Alliant Energy's Focus On Renewable Assets To Drive Growth
Zacks Investment Research | Mar 01, 2018 11:05PM ET
Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) is well positioned for long-term growth on strong economic development in its service areas, and ongoing investment in regulated natural gas and renewable energy assets.
Alliant Energy has plans to invest nearly $5 billion during the 2018-2021 time frame. The company is successfully completing major construction projects on time and at or below budget. Constructive regulatory environment will enable the company to recover capital expenditures and thus improve earnings.
Alliant Energy currently targets long-term annual earnings growth in the range of 5% to 7%. We expect Alliant Energy to keep up the good performance and achieve the earnings growth target on the back of a number of strategic initiatives undertaken by the company.
Nearly 98% of the earnings of the company are generated from regulated operations. The regulated nature of Alliant Energy's operation provides strong earnings visibility, which has enabled the company to increase the annual dividend rate for more than a decade.
Despite the strong positives, demand for the utility continues to vary with weather conditions, on which the company has no control. Milder summer and winter months could adversely impact earnings and performance of the company.
Alliant Energy is subject to extensive environmental regulations at both federal and state levels. This could impact the company’s operations and its ability to recover costs from customers on a timely basis and hence the rate of return.
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