 

Total revenues
 
$
2,573

 
$
356

 
$
5

 
$
(51
)
 
$
2,883

Depreciation
 
209

 
69

 
2

 
17

 
297

Amortization of regulatory assets, net
 
3

 
2

 

 

 
5

Miscellaneous income (expense), net
 
46

 
4

 
11

 
(7
)
 
54

Interest expense
 
122

 
45

 
93

 
(7
)
 
253

Income taxes (benefits)
 
89

 
31

 
(27
)
 

 
93

Income (loss) from continuing operations
 
329

 
104

 
(78
)
 

 
355

Total assets
 
28,992

 
10,910

 
588

 

 
40,490

Total goodwill
 
5,004

 
614

 

 

 
5,618

Property additions
 
318

 
231

 
5

 

 
554

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
External revenues
 
$
2,538

 
$
319

 
$
5

 
$

 
$
2,862

Internal revenues
 
38

 
4

 
6

 
(48
)
 

Total revenues
 
$
2,576

 
$
323

 
$
11

 
$
(48
)
 
$
2,862

Depreciation
 
196

 
61

 
2

 
18

 
277

Amortization (deferral) of regulatory assets, net
 
(152
)
 
4

 

 

 
(148
)
Miscellaneous income (expense), net
 
56

 
4

 
16

 
(9
)
 
67

Interest expense
 
128

 
39

 
90

 
(9
)
 
248

Income taxes
 
93

 
32

 
108

 

 
233

Income (loss) from continuing operations
 
322

 
99

 
(240
)
 

 
181

Total assets
 
27,504

 
9,681

 
1,255

 
355

 
38,795

Total goodwill
 
5,004

 
614

 

 

 
5,618

Property additions
 
264

 
292

 
11

 
16

 
583