10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to          

Commission File Number	Exact Name of Each Registrant as specified in its charter; State of Incorporation; Address; and Telephone Number			IRS Employer Identification No.
1-8962	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION			86-0512431
	(an Arizona corporation)
	400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999
	Phoenix	Arizona	85072-3999
	(602)	250-1000
1-4473	ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY			86-0011170
	(an Arizona corporation)
	400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999
	Phoenix	Arizona	85072-3999
	(602)	250-1000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	PNW	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether each registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION	Yes	☒	No	☐
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY	Yes	☒	No	☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION	Yes	☒	No	☐
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY	Yes	☒	No	☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐	Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐	Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether each registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION	Yes	☐	No	☒
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY	Yes	☐	No	☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION	Number of shares of common stock, no par value, outstanding as of April 27, 2023:	113,255,998
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY	Number of shares of common stock, $2.50 par value, outstanding as of April 27, 2023:	71,264,947

Arizona Public Service Company meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this form with the reduced disclosure format allowed under that General Instruction.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
Forward-Looking Statements		2
Part I		4
Item 1.	Financial Statements	4
	Pinnacle West Capital Corporation	5
	Arizona Public Service Company	11
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	66
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	92
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	93
Part II		94
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	94
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	94
Item 5.	Other Information	94
Item 6.	Exhibits	96
Signatures		98

This combined quarterly report on Form 10-Q is separately provided by Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (“Pinnacle West”) and Arizona Public Service Company (“APS”).  Any use of the words “Company,” “we,” and “our” refer to Pinnacle West.  Each registrant is providing on its own behalf all of the information contained in this Form 10-Q that relates to such registrant and, where required, its subsidiaries.  Except as stated in the preceding sentence, neither registrant is providing any information that does not relate to such registrant, and therefore makes no representation as to any such information.  The information required with respect to each company is set forth within the applicable items.  Item 1 of this report includes Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Pinnacle West and Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of APS.  Item 1 of this report also includes Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations.  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 readers 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.  In addition to the Risk Factors described in Part I, Item 1A of the Pinnacle West/APS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (“2022 Form 10-K”), Part II, Item 1A of this report and in Part I, Item 2 — “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this report, these factors include, but are not limited to:

•the current economic environment and its effects, such as lower economic growth, a tight labor market, inflation, supply chain delays, increased expenses, volatile capital markets, or other unpredictable effects;

•our ability to manage capital expenditures and operations and maintenance costs while maintaining reliability and customer service levels;

•variations in demand for electricity, including those due to weather, seasonality (including large increases in ambient temperatures), 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 investment;

•our ability to meet renewable energy and energy efficiency mandates 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;

•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, including as a result of delays in the development and application of new technologies;

•the cost of debt, including increased cost as a result of rising interest rates, 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 (“GHG”);

•volatile fuel and purchased power costs;

•the investment performance of the assets of our nuclear decommissioning trust, 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;

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•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 landowners 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 Arizona Corporation Commission (“ACC”) orders. 

These and other factors are discussed in the Risk Factors described in Part I, Item 1A of our 2022 Form 10-K, Part II, Item 1A of this report, and in Part I, Item 2 — “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this report, which readers should review carefully before placing any reliance on our financial statements or disclosures.  Neither Pinnacle West nor APS assumes any obligation to update these statements, even if our internal estimates change, except as required by law.

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

	Page
Pinnacle West Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	5
Pinnacle West Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	6
Pinnacle West Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022	7
Pinnacle West Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	9
Pinnacle West Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	10
APS Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	11
APS Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	12
APS Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022	13
APS Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	15
APS Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	16
Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	17
Note 1. Consolidation and Nature of Operations	17
Note 2. Revenue	19
Note 3. Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters	21
Note 4. Regulatory Matters	22
Note 5. Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits	39
Note 6. Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities	40
Note 7. Derivative Accounting	41
Note 8. Commitments and Contingencies	44
Note 9. Other Income and Other Expense	52
Note 10. Earnings Per Share	53
Note 11. Fair Value Measurements	53
Note 12. Investment in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds	59
Note 13. Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	62
Note 14. Leases	63

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
OPERATING REVENUES (Note 2)	$	944,955	$	783,531
OPERATING EXPENSES
Fuel and purchased power	394,504		265,269
Operations and maintenance	250,080		218,342
Depreciation and amortization	191,906		186,605
Taxes other than income taxes	57,138		57,998
Other expenses	610		825
Total	894,238		729,039
OPERATING INCOME	50,717		54,492
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	15,061		9,747
Pension and other postretirement non-service credits - net (Note 5)	9,865		23,809
Other income (Note 9)	6,077		1,704
Other expense (Note 9)	(4,131)		(3,422)
Total	26,872		31,838
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest charges	88,119		65,389
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(12,722)		(4,482)
Total	75,397		60,907
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	2,192		25,423
INCOME TAXES	1,183		4,161
NET INCOME	1,009		21,262
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (Note 6)	4,306		4,306
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS	$	(3,297)	$	16,956
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING - BASIC	113,358		113,102
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING - DILUTED	113,358		113,295
EARNINGS PER WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARE OUTSTANDING
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders - basic	$	(0.03)	$	0.15
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders - diluted	$	(0.03)	$	0.15

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
NET INCOME	$	1,009	$	21,262
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET OF TAX
Derivative instruments net unrealized gain (loss), net of tax benefit (expense) of $202 and $(83)	(616)		252
Pension and other postretirement benefit activity, net of tax expense of $169 and $296	515		901
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(101)		1,153
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	908		22,415
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,306		4,306
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS	$	(3,398)	$	18,109

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,951	$	4,832
Customer and other receivables	449,096		453,209
Accrued unbilled revenues	143,276		164,764
Allowance for doubtful accounts (Note 2)	(22,112)		(23,778)
Materials and supplies (at average cost)	425,457		410,481
Income tax receivable	11,699		14,086
Fossil fuel (at average cost)	39,571		40,155
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	16,095		87,835
Deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset (Note 4)	469,962		460,561
Other regulatory assets (Note 4)	130,840		78,318
Other current assets	77,551		60,091
Total current assets	1,748,386		1,750,554
INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trusts (Notes 11 and 12)	1,125,617		1,073,410
Other special use funds (Notes 11 and 12)	352,877		347,231
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	17,082		44,394
Other assets	147,430		125,672
Total investments and other assets	1,643,006		1,590,707
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Plant in service and held for future use	22,624,104		22,452,146
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(8,072,595)		(7,929,878)
Net	14,551,509		14,522,268
Construction work in progress	2,101,830		1,882,791
Palo Verde sale leaseback, net of accumulated depreciation (Note 6)	89,329		90,296
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization	260,454		258,880
Nuclear fuel, net of accumulated amortization	112,735		100,119
Total property, plant and equipment	17,115,857		16,854,354
DEFERRED DEBITS
Regulatory assets (Note 4)	1,258,663		1,283,221
Operating lease right-of-use assets	1,361,847		801,688
Assets for pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 5)	405,409		396,599
Other	47,205		46,282
Total deferred debits	3,073,124		2,527,790
TOTAL ASSETS	$	23,580,373	$	22,723,405

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	$	361,410	$	430,425
Accrued taxes	214,484		164,440
Accrued interest	72,146		61,217
Common dividends payable	—		97,895
Short-term borrowings (Note 3)	497,550		340,720
Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 3)	60,821		50,685
Customer deposits	41,186		41,769
Liabilities from risk management activities (Note 7)	83,874		37,697
Liabilities for asset retirements	20,321		12,232
Operating lease liabilities	65,130		105,210
Regulatory liabilities (Note 4)	202,266		271,575
Other current liabilities	105,141		148,276
Total current liabilities	1,724,329		1,762,141
LONG-TERM DEBT LESS CURRENT MATURITIES (Note 3)	7,916,554		7,741,286
DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER
Deferred income taxes	2,379,720		2,384,421
Regulatory liabilities (Note 4)	2,060,273		2,061,776
Liabilities for asset retirements	787,220		785,530
Liabilities for pension benefits (Note 5)	114,290		116,286
Customer advances	532,596		422,103
Coal mine reclamation	180,446		179,255
Deferred investment tax credit	184,427		180,677
Unrecognized tax benefits	38,863		38,658
Operating lease liabilities	1,240,584		639,247
Other	256,620		252,149
Total deferred credits and other	7,775,039		7,060,102
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 8)
EQUITY
Common stock, no par value; authorized 150,000,000 shares, 113,359,467 and 113,247,189 issued at respective dates	2,730,851		2,724,740
Treasury stock at cost; 106,141 and 73,613 shares at respective dates	(7,451)		(5,005)
Total common stock	2,723,400		2,719,735
Retained earnings	3,357,052		3,360,347
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 13)	(31,536)		(31,435)
Total shareholders’ equity	6,048,916		6,048,647
Noncontrolling interests (Note 6)	115,535		111,229
Total equity	6,164,451		6,159,876
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	23,580,373	$	22,723,405

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$	1,009	$	21,262
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization including nuclear fuel	208,772		203,639
Deferred fuel and purchased power	(90,305)		(6,110)
Deferred fuel and purchased power amortization	80,904		39,442
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	(15,061)		(9,747)
Deferred income taxes	(5,150)		3,835
Deferred investment tax credit	3,749		(319)
Change in derivative instruments fair value	786		—
Stock compensation	3,635		5,338
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Customer and other receivables	2,831		66,146
Accrued unbilled revenues	21,488		1,215
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel	(14,392)		(11,892)
Income tax receivable	2,387		542
Other current assets	(8,110)		13,347
Accounts payable	(69,576)		(13,873)
Accrued taxes	50,044		53,847
Other current liabilities	(84,239)		(40,211)
Change in margin and collateral accounts - assets	11		8,600
Change in other long-term assets	(58,036)		52,153
Change in operating lease assets	(8,920)		324
Change in other long-term liabilities	138,649		(47,883)
Change in operating lease liabilities	51,129		953
Net cash provided by operating activities	211,605		340,608
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures	(445,171)		(391,583)
Contributions in aid of construction	25,165		28,262
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(12,722)		(4,422)
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trusts sales and other special use funds	226,626		361,754
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds	(227,196)		(361,809)
Other	(19,941)		(6,543)
Net cash used for investing activities	(453,239)		(374,341)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Issuance of long-term debt	185,136		312,052
Short-term borrowing and (repayments) - net	156,830		(29,050)
Dividends paid on common stock	(96,078)		(94,265)
Repayment of long-term debt	—		(150,000)
Common stock equity issuances and (purchases) - net	(2,135)		(1,005)
Net cash provided by financing activities	243,753		37,732
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	2,119		3,999
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD	4,832		9,969
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD	$	6,951	$	13,968

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
	Common Stock			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Noncontrolling Interests		Total
	Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount
Balance, December 31, 2022	113,247,189	$	2,724,740	(73,613)	$	(5,005)	$	3,360,347	$	(31,435)	$	111,229	$	6,159,876
Net income (loss)		—			—		(3,297)		—		4,306		1,009
Other comprehensive loss		—			—		—		(101)		—		(101)
Issuance of common stock	112,278	6,111			—		—		—		—		6,111
Purchase of treasury stock (a)		—		(33,154)	(2,490)		—		—		—		(2,490)
Reissuance of treasury stock for stock-based compensation and other		—		626	44		—		—		—		44
Other		—			—		2		—		—		2
Balance, March 31, 2023	113,359,467	$	2,730,851	(106,141)	$	(7,451)	$	3,357,052	$	(31,536)	$	115,535	$	6,164,451

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
	Common Stock			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Noncontrolling Interests		Total
	Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount
Balance, December 31, 2021	113,014,528	$	2,702,743	(87,608)	$	(6,401)	$	3,264,719	$	(54,861)	$	115,260	$	6,021,460
Net income		—			—		16,956		—		4,306		21,262
Other comprehensive income		—			—		—		1,153		—		1,153
Dividends on common stock		—			—		(74)		—		—		(74)
Issuance of common stock	33,171	3,582			—		—		—		—		3,582
Purchase of treasury stock (a)		—		(24,885)	(1,665)		—		—		—		(1,665)
Reissuance of treasury stock for stock-based compensation and other		—		61,572	4,418		—		—		—		4,418
Balance, March 31, 2022	113,047,699	$	2,706,325	(50,921)	$	(3,648)	$	3,281,601	$	(53,708)	$	119,566	$	6,050,136

(a)Primarily represents shares of common stock withheld from certain stock awards for tax purposes.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
OPERATING REVENUES (Note 2)	$	944,955	$	783,531
OPERATING EXPENSES
Fuel and purchased power	394,504		265,269
Operations and maintenance	246,179		214,601
Depreciation and amortization	191,884		186,583
Taxes other than income taxes	57,125		57,959
Other expenses	610		825
Total	890,302		725,237
OPERATING INCOME	54,653		58,294
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	15,061		9,747
Pension and other postretirement non-service credits - net (Note 5)	10,106		23,907
Other income (Note 9)	5,075		1,152
Other expense (Note 9)	(2,617)		(1,849)
Total	27,625		32,957
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest charges	75,222		62,309
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(11,157)		(4,422)
Total	64,065		57,887
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	18,213		33,364
INCOME TAXES	3,247		4,859
NET INCOME	14,966		28,505
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (Note 6)	4,306		4,306
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDER	$	10,660	$	24,199

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
NET INCOME	$	14,966	$	28,505
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAX
Pension and other postretirement benefits activity, net of tax expense of $150 and $269	457		820
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	457		820
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	15,423		29,325
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,306		4,306
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDER	$	11,117	$	25,019

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
ASSETS
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Plant in service and held for future use	$	22,620,643	$	22,448,685
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(8,069,288)		(7,926,575)
Net	14,551,355		14,522,110
Construction work in progress	2,036,078		1,829,004
Palo Verde sale leaseback, net of accumulated depreciation (Note 6)	89,329		90,296
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization	260,299		258,725
Nuclear fuel, net of accumulated amortization	112,735		100,119
Total property, plant and equipment	17,049,796		16,800,254
INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trusts (Notes 11 and 12)	1,125,617		1,073,410
Other special use funds (Notes 11 and 12)	352,877		347,231
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	17,082		44,394
Other assets	44,165		43,344
Total investments and other assets	1,539,741		1,508,379
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	6,648		4,042
Customer and other receivables	438,251		448,880
Accrued unbilled revenues	143,276		164,764
Allowance for doubtful accounts (Note 2)	(22,112)		(23,778)
Materials and supplies (at average cost)	425,457		410,481
Fossil fuel (at average cost)	39,571		40,155
Income tax receivable	1,102		1,102
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	15,961		87,704
Deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset (Note 4)	469,962		460,561
Other regulatory assets (Note 4)	130,840		78,318
Other current assets	70,443		50,043
Total current assets	1,719,399		1,722,272
DEFERRED DEBITS
Regulatory assets (Note 4)	1,258,663		1,283,221
Operating lease right-of-use assets	1,356,781		796,544
Assets for pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 5)	397,877		389,142
Other	46,401		44,040
Total deferred debits	3,059,722		2,512,947
TOTAL ASSETS	$	23,368,658	$	22,543,852

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands) 

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CAPITALIZATION
Common stock	$	178,162	$	178,162
Additional paid-in capital	3,321,696		3,171,696
Retained earnings	3,618,125		3,607,464
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 13)	(15,139)		(15,596)
Total shareholder equity	7,102,844		6,941,726
Noncontrolling interests (Note 6)	115,535		111,229
Total equity	7,218,379		7,052,955
Long-term debt less current maturities (Note 3)	6,794,124		6,793,529
Total capitalization	14,012,503		13,846,484
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Short-term borrowings (Note 3)	463,000		325,000
Accounts payable	349,410		417,732
Accrued taxes	211,940		156,746
Accrued interest	69,816		60,518
Common dividends payable	—		97,900
Customer deposits	41,186		41,769
Liabilities from risk management activities (Note 7)	83,874		37,697
Liabilities for asset retirements	20,321		12,232
Operating lease liabilities	64,593		104,728
Regulatory liabilities (Note 4)	202,266		271,575
Other current liabilities	104,865		144,733
Total current liabilities	1,611,271		1,670,630
DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER
Deferred income taxes	2,384,586		2,385,647
Regulatory liabilities (Note 4)	2,060,273		2,061,776
Liabilities for asset retirements	787,220		785,530
Liabilities for pension benefits (Note 5)	106,535		108,068
Customer advances	532,596		422,103
Coal mine reclamation	180,446		179,255
Deferred investment tax credit	184,427		180,677
Unrecognized tax benefits	38,863		38,658
Operating lease liabilities	1,235,619		634,199
Other	234,319		230,825
Total deferred credits and other	7,744,884		7,026,738
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 8)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	23,368,658	$	22,543,852

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$	14,966	$	28,505
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization including nuclear fuel	208,750		203,617
Deferred fuel and purchased power	(90,305)		(6,110)
Deferred fuel and purchased power amortization	80,904		39,442
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	(15,061)		(9,747)
Deferred income taxes	(1,693)		(106)
Deferred investment tax credit	3,749		(319)
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Customer and other receivables	9,347		65,736
Accrued unbilled revenues	21,488		1,215
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel	(14,392)		(11,892)
Income tax receivable	—		5,207
Other current assets	(11,050)		5,261
Accounts payable	(64,008)		(17,074)
Accrued taxes	55,194		57,718
Other current liabilities	(82,658)		(37,579)
Change in margin and collateral accounts - assets	11		8,600
Change in other long-term assets	(55,909)		53,827
Change in operating lease assets	(8,998)		254
Change in other long-term liabilities	138,094		(46,790)
Change in operating lease liabilities	51,212		1,027
Net cash provided by operating activities	239,641		340,792
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures	(439,647)		(386,873)
Contributions in aid of construction	25,165		28,262
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(11,157)		(4,422)
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trusts sales and other special use funds	226,626		361,754
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds	(227,196)		(361,809)
Other	(926)		(258)
Net cash used for investing activities	(427,135)		(363,346)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Short-term borrowings and (repayments) - net	138,000		(28,700)
Equity infusion	150,000		150,000
Dividends paid on common stock	(97,900)		(96,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities	190,100		25,300
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	2,606		2,746
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD	4,042		9,374
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD	$	6,648	$	12,120

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Noncontrolling Interests		Total
	Shares	Amount
Balance, December 31, 2022	71,264,947	$	178,162	$	3,171,696	$	3,607,464	$	(15,596)	$	111,229	$	7,052,955
Equity infusion from Pinnacle West		—		150,000		—		—		—		150,000
Net income		—		—		10,660		—		4,306		14,966
Other comprehensive income		—		—		—		457		—		457
Other		—		—		1		—		—		1
Balance, March 31, 2023	71,264,947	$	178,162	$	3,321,696	$	3,618,125	$	(15,139)	$	115,535	$	7,218,379

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Noncontrolling Interests		Total
	Shares	Amount
Balance, December 31, 2021	71,264,947	$	178,162	$	3,021,696	$	3,470,235	$	(34,880)	$	115,260	$	6,750,473
Equity infusion from Pinnacle West		—		150,000		—		—		—		150,000
Net income		—		—		24,199		—		4,306		28,505
Other comprehensive income		—		—		—		820		—		820
Other		—		—		(2)		—		—		(2)
Balance, March 31, 2022	71,264,947	$	178,162	$	3,171,696	$	3,494,432	$	(34,060)	$	119,566	$	6,929,796

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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1.     Consolidation and Nature of Operations

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Pinnacle West and our subsidiaries:  APS, 4C Acquisition, LLC (“4CA”), Bright Canyon Energy Corporation (“BCE”), and El Dorado Investment Company (“El Dorado”).  See Note 8 for more information on 4CA matters. Intercompany accounts and transactions between the consolidated companies have been eliminated.  The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for APS include the accounts of APS and the Palo Verde Generating Station (“Palo Verde”) sale leaseback variable interest entities (“VIEs”). See Note 6 for further discussion.  Our accounting records are maintained in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).  The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Amounts reported in our interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income are not necessarily indicative of amounts expected for the respective annual periods, due to the effects of seasonal temperature variations on energy consumption, timing of maintenance on electric generating units (“EGU”), and other factors.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments except as otherwise disclosed in the notes) that we believe are necessary for the fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in conformity with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such regulations, although we believe that the disclosures provided are adequate to make the interim information presented not misleading. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and these notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in our 2022 Form 10-K.

On June 30, 2020, the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an order granting a waiver request related to the existing Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (“AFUDC”) rate calculation beginning March 1, 2020, through February 28, 2021.  On February 23, 2021, this waiver was extended until September 30, 2021. On September 21, 2021, it was further extended until March 31, 2022. The order provided a simplified approach that companies may elect to implement in order to minimize the significant distorted effect on the AFUDC formula resulting from increased short-term debt financing during the COVID-19 pandemic.  APS adopted this simplified approach to computing the AFUDC composite rate by using a simple average of the actual historical short-term debt balances for 2019, instead of current period short-term debt balances, and left all other aspects of the AFUDC formula composite rate calculation unchanged. This change impacted the AFUDC composite rate in 2021 and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022.  Furthermore, the change in the composite rate calculation did not impact our accounting treatment for these costs. The change did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

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Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following table summarizes supplemental Pinnacle West cash flow information (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net of refunds	$	(12)	$	—
Interest, net of amounts capitalized	62,241		55,208
Significant non-cash investing and financing activities:
Accrued capital expenditures	$	115,559	$	131,778

The following table summarizes supplemental APS cash flow information (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net of refunds	$	—	$	(25)
Interest, net of amounts capitalized	53,610		53,982
Significant non-cash investing and financing activities:
Accrued capital expenditures	$	112,219	$	124,778

    

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2.    Revenue

Sources of Revenue

The following table provides detail of Pinnacle West’s consolidated revenue disaggregated by revenue sources (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Retail Electric Service
Residential	$	409,724	$	367,346
Non-Residential	406,137		359,516
Wholesale Energy Sales	95,603		28,903
Transmission Services for Others	31,791		25,492
Other Sources	1,700		2,274
Total operating revenues	$	944,955	$	783,531

Retail Electric Revenue. Pinnacle West’s retail electric revenue is generated by wholly owned, regulated subsidiary APS’s sale of electricity to our regulated customers within the authorized service territory at tariff rates approved by the ACC and based on customer usage. Revenues related to the sale of electricity are generally recognized when service is rendered, or electricity is delivered to customers. The billing of electricity sales to individual customers is based on the reading of their meters. We obtain customers’ meter data on a systematic basis throughout the month, and generally bill customers within a month from when service was provided. Customers are generally required to pay for services within 21 days of when the services are billed. See “Allowance for Doubtful Accounts” discussion below for additional details regarding payment terms.

Wholesale Energy Sales and Transmission Services for Others. Revenues from wholesale energy sales and transmission services for others represent energy and transmission sales to wholesale customers. These activities primarily consist of managing fuel and purchased power risks in connection with the cost of serving our retail customers’ energy requirements. We may also sell into the wholesale markets generation that is not needed for APS’s retail load. Our wholesale activities and tariff rates are regulated by FERC.

In the electricity business, some contracts to purchase energy are settled by netting against other contracts to sell electricity. This is referred to as a book-out, and usually occurs in contracts that have the same terms (product type, quantities, and delivery points) and for which power does not flow. We net these book-outs, which reduces both wholesale revenues and fuel and purchased power costs.

Revenue Activities

Our revenues primarily consist of activities that are classified as revenues from contracts with customers. We derive our revenues from contracts with customers primarily from sales of electricity to our regulated retail customers. Revenues from contracts with customers also include wholesale and transmission activities. Our revenues from contracts with customers for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were $922 million and $772 million, respectively.

We have certain revenues that do not meet the specific accounting criteria to be classified as revenues from contracts with customers. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, our revenues that do not

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qualify as revenue from contracts with customers were $23 million and $12 million, respectively. This amount includes revenues related to certain regulatory cost recovery mechanisms that are considered alternative revenue programs. We recognize revenue associated with alternative revenue programs when specific events permitting recognition are completed. Certain amounts associated with alternative revenue programs will subsequently be billed to customers; however, we do not reclassify billed amounts into revenue from contracts with customers. See Note 4 for a discussion of our regulatory cost recovery mechanisms.

Contract Assets and Liabilities from Contracts with Customers

There were no material contract assets, contract liabilities, or deferred contract costs recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023, or December 31, 2022.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts represents our best estimate of accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues that will ultimately be uncollectible due to credit loss risk. The allowance includes a write-off component that is calculated by applying an estimated write-off factor to retail electric revenues. The write-off factor used to estimate uncollectible accounts is based upon consideration of historical collections experience, the current and forecasted economic environment, changes to our collection policies, and management’s best estimate of future collections success. We continue to monitor the impacts of our disconnection policies, payment arrangements, among other considerations impacting our estimated write-off factor, and allowance for doubtful accounts.

The following table provides a rollforward of Pinnacle West’s allowance for doubtful accounts (dollars in thousands):

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Allowance for doubtful accounts, balance at beginning of period	$	23,778	$	25,354
Bad debt expense	3,522		17,006
Actual write-offs	(5,188)		(18,582)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, balance at end of period	$	22,112	$	23,778

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3.    Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters

Pinnacle West and APS maintain committed revolving credit facilities in order to enhance liquidity and provide credit support for their commercial paper programs, to refinance indebtedness, and for other general corporate purposes.

Pinnacle West

On April 10, 2023, Pinnacle West replaced its $200 million revolving credit facility that would have matured on May 28, 2026, with a new $200 million revolving credit facility that matures on April 10, 2028. Pinnacle West has the option to increase the amount of the facility up to a maximum of $300 million upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and with the consent of the lenders. Interest rates are based on Pinnacle West’s senior unsecured debt credit ratings and the agreement includes a sustainability-linked pricing metric which permits an interest rate reduction or increase by meeting or missing targets related to specific environmental and employee health and safety sustainability objectives. The facility is available to support Pinnacle West’s general corporate purposes, including support for Pinnacle West’s $200 million commercial paper program, for bank borrowings or for issuances of letters of credit. At March 31, 2023, Pinnacle West had no outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility, no letters of credit outstanding under the credit facility, and $35 million of outstanding commercial paper borrowings.

On December 16, 2022, Pinnacle West entered into a $175 million term loan facility that matures December 16, 2024. The proceeds were received on January 6, 2023 and used for general corporate purposes. We recognized the term loan facility as long-term debt upon settlement on January 6, 2023.

APS

On April 10, 2023, APS replaced its two $500 million revolving credit facilities that would have matured on May 28, 2026, with a new $1.25 billion revolving credit facility that matures on April 10, 2028. APS has the option to increase the amount of the facility up to a maximum of $400 million, for a total of $1.65 billion, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and with the consent of the lenders. Interest rates are based on APS’s senior unsecured debt credit ratings and the agreements include a sustainability-linked pricing metric which permits an interest rate reduction or increase by meeting or missing targets related to specific environmental and employee health and safety sustainability objectives. This facility is available to support APS’s general corporate purposes, including support for APS’s commercial paper program, which was increased from $750 million to $1 billion on April 10, 2023, for bank borrowings or for issuances of letters of credit. At March 31, 2023, APS had no outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facilities, no letters of credit outstanding under the credit facilities, and $463 million of outstanding commercial paper borrowings.

On January 6, 2023, Pinnacle West contributed $150 million into APS in the form of an equity infusion. APS used this contribution to repay short-term indebtedness.

See “Financial Assurances” in Note 8 for a discussion of other outstanding letters of credit.

BCE

On February 11, 2022, a special purpose subsidiary of BCE entered into a credit agreement to finance capital expenditures and related costs for a 31 megawatt (“MW”) solar and battery storage project in Los Alamitos, California (“Los Alamitos”) that is under development by the subsidiary. The credit agreement consists of an approximately $33 million equity bridge loan facility, an approximately $42 million non-recourse construction facility, and an approximately $5 million letter of credit facility. In connection with the

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credit agreement, Pinnacle West has issued a guarantee of up to $42 million primarily relating to the equity bridge loan. As of March 31, 2023, $28 million has been drawn from the equity bridge loan and there is a $33 million outstanding balance for the construction facility and $2.5 million letters of credit outstanding under the letter of credit facility. The equity bridge loan and construction facility mature and are due on the project’s commercial operation date, expected on or before August 15, 2023. BCE expects to convert the construction facility into a term loan upon the project’s commercial operation date. On October 19, 2022, BCE executed an interest rate swap to hedge the variable interest rate exposure of this credit facility. See Note 7.

On April 18, 2023, Pinnacle West issued performance guarantees in connection with BCE’s Kūpono investment project financing. BCE holds an equity method investment relating to the Kūpono project. See Note 8.

Debt Fair Value

Our long-term debt fair value estimates are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The following table presents the estimated fair value of our long-term debt, including current maturities (dollars in thousands):

	As of March 31, 2023				As of December 31, 2022
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Pinnacle West	$	1,123,101	$	1,084,455	$	947,892	$	905,525
APS	6,794,124		5,898,167		6,793,529		5,629,491
BCE	60,150		60,821		50,550		50,685
Total	$	7,977,375	$	7,043,443	$	7,791,971	$	6,585,701

4.    Regulatory Matters

2022 Retail Rate Case

APS filed an application with the ACC on October 28, 2022 (the “2022 Rate Case”) seeking an increase in annual retail base rates on the date rates become effective (“Day 1”) of a net $460 million. This Day 1 net impact represents a total base revenue deficiency of $772 million offset by proposed adjustor transfers of cost recovery to annual retail rates and adjustor mechanism modifications. The average annual customer bill impact of APS’s request on Day 1 is an increase of 13.6%.

The principal provisions of APS’s application are:

•a test year comprised of twelve months ended June 30, 2022, adjusted as described below;

•an original cost rate base of $10.5 billion, which approximates the ACC-jurisdictional portion of the book value of utility assets, net of accumulated depreciation and other credits;

•the following proposed capital structure and costs of capital:

	Capital Structure		Cost of Capital
Long-term debt	48.07	%	3.85	%
Common stock equity	51.93	%	10.25	%
Weighted-average cost of capital			7.17	%

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•a 1% return on the increment of fair value rate base above APS’s original cost rate base, as provided for by Arizona law;

•a rate of $0.038321 per kWh for the portion of APS’s retail base rates attributable to fuel and purchased power costs (“Base Fuel Rate”);

•modification of its adjustment mechanisms including:

▪eliminate the Environmental Improvement Surcharge and collect costs through base rates,

▪eliminate the Lost Fixed Cost Recovery mechanism and collect costs through base rates and the Demand Side Management Adjustment Charge (“DSMAC”),

▪maintain as inactive the Tax Expense Adjustor Mechanism,

▪maintain the Transmission Cost Adjustment mechanism,

▪modify the performance incentive in the DSMAC, and

▪modify the Renewable Energy Adjustment Charge to include recovery of capital carrying costs of APS owned renewable and storage resources;

•changes to its limited-income program, including a second tier to provide an additional discount for customers with greater need; and

•twelve months of post-Test Year plant investments to reflect used and useful projects that will be placed into service prior to July 1, 2023.

APS requested that the increase become effective December 1, 2023. The hearing for this rate case is currently scheduled to begin in August 2023. APS cannot predict the outcome of its request.

2019 Retail Rate Case

On October 31, 2019, APS filed an application with the ACC for an annual increase in retail base rates (the “2019 Rate Case”). On August 2, 2021, an Administrative Law Judge issued a Recommended Opinion and Order in the 2019 Rate Case (the “2019 Rate Case ROO”) and issued corrections on September 10 and September 20, 2021.

The 2019 Rate Case ROO recommended, among other things, (i) a $111 million decrease in annual revenue requirements, (ii) a return on equity of 9.16%, (iii) a 0.30% return on the increment of fair value rate base greater than original cost, with total fair value rate of return further adjusted to include a 0.03% reduction to return on equity resulting in an effective fair value rate of return of 4.95%, (iv) the nonrecovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the operating costs and construction of the Four Corners Power Plant (“Four Corners”) selective catalytic reduction (“SCR”) project (see “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” below for additional information), (v) the recovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the operating costs and construction of the Ocotillo modernization project, which includes a reduction in the return on the deferral, (vi) a 15% disallowance of annual amortization of the Navajo Generating Station (the “Navajo Plant”) regulatory asset recovery related to the closure of the Navajo Plant (see “Navajo Plant” below), (vii) the denial of the request to defer, until APS’s next general rate case, the increase or decrease in its Arizona property taxes attributable to tax rate changes, and (viii) a collaborative process to review and recommend revisions to APS’s adjustment mechanisms within 12 months after the date of the decision. The 2019 Rate Case ROO also recommended that the Coal Community Transition (“CCT”) plan related to the closure or future closure of coal-fired generation facilities include the following components: (i) $50 million that will be paid over 10 years to the Navajo Nation, (ii) $5 million that will be paid over five years to the Navajo County Communities surrounding Cholla Power Plant, and (iii) $1.675 million that will be paid to the Hopi Tribe related to APS’s ownership interests in the Navajo Plant. These amounts would be recoverable from APS’s customers through the Arizona Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (“RES”) adjustment mechanism. APS filed exceptions on September 13, 2021, regarding the disallowance of the SCR cost deferrals and plant investments that was recommended in the 2019 Rate Case ROO, among other issues.

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On October 6, 2021 and October 27, 2021, the ACC voted on various amendments to the 2019 Rate Case ROO that would result in, among other things, (i) a return on equity of 8.70%, (ii) the recovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the operating costs and construction of the Four Corners SCR project, with the exception of $215.5 million (see “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” below), (iii) that the CCT plan include the following components: (a) a payment of $1 million to the Hopi Tribe within 60 days of the 2019 Rate Case decision, (b) a payment of $10 million over three years to the Navajo Nation, (c) a payment of $0.5 million to the Navajo County communities within 60 days of the 2019 Rate Case decision, (d) up to $1.25 million for electrification of homes and businesses on the Hopi reservation, and (e) up to $1.25 million for the electrification of homes and businesses on the Navajo Nation reservation. These payments and expenditures are attributable to the future closures of Four Corners and Cholla, along with the prior closure of the Navajo Plant and all ordered payments and expenditures would be recoverable through rates, and (iv) a change in the residential on-peak time-of-use period from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. to 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The 2019 Rate Case ROO, as amended, resulted in a total annual revenue decrease for APS of $4.8 million, excluding temporary payments and expenditures, under the CCT plan. On November 2, 2021, the ACC approved the 2019 Rate Case ROO, as amended.

On November 24, 2021, APS filed an application for rehearing of the 2019 Rate Case with the ACC and the application was deemed denied on December 15, 2021, as the ACC did not act upon it. On December 17, 2021, APS filed its Notice of Direct Appeal at the Arizona Court of Appeals and a Petition for Special Action with the Arizona Supreme Court, requesting review of the disallowance of $215.5 million of Four Corners SCR plant investments and deferrals (see “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” below for additional information) and the 20-basis-point penalty reduction to the return on equity. On February 8, 2022, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to accept jurisdiction on APS’s Petition for Special Action. The Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on November 30, 2022. On March 6, 2023, the Court issued its opinion in this matter, affirming in part and reversing in part the ACC’s decision in the 2019 Rate Case. The Court vacated the 20-basis-point penalty included in the ACC’s allowed return on equity, as the Court determined the use of customer service metrics to justify the reduction exceeded the ACC’s ratemaking authority. Additionally, the Court vacated the disallowance of $215.5 million of APS’s Four Corners SCR investment because the ACC did not consider APS’s contractual obligations and improperly considered post-investment data in violation of its own rules. The Court remanded the issue to the ACC for further proceedings. The ACC requested an extension of the 30-day deadline to appeal the matter to the Arizona Supreme Court, and the Arizona Supreme Court granted the extension of the deadline to May 8, 2023. APS cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding.

Consistent with the 2019 Rate Case decision, APS implemented the new rates effective as of December 1, 2021. In addition, the ACC ordered extensive compliance and reporting obligations. APS completed the implementation of the new on-peak hours for residential customers before the September 1, 2022 deadline. APS cannot predict if the ACC will take any further action on this matter.

Additionally, consistent with the 2019 Rate Case decision, as of April 2023, APS has completed the following payments that will be recoverable through rates related to the CCT: (i) $6.66 million to the Navajo Nation; (ii) $0.5 million to the Navajo County communities; and (iii) $1 million to the Hopi Tribe. Consistent with APS’s commitment to the impacted communities, APS has also completed the following payments: (i) $1 million to the Navajo Nation for CCT; (ii) $1.1 million to the Navajo County Communities for CCT and economic development; and (iii) $1.25 million to the Hopi Tribe for CCT and economic development. The ACC has also authorized $1.25 million to be recovered through rates for electrification of homes and businesses on both the Navajo Nation and Hopi reservation. Expenditure of the recoverable funds for electrification of homes and businesses on the Navajo Nation and the Hopi reservations is contingent upon completion of a census of the unelectrified homes and businesses in each that are also within APS service territory.

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Matter of Impact of the Closures of Fossil-Based Generation Plan on Impacted Communities

On September 28, 2022, ACC Staff filed their staff report in the Matter of Impact of the Closures of Fossil-Based Generation Plan on Impacted Communities. APS and other interested parties filed comments on the report. On October 21, 2022, ACC Staff filed a revised report and proposed order. The revised report and proposed order recommended that funds for CCT shall not be collected from rate payers. On December 8, 2022, the ACC voted against ACC Staff’s proposed order, and on April 17, 2023, the ACC closed the docket. Any further action on CCT issues will take place in utility rate cases, including the currently pending 2022 Rate Case. APS cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

Information Technology ACC Investigation

On December 16, 2021, the ACC opened an investigation into various matters related to APS’s Information Technology department, including information about technology projects, costs, vendor management leadership and decision making. APS is cooperating with the investigation. APS cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

2016 Retail Rate Case Filing and the 2017 Settlement Agreement

On June 1, 2016, APS filed an application with the ACC for an annual increase in retail base rates. On March 27, 2017, a majority of the stakeholders in the general retail rate case, including the ACC Staff, RUCO, limited income advocates and private rooftop solar organizations signed a settlement agreement (the “2017 Settlement Agreement”) and filed it with the ACC. The 2017 Settlement Agreement provides for, among other things, a net retail base rate increase of $94.6 million, excluding the transfer of adjustor balances, consisting of: (1) a non-fuel, non-depreciation, base rate increase of $87.2 million per year; (2) a base rate decrease of $53.6 million attributable to reduced fuel and purchased power costs; and (3) a base rate increase of $61.0 million due to changes in depreciation schedules.

On August 15, 2017, the ACC approved the 2017 Settlement Agreement without material modifications, and on August 18, 2017, the ACC issued a final written Opinion and Order reflecting its decision in APS’s general retail rate case (the “2017 Rate Case Decision”). The new rates went into effect on August 19, 2017.

See “Rate Plan Comparison Tool and Investigation” below for information regarding a review and investigation pertaining to the rate plan comparison tool offered to APS customers and other related issues.

Cost Recovery Mechanisms

APS has received regulatory decisions that allow for more timely recovery of certain costs outside of a general retail rate case through the following recovery mechanisms. See “2022 Retail Rate Case” above for proposed modifications of adjustment mechanisms in the 2022 Rate Case.

Renewable Energy Standard.  In 2006, the ACC approved the RES.  Under the RES, electric utilities that are regulated by the ACC must supply an increasing percentage of their retail electric energy sales from eligible renewable resources, including solar, wind, biomass, biogas and geothermal technologies.  In order to achieve these requirements, the ACC allows APS to include a RES surcharge as part of customer bills to recover the approved amounts for use on renewable energy projects.  Each year, APS is required to file a five-year implementation plan with the ACC and seek approval for funding the upcoming year’s RES budget. In

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2015, the ACC revised the RES rules to allow the ACC to consider all available information, including the number of rooftop solar arrays in a utility’s service territory, to determine compliance with the RES.

On July 1, 2020, APS filed its 2021 RES Implementation Plan and proposed a budget of approximately $84.7 million.  APS’s budget request supported existing approved projects and commitments and requested a permanent waiver of the RES residential distributed energy requirement for 2021. In the 2021 RES Implementation Plan, APS requested $4.5 million to meet revenue requirements associated with the APS Solar Communities program to complete installations delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The APS Solar Communities program was originally a 3-year program authorizing APS to spend $10 million to $15 million in capital costs each year to install utility-owned distributed renewable energy (“DG”) systems for low to moderate income residential homes, non-profit entities, Title I schools and rural government facilities. On June 7, 2021, the ACC approved the 2021 RES Implementation Plan, including APS’s requested waiver of the residential distributed energy requirements for 2021. As part of the approval, the ACC approved the requested budget and authorized APS to collect $68.3 million through the Renewable Energy Adjustment Charge to support APS’s RES programs.

In June 2021, the ACC adopted a clean energy rules package which would require APS to meet certain clean energy standards and technology procurement mandates, obtain approval for its action plan included in its IRP, and seek cost recovery in a rate process. Since the adopted clean energy rules differed substantially from the original Recommended Order and Opinion, supplemental rulemaking procedures were required before the rules could become effective. On January 26, 2022, the ACC reversed its prior decision and declined to send the final draft energy rules through the rulemaking process. Instead, the ACC opened a new docket to consider all-source requests for proposals (“RFP”) requirements and the IRP process. See “Energy Modernization Plan” below for more information.

On July 1, 2021, APS filed its 2022 RES Implementation Plan and proposed a budget of approximately $93.1 million. APS filed an amended 2022 RES Implementation Plan on December 9, 2021, with a proposed budget of $100.5 million. This budget includes funding for programs to comply with the decision in the 2019 Rate Case, including the ACC authorizing spending $20 million to $30 million in capital costs for the continuation of the APS Solar Communities program each year for a period of three years from the effective date of the 2019 Rate Case decision. APS’s budget proposal supports existing approved projects and commitments and requests a waiver of the RES residential and non-residential distributed energy requirements for 2022. On May 18, 2022, the ACC approved the 2022 RES Implementation Plan, including an amendment requiring a stakeholder working group convene to develop a community solar program for the Commission’s consideration at a future date. On September 23, 2022, APS filed a community solar proposal in compliance with the ACC order that was informed by a stakeholder working group. APS is proposing a small, pilot-scale program size of up to 140 MW that would be selected through a competitive RFP. The ACC has not yet ruled on the proposal. However, on November 10, 2022, the ACC approved a bifurcated community solar process, directing ACC Staff to develop a statewide policy through additional stakeholder involvement and establishing a separate evidentiary hearing to define other policy components. The community solar program was deferred to the ACC’s Hearing Division so that a formal evidentiary hearing could be held to consider issues of substance related to community solar. APS cannot predict the outcomes of these future activities.

On July 1, 2022, APS filed its 2023 RES Implementation Plan and proposed a budget of approximately $86.2 million, excluding any funding offsets. This budget contains funding for programs to comply with Commission-approved initiatives, including the 2019 Rate Case decision. APS’s budget proposal supports existing approved projects and commitments and requests a waiver of the RES residential and non-residential distributed energy requirements for 2022. On November 10, 2022, the ACC approved the 2023 RES Implementation Plan, including APS’s requested waiver of the distributed energy requirement for 2023.

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In response to an ACC inquiry, the ACC Staff filed a report providing the history of APS’s long-term purchased power contract of the 280 MW Concentrating Solar Power Plant. This report outlines alternative options that the ACC could pursue to address the costs of this contract, which was executed in February 2008. On July 13, 2022, the ACC approved an option to take no action at this time.

Demand Side Management Adjustor Charge.  The ACC Electric Energy Efficiency Standards require APS to submit a DSM Plan annually for review and approval by the ACC. Verified energy savings from APS’s resource savings projects can be counted toward compliance with the Electric Energy Efficiency Standards; however, APS is not allowed to count savings from systems savings projects toward determination of the achievement of performance incentives, nor may APS include savings from these system savings projects in the calculation of its Lost Fixed Cost Recovery (“LFCR”) mechanism. See below for discussion of the LFCR.

On December 31, 2019, APS filed its 2020 DSM Plan, which requested a budget of $51.9 million and continued APS’s focus on DSM strategies such as peak demand reduction, load shifting, storage and electrification strategies. The 2020 DSM Plan addressed all components of the pending 2018 and 2019 DSM plans, which enabled the ACC to review the 2020 DSM Plan only. On May 15, 2020, APS filed an amended 2020 DSM Plan to provide assistance to customers experiencing economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The amended 2020 DSM Plan requested the same budget amount of $51.9 million. On September 23, 2020, the ACC approved the amended 2020 DSM Plan.

On April 17, 2020, APS filed an application with the ACC requesting a COVID-19 emergency relief package to provide additional assistance to its customers. On May 5, 2020, the ACC approved APS returning $36 million that had been collected through the DSM Adjustor Charge, but not allocated for current DSM programs, directly to customers through a bill credit in June 2020. APS refunded approximately $43 million to customers. The additional $7 million over the ACC-approved amount was the result of the kWh credit being based on historic consumption which was different than actual consumption during the refund period. The difference was recorded to the DSM balancing account and was included in the 2021 DSM Implementation Plan, as described below.

On December 31, 2020, APS filed its 2021 DSM Implementation Plan, which requested a budget of $63.7 million and continued APS’s focus on DSM strategies, such as peak demand reduction, load shifting, storage and electrification strategies, as well as enhanced assistance to customers impacted economically by COVID-19. On April 6, 2021, APS filed an amended 2021 DSM Implementation Plan that proposed an additional one-time incentive for customers participating in the residential energy storage pilot program approved in the 2020 RES Implementation Plan. On July 13, 2021, the ACC approved the amended 2021 DSM Implementation Plan.

On December 17, 2021, APS filed its 2022 DSM Implementation Plan in accordance with an extension granted in 2021. The 2022 DSM Plan requested a budget of $78.4 million and represents an increase of approximately $14 million in DSM spending above 2021. On November 10, 2022, the ACC approved the 2022 DSM Implementation Plan, including a proposed performance incentive. On November 30, 2022, APS filed its 2023 DSM Implementation Plan, which requested a budget of $88 million. The ACC has not yet ruled on the 2023 DSM Implementation Plan.

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Power Supply Adjustor Mechanism and Balance.  The Power Supply Adjustor (“PSA”) provides for the adjustment of retail rates to reflect variations primarily in retail fuel and purchased power costs.  The PSA is subject to specified parameters and procedures, including the following:

•APS records deferrals for recovery or refund to the extent actual retail fuel and purchased power costs vary from the Base Fuel Rate;

•an adjustment to the PSA rate is made annually each February 1 (unless otherwise approved by the ACC) and goes into effect automatically unless suspended by the ACC;

•the PSA uses a forward-looking estimate of fuel and purchased power costs to set the annual PSA rate, which is reconciled to actual costs experienced for each PSA Year (February 1 through January 31) (see the following bullet point);

•the PSA rate includes (a) a “forward component,” under which APS recovers or refunds differences between expected fuel and purchased power costs for the upcoming calendar year and those embedded in the Base Fuel Rate; (b) a “historical component,” under which differences between actual fuel and purchased power costs and those recovered or refunded through the combination of the Base Fuel Rate and the Forward Component are recovered during the next PSA Year; and (c) a “transition component,” under which APS may seek mid-year PSA changes due to large variances between actual fuel and purchased power costs and the combination of the Base Fuel Rate and the Forward Component; and

•the PSA rate may not be increased or decreased more than $0.004 per kWh in a year without permission of the ACC.

The following table shows the changes in the deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset for 2023 and 2022 (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Beginning balance	$	460,561	$	388,148
Deferred fuel and purchased power costs — current period	90,305		6,110
Amounts charged to customers	(80,904)		(39,442)
Ending balance	$	469,962	$	354,816

On November 30, 2020, APS filed its PSA rate for the PSA year beginning February 1, 2021. That rate was $0.003544 per kWh, which consisted of a forward component of $0.003434 per kWh and a historical component of $0.000110 per kWh. The 2021 PSA rate is a $0.004 per kWh increase compared to the 2020 PSA year, which is the maximum permitted under the Plan of Administration for the PSA. This left $215.9 million of fuel and purchased power costs above this annual cap which was reflected in future year resets of the PSA. These rates were to be effective on February 1, 2021, but APS delayed the effectiveness of these rates until the first billing cycle of April 2021 due to concerns of the impact on customers during COVID-19. In March 2021, the ACC voted to implement the 2021 PSA rate on a staggered basis, with 50% of the rate increase taking effect in April 2021, and the remaining 50% taking effect in November 2021. The PSA rate implemented on April 1, 2021 was $0.001544 per kWh, which consisted of a forward component of $(0.004444) per kWh and a historical component of $0.005988 per kWh. On November 1, 2021, the remaining increase was implemented to a rate of $0.003544 per kWh and consisted of a forward component of $(0.004444) per kWh and a historical component of $0.007988 per kWh. As part of this approval, the ACC ordered ACC Staff to conduct a fuel and purchased power procurement audit to better understand the factors that contributed to the increase in fuel costs.

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On April 1, 2022, the ACC filed a final report of its third-party audit findings regarding APS’s fuel and purchased power costs for the period January 2019 through January 2021. The report contains an in-depth review of APS’s fuel and purchased power contracts, its monthly fuel accounting activities, its forecasting and dispatching procedures, and its monthly PSA filings, among other fuel-related activities. The report finds that APS’s fuel processing accounting practices, dispatching procedures, and procedures for hedging activity are reasonable and appropriate. The report includes several recommendations for the ACC’s consideration, including review of current contracts, maintenance schedules, and certain changes and improvements to the schedules in APS’s monthly PSA filings. On December 27, 2022, ACC Staff filed a proposed order supporting adoption of the recommendations in the third-party audit report, and the ACC approved the proposed order on February 22, 2023.

On November 30, 2021, APS filed its PSA rate for the PSA year beginning February 1, 2022. That rate was $0.007544 per kWh, which consisted of a forward component of $(0.004842) per kWh and a historical component of $0.012386 per kWh. The 2022 PSA rate was a $0.004 per kWh increase compared to the 2021 PSA year, which is the maximum permitted under the Plan of Administration for the PSA. These rates went into effect as filed on February 1, 2022.

On November 30, 2022, APS filed its PSA rate for the PSA year beginning February 1, 2023. To address the growing under-collected PSA balance, APS also requested that one of three different options be adopted, including a temporary or permanent increase of the annual cap to $0.006 per kWh. On February 23, 2023, the ACC approved an overall PSA rate of $0.019074 per kWh, which consisted of a forward component of $(0.005527) per kWh, a historical component of $0.013071 per kWh and a transition component of $0.011530 per kWh, that will continue until further notice of the ACC. The rate became effective with the first billing cycle in March 2023 and is designed to bring the PSA balancing account to near-zero over a 24-month period. APS is also required to notify the ACC when the PSA balancing account approaches $0.5 million.

In accordance with the approved PSA Plan of Administration, on March 15, 2019, APS filed an application with the ACC requesting approval to recover the costs related to two energy storage power purchase tolling agreements through the PSA, and on January 12, 2021, the ACC approved this application. On October 28, 2021, APS filed an application requesting approval to recover costs related to three additional third-party energy storage projects through the PSA once the systems are in service, and on December 16, 2021, the ACC approved this application. On February 22, 2022, APS filed an application requesting similar recovery of the energy storage portion of a third-party solar plus energy storage project through the PSA, and on April 13, 2022, the ACC approved this application. On December 21, 2022, APS filed an application requesting similar recovery through the PSA for the energy storage portion of another third-party solar plus energy storage project, and on February 22, 2023, the ACC approved this application. On March 6, 2023, APS filed an application requesting similar recovery through the PSA for the energy storage portion of another third-party solar plus energy storage project, and on May 2, 2023, the ACC approved this application. The ACC has not yet ruled on the prudency of APS’s acquisition of these projects.

Environmental Improvement Surcharge (“EIS”). The EIS permits APS to recover the capital carrying costs (rate of return, depreciation and taxes) plus incremental operations and maintenance expenses associated with environmental improvements made outside of a test year to comply with environmental standards set by federal, state, tribal, or local laws and regulations.  A filing is made on or before February 1 each year for qualified environmental improvements since the prior rate case test year, and the new charge becomes effective April 1 unless suspended by the ACC.  The EIS includes an overall cap of $0.0005 per kWh (approximately $13 million to $15 million per year).  APS’s February 1, 2023 application requested an increase in the charge to $14.7 million, or $3.3 million over the prior-period charge. On March 10, 2023, APS filed an amended application requesting an EIS charge of $4.0 million, a decrease of $10.7 million from the

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February EIS request and a decrease of $7.5 million from the prior-period charge. The revised 2023 EIS became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2023.

Transmission Rates, Transmission Cost Adjustor (“TCA”) and Other Transmission Matters.  In July 2008, FERC approved a modification to APS’s Open Access Transmission Tariff to allow APS to move from fixed rates to a formula rate-setting methodology in order to more accurately reflect and recover the costs that APS incurs in providing transmission services.  A large portion of the rate represents charges for transmission services to serve APS’s retail customers (“Retail Transmission Charges”).  In order to recover the Retail Transmission Charges, APS was previously required to file an application with, and obtain approval from, the ACC to reflect changes in Retail Transmission Charges through the TCA.  Under the terms of the settlement agreement entered into in 2012 regarding APS’s rate case (“2012 Settlement Agreement”), however, an adjustment to rates to recover the Retail Transmission Charges will be made annually each June 1 and will go into effect automatically unless suspended by the ACC.

The formula rate is updated each year effective June 1 on the basis of APS’s actual cost of service, as disclosed in APS’s FERC Form 1 report for the previous fiscal year.  Items to be updated include actual capital expenditures made as compared with previous projections, transmission revenue credits and other items.  APS reviews the proposed formula rate filing amounts with the ACC Staff.  Any items or adjustments which are not agreed to by APS and the ACC Staff can remain in dispute until settled or litigated with FERC.  Settlement or litigated resolution of disputed issues could require an extended period of time and could have a significant effect on the Retail Transmission Charges because any adjustment, though applied prospectively, may be calculated to account for previously over- or under-collected amounts. The resolution of proposed adjustments can result in significant volatility in the revenues to be collected.

On March 17, 2020, APS made a filing to make modifications to its annual transmission formula to provide additional transparency for excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes resulting from the Tax Cuts and Job Act (the “Tax Act”), as well as for future local, state, and federal statutory tax rate changes. APS amended its March 17, 2020 filing on April 28, 2020, September 29, 2021, and October 27, 2021. In January 2022, FERC approved APS’s modifications to its annual transmission formula.

Effective June 1, 2021, APS’s annual wholesale transmission revenue requirement for all users of its transmission system increased by approximately $4 million for the 12-month period beginning June 1, 2021, in accordance with the FERC-approved formula. Of this net amount, wholesale customer rates decreased by approximately $3.2 million and retail customer rates would have increased by approximately $7.2 million. However, since changes in Retail Transmission Charges are reflected through the TCA after consideration of transmission recovery in retail base rates and the ACC approved balancing account, the retail revenue requirement decreased by $28.4 million, resulting in reductions to both residential and commercial rates. An adjustment to APS’s retail rates to recover FERC-approved transmission charges went into effect automatically on June 1, 2021.

Effective June 1, 2022, APS’s annual wholesale transmission revenue requirement for all users of its transmission system decreased by approximately $33 million for the 12-month period beginning June 1, 2022, in accordance with the FERC-approved formula. Of this net amount, wholesale customer rates decreased by approximately $6.4 million and retail customer rates would have decreased by approximately $26.6 million. However, since changes in Retail Transmission Charges are reflected through the TCA after consideration of transmission recovery in retail base rates and the ACC approved balancing account, the retail revenue requirement decreased by $2.4 million, resulting in a reduction to the residential rate and increases to commercial rates. An adjustment to APS’s retail rates to recover FERC-approved transmission charges went into effect automatically on June 1, 2022.

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Lost Fixed Cost Recovery Mechanism.  The LFCR mechanism permits APS to recover on an after-the-fact basis a portion of its fixed costs that would otherwise have been collected by APS in the kWh sales lost due to APS energy efficiency programs and to DG such as rooftop solar arrays.  The fixed costs recoverable by the LFCR mechanism were 2.5 cents for both lost residential and non-residential kWh as set forth in the 2017 Settlement Agreement. The fixed costs recoverable by the LFCR mechanism are currently 2.56 cents for lost residential kWh and 2.68 cents for lost non-residential kWh as set forth in the 2019 Rate Case decision. The LFCR adjustment has a year-over-year cap of 1% of retail revenues.  Any amounts left unrecovered in a particular year because of this cap can be carried over for recovery in a future year.  The kWhs lost from energy efficiency are based on a third-party evaluation of APS’s energy efficiency programs.  DG sales losses are determined from the metered output from the DG units.

On February 15, 2021, APS filed its 2021 annual LFCR adjustment, requesting that effective May 1, 2021, the annual LFCR recovery amount be increased to $38.5 million (an $11.8 million increase from previous levels). On April 13, 2021, the ACC voted not to approve the requested $11.8 million increase to the annual LFCR adjustment; thus, the previously approved rates continued to remain intact and the $11.8 million increase was reflected in APS’s 2022 filing in accordance with the compliance requirements.

As a result of the 2019 Rate Case decision, APS’s annual LFCR adjustor rate will be dependent on an annual earnings test filing, which will compare APS’s previous year’s rate of return with the related authorized rate of return. If the actual rate of return is higher than the authorized rate of return, the LFCR rate for the subsequent year is set at zero. APS determined that the changes to the LFCR mechanism, as a result of the 2019 Rate Case decision effective on December 1, 2021, did not materially impact its results of operations and financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021. However, as a result of certain changes made to the LFCR mechanism in the 2019 Rate Case decision, the mechanism no longer qualified for alternative revenue program accounting treatment, which impacts the future timing of related revenue recognition.

On February 15, 2022, APS filed its 2022 annual LFCR adjustment, requesting that effective May 1, 2022, the annual LFCR recovery amount be increased to $59.1 million (a $32.5 million increase from previous levels, which was inclusive of the $11.8 million balance from the 2021 filing). On May 9, 2022, the ACC Staff filed its revised report and proposed order regarding APS’s 2022 LFCR adjustment, concluding that APS calculated the adjustment in accordance with its Plan of Administration. On May 18, 2022, the ACC approved the 2022 LFCR adjustment, with a rate effective date of June 1, 2022.

On February 15, 2023, APS filed a letter to the ACC docket stating that, in accordance with Decision No. 78585, APS and ACC Staff have agreed to move the filing date for the annual LFCR adjustment to July 31 each year. APS does not believe further ACC approval is needed to move the filing date, and APS intends to file its 2023 annual LFCR adjustment later in 2023 in accordance with the July 31 deadline.

Tax Expense Adjustor Mechanism.  As part of the 2017 Settlement Agreement, the parties agreed to a rate adjustment mechanism to address potential federal income tax reform and enable the pass-through of certain income tax effects to customers. The TEAM expressly applies to APS’s retail rates with the exception of a small subset of customers taking service under specially-approved tariffs. On December 22, 2017, the Tax Act was enacted.  This legislation made significant changes to the federal income tax laws including a reduction in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018.

On August 13, 2018, APS filed a request with the ACC that addressed the return of $86.5 million in tax savings to customers related to the amortization of non-depreciation related excess deferred taxes previously collected from customers (“TEAM Phase II”).  The ACC approved this request on March 13, 2019, effective the first billing cycle in April 2019 through the last billing cycle in March 2020.

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On March 19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, APS delayed the discontinuation of TEAM Phase II until the first billing cycle in May 2020.  Amounts credited to customers after the last billing cycle in March 2020 were recorded as a part of the balancing account and were addressed for recovery as part of the 2019 Rate Case. Both the timing of the reduction in revenues refunded through TEAM Phase II and the offsetting income tax benefit were recognized based upon our seasonal kWh sales pattern.

On April 10, 2019, APS filed a third request with the ACC that addressed the amortization of depreciation related excess deferred taxes over a 28.5-year period consistent with IRS normalization rules (“TEAM Phase III”).  On October 29, 2019, the ACC approved TEAM Phase III providing both (i) a one-time bill credit of $64 million which was credited to customers on their December 2019 bills, and (ii) a monthly bill credit effective the first billing cycle in December 2019 which provided an additional benefit of $39.5 million to customers through December 31, 2020. On November 20, 2020, APS filed an application to continue the TEAM Phase III monthly bill credit through the earlier of December 31, 2021, or at the conclusion of the 2019 Rate Case. On December 9, 2020, the ACC approved this request. Both the timing of the reduction in revenues refunded through the TEAM Phase III monthly bill credit and the offsetting income tax benefit were recognized based upon APS’s seasonal kWh sales pattern.

As part of the 2019 Rate Case decision, the TEAM rates were reset to zero beginning December 31, 2021, and all impacts of the Tax Act were removed from the TEAM and incorporated into APS’s base rates. The TEAM was retained to address potential changes in tax law that may be enacted prior to a decision in a subsequent APS rate case.

Net Metering

APS’s 2017 Rate Case Decision provides that payments by utilities for energy exported to the grid from residential DG solar facilities will be determined using a RCP methodology as determined in the ACC’s generic Value and Cost of Distributed Generation docket. RCP is a method that is based on the most recent five-year rolling average price that APS incurs for utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects.  The price established by this RCP method will be updated annually (between general retail rate cases) but will not be decreased by more than 10% per year. The ACC is no longer pursuing development of a forecasted avoided cost methodology as an option for utilities in place of the RCP. Commercial customers, grandfathered residential solar customers, and residential customers with DG systems other than solar facilities continue to qualify for net metering.

In addition, the ACC made the following determinations in the Value and Cost of Distributed Generation docket:

•RCP customers who have interconnected a DG system or submitted an application for interconnection for DG systems will be grandfathered for a period of 20 years from the date the customer’s interconnection application was accepted by the utility (for APS residential customers, as of September 1, 2017, based on APS’s 2017 Rate Case Decision);

•customers with DG solar systems are to be considered a separate class of customers for ratemaking purposes; and

•once an initial export price is set for utilities, no netting or banking of retail credits will be available for new DG customers, and the then-applicable export price will be guaranteed for new customers for a period of 10 years.

This decision of the ACC addresses policy determinations only. The decision states that its principles will be applied in future general retail rate cases, and the policy determinations themselves may be subject to future change, as are all ACC policies.

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In accordance with the 2017 Rate Case Decision, APS filed its request for a RCP export energy price of 10.5 cents per kWh on May 1, 2019.  This price also reflects the 10% annual reduction discussed above. The new rate rider became effective on October 1, 2019. APS filed its request for a fourth-year export energy price of 9.4 cents per kWh on May 1, 2020, with a requested effective date of September 1, 2020.  This price reflects the 10% annual reduction discussed above. On September 23, 2020, the ACC approved the annual reduction of the export energy price but voted to delay the effectiveness of the reduction in export prices until October 1, 2021. In accordance with this decision, the RCP export energy price of 9.4 cents per kWh became effective on October 1, 2021. On April 29, 2022, APS filed an application to decrease the RCP price to 8.46 cents per kWh, reflecting a 10% annual reduction, to become effective September 1, 2022. On July 12, 2022, the ACC approved the RCP as filed.

Energy Modernization Plan

On January 30, 2018, the initial Energy Modernization Plan was proposed, which consisted of a series of energy policies tied to clean energy sources. Draft energy rules were subsequently issued and a series of revisions were made to the draft rules in 2019 and 2020. On July 30, 2020, the ACC Staff issued final draft energy rules which proposed 100% of retail kWh sales from clean energy resources by the end of 2050. Nuclear power was defined as a clean energy resource. The proposed rules also required 50% of retail energy served be renewable by the end of 2035. A new Energy Efficiency Standard (“EES”) was not included in the proposed rules.

The ACC discussed the final draft energy rules at several different meetings in 2020 and 2021. On November 13, 2020, the ACC approved a final draft energy rules package. On April 19, 2021, the Administrative Law Judge issued a Recommended Order and Opinion on the final energy rules. In June 2021, the ACC adopted revised clean energy rules based on a series of ACC amendments. The adopted rules included a final standard of 100% clean energy by 2070 and the following interim standards for carbon reduction from baseline carbon emissions level: 50% reduction by December 31, 2032; 65% reduction by December 31, 2040; 80% reduction by December 31, 2050, and 95% reduction by December 31, 2060. Since the adopted clean energy rules differed substantially from the original Recommended Order and Opinion, supplemental rulemaking procedures were required before the rules could become effective. On January 26, 2022, the ACC reversed its prior decision and declined to send the final draft energy rules through the rulemaking process. Instead, the ACC opened a new docket to consider all-source RFP requirements and the IRP process. During the August 2022 Open Meeting, Commissioners voted to postpone a decision on the all-source RFP and IRP rulemaking package until 2023. APS cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

Integrated Resource Planning

ACC rules require utilities to develop triennial 15-year IRPs which describe how the utility plans to serve customer load in the plan timeframe. The ACC reviews each utility’s IRP to determine if it meets the necessary requirements and whether it should be acknowledged. In February 2022, the ACC acknowledged APS’s 2020 IRP filed on June 26, 2020. The ACC also approved certain amendments to the IRP process, including, setting an EES of 1.3% of retail sales annually (averaged over a three-year period) and a demand-side resource capacity of 35% of 2020 peak demand by January 1, 2030. APS intends to file its next IRP on August 1, 2023. See “Energy Modernization Plan” above for information regarding proposed changes to the IRP filings.

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Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act

Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”), qualifying facilities are provided the right to sell energy and/or capacity to utilities and are granted relief from certain regulatory burdens. On December 17, 2019, the ACC mandated a minimum contract length of 18 years for qualifying facilities over 100 kW in Arizona and established that the rate paid to qualifying facilities must be based on the long-term avoided cost. “Avoided cost” is generally defined as the price at which the utility could purchase or produce the same amount of power from sources other than the qualifying facility on a long-term basis. During calendar year 2020, APS entered into two 18-year PPAs with qualified facilities, each for 80 MW solar facilities. In March 2021, the ACC approved these agreements.

On July 16, 2020, FERC issued a final rule revising FERC’s regulations implementing PURPA. The final rule went into effect on December 31, 2020.

Residential Electric Utility Customer Service Disconnections

On June 13, 2019, APS voluntarily suspended electric disconnections for residential customers who had not paid their bills. On June 20, 2019, the ACC voted to enact emergency rule amendments to prevent residential electric utility customer service disconnections during the period June 1 through October 15 (“Summer Disconnection Moratorium”). During the Summer Disconnection Moratorium, APS could not charge late fees and interest on amounts that were past due from customers. Customer deposits must also be used to pay delinquent amounts before disconnection can occur. In accordance with the emergency rules, APS began putting delinquent customers on a mandatory four-month payment plan beginning on October 16, 2019.

In June 2019, the ACC began a formal regular rulemaking process to allow stakeholder input and time for consideration of permanent rule changes. The ACC further ordered that each regulated utility serving retail customers in Arizona update its service conditions by incorporating the emergency rule amendments, restore power to any customers who were disconnected during the month of June 2019 and credit any fees that were charged for a reconnection. The ACC Staff and ACC proposed draft amendments to the customer service disconnections rules. On April 14, 2021, the ACC voted to send to the formal rulemaking process a draft rules package governing customer disconnections that allows utilities to choose between a temperature threshold (above 95 degrees and below 32 degrees) or calendar method (June 1 – October 15) for disconnection moratoriums. On November 2, 2021, the ACC approved the final rules, and on November 23, 2021, the rules were submitted to the Arizona Office of the Attorney General for final review and approval. The new rules became effective on April 18, 2022.

In accordance with the ACC service disconnection rules, APS now uses the calendar-based method to suspend the disconnection of customers for nonpayment from June 1 through October 15 each year (“Annual Disconnection Moratorium”). Customers with past due balances of $75 or greater as of the end of the Annual Disconnection Moratorium are automatically placed on six-month payment arrangements. In addition, APS voluntarily began waiving late payment fees of its customers (“Late Fee Waivers”) on March 13, 2020. Effective February 1, 2023, late payment fees for residential customers were reinstated. Late payment fees for commercial and industrial customers were reinstated effective May 1, 2022. Since the suspensions and moratoriums on disconnections began, APS has experienced an increase in bad debt expense and the related write-offs of delinquent customer accounts.

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Retail Electric Competition Rules

On November 17, 2018, the ACC voted to re-examine the facilitation of a deregulated retail electric market in Arizona. On July 1 and July 2, 2019, ACC Staff issued a report and initial proposed draft rules regarding possible modifications to the ACC’s retail electric competition rules. On February 10, 2020, two ACC Commissioners filed two sets of draft proposed retail electric competition rules. On February 12, 2020, ACC Staff issued its second report regarding possible modifications to the ACC’s retail electric competition rules. During a July 15, 2020, ACC Staff meeting, the ACC Commissioners discussed the possible development of a retail competition pilot program, but no action was taken. The ACC continues to discuss matters related to retail electric competition, including the potential for additional buy-through programs or other pilot programs. In April 2022, the Arizona Legislature passed and the Governor signed a bill that repealed the electric deregulation law that had been in place in Arizona since 1998. APS cannot predict what impact, if any, this change will have on APS.

On August 4, 2021, Green Mountain Energy filed an application seeking a certificate of convenience and necessity to allow it to provide competitive electric generation service in Arizona. Green Mountain Energy has requested that the ACC grant it the ability to provide competitive service in APS’s and Tucson Electric Power Company’s certificated service territories and proposes to deliver a 100% renewable energy product to residential and general service customers in those service territories. APS opposes Green Mountain Energy’s application. On November 3, 2021, the ACC submitted questions to the Arizona Attorney General requesting legal opinions related to a number of issues surrounding retail electric competition and the ACC’s ability to issue competitive certificates of convenience and necessity. On November 26, 2021, the Administrative Law Judge issued a procedural order indicating it would not be appropriate to set a schedule until the Attorney General has provided his insights on the applicable law. As the ACC’s questions pertained to the retail competition law subsequently repealed in April 2022, the Attorney General has not responded to the ACC’s request and the questions are now moot. No action has been taken by the ACC regarding this application since that time.

On October 28, 2021, an ACC Commissioner docketed a letter directing ACC Staff and interested stakeholders to design a 200 to 300 MW pilot program that would allow residential and small commercial customers of APS to elect a competitive electricity supplier. The letter also states that similar programs should be designed for other Arizona regulated electric utilities. APS cannot predict the outcome of these future activities.

Rate Plan Comparison Tool and Investigation

On November 14, 2019, APS learned that its rate plan comparison tool was not functioning as intended due to an integration error between the tool and APS’s meter data management system. APS immediately removed the tool from its website and notified the ACC. The purpose of the tool was to provide customers with a rate plan recommendation based upon historical usage data. Upon investigation, APS determined that the error may have affected rate plan recommendations to customers between February 4, 2019, and November 14, 2019. By the middle of May 2020, APS provided refunds to approximately 13,000 potentially impacted customers equal to the difference between what they paid for electricity and the amount they would have paid had they selected their most economical rate, as applicable, and a $25 payment for any inconvenience that the customer may have experienced. The refunds and payment for inconvenience being provided did not have a material impact on APS’s financial statements. In February 2020, APS launched a new online rate comparison tool. The ACC hired an outside consultant to evaluate the extent of the error and the overall effectiveness of the tool. On August 20, 2020, ACC Staff filed the outside consultant’s report on APS’s rate comparison tool. The report concluded APS’s new rate comparison tool is working as intended.

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The report also identified a small population of additional customers that may have been affected by the error and APS has provided refunds and the $25 inconvenience payment to approximately 3,800 additional customers. These additional refunds and payment for inconvenience did not have a material impact on APS’s financial statements. On September 28, 2020, the ACC discussed this report but did not take any action. APS cannot predict whether additional inquiries or actions may be taken by the ACC.

Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery

On December 29, 2017, in accordance with the 2017 Rate Case Decision, APS filed a Notice of Intent to file its SCR Adjustment to permit recovery of costs associated with the installation of SCR equipment at Four Corners Units 4 and 5.  APS filed the SCR Adjustment request in April 2018.  The SCR Adjustment request provided that there would be a $67.5 million annual revenue impact that would be applied as a percentage of base rates for all applicable customers.  Also, as provided for in the 2017 Rate Case Decision, APS requested that the adjustment become effective no later than January 1, 2019.  The hearing for this matter occurred in September 2018.  At the hearing, APS accepted ACC Staff’s recommendation of a lower annual revenue impact of approximately $58.5 million. The Administrative Law Judge issued a Recommended Opinion and Order finding that the costs for the SCR project were prudently incurred and recommending authorization of the $58.5 million annual revenue requirement related to the installation and operation of the SCRs. The ACC did not issue a decision on this matter.  APS included the costs for the SCR project in the retail rate base in its 2019 Rate Case filing with the ACC.

On November 2, 2021, the 2019 Rate Case decision was approved by the ACC allowing approximately $194 million of SCR related plant investments and cost deferrals in rate base and to recover, depreciate and amortize in rates based on an end-of-life assumption of July 2031. The decision also included a partial and combined disallowance of $215.5 million on the SCR investments and deferrals. APS believes the SCR plant investments and related SCR cost deferrals were prudently incurred, and on December 17, 2021, APS filed its Notice of Direct Appeal at the Arizona Court of Appeals requesting review of the $215.5 million disallowance. The Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on November 30, 2022. On March 6, 2023, the Court of Appeals issued its order in the matter, vacating the ACC’s disallowance of the SCR investment and remanding the matter back to the ACC for further review in accordance with ACC rules and the order of the Court of Appeals. The parties have until May 8, 2023 to file a petition requesting review by the Arizona Supreme Court. APS cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. Based on the partial recovery of these investments and cost deferrals in current rates, the favorable Court of Appeals order, and the potential for further appellate review, APS has not recorded an impairment or write-off relating to the SCR plant investments or deferrals as of March 31, 2023. If the 2019 Rate Case decision to disallow $215.5 million of the SCRs is ultimately upheld, APS will be required to record a charge to its results of operations, net of tax, of approximately $154.4 million. See above for further discussion on the 2019 Rate Case decision.

Cholla

On September 11, 2014, APS announced that it would close Unit 2 of the Cholla Power Plant (“Cholla”) and cease burning coal at the other APS-owned units (Units 1 and 3) at the plant by the mid-2020s, if the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) approved a compromise proposal offered by APS to meet required environmental and emissions standards and rules. On April 14, 2015, the ACC approved APS’s plan to retire Unit 2, without expressing any view on the future recoverability of APS’s remaining investment in the unit. APS closed Unit 2 on October 1, 2015. In early 2017, EPA approved a final rule incorporating APS’s compromise proposal, which took effect on April 26, 2017. In December 2019, PacifiCorp notified APS that it planned to retire Cholla Unit 4 by the end of 2020 and the unit ceased operation in December 2020. APS is required to cease burning coal at its remaining Cholla units by April 2025.

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Previously, APS estimated Cholla Unit 2’s end of life to be 2033. APS has been recovering a return on and of the net book value of the unit in base rates. Pursuant to the 2017 Settlement Agreement described above, APS will be allowed continued recovery of the net book value of the unit and the unit’s decommissioning and other retirement-related costs, $36.1 million as of March 31, 2023, in addition to a return on its investment. In accordance with GAAP, in the third quarter of 2014, Unit 2’s remaining net book value was reclassified from property, plant and equipment to a regulatory asset. In accordance with the 2019 Rate Case decision, the regulatory asset is being amortized through 2033.

Navajo Plant

The Navajo Plant ceased operations in November 2019. The co-owners and the Navajo Nation executed a lease extension on November 29, 2017, that allows for decommissioning activities to begin after the plant ceased operations. In accordance with GAAP, in the second quarter of 2017, APS’s remaining net book value of its interest in the Navajo Plant was reclassified from property, plant and equipment to a regulatory asset.

APS has been recovering a return on and of the net book value of its interest in the Navajo plant in base rates over its previously estimated life through 2026. Pursuant to the 2019 Rate Case decision described above, APS will be allowed continued recovery of the book value of its remaining investment in the Navajo plant, $50.2 million as of March 31, 2023, in addition to a return on the net book value, with the exception of 15% of the annual amortization expense in rates. In addition, APS will be allowed recovery of other costs related to retirement and closure, including the Navajo coal reclamation regulatory asset, $13.1 million as of March 31, 2023. The disallowed recovery of 15% of the annual amortization does not have a material impact on APS financial statements.

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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities 

The detail of regulatory assets is as follows (dollars in thousands): 

	Amortization Through	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Pension	(a)	$	628,727	$	637,656
Deferred fuel and purchased power (b) (c)	2024	469,962		460,561
Income taxes — allowance for funds used during construction (“AFUDC”) equity	2053	179,818		179,631
Ocotillo deferral (e)	2031	135,766		138,143
SCR deferral (e)(f)	2031	95,588		97,624
Retired power plant costs	2033	94,903		98,692
Deferred fuel and purchased power — mark-to-market (Note 7)	2025	61,858		—
Deferred property taxes	2027	38,915		41,057
Deferred compensation	2036	34,492		33,660
Income taxes — investment tax credit basis adjustment	2056	24,095		23,977
Palo Verde VIEs (Note 6)	2046	20,893		20,933
Active Union Medical Trust	(g)	15,010		18,226
Four Corners cost deferral	2024	13,979		15,999
Navajo coal reclamation	2026	13,117		13,862
Loss on reacquired debt	2038	9,238		9,468
Mead-Phoenix transmission line contributions in aid of construction (“CIAC”)	2050	8,965		9,048
Tax expense adjustor mechanism (b)	2031	5,681		5,845
Lost fixed cost recovery (b)	2023	—		9,547
Other	Various	8,458		8,171
Total regulatory assets (d)		$	1,859,465	$	1,822,100
Less: current regulatory assets		$	600,802	$	538,879
Total non-current regulatory assets		$	1,258,663	$	1,283,221

(a)This asset represents the future recovery of pension benefit obligations and expense through retail rates.  If these costs are disallowed by the ACC, this regulatory asset would be charged to OCI and result in lower future revenues.  As a result of the 2019 Rate Case Decision, the amount authorized for inclusion in rate base was determined using an averaging methodology, which resulted in a reduced return in retail rates. See Note 5 for further discussion.

(b)See “Cost Recovery Mechanisms” discussion above.

(c)Subject to a carrying charge.

(d)There are no regulatory assets for which the ACC has allowed recovery of costs, but not allowed a return by exclusion from rate base.  FERC rates are set using a formula rate as described in “Transmission Rates, Transmission Cost Adjustor and Other Transmission Matters.”

(e)Balance includes amounts for future regulatory consideration and amortization period determination.

(f)See “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” discussion above.

(g)Collected in retail rates.

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The detail of regulatory liabilities is as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Amortization Through	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Excess deferred income taxes — ACC - Tax Act (a)	2046	$	970,578	$	971,545
Excess deferred income taxes — FERC - Tax Act (a)	2058	221,708		221,877
Asset retirement obligations	2057	396,107		354,002
Other postretirement benefits	(d)	258,955		270,604
Removal costs	(c)	106,102		106,889
Income taxes — change in rates	2051	64,739		64,806
Four Corners coal reclamation	2038	53,348		52,592
Income taxes — deferred investment tax credit	2056	49,031		48,035
Spent nuclear fuel	2027	37,313		39,217
Renewable energy standard (b)	2024	30,188		35,720
Sundance maintenance	2031	17,667		16,893
Property tax deferral (e)	2024	14,353		15,521
Demand side management (b)	2023	14,207		8,461
FERC transmission true up (b)	2025	12,597		22,895
Tax expense adjustor mechanism (b) (e)	N/A	4,835		4,835
Deferred fuel and purchased power — mark-to-market (Note 7)	2025	3,396		96,367
Other	Various	7,415		3,092
Total regulatory liabilities		$	2,262,539	$	2,333,351
Less: current regulatory liabilities		$	202,266	$	271,575
Total non-current regulatory liabilities		$	2,060,273	$	2,061,776

(a)For purposes of presentation on the Statement of Cash Flows, amortization of the regulatory liabilities for excess deferred income taxes are reflected as “Deferred income taxes” under Cash Flows From Operating Activities.

(b)See “Cost Recovery Mechanisms” discussion above.

(c)In accordance with regulatory accounting guidance, APS accrues removal costs for its regulated assets, even if there is no legal obligation for removal.

(d)See Note 5.

(e)Balance includes amounts for future regulatory consideration and amortization period determination.

5.    Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits

Pinnacle West sponsors a qualified defined benefit and account balance pension plan, a non-qualified supplemental excess benefit retirement plan, and other postretirement benefit plans for the employees of Pinnacle West and our subsidiaries.  The other postretirement benefit plans include a group life and medical plan and a post-65 retiree health reimbursement arrangement (“HRA”). Pinnacle West uses a December 31 measurement date each year for its pension and other postretirement benefit plans.  The market-related value of our plan assets is their fair value at the measurement date.

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The following table provides details of the plans’ net periodic benefit costs and the portion of these costs charged to expense (including administrative costs and excluding amounts capitalized as overhead construction or billed to electric plant participants) (dollars in thousands):

	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,				Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Service cost — benefits earned during the period	$	10,157	$	14,331	$	2,120	$	4,218
Non-service costs (credits):
Interest cost on benefit obligation	38,362		27,023		5,673		4,463
Expected return on plan assets	(45,561)		(46,394)		(10,872)		(11,510)
Amortization of:
Prior service credit	—		—		(9,447)		(9,447)
Net actuarial loss (gain)	9,713		4,768		(2,303)		(2,982)
Net periodic cost/(benefit)	$	12,671	$	(272)	$	(14,829)	$	(15,258)
Portion of benefit charged to expense	$	7,227	$	(3,290)	$	(10,737)	$	(10,895)

Contributions

We have not made any voluntary contributions to our pension plan year-to-date in 2023. The minimum required contributions for the pension plan are zero for the next three years and we do not expect to make any contributions in 2023, 2024 or 2025. With regard to contributions to our other postretirement benefit plan, we have not made a contribution year-to-date in 2023 and do not expect to make any contributions in 2023, 2024 or 2025.

6.    Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities

In 1986, APS entered into agreements with three separate VIE lessor trust entities in order to sell and lease back interests in Palo Verde Unit 2 and related common facilities. APS will retain the assets through 2033 under all three lease agreements. APS will be required to make payments relating to the three leases in total of approximately $21 million annually for the period 2023 through 2033. At the end of the lease period, APS will have the option to purchase the leased assets at their fair market value, extend the leases for up to two years, or return the assets to the lessors.

For regulatory reporting purposes, APS accounts for the three leases as operating leases for income

statement and cash flow statement purposes, and for balance sheet purposes all three leases are classified as finance leases. See Note 14 for a discussion of leases.

APS is exposed to losses relating to these VIEs upon the occurrence of certain events that APS does not consider to be reasonably likely to occur. Under certain circumstances (for example, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) issuing specified violation orders with respect to Palo Verde or the occurrence of specified nuclear events), APS would be required to make specified payments to the VIEs’ noncontrolling equity participants and take title to the leased Unit 2 interests, which, if appropriate, may be required to be written down in value. If such an event were to occur during the lease periods, APS may be required to pay the noncontrolling equity participants approximately $324 million beginning in 2023, and up to $501 million over the lease terms.

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7.    Derivative Accounting

Derivative financial instruments are used to manage exposure to commodity price and transportation costs of electricity, natural gas, emissions allowances, and interest rates.  Risks associated with market volatility are managed by utilizing various physical and financial derivative instruments, including futures, forwards, options, and swaps.  As part of our overall risk management program, we may use derivative instruments to hedge purchases and sales of electricity and natural gas.  Derivative instruments that meet certain hedge accounting criteria may be designated as cash flow hedges and are used to limit our exposure to cash flow variability on forecasted transactions.  The changes in market value of such instruments have a high correlation to price changes in the hedged transactions.  Derivative instruments are also entered into for economic hedging purposes.  While economic hedges may mitigate exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices, these instruments have not been designated as accounting hedges.  Contracts that have the same terms (quantities, delivery points, and delivery periods) and for which power does not flow are netted, which reduces both revenues and fuel and purchased power costs in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, but does not impact our financial condition, net income, or cash flows.

Our derivative instruments, excluding those qualifying for a scope exception, are recorded on the balance sheets as an asset or liability and are measured at fair value.  See Note 11 for a discussion of fair value measurements.  Derivative instruments may qualify for the normal purchases and normal sales scope exception if they require physical delivery, and the quantities represent those transacted in the normal course of business.  Derivative instruments qualifying for the normal purchases and sales scope exception are accounted for under the accrual method of accounting and excluded from our derivative instrument discussion and disclosures below.

Energy Derivatives

For its regulated operations, APS defers for future rate treatment 100% of the unrealized gains and losses on derivatives pursuant to the PSA mechanism that would otherwise be recognized in income.  Realized gains and losses on energy derivatives are deferred in accordance with the PSA to the extent the amounts are above or below the Base Fuel Rate. See Note 4.  Gains and losses from energy derivatives in the following tables represent the amounts reflected in income before the effect of PSA deferrals.

The following table shows the outstanding gross notional volume of energy derivatives, which represent both purchases and sales (does not reflect net position): 

		Quantity
Commodity	Unit of Measure	March 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
Power	GWh	1,664	1,197
Gas	Billion cubic feet	194	149

Gains and Losses from Energy Derivative Instruments

For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, APS had no energy derivative instruments in designated accounting hedging relationships.

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The following table provides information about gains and losses from energy derivative instruments not designated as accounting hedging instruments (dollars in thousands):

	Financial Statement Location	Three Months Ended March 31,
Commodity Contracts		2023		2022
Net Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income	Fuel and purchased power (a)	$	(188,930)	$	223,742

(a)Amounts are before the effect of PSA deferrals.

Energy Derivative Instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

Our energy derivative transactions are typically executed under standardized or customized agreements, which include collateral requirements and, in the event of a default, would allow for the netting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty.  Agreements that allow for the offsetting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty are considered master netting arrangements.  Transactions with counterparties that have master netting arrangements are offset and reported net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Transactions that do not allow for offsetting of positive and negative positions are reported gross on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We do not offset a counterparty’s current energy derivative contracts with the counterparty’s non-current energy derivative contracts, although our master netting arrangements would allow current and non-current positions to be offset in the event of a default.  These types of transactions may include non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, trade receivables and trade payables arising from settled positions, and other forms of non-cash collateral (such as letters of credit).  These types of transactions are excluded from the offsetting tables presented below.

The following tables provide information about the fair value of our risk management activities reported on a gross basis, and the impacts of offsetting.  These amounts relate to commodity contracts and are located in the assets and liabilities from risk management activities lines of APS’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of March 31, 2023: (dollars in thousands)	Gross  Recognized  Derivatives  (a)		Amounts Offset  (b)		Net  Recognized  Derivatives		Other  (c)		Amount Reported on Balance Sheets
Current assets	$	22,994	$	(7,050)	$	15,944	$	17	$	15,961
Investments and other assets	26,746		(9,664)		17,082		—		17,082
Total assets	49,740		(16,714)		33,026		17		33,043
Current liabilities	(84,853)		7,050		(77,803)		(6,071)		(83,874)
Deferred credits and other	(23,349)		9,664		(13,685)		—		(13,685)
Total liabilities	(108,202)		16,714		(91,488)		(6,071)		(97,559)
Total	$	(58,462)	$	—	$	(58,462)	$	(6,054)	$	(64,516)

(a)All of our gross recognized derivative instruments were subject to master netting arrangements.

(b)No cash collateral has been provided to counterparties, or received from counterparties, that is subject to offsetting.

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(c)Represents cash collateral and cash margin that is not subject to offsetting. Amounts relate to non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, or collateral and margin posted or received in excess of the recognized derivative instrument. Includes cash collateral received from counterparties of $6,071 thousand and cash margin provided to counterparties of $17 thousand.

As of December 31, 2022: (dollars in thousands)	Gross Recognized Derivatives  (a)		Amounts Offset (b)		Net  Recognized  Derivatives		Other  (c)		Amount Reported on Balance Sheets
Current assets	$	103,484	$	(15,808)	$	87,676	$	28	$	87,704
Investments and other assets	49,777		(5,383)		44,394		—		44,394
Total assets	153,261		(21,191)		132,070		28		132,098
Current liabilities	(47,670)		15,808		(31,862)		(5,835)		(37,697)
Deferred credits and other	(9,223)		5,383		(3,840)		—		(3,840)
Total liabilities	(56,893)		21,191		(35,702)		(5,835)		(41,537)
Total	$	96,368	$	—	$	96,368	$	(5,807)	$	90,561

(a)All of our gross recognized derivative instruments were subject to master netting arrangements.

(b)No cash collateral has been provided to counterparties, or received from counterparties, that is subject to offsetting.

(c)Represents cash collateral and cash margin that is not subject to offsetting. Amounts relate to non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, or collateral and margin posted in excess of the recognized derivative instrument.  Includes cash collateral received from counterparties of $5,835 thousand and cash margin provided to counterparties of $28 thousand.

Interest Rate Derivatives

On October 19, 2022, Bright Canyon Energy entered into an interest rate swap to hedge the variable interest rate exposure relating to the credit agreement for the Los Alamitos project. The transaction qualifies and has been designated as cash flow hedge. The hedge’s gain or loss is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and subsequently will be reclassified into earnings in the periods during which the related interest expense on the debt is incurred. As of March 31, 2023, the interest rate swap has a notional value of $32 million with a maturity in 2041. Relating to this derivative, our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2023, includes approximately $1.7 million reported as a liability within the liabilities from risk management activities line within the deferred credits and other section, and $0.1 million reported as a current asset within the assets from risk management activities line. As of March 31, 2023, the Condensed Consolidated Income Statement includes a pretax loss of approximately $1.6 million recognized in other comprehensive income relating to the interest rate swap. There were no gains or losses reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income as of March 31, 2023, and we expect $0.1 million of losses will be reclassified into earnings over the next 12 months.

Credit Risk and Credit Related Contingent Features

We are exposed to losses in the event of nonperformance or nonpayment by counterparties and have risk management contracts with many counterparties. As of March 31, 2023, we have one counterparty for which our exposure represents approximately 20% of Pinnacle West’s $33 million of risk management assets. This exposure relates to a master agreement with the counterparty, and the counterparty is rated as investment grade. Our risk management process assesses and monitors the financial exposure of all counterparties. 

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Despite the fact that the great majority of our trading counterparties’ debt is rated as investment grade by the credit rating agencies, there is still a possibility that one or more of these companies could default, resulting in a material impact on consolidated earnings for a given period. Counterparties in the portfolio consist principally of financial institutions, major energy companies, municipalities and local distribution companies.  We maintain credit policies that we believe minimize overall credit risk to within acceptable limits.  Determination of the credit quality of our counterparties is based upon a number of factors, including credit ratings and our evaluation of their financial condition.  To manage credit risk, we employ collateral requirements and standardized agreements that allow for the netting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty.  Valuation adjustments are established representing our estimated credit losses on our overall exposure to counterparties.

Certain of our energy derivative instrument contracts contain credit-risk-related contingent features including, among other things, investment grade credit rating provisions, credit-related cross-default provisions, and adequate assurance provisions.  Adequate assurance provisions allow a counterparty with reasonable grounds for uncertainty to demand additional collateral based on subjective events and/or conditions.  For those derivative instruments in a net liability position, with investment grade credit contingencies, the counterparties could demand additional collateral if our debt credit rating were to fall below investment grade (below BBB- for Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa3 for Moody’s).

The following table provides information about our energy derivative instruments that have credit-risk-related contingent features (dollars in thousands):

	March 31, 2023
Aggregate fair value of derivative instruments in a net liability position	$	108,202
Additional cash collateral in the event credit-risk-related contingent features were fully triggered (a)	73,886

(a)This amount is after counterparty netting and includes those contracts which qualify for scope exceptions, which are excluded from the derivative details above.

We have energy-related non-derivative instrument contracts with investment grade credit-related contingent features, which could require us to post additional collateral of approximately $76 million if our debt credit ratings were to fall below investment grade.

8.    Commitments and Contingencies

Palo Verde Generating Station

Spent Nuclear Fuel and Waste Disposal

On December 19, 2012, APS, acting on behalf of itself and the participant owners of Palo Verde, filed a second breach of contract lawsuit against DOE in the United States Court of Federal Claims (“Court of Federal Claims”). The lawsuit sought to recover damages incurred due to DOE’s breach of the Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High Level Radioactive Waste (“Standard Contract”) for failing to accept Palo Verde’s spent nuclear fuel and high level waste from January 1, 2007, through June 30, 2011, pursuant to the terms of the Standard Contract and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. On August 18, 2014, APS and DOE entered into a settlement agreement, which required DOE to pay the Palo Verde owners for certain specified costs incurred by Palo Verde during the period January 1, 2007, through June 30, 2011. In addition, the settlement agreement provided APS with a method for submitting claims and getting recovery for costs incurred through December 31, 2016, which was extended to December 31, 2025.

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APS has submitted eight claims pursuant to the terms of the August 18, 2014 settlement agreement, for eight separate time periods during July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2021. The DOE has approved and paid $123.9 million for these claims (APS’s share is $36.0 million). The amounts recovered were primarily recorded as adjustments to a regulatory liability and had no impact on reported net income. In accordance with the 2017 Rate Case Decision, this regulatory liability is being refunded to customers. See Note 4. On October 31, 2022, APS filed its ninth claim pursuant to the terms of the August 18, 2014 settlement agreement. On March 16, 2023, the DOE approved a payment in the amount of $14.3 million (APS’s share is $4.2 million), and on April 6, 2023, APS received this payment.

Nuclear Insurance

Public liability for incidents at nuclear power plants is governed by the Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (“Price-Anderson Act”), which limits the liability of nuclear reactor owners to the amount of insurance available from both commercial sources and an industry-wide retrospective payment plan.  In accordance with the Price-Anderson Act, the Palo Verde participants are insured against public liability for a nuclear incident up to approximately $13.7 billion per occurrence. Palo Verde maintains the maximum available nuclear liability insurance in the amount of $450 million, which is provided by American Nuclear Insurers.  The remaining balance of approximately $13.2 billion of liability coverage is provided through a mandatory, industry-wide retrospective premium program.  If losses at any nuclear power plant covered by the program exceed the accumulated funds, APS could be responsible for retrospective premiums.  The maximum retrospective premium per reactor under the program for each nuclear liability incident is approximately $137.6 million, subject to a maximum annual premium of approximately $20.5 million per incident.  Based on APS’s ownership interest in the three Palo Verde units, APS’s maximum retrospective premium per incident for all three units is approximately $120.1 million, with a maximum annual retrospective premium of approximately $17.9 million.

The Palo Verde participants maintain insurance for property damage to, and decontamination of, property at Palo Verde in the aggregate amount of $2.8 billion.  APS has also secured accidental outage insurance for a sudden and unforeseen accidental outage of any of the three units. The property damage, decontamination, and accidental outage insurance are provided by Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (“NEIL”).  APS is subject to retrospective premium adjustments under all NEIL policies if NEIL’s losses in any policy year exceed accumulated funds. The maximum amount APS could incur under the current NEIL policies totals approximately $22.4 million for each retrospective premium assessment declared by NEIL’s Board of Directors due to losses.  Additionally, at the sole discretion of the NEIL Board of Directors, APS would be liable to provide approximately $62.6 million in deposit premium within 20 days of request as assurance to satisfy any site obligation of retrospective premium assessment.  The insurance coverage discussed in this, and the previous paragraph is subject to certain policy conditions, sublimits, and exclusions.

Contractual Obligations

As of March 31, 2023, our fuel and purchased power and purchase obligation commitments have increased from the information provided in our 2022 Form 10-K. The increase is primarily due to new purchased power and energy storage commitments of approximately $1.9 billion. The majority of the changes relate to 2025 and thereafter. This amount includes approximately $1.6 billion of commitments relating to purchased power lease contracts. See Note 14.

Other than the items described above, there have been no material changes, as of March 31, 2023, outside the normal course of business in contractual obligations from the information provided in our 2022 Form 10-K. See Note 3 for discussion regarding changes in our short-term and long-term debt obligations.

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Superfund and Other Related Matters

The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“Superfund” or “CERCLA”) establishes liability for the cleanup of hazardous substances found contaminating the soil, water or air.  Those who released, generated, transported to or disposed of hazardous substances at a contaminated site are among the parties who are potentially responsible (each a “PRP”).  PRPs may be strictly, jointly, and severally liable for clean-up.  On September 3, 2003, EPA advised APS that EPA considers APS to be a PRP in the Motorola 52nd Street Superfund Site, Operable Unit 3 (“OU3”) in Phoenix, Arizona.  APS has facilities that are within this Superfund site.  APS and Pinnacle West have agreed with EPA to perform certain investigative activities of the APS facilities within OU3.  In addition, on September 23, 2009, APS agreed with EPA and one other PRP to voluntarily assist with the funding and management of the site-wide groundwater remedial investigation and feasibility study (“RI/FS”).  The RI/FS for OU3 was finalized and submitted to EPA at the end of 2022. APS cannot predict the EPA’s timing with respect to this matter. APS’s estimated costs related to this investigation and study is approximately $3 million.  APS anticipates incurring additional expenditures in the future, but because the ultimate remediation requirements are not yet finalized by EPA, at the present time expenditures related to this matter cannot be reasonably estimated.

On August 6, 2013, the Roosevelt Irrigation District (“RID”) filed a lawsuit in Arizona District Court against APS and 24 other defendants, alleging that RID’s groundwater wells were contaminated by the release of hazardous substances from facilities owned or operated by the defendants.  The lawsuit also alleges that, under Superfund laws, the defendants are jointly and severally liable to RID.  The allegations against APS arise out of APS’s current and former ownership of facilities in and around OU3.  As part of a state governmental investigation into groundwater contamination in this area, on January 25, 2015, the ADEQ sent a letter to APS seeking information concerning the degree to which, if any, APS’s current and former ownership of these facilities may have contributed to groundwater contamination in this area.  APS responded to ADEQ on May 4, 2015. On December 16, 2016, two RID environmental and engineering contractors filed an ancillary lawsuit for recovery of costs against APS and the other defendants in the RID litigation. That same day, another RID service provider filed an additional ancillary CERCLA lawsuit against certain of the defendants in the main RID litigation but excluded APS and certain other parties as named defendants. Because the ancillary lawsuits concern past costs allegedly incurred by these RID vendors, which were ruled unrecoverable directly by RID in November of 2016, the additional lawsuits do not increase APS’s exposure or risk related to these matters.

On April 5, 2018, RID and the defendants in that particular litigation executed a settlement agreement, fully resolving RID’s CERCLA claims concerning both past and future cost recovery. APS’s share of this settlement was immaterial. In addition, the two environmental and engineering vendors voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit against APS and the other named defendants without prejudice. An order to this effect was entered on April 17, 2018. With this disposition of the case, the vendors may file their lawsuit again in the future. On August 16, 2019, Maricopa County, one of the three direct defendants in the service provider lawsuit, filed a third-party complaint seeking contribution for its liability, if any, from APS and 28 other third-party defendants. While this lawsuit remains pending, on September 30, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona granted partial summary judgment to the direct defendants for $20.7 million of the $21 million in CERCLA response costs claimed by the service provider. We are unable to predict the outcome of any further litigation related to the remaining response costs at issue in this litigation; however, we do not expect the outcome to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

On February 28, 2022, EPA provided APS with a request for information under CERCLA related to APS’s Ocotillo power plant site located in Tempe, Arizona. In particular, EPA seeks information from APS regarding APS’s use, storage, and disposal of substances containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl (“PFAS”) compounds at the Ocotillo power plant site in order to aid EPA’s investigation into actual or threatened releases of PFAS into groundwater within the South Indian Bend Wash (“SIBW”) Superfund site. The SIBW

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Superfund site includes the APS Ocotillo power plant site. APS filed its response to this information request on April 29, 2022. On January 17, 2023, EPA contacted APS to inform the Company that it would be commencing on-site investigations within the SIBW site, including the Ocotillo power plant, and performing a remedial investigation and feasibility study related to potential PFAS impacts to groundwater over the next two to three years. At the present time, we are unable to predict the outcome of this matter and expenditures related to this matter cannot be reasonably estimated.

Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery

As part of APS’s 2019 Rate Case, APS included recovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the Four Corners SCR project. On November 2, 2021, the 2019 Rate Case decision was approved by the ACC allowing approximately $194 million of SCR related plant investments and cost deferrals in rate base and to recover, depreciate and amortize in rates based on an end-of-life assumption of July 2031. The decision also included a partial and combined disallowance of $215.5 million on the SCR investments and deferrals. APS believes the SCR plant investments and related SCR cost deferrals were prudently incurred, and on December 17, 2021, APS filed its Notice of Direct Appeal at the Arizona Court of Appeals requesting review of the $215.5 million disallowance. The Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on November 30, 2022. On March 6, 2023, the Court of Appeals issued its order in the matter, vacating the ACC’s disallowance of the SCR investment and remanding the matter back to the ACC for further review in accordance with ACC rules and the order of the Court of Appeals. The parties have until May 8, 2023 to file a petition requesting review by the Arizona Supreme Court. APS cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. Based on the partial recovery of these investments and cost deferrals in current rates, the favorable Court of Appeals order, and the potential for further appellate review, APS has not recorded an impairment or write-off relating to the SCR plant investments or deferrals as of March 31, 2023. If the 2019 Rate Case decision to disallow $215.5 million of the SCRs is ultimately upheld, APS will be required to record a charge to its results of operations, net of tax, of approximately $154.4 million. We cannot predict the outcome of the legal challenges nor the timing of when this matter will be resolved. See Note 3 for additional information regarding the Four Corners SCR cost recovery.

Environmental Matters

APS is subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations affecting many aspects of its present and future operations, including air emissions of both conventional pollutants and greenhouse gases, water quality, wastewater discharges, solid waste, hazardous waste, and coal combustion residuals (“CCRs”).  These laws and regulations can change from time to time, imposing new obligations on APS resulting in increased capital, operating, and other costs.  Associated capital expenditures or operating costs could be material.  APS intends to seek recovery of any such environmental compliance costs through our rates but cannot predict whether it will obtain such recovery.  The following proposed and final rules involve material compliance costs to APS.

Coal Combustion Waste. On December 19, 2014, EPA issued its final regulations governing the handling and disposal of CCR, such as fly ash and bottom ash. The rule regulates CCR as a non-hazardous waste under Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and establishes national minimum criteria for existing and new CCR landfills and surface impoundments and all lateral expansions. These criteria include standards governing location restrictions, design and operating criteria, groundwater monitoring and corrective action, closure requirements and post closure care, and recordkeeping, notification, and internet posting requirements. The rule generally requires any existing unlined CCR surface impoundment to stop receiving CCR and either retrofit or close, and further requires the closure of any CCR landfill or surface impoundment that cannot meet the applicable performance criteria for location restrictions or structural

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integrity. Such closure requirements are deemed “forced closure” or “closure for cause” of unlined surface impoundments and are the subject of recent regulatory and judicial activities described below.

Since these regulations were finalized, EPA has taken steps to substantially modify the federal rules governing CCR disposal. While certain changes have been prompted by utility industry petitions, others have resulted from judicial review, court-approved settlements with environmental groups, and statutory changes to RCRA. The following lists the pending regulatory changes that, if finalized, could have a material impact as to how APS manages CCR at its coal-fired power plants:

•Following the passage of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act in 2016, EPA possesses authority to either authorize states to develop their own permit programs for CCR management or issue federal permits governing CCR disposal both in states without their own permit programs and on tribal lands. Although ADEQ has taken steps to develop a CCR permitting program, including supporting the passage of new state legislation providing ADEQ with appropriate permitting authority for CCR under the state solid waste management program, it is not clear when that program will be put into effect. On December 19, 2019, EPA proposed its own set of regulations governing the issuance of CCR management permits. The proposal remains pending.

•On March 1, 2018, as a result of a settlement with certain environmental groups, EPA proposed adding boron to the list of constituents that trigger corrective action requirements to remediate groundwater impacted by CCR disposal activities. Apart from a subsequent proposal issued on August 14, 2019, to add a specific, health-based groundwater protection standard for boron, EPA has yet to take action on this proposal.

•With respect to APS’s Cholla facility, APS’s application for alternative closure was submitted to EPA on November 30, 2020. While EPA has deemed APS’s application administratively “complete,” the Agency’s approval remains pending. If granted, this application would allow the continued disposal of CCR within Cholla’s existing unlined CCR surface impoundments until the required date for ceasing coal-fired boiler operations in April 2025. This application will be subject to public comment and, potentially, judicial review. We expect to have a proposed decision from EPA regarding Cholla sometime in 2023.

We cannot at this time predict the outcome of these regulatory proceedings or when EPA will take final action on those matters that are still pending. Depending on the eventual outcome, the costs associated with APS’s management of CCR could materially increase, which could affect APS’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

APS currently disposes of CCR in ash ponds and dry storage areas at Cholla and Four Corners. APS estimates that its share of incremental costs to comply with the CCR rule for Four Corners is approximately $30 million and its share of incremental costs to comply with the CCR rule for Cholla is approximately $16 million. The Navajo Plant disposed of CCR only in a dry landfill storage area. To comply with the CCR rule for the Navajo Plant, APS’s share of incremental costs was approximately $1 million, which has been incurred. Additionally, the CCR rule requires ongoing, phased groundwater monitoring.

As of October 2018, APS has completed the statistical analyses for its CCR disposal units that triggered assessment monitoring. APS determined that several of its CCR disposal units at Cholla and Four Corners will need to undergo corrective action. In addition, under the current regulations, all such disposal units must have ceased operating and initiated closure by April 11, 2021, at the latest (except for those disposal units subject to alternative closure). APS completed the assessments of corrective measures on June 14, 2019; however, additional investigations and engineering analyses that will support the remedy selection are still

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underway. In addition, APS will also solicit input from the public and host public hearings as part of this process. Based on the work performed to date, APS currently estimates that its share of corrective action and monitoring costs at Four Corners will likely range from $10 million to $15 million, which would be incurred over 30 years. As to Cholla, APS currently estimates that its share of corrective action and monitoring costs at this facility will likely range from $30 million to $35 million, which similarly would be incurred over 30 years. As APS continues to implement the CCR rule’s corrective action assessment process, the current cost estimates may change. Given uncertainties that may exist until we have fully completed the corrective action assessment and final remedy selection process, APS cannot predict any ultimate impacts to APS; however, at this time APS does not believe that any potential changes to the cost estimate for Four Corners or Cholla would have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Clean Power Plan/Affordable Clean Energy Regulations. On June 19, 2019, EPA took final action on its proposals to repeal EPA’s 2015 Clean Power Plan (“CPP”) and replace those regulations with a new rule, the Affordable Clean Energy (“ACE”) regulations. EPA originally finalized the CPP on August 3, 2015, and such rules would have had far broader impact on the electric power sector than the ACE regulations. On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the ACE regulations and remanded them back to EPA to develop new existing power plant carbon regulations consistent with the court’s ruling. That decision, which endorsed an expansive view of the federal Clean Air Act consistent with EPA’s 2015 CPP was subsequently reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2022. While the current administration has expressed an intent to develop new carbon emission regulations governing existing power plants sometime in 2023, such action will be constrained by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that the CPP violated the Clean Air Act. Nonetheless, APS cannot at this time predict the outcome of pending EPA rulemaking proceedings related to carbon emissions from existing power plants.

Other environmental rules that could involve material compliance costs include those related to effluent limitations, the ozone national ambient air quality standard and other rules or matters involving the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, RCRA, Superfund, the Navajo Nation, and water supplies for our power plants. The financial impact of complying with current and future environmental rules could jeopardize the economic viability of APS’s fossil-fuel powered plants or the willingness or ability of power plant participants to fund any required equipment upgrades or continue their participation in these plants. The economics of continuing to own certain resources, particularly our coal plants, may deteriorate, warranting early retirement of those plants, which may result in asset impairments. APS would seek recovery in rates for the book value of any remaining investments in the plants, as well as other costs related to early retirement, but cannot predict whether it would obtain such recovery.

Four Corners National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit

The latest NPDES permit for Four Corners was issued on September 30, 2019. Based upon a November 1, 2019, filing by several environmental groups, the Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) took up review of the Four Corners NPDES Permit. The EAB denied the environmental group petition on September 30, 2020. While on January 22, 2021, the environmental groups filed a petition for review of the EAB’s decision with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the parties to the litigation (including APS) finalized a settlement on May 2, 2022. This settlement requires investigation of thermal wastewater discharges from Four Corners, administratively closes the litigation filed in January of 2021, and is not expected to have a material impact on APS’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

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Four Corners — 4CA Matter

On July 6, 2016, 4CA purchased El Paso’s 7% interest in Four Corners. NTEC purchased this 7% interest on July 3, 2018, from 4CA. NTEC purchased the 7% interest at 4CA’s book value, approximately $70 million, and paid 4CA the purchase price over a period of four years pursuant to a secured interest-bearing promissory note, which was paid in full as of June 30, 2022.

In connection with the sale, Pinnacle West guaranteed certain obligations that NTEC will have to the other owners of Four Corners, such as NTEC’s 7% share of capital expenditures and operating and maintenance expenses. Pinnacle West’s guarantee is secured by a portion of APS’s payments to be owed to NTEC under the 2016 Coal Supply Agreement.

BCE Matters

Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC, the developer, owner, and operator of the Clear Creek wind farm, has disputed the proposed cost allocation of system upgrades related to connecting the Clear Creek wind farm to the transmission system and filed a complaint with FERC on May 21, 2021, which was denied on September 9, 2022. Subsequently, Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC filed with FERC a request for rehearing and a motion for stay of the September 9, 2022 order. On October 7, 2022, the request for rehearing was denied by FERC. FERC has not ruled on the motion for stay. Clear Creek has filed a Petition for Review with the U.S. Court of Appeals and Motion for Stay Pending Appeal, both of which are still pending.

Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC filed a second complaint with FERC on May 25, 2022, alleging that the wind farm was being curtailed in a discriminatory manner. The May 25, 2022 Complaint was denied by FERC on December 15, 2022 and Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC requested Rehearing of the denial on January 13, 2023.

Due to the disputed system upgrades and the related curtailment, the Clear Creek wind farm has experienced a significant reduction in power generation that has had a material adverse impact on the project’s ability to generate cash flow for investors. These energy curtailments are expected to persist, unless and until system upgrades are implemented to alleviate the present transmission system congestion, or the disputes are determined in favor of, or settled in a manner favorable to, Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC. As such, during the fourth quarter of 2022, due to these on-going disputes, cost allocation uncertainties, and no probable favorable resolution, BCE determined its equity method investment was fully impaired. Prior to the impairment, the investment had a carrying value of $17.1 million, which has been written-down to reflect the investment’s estimated fair value of zero as of December 31, 2022. Pinnacle West’s Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2022 included an after-tax loss of $12.8 million relating to this impairment.

BCE and Ameresco, Inc. jointly own a special purpose entity that is sponsoring the Kūpono Solar project. This project is a 42 MW solar and battery storage facility in Oʻahu, Hawaii that will supply clean renewable energy and capacity under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. The Kūpono Solar project is expected to be completed in 2024. On April 18, 2023, the Kūpono Solar special purpose entity entered into a $140 million non-recourse construction financing agreement. The construction financing will convert into a sale leaseback agreement upon commercial operation of the project. The financing agreement requires $40 million of sponsor equity, which has been funded by the project’s equity participants. In connection with the financing, Pinnacle West has issued performance guarantees relating to the project.

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Financial Assurances

In the normal course of business, we obtain standby letters of credit and surety bonds from financial institutions and other third parties. These instruments guarantee our own future performance and provide third parties with financial and performance assurance in the event we do not perform. These instruments support commodity contract collateral obligations and other transactions. As of March 31, 2023, standby letters of credit totaled approximately $10 million and will expire in 2023 and 2024. As of March 31, 2023, surety bonds expiring through 2025 totaled approximately $21 million. The underlying liabilities insured by these instruments are reflected on our balance sheets, where applicable. Therefore, no additional liability is reflected for the letters of credit and surety bonds themselves.

We enter into agreements that include indemnification provisions relating to liabilities arising from or related to certain of our agreements.  Most significantly, APS has agreed to indemnify the equity participants and other parties in the Palo Verde sale leaseback transactions with respect to certain tax matters.  Generally, a maximum obligation is not explicitly stated in the indemnification provisions and, therefore, the overall maximum amount of the obligation under such indemnification provisions cannot be reasonably estimated.  Based on historical experience and evaluation of the specific indemnities, we do not believe that any material loss related to such indemnification provisions is likely.

Pinnacle West has issued parental guarantees and has provided indemnification under certain surety bonds for APS which were not material at March 31, 2023. In connection with the sale of 4CA’s 7% interest to NTEC, Pinnacle West is guaranteeing certain obligations that NTEC will have to the other owners of Four Corners. See “Four Corners — 4CA Matter” above for information related to this guarantee. Pinnacle West has not needed to perform under this guarantee. A maximum obligation is not explicitly stated in the guarantee and, therefore, the overall maximum amount of the obligation under such guarantee cannot be reasonably estimated; however, we consider the fair value of this guarantee, including expected credit losses, to be immaterial.

In connection with BCE’s acquisition of minority ownership positions in the Clear Creek wind farm in Missouri and Nobles 2 wind farm in Minnesota, Pinnacle West has issued parental guarantees to guarantee the obligations of BCE subsidiaries to make required equity contributions to fund project construction (the “Equity Contribution Guarantees”) and to make production tax credit funding payments to borrowers of the projects (the “PTC Guarantees”). The amounts guaranteed by Pinnacle West are reduced as payments are made under the respective guarantee agreements. As of March 31, 2023 there is approximately $33 million of remaining guarantees primarily relating to the PTC Guarantees that is expected to terminate by 2030.

In connection with the credit agreement entered into by a special purpose subsidiary of BCE on February 11, 2022, Pinnacle West has issued a guarantee of up to $42 million primarily related to the bridge loan. See Note 6 for additional details.

On April 18, 2023, Pinnacle West issued performance guarantees in connection with BCE’s Kūpono investment project financing. BCE holds an equity method investment relating to the Kūpono project. See discussion above.

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9.    Other Income and Other Expense

The following table provides detail of Pinnacle West’s Consolidated other income and other expense (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Other income:
Interest income	$	6,026	$	1,642
Miscellaneous	51		62
Total other income	$	6,077	$	1,704
Other expense:
Non-operating costs	(2,640)		(2,453)
Investment losses — net	(1,061)		(681)
Miscellaneous	(430)		(288)
Total other expense	$	(4,131)	$	(3,422)

The following table provides detail of APS’s other income and other expense (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Other income:
Interest income	$	5,024	$	1,099
Miscellaneous	51		53
Total other income	$	5,075	$	1,152
Other expense:
Non-operating costs	(2,188)		(1,561)
Miscellaneous	(429)		(288)
Total other expense	$	(2,617)	$	(1,849)

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10.    Earnings Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of Pinnacle West’s basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(3,297)	$	16,956
Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic	113,358		113,102
Net effect of dilutive securities:
Contingently issuable performance shares and restricted stock units	239		193
Weighted average common shares outstanding — diluted	113,597		113,295
Earnings per weighted-average common share outstanding
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders — basic	$	(0.03)	$	0.15
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders — diluted	$	(0.03)	$	0.15

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, 239 thousand shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average common shares outstanding, as their inclusion would have been antidilutive. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, no shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average common shares outstanding.

11.    Fair Value Measurements

We classify our assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value within the fair value hierarchy.  This hierarchy ranks the quality and reliability of the inputs used to determine fair values, which are then classified and disclosed in one of three categories.  The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:

Level 1 — Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs, including quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable (such as yield curves). 

Level 3 — Valuation models with significant unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity.  Instruments in this category may include long-dated derivative transactions where valuations are unobservable due to the length of the transaction, options, and transactions in locations where observable market data does not exist.  The valuation models we employ utilize spot prices, forward prices, historical market data and other factors to forecast future prices.

 Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  Thus, a valuation may be classified in Level 3 even though the valuation may include significant inputs that are readily observable.  We maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.  We rely primarily on the market approach of using prices and other market information for identical and/or comparable assets and liabilities.  If market data is not readily available, inputs

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may reflect our own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use.  Our assessment of the inputs and the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities as well as their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.  We assess whether a market is active by obtaining observable broker quotes, reviewing actual market activity, and assessing the volume of transactions.  We consider broker quotes observable inputs when the quote is binding on the broker, we can validate the quote with market activity, or we can determine that the inputs the broker used to arrive at the quoted price are observable.

Certain instruments have been valued using the concept of Net Asset Value (“NAV”) as a practical expedient. These instruments are typically structured as investment companies offering shares or units to multiple investors for the purpose of providing a return. These instruments are similar to mutual funds; however, their NAV is generally not published and publicly available, nor are these instruments traded on an exchange. Instruments valued using NAV as a practical expedient are included in our fair value disclosures; however, in accordance with GAAP are not classified within the fair value hierarchy levels.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

We apply recurring fair value measurements to cash equivalents, derivative instruments, and investments held in the nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds. On an annual basis, we apply fair value measurements to plan assets held in our retirement and other benefit plans.  See Note 7 in the 2022 Form 10-K for fair value discussion of plan assets held in our retirement and other benefit plans.

Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents represent certain investments in money market funds that are valued using quoted prices in active markets.

Risk Management Activities — Energy Derivative Instruments

Exchange traded commodity contracts are valued using unadjusted quoted prices.  For non-exchange traded commodity contracts, we calculate fair value based on the average of the bid and offer price, discounted to reflect net present value.  We maintain certain valuation adjustments for a number of risks associated with the valuation of future commitments.  These include valuation adjustments for liquidity and credit risks.  The liquidity valuation adjustment represents the cost that would be incurred if all unmatched positions were closed out or hedged.  The credit valuation adjustment represents estimated credit losses on our net exposure to counterparties, taking into account netting agreements, expected default experience for the credit rating of the counterparties and the overall diversification of the portfolio.  We maintain credit policies that management believes minimize overall credit risk.

Certain non-exchange traded commodity contracts are valued based on unobservable inputs due to the long-term nature of contracts, characteristics of the product, or the unique location of the transactions.  Our long-dated energy transactions consist of observable valuations for the near-term portion and unobservable valuations for the long-term portions of the transaction.  We rely primarily on broker quotes to value these instruments.  When our valuations utilize broker quotes, we perform various control procedures to ensure the quote has been developed consistent with fair value accounting guidance.  These controls include assessing the quote for reasonableness by comparison against other broker quotes, reviewing historical price relationships, and assessing market activity.  When broker quotes are not available, the primary valuation technique used to calculate the fair value is the extrapolation of forward pricing curves using observable market data for more liquid delivery points in the same region and actual transactions at more illiquid delivery points.

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When the unobservable portion is significant to the overall valuation of the transaction, the entire transaction is classified as Level 3. 

Risk Management Activities — Interest Rate Derivatives

Our interest rate derivative instruments relate to an interest rate swap, which is valued using financial models that utilize observable inputs for similar instruments and are classified as Level 2. Inputs include yield curves and credit quality of the counterparties.

Investments Held in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds

The nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds invest in fixed income and equity securities. Other special use funds include the coal reclamation escrow account and the active union employee medical account. See Note 12 for additional discussion about our investment accounts.

We value investments in fixed income and equity securities using information provided by our trustees and escrow agent. Our trustees and escrow agent use pricing services that utilize the valuation methodologies described below to determine fair market value. We have internal control procedures designed to ensure this information is consistent with fair value accounting guidance. These procedures include assessing valuations using an independent pricing source, verifying that pricing can be supported by actual recent market transactions, assessing hierarchy classifications, comparing investment returns with benchmarks, and obtaining and reviewing independent audit reports on the trustees’ and escrow agent’s internal operating controls and valuation processes.

Fixed Income Securities

Fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Treasury are valued using quoted active market prices and are typically classified as Level 1.  Fixed income securities issued by corporations, municipalities, and other agencies, including mortgage-backed instruments, are valued using quoted inactive market prices, quoted active market prices for similar securities, or by utilizing calculations which incorporate observable inputs such as yield curves and spreads relative to such yield curves.  These fixed income instruments are classified as Level 2.  Whenever possible, multiple market quotes are obtained which enables a cross-check validation.  A primary price source is identified based on asset type, class, or issue of securities.

Fixed income securities may also include short-term investments in certificates of deposit, variable rate notes, time deposit accounts, U.S. Treasury and Agency obligations, U.S. Treasury repurchase agreements, commercial paper, and other short-term instruments. These instruments are valued using active market prices or utilizing observable inputs described above.

Equity Securities

The nuclear decommissioning trusts’ equity security investments are held indirectly through commingled funds.  The commingled funds are valued using the funds’ NAV as a practical expedient. The funds’ NAV is primarily derived from the quoted active market prices of the underlying equity securities held by the funds. We may transact in these commingled funds on a semi-monthly basis at the NAV.  The commingled funds are maintained by a bank and hold investments in accordance with the stated objective of tracking the performance of the S&P 500 Index.  Because the commingled funds’ shares are offered to a limited group of investors, they are not considered to be traded in an active market. As these instruments are valued using NAV, as a practical expedient, they have not been classified within the fair value hierarchy.

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The nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds may also hold equity securities that include exchange traded mutual funds and money market accounts for short-term liquidity purposes. These short-term, highly-liquid investments are valued using active market prices.

Fair Value Tables

The following table presents the fair value at March 31, 2023, of our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in thousands):

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Other			Total
ASSETS
Cash equivalents	$	14	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	14
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	—		28,483		21,257		(16,697)		(a)	33,043
Interest rate swaps	—		134		—		—			134
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		28,617		21,257		(16,697)			33,177
Nuclear decommissioning trust:
Equity securities	9,665		—		—		(1,135)		(b)	8,530
U.S. commingled equity funds	—		—		—		507,706		(c)	507,706
U.S. Treasury debt	231,003		—		—		—			231,003
Corporate debt	—		149,541		—		—			149,541
Mortgage-backed securities	—		157,330		—		—			157,330
Municipal bonds	—		63,950		—		—			63,950
Other fixed income	—		7,557		—		—			7,557
Subtotal nuclear decommissioning trust	240,668		378,378		—		506,571			1,125,617
Other special use funds:
Equity securities	27,642		—		—		1,041		(b)	28,683
U.S. Treasury debt	320,196		—		—		—			320,196
Municipal bonds	—		3,998		—		—			3,998
Subtotal other special use funds	347,838		3,998		—		1,041			352,877
Total assets	$	588,520	$	410,993	$	21,257	$	490,915		$	1,511,685
LIABILITIES
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	$	—	$	(93,567)	$	(14,635)	$	10,643	(a)	$	(97,559)
Interest rate swaps	—		(1,698)		—		—			(1,698)
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		(95,265)		(14,635)		10,643			(99,257)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	(95,265)	$	(14,635)	$	10,643		$	(99,257)

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(a)Represents counterparty netting, margin, and collateral. See Note 7.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

(c)Valued using NAV as a practical expedient and, therefore, are not classified in the fair value hierarchy.

The following table presents the fair value at December 31, 2022, of our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in thousands):

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Other			Total
ASSETS
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	$	—	$	127,129	$	26,132	$	(21,163)	(a)	$	132,098
Interest rate swaps	—		131		—		—			131
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		127,260		26,132		(21,163)			132,229
Nuclear decommissioning trust:
Equity securities	14,658		—		—		3,827		(b)	18,485
U.S. commingled equity funds	—		—		—		472,582		(c)	472,582
U.S. Treasury debt	211,923		—		—		—			211,923
Corporate debt	—		149,226		—		—			149,226
Mortgage-backed securities	—		147,938		—		—			147,938
Municipal bonds	—		64,881		—		—			64,881
Other fixed income	—		8,375		—		—			8,375
Subtotal nuclear decommissioning trust	226,581		370,420		—		476,409			1,073,410
Other special use funds:
Equity securities	66,974		—		—		963		(b)	67,937
U.S. Treasury debt	275,267		—		—		—			275,267
Municipal bonds	—		4,027		—		—			4,027
Subtotal other special use funds	342,241		4,027		—		963			347,231
Total assets	$	568,822	$	501,707	$	26,132	$	456,209		$	1,552,870
LIABILITIES
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	$	—	$	(25,874)	$	(31,020)	$	15,357	(a)	$	(41,537)
Interest rate swaps	—		(909)		—		—			(909)
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		(26,783)		(31,020)		15,357			(42,446)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	(26,783)	$	(31,020)	$	15,357		$	(42,446)

(a)Represents counterparty netting, margin, and collateral. See Note 7.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

(c)Valued using NAV as a practical expedient and, therefore, are not classified in the fair value hierarchy.

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Fair Value Measurements Classified as Level 3

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of our energy derivative contracts include broker quotes that cannot be validated as an observable input primarily due to the long-term nature of the quote or other characteristics of the product.  Significant changes in these inputs in isolation would result in significantly higher or lower fair value measurements.  Changes in our derivative contract fair values, including changes relating to unobservable inputs, typically will not impact net income due to regulatory accounting treatment. See Note 4.

Because our forward commodity contracts classified as Level 3 are currently in a net purchase position, we would expect price increases of the underlying commodity to result in increases in the net fair value of the related contracts.  Conversely, if the price of the underlying commodity decreases, the net fair value of the related contracts would likely decrease.

Other unobservable valuation inputs include credit and liquidity reserves which do not have a material impact on our valuations; however, significant changes in these inputs could also result in higher or lower fair value measurements.

The following tables provide information regarding our significant unobservable inputs used to value our risk management derivative Level 3 instruments at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

	March 31, 2023  Fair Value (thousands)				Valuation	Significant				Weighted-Average
Commodity Contracts	Assets		Liabilities		Technique	Unobservable Input	Range			(b)
Electricity:
Forward Contracts (a)	$	21,084	$	14,385	Discounted cash flows	Electricity forward price (per MWh)	$37.79	-	$306.34	$	157.00
Natural Gas:
Forward Contracts (a)	173		250		Discounted cash flows	Natural gas forward price (per MMBtu)	$(0.02)	-	$0.14	$	0.02
Total	$	21,257	$	14,635

(a)Includes swaps and physical and financial contracts.

(b)Unobservable inputs were weighted by the relative fair value of the instrument.

	December 31, 2022  Fair Value (thousands)				Valuation	Significant				Weighted-Average
Commodity Contracts	Assets		Liabilities		Technique	Unobservable Input	Range			(b)
Electricity:
Forward Contracts (a)	$	26,132	$	1,759	Discounted cash flows	Electricity forward price (per MWh)	$37.79	-	$310.69	$	163.92
Natural Gas:
Forward Contracts (a)	—		29,261		Discounted cash flows	Natural gas forward price (per MMBtu)	$(11.81)	-	$0.00	$	(5.08)
Total	$	26,132	$	31,020

(a)Includes swaps and physical and financial contracts.

(b)Unobservable inputs were weighted by the relative fair value of the instrument.

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The following table shows the changes in fair value for our risk management activities’ assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 inputs for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Commodity Contracts	2023		2022
Net derivative balance at beginning of period	$	(4,888)	$	(2,738)
Total net gains (losses) realized/unrealized:
Deferred as a regulatory asset or liability	(30,427)		16,807
Settlements	41,937		(4,419)
Transfers into Level 3 from Level 2	—		—
Transfers from Level 3 into Level 2	—		—
Net derivative balance at end of period	$	6,622	$	9,650
Net unrealized gains included in earnings related to instruments still held at end of period	$	—	$	—

Transfers in or out of Level 3 are typically related to our long dated energy transactions that extend beyond available quoted periods.

Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value

The carrying value of our short-term borrowings approximate fair value and are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.  See Note 3 for our long-term debt fair values.

12.    Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds

We have investments in debt and equity securities held in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts, Coal Reclamation Escrow Account, and an Active Union Employee Medical Account. Investments in debt securities are classified as available-for-sale securities. We record both debt and equity security investments at their fair value on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 11 for a discussion of how fair value is determined and the classification of the investments within the fair value hierarchy. The investments in each trust or account are restricted for use and are intended to fund specified costs and activities as further described for each fund below.

Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts — APS established external decommissioning trusts in accordance with NRC regulations to fund the future costs APS expects to incur to decommission Palo Verde.  Third-party investment managers are authorized to buy and sell securities per stated investment guidelines.  The trust funds are invested in fixed income securities and equity securities. Earnings and proceeds from sales and maturities of securities are reinvested in the trusts. Because of the ability of APS to recover decommissioning costs in rates, and in accordance with the regulatory treatment, APS has deferred realized and unrealized gains and losses (including credit losses) in other regulatory liabilities.

Coal Reclamation Escrow Account — APS has investments restricted for the future coal mine reclamation funding related to Four Corners. This escrow account is primarily invested in fixed income securities. Earnings and proceeds from sales of securities are reinvested in the escrow account. Because of the ability of APS to recover coal reclamation costs in rates, and in accordance with the regulatory treatment, APS has deferred realized and unrealized gains and losses (including credit losses) in other regulatory liabilities. Activities relating to APS coal mine reclamation escrow account investments are included within the other special use funds in the table below.

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Active Union Employee Medical Account — APS has investments restricted for paying active union employee medical costs. These investments may be used to pay active union employee medical costs incurred in the current and future periods. In 2022, APS was reimbursed $15 million for prior year active union employee medical claims from the active union employee medical account. The account is invested primarily in fixed income securities. In accordance with the ratemaking treatment, APS has deferred the unrealized gains and losses (including credit losses) in other regulatory liabilities. Activities relating to active union employee medical account investments are included within the other special use funds in the table below.

APS

The following tables present the unrealized gains and losses based on the original cost of the investment and summarizes the fair value of APS’s nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use fund assets (dollars in thousands):  

	March 31, 2023
	Fair Value							Total Unrealized Gains		Total Unrealized Losses
Investment Type:	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Other Special Use Funds		Total
Equity securities	$	517,371	$	27,642	$	545,013		$	367,791	$	(39)
Available for sale-fixed income securities	609,381		324,194		933,575		(a)	6,728		(54,178)
Other	(1,135)		1,041		(94)		(b)	1		(11)
Total	$	1,125,617	$	352,877	$	1,478,494		$	374,520	$	(54,228)

(a)As of March 31, 2023, the amortized cost basis of these available-for-sale investments is $981 million.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

	December 31, 2022
	Fair Value							Total Unrealized Gains		Total Unrealized Losses
Investment Type:	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Other Special Use Funds		Total
Equity securities	$	487,240	$	66,974	$	554,214		$	334,817	$	(267)
Available for sale-fixed income securities	582,343		279,294		861,637		(a)	3,177		(68,795)
Other	3,827		963		4,790		(b)	—		(29)
Total	$	1,073,410	$	347,231	$	1,420,641		$	337,994	$	(69,091)

(a)As of December 31, 2022, the amortized cost basis of these available-for-sale investments is $927 million.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

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The following table sets forth APS’s realized gains and losses relating to the sale and maturity of available-for-sale debt securities and equity securities, and the proceeds from the sale and maturity of these investment securities (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Other Special Use Funds		Total
2023
Realized gains	$	1,210	$	—	$	1,210
Realized losses	(5,694)		—		(5,694)
Proceeds from the sale of securities (a)	136,185		90,441		226,626
2022
Realized gains	$	1,023	$	—	$	1,023
Realized losses	(7,235)		—		(7,235)
Proceeds from the sale of securities (a)	319,693		41,545		361,238

(a)    Proceeds are reinvested in the nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds, excluding amounts reimbursed to the Company for active union employee medical claims from the active union employee medical account.

Fixed Income Securities Contractual Maturities

The fair value of APS’s fixed income securities, summarized by contractual maturities, at March 31, 2023, is as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Coal Reclamation Escrow Account		Active Union Employee Medical Account		Total
Less than one year	$	14,591	$	53,718	$	74,788	$	143,097
1 year – 5 years	174,911		36,821		110,034		321,766
5 years – 10 years	137,708		—		44,835		182,543
Greater than 10 years	282,171		3,998		—		286,169
Total	$	609,381	$	94,537	$	229,657	$	933,575

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13.     Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following tables show the changes in Pinnacle West’s consolidated accumulated other comprehensive loss, including reclassification adjustments, net of tax, by component (dollars in thousands):

	Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits			Derivative Instruments		Total
Three Months Ended March 31
Balance December 31, 2022	$	(32,332)		$	897	$	(31,435)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—			(616)		(616)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	515		(a)	—		515
Balance March 31, 2023	$	(31,817)		$	281	$	(31,536)
Balance December 31, 2021	$	(53,885)		$	(976)	$	(54,861)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—			252		252
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	901		(a)	—		901
Balance March 31, 2022	$	(52,984)		$	(724)	$	(53,708)

(a)    These amounts primarily represent amortization of actuarial loss and are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost.  See Note 5.

The following tables show the changes in APS’s consolidated accumulated other comprehensive loss, including reclassification adjustments, net of tax, by component (dollars in thousands): 

	Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
Three Months Ended March 31
Balance December 31, 2022	$	(15,596)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	457		(a)
Balance March 31, 2023	$	(15,139)
Balance December 31, 2021	$	(34,880)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	820		(a)
Balance March 31, 2022	$	(34,060)

(a) These amounts primarily represent amortization of actuarial loss and are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost.  See Note 5.

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14.     Leases

We lease certain land, buildings, vehicles, equipment and other property through operating rental agreements with varying terms, provisions, and expiration dates. APS also has certain purchased power and energy storage agreements that qualify as lease arrangements. Our leases have remaining terms that expire in 2023 through 2073. Substantially all of our leasing activities relate to APS.

In 1986, APS entered into agreements with three separate lessor trust entities in order to sell and lease back interests in Palo Verde Unit 2 and related common facilities.  These lessor trust entities have been deemed VIEs for which APS is the primary beneficiary.  As the primary beneficiary, APS consolidated these lessor trust entities.  The impacts of these sale leaseback transactions are excluded from our lease disclosures as lease accounting is eliminated upon consolidation.  See Note 6 for a discussion of VIEs.

APS has purchased power lease agreements that allow APS the right to the generation capacity from certain natural-gas fueled generators during certain months of each year throughout the term of the arrangements. As APS only has rights to use the assets during certain periods of each year the leases have non-consecutive periods of use. APS does not operate or maintain the leased assets. APS controls the dispatch of the leased assets during the months of use and is required to pay a fixed monthly capacity payment during these periods of use.  For these types of leased assets APS has elected to combine both the lease and non-lease payment components and accounts for the entire fixed payment as a lease obligation. In addition to the fixed monthly capacity payments, APS must also pay variable charges based on the actual production volume of the assets.  The variable consideration is not included in the measurement of our lease obligation.

In January 2023, APS modified two existing purchase power operating lease agreements. Among other changes, the modifications extend the expiration dates of these contracts from October 2027 to October 2032 for one of the leases, and from September 2026 to October 2034 for the other lease. These lease agreements previously commenced in 2020 and 2021.

The following tables provide information related to our lease costs (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Operating Lease Cost - Purchased Power Lease Contracts	$	—	$	—
Operating Lease Cost - Land, Property, and Other Equipment	4,600		4,572
Total Operating Lease Cost	4,600		4,572
Variable lease cost (a)	16,721		18,695
Short-term lease cost	1,402		1,302
Total lease cost	$	22,723	$	24,569

(a) Primarily relates to purchased power lease contracts.

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Lease costs are primarily included as a component of operating expenses on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.  Lease costs relating to purchased power lease contracts are recorded in fuel and purchased power on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, and are subject to recovery under the PSA or RES (see Note 4).  The tables above reflect the lease cost amounts before the effect of regulatory deferral under the PSA and RES.  Variable lease costs are recognized in the period the costs are incurred, and primarily relate to renewable purchased power lease contracts.  Payments under most renewable purchased power lease contracts are dependent upon environmental factors, and due to the inherent uncertainty associated with the reliability of the fuel source, the payments are considered variable and are excluded from the measurement of lease liabilities and right-of-use lease assets. Certain of our lease agreements have lease terms with non-consecutive periods of use. For these agreements, we recognize lease costs during the periods of use.  Leases with initial terms of 12 months or less are considered short-term leases and are not recorded on the balance sheet.

The following table provides information related to the maturity of our operating lease liabilities (dollars in thousands):

	March 31, 2023
Year	Purchased Power Lease Contracts		Land, Property & Equipment Leases		Total
2023 (remaining nine months of 2023)	$	106,152	$	11,981	$	118,133
2024	104,315		13,098		117,413
2025	121,082		10,422		131,504
2026	134,806		8,308		143,114
2027	160,727		6,395		167,122
2028	164,524		4,338		168,862
Thereafter	779,792		68,372		848,164
Total lease commitments	1,571,398		122,914		1,694,312
Less imputed interest	342,694		45,904		388,598
Total lease liabilities	$	1,228,704	$	77,010	$	1,305,714

We recognize lease assets and liabilities upon lease commencement. At March 31, 2023, we have lease arrangements that have been executed, but have not yet commenced. These arrangements primarily relate to energy storage assets. The lease commencement dates for these arrangements have experienced delays. APS continues to work with the lessors to determine revised commencement dates. We expect lease commencement dates ranging from June 2023 through June 2025, with lease terms expiring through May 2045. We expect the total fixed consideration paid for these arrangements, which includes both lease and non-lease payments, will approximate $3.5 billion over the terms of the arrangements.

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The following tables provide other additional information related to operating lease liabilities (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023			Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities — operating cash flows:	$	3,851		$	3,358
Right-of-use operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	551,239		(a)	4,889

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Weighted average remaining lease term	10 years		7 years
Weighted average discount rate (b)	4.44	%	2.21	%

(a) Primarily relates to the two purchased power operating lease agreements that were modified in January 2023.

(b) Most of our lease agreements do not contain an implicit rate that is readily determinable. For these agreements we use our incremental borrowing rate to measure the present value of lease liabilities.  We determine our incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement based on the rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis over a similar term, an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. We use the implicit rate when it is readily determinable.

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ITEM 2.          MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

INTRODUCTION

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and APS’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related Combined Notes that appear in Item 1 of this report.  For information on factors that may cause our actual future results to differ from those we currently seek or anticipate, see “Forward-Looking Statements” at the front of this report and “Risk Factors” in Part 1, Item 1A of the 2022 Form 10-K and Part II, Item 1A of this report.

OVERVIEW

Business Overview

Pinnacle West is an investor-owned electric utility holding company based in Phoenix, Arizona with consolidated assets of about $24 billion. For over 130 years, Pinnacle West and our affiliates have provided energy and energy-related products to people and businesses throughout Arizona.

Pinnacle West derives essentially all of our revenues and earnings from our principal subsidiary, APS. APS is Arizona’s largest and longest-serving electric company that generates safe, affordable and reliable electricity for approximately 1.3 million retail customers in 11 of Arizona’s 15 counties. APS is also the operator and co-owner of Palo Verde — a primary source of electricity for the southwest United States and the largest nuclear power plant in the United States.

Inflation

Overall inflation has grown by 8.5% in Phoenix over the past twelve months, compared to 6% nationally; however, APS’s work with national and international companies has helped to partially reduce local cost escalation impacts on APS. The impacts from inflation have varied across separate categories of APS’s spending. Sharp price increases have begun to level off; however, APS has continued to see increases of up to 10% in the first quarter of 2023 from the heightened market in the fourth quarter 2022. APS has seen inflationary impacts in volatile spend categories such as fuel, chemicals, and electrical components impacted by raw material markets. Inflation has also impacted spend categories through pass-through costs such as supplier’s increased material costs, cost of insurance, and wage rates.

Even prior to these increases, APS has focused on its customer affordability initiative, which has enabled APS to mitigate against inflationary pressure. This initiative includes identifying efficiency opportunities through APS’s LEAN Sigma approach as well as other corporate decisions. For example, APS maintains its inventory to take advantage of lower pricing, when available, and to minimize supply chain delays that can increase the pricing due to expediting fees. Additionally, APS has proactively entered into long-term contracts to hedge against price volatility, which has allowed it to mitigate against several procurement spend areas such as transformers.

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”). The IRA significantly expands the availability of tax credits for investments in clean energy generation technologies and energy storage. Key provisions that are relevant to the Company's clean energy commitment include (i) an

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extension of tax credits for solar and wind generation, including a new option for solar investments to claim a Production Tax Credit (“PTC”) in lieu of the Investment Tax Credit (“ITC”) beginning in 2022; (ii) expansion of the ITC to cover stand-alone energy storage technology beginning in 2023; and (iii) introduction of a new PTC for nuclear energy produced by existing nuclear energy plants, available from 2024 through 2032. The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury continue to issue regulations and other guidance which will provide additional details and clarifications regarding how the Company may be able to claim each of these credits.

In addition, the IRA contains several provisions which could create additional tax liabilities for corporations, including a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax for corporations with net profits in excess of $1 billion and a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks. We currently do not believe the Company will be subject to any material tax liabilities as a result of these legislative provisions.

COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, APS experienced some delays in finished materials and a tight labor market. APS has measures in place to continually monitor and evaluate resource and labor needs and supply chain adequacy but cannot predict whether there will be material supply chain or labor shortages in the future as a result of COVID-19, another pandemic, or otherwise. APS also experienced higher electric residential sales and lower electric commercial and industrial sales from the outset of the pandemic through April 2021. Beginning in May 2021, electric sales from commercial and industrial customers increased to levels in line with pre-COVID-19 sales but residential sales continued to be higher than pre-COVID-19 sales.

Due to COVID-19, APS voluntarily suspended disconnections of customers for nonpayment beginning March 13, 2020 until December 31, 2020. The suspension of disconnection of customers for nonpayment ended on January 1, 2021, and customers were automatically placed on eight-month payment arrangements if they had past due balances at the end of the disconnection period of $75 or greater. APS voluntarily began waiving late payment fees of its customers on March 13, 2020. Effective February 1, 2023, late payment fees for residential customers were reinstated, and late payment fees for commercial and industrial customers were reinstated effective May 1, 2022. See Note 3 for additional information regarding the Summer Disconnection Moratorium.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act allowed employers to defer payments of the employer share of Social Security payroll taxes that would have otherwise been owed from March 27, 2020, through December 31, 2020. We deferred the cash payment of the employer’s portion of Social Security payroll taxes for the period July 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, which was approximately $18 million. As of December 31, 2022, we have paid this cash deferral in full.

Strategic Overview

Our strategy is to deliver shareholder value by creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona by serving our customers with clean, reliable, and affordable energy.

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Clean Energy Commitment

We are committed to doing our part to make the future clean and carbon-free. As Arizona stewards, we do what is right for the people and prosperity of Arizona. Our vision is to create a sustainable energy future for Arizona through providing clean, affordable, and reliable energy. We can accomplish our visions through collaboration with customers, communities, employees, policymakers, shareholders, and other stakeholders. Our clean energy goal is based on sound science and supports continued growth and economic development while maintaining reliability and affordable prices for APS’s customers.

APS’s clean energy goals consist of three parts:

•A 2050 goal to provide 100% clean, carbon-free electricity;

•A 2030 target of achieving a resource mix that is 65% clean energy, with 45% of the generation portfolio coming from renewable energy; and

•A commitment to end APS’s use of coal-fired generation by 2031.

APS’s ability to successfully execute its clean energy commitment is dependent upon a number of important external factors, some of which include a supportive regulatory environment, sales and customer growth, development of clean energy technologies, and continued access to capital markets.

2050 Goal: 100% Clean, Carbon-Free Electricity. Achieving a fully clean, carbon-free energy mix by 2050 is our aspiration. The 2050 goal will involve new thinking and depends on improved and new technologies.

2030 Goal: 65% Clean Energy. APS has an energy mix that is already 50% clean with existing plans to add more renewables and energy storage before 2025. By building on those plans, APS intends to attain an energy mix that is 65% clean by 2030, with 45% of APS’s generation portfolio coming from renewable energy. “Clean” is measured as percent of energy mix, which includes all carbon-free resources like nuclear, renewables, and demand-side management. “Renewable” energy includes generation sources such as solar, wind, and biomass, and is measured in accordance with the ACC’s Renewable Energy Standard as a percentage of retail sales. This target will serve as a checkpoint for our resource planning, investment strategy, and customer affordability efforts as APS moves toward a 100% clean, carbon-free energy mix by 2050.

2031 Goal: End APS’s Use of Coal-Fired Generation. The commitment to end APS’s use of coal-fired generation by 2031 will require APS to cease use of coal-generation at Four Corners. APS has permanently retired more than 1,000 MW of coal-fired electric generating capacity. These closures and other measures taken by APS have resulted in a total reduction of carbon emissions of 33% since 2005. In addition, APS has committed to end the use of coal at its remaining Cholla units by 2025.

APS understands that the transition away from coal-fired power plants toward a clean energy future will pose unique economic challenges for the communities around these plants. We worked collaboratively with stakeholders and leaders of the Navajo Nation to consider the impacts of ceasing operation of APS coal-fired power plants on the communities surrounding those facilities to propose a comprehensive Coal Community Transition (“CCT”) plan. The proposed framework provided substantial financial and economic development support to build new economic opportunities and addresses a transition strategy for plant employees. We are committed to continuing our long-running partnership with the Navajo Nation in other areas as well, including expanding electrification and developing tribal renewable energy projects. Our proposed CCT plan supported the Navajo Nation, where Four Corners is located, the communities surrounding the Cholla Power Plant, and the Hopi Tribe, which was impacted by closure of the Navajo Plant. On

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November 2, 2021, the ACC approved an amended 2019 Rate Case ROO that will require (i) equal payments over a three-year period that total $10 million to the Navajo Nation, (ii) a $1 million one-time payment to the Hopi Tribe within 60 days of the 2019 Rate Case decision, (iii) a $500,000 one-time payment to the Navajo County communities within 60 days of the 2019 Rate Case decision, (iv) up to $1.25 million for electrification of homes and businesses on the Hopi reservation, and (v) up to $1.25 million for the electrification of homes and businesses on the Navajo Nation reservation. The payments and expenditures are attributable to the future closures of Four Corners and Cholla, along with the prior closure of the Navajo Plant. All ordered payments and expenditures would be recoverable through rates. See Note 4 for a discussion of the CCT plan.

Consistent with the 2019 Rate Case decision, as of April 2023, APS has completed the following payments that will be recoverable through rates related to the CCT: (i) $6.66 million to the Navajo Nation; (ii) $0.5 million to the Navajo County communities; and (iii) $1 million to the Hopi Tribe. Consistent with APS’s commitment to the impacted communities, APS has also completed the following payments: (i) $1 million to the Navajo Nation for CCT; (ii) $1.1 million to the Navajo County Communities for CCT and economic development; and (iii) $1.25 million to the Hopi Tribe for CCT and economic development. The ACC has authorized $1.25 million to be recovered through rates for electrification of homes and businesses on both the Navajo Nation and Hopi reservation. Expenditure of the recoverable funds for electrification of homes and businesses on the Navajo Nation and the Hopi reservations is contingent upon completion of a census of the unelectrified homes and businesses in each that are also within APS service territory.

On September 28, 2022, ACC Staff filed their staff report in the Matter of Impact of the Closures of Fossil-Based Generation Plan on Impacted Communities. APS and other interested parties filed comments on the report. On October 21, 2022, ACC Staff filed a revised report and proposed order. The revised report and proposed order recommended that funds for CCT shall not be collected from rate payers. On December 8, 2022, the ACC voted against ACC Staff’s proposed order, and on April 17, 2023, the ACC closed the docket. Any further action on CCT issues will take place in utility rate cases, including the currently pending 2022 Rate Case. APS cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

In June 2021, APS and the owners of Four Corners entered into an agreement that would allow Four Corners to operate seasonally at the election of the owners beginning in fall 2023, subject to the necessary governmental approvals and conditions associated with changes in plant ownership. Under seasonal operation, one generating unit would be shut down during seasons where electricity demand is reduced, such as the winter and spring. The other unit would remain online year-round, subject to market conditions as well as planned maintenance outages and unplanned outages. As of the date of this report, APS anticipates that it will elect not to begin seasonal operation in November 2023, unless market conditions change.

Renewables. APS’s IRP (see Note 4 for additional information) establishes the path to meeting our clean energy commitment and maintaining reliable electric service for our customers. APS intends to strengthen its already diverse energy mix by increasing its investments in carbon-free resources. Our IRP rapidly adds clean energy and storage resources while maintaining reliable and affordable service. Its near-term actions are focused on clean, reliable energy and positive customer outcomes and include: (a) competitive “all source” requests for proposal (“RFPs”) that provide an on-ramp to procure additional clean energy resources such as solar, wind, energy storage, and DSM resources, all of which lead to a cleaner grid and (b) strategic, short-term wholesale market purchases from a combination of existing merchant natural gas units, neighboring utility systems and wholesale market participants that ensure operational reliability.

APS has a diverse portfolio of existing and planned renewable resources, including solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and biogas, that supports our commitment to clean energy. This commitment is already strengthened by Palo Verde, the nation’s largest carbon-free, clean energy resource, which provides the foundation for reliable and affordable service for APS customers. APS’s longer-term clean energy strategy

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includes pursuing the right mix of purchased power contracts for new facilities, procurement of new facilities to be owned by APS, and the ongoing development of distributed energy resources. This balance will ensure an appropriately diverse portfolio designed to achieve the same operational reliability and customer affordability as APS’s near-term strategies. In addition, APS is actively seeking to include future facility purchase options in its PPAs that will enable investments with greater financial flexibility.

APS uses competitive “all source” RFPs to pursue market resources that meet its system needs and offer the best value for customers. APS selects projects based on cost, ability to meet system requirements and commercial viability, taking into consideration timing and likelihood of successful contracting and development. Under current market conditions, APS must aggressively contract for resources that can withstand supply chain and other geopolitical pressures. Available projects are guided by IRP timelines and quantities and APS maintains a flexible approach that allows it to optimize system reliability and customer affordability through the RFP process. Agreements for the development and completion of future resources are subject to various conditions, including successful siting, permitting and interconnection of the projects to the electric grid.

In September 2019, APS issued an RFP that requested up to 250 MW of wind resources to be in service as soon as possible, but no later than 2022. As a result of this RFP, APS executed a 200 MW PPA for a wind resource that went into service in January 2022. In December 2020, APS issued two additional RFPs: (i) a battery storage RFP for projects to be located at two AZ Sun sites; and (ii) an all-source RFP that solicited resources to meet our clean energy needs and capacity to maintain system reliability, and was later amended to include a request for 150 MW of solar resources to be developed on APS property and owned by APS (collectively, the “December 2020 RFPs”). As a result of the December 2020 RFPs, APS executed two solar plus storage PPAs totaling 275 combined MW, a PPA for a 238 MW wind resource, two energy storage PPAs for a combined 300 MW; extended an existing natural gas tolling agreement and also executed an engineering, procurement, and construction contract in November 2021 for a 150 MW solar resource to be owned by APS and in service in 2023.

In May 2022, APS issued an RFP to address resource needs for 2025 and beyond (“2022 RFP”). The 2022 RFP solicits competitive proposals for approximately 1,000 MW to 1,500 MW of resources, including up to 600 MW to 800 MW of renewable resources to meet the needs of 2025 and 2026 while considering resources that can be online as late as 2027. The 2022 RFP stopped accepting bids on July 15, 2022, and APS sent notifications to shortlisted bidders on September 23, 2022. As a result of the 2022 RFP, and as of March 31, 2023, APS has signed two solar plus energy storage PPAs totaling 470 MW of solar resources and approximately 514 MW of energy storage resources and a PPA for 216 MW of wind resources. In addition to the renewable resources described above, the 2022 RFP also resulted in the extension of two merchant gas facilities. Once it secures those important resources and closes out the 2022 RFP, APS intends to issue its next RFP to address future resource needs.

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The following table summarizes the resources in APS’s renewable energy portfolio that are in operation or under development as of March 31, 2023. Agreements for the development and completion of future resources are subject to various conditions, including successful siting, permitting, and interconnection of the projects to the electric grid.

	Net Capacity in Operation (MW)	Net Capacity Planned / Under Development (MW)
Total APS Owned: Solar	264	150
Purchased Power Agreements Renewables:
Solar	310	905
Wind	399	454
Geothermal	10	—
Biomass	14	—
Biogas	3	—
Total Purchased Power Agreements	736	1,359
Total Distributed Energy: Solar (a)	1,477	103	(b)
Total Renewable Portfolio	2,477	1,612

(a) Includes rooftop solar facilities owned by third parties. Distributed generation is produced in Direct Current and is converted to Alternating Current for reporting purposes.

(b) Applications received by APS that are not yet installed and online.

Energy Storage. APS deploys a number of advanced technologies on its system, including energy storage. Energy storage provides capacity, improves power quality, can be utilized for system regulation and, in certain circumstances, be used to defer certain traditional infrastructure investments. Energy storage also aids in integrating renewable generation by storing excess energy when system demand is low and renewable production is high and then releasing the stored energy during peak demand hours later in the day and after sunset. APS is utilizing grid-scale energy storage projects to meet customer reliability requirements, increase renewable utilization, and to further our understanding of how storage works with other advanced technologies and the grid.

In 2018, APS issued an RFP for approximately 106 MW of energy storage to be located at up to five of its AZ Sun sites. Based upon its evaluation of the RFP responses, APS decided to expand the initial phase of battery deployment to 141 MW by adding a sixth AZ Sun site. On August 2, 2021, APS executed a contract for an additional 60 MW of utility-owned energy storage to be located on APS’s AZ Sun sites. This contract completes the addition of storage on current APS-owned utility-scale solar facilities. These battery storage facilities are currently expected to be in service during the first through third quarters of 2023. As of May 2, 2023, the 141 MW of the initial phase of battery deployment at AZ Sun sites has entered into service.

Additionally, in February 2019, APS signed two 20-year PPAs for energy storage totaling 150 MW. These PPAs were subject to ACC approval in order to allow for cost recovery through the PSA. APS received the requested ACC approval on January 12, 2021, and service under the agreements is expected to begin in 2023.

As a result of its December 2020 RFPs, APS executed four 20-year PPAs for resources that include energy storage: (a) two PPAs for standalone energy storage resources totaling 300 MW, and (b) two PPAs for solar plus energy storage resources totaling 275 MW. The PPAs are also subject to ACC approval to enable cost recovery through the PSA. APS received the requested ACC approval for three out of four of the projects

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on December 16, 2021 and on April 13, 2022 for the remaining project. Service under the agreements is expected to begin in 2023 and 2024.

Following the 2022 RFP, as of March 31, 2023, APS has executed two 20-year PPAs for solar plus storage resources totaling 470 MW of solar resources and approximately 514 MW of energy storage resources. The PPAs are subject to ACC approval to enable cost recovery through the PSA. Approval for one PPA was requested in December 2022 and granted in February 2023. Approval for the second PPA was requested in March 2023 and granted in May 2023. Service under these agreements are expected to begin in 2025.

APS currently plans to install more than 1,400 MW of energy storage by 2025, including the energy storage projects under PPAs and AZ Sun retrofits described above. The remaining energy storage is expected to be made up of resources solicited through current and future RFPs.

The following table summarizes the resources in APS’s energy storage portfolio that are in operation or under development as of March 31, 2023. Agreements for the development and completion of future resources are subject to various conditions.

	Net Capacity in Operation (MW)	Net Capacity Planned / Under Development (MW)
APS Owned: Energy Storage	—	201(b)
Purchase Power Agreements - Energy Storage	—	1,239
Residential Energy Storage	22(a)	5
Total Energy Storage Portfolio	22	1,244

(a) This includes 21.3 MW of APS customer-owned batteries and 0.2 MW of APS-owned residential batteries.

(b) This includes 141 MW of batteries at AZ Sun sites that have entered into service as of May 2, 2023.

Palo Verde. Palo Verde, the nation’s largest carbon-free, clean energy resource, will continue to be a foundational part of APS’s resource portfolio. Palo Verde is not just the cornerstone of our current clean energy mix; it also is a significant provider of clean energy to the southwest United States. The plant is a critical asset to the Southwest, generating more than 32 million MWh annually – enough power for roughly 3.4 million households, or approximately 8.5 million people. Its continued operation is important to a carbon-free and clean energy future for Arizona and the region, as a reliable, continuous, affordable resource and as a large contributor to the local economy.

Affordable

Building upon existing cost management efforts, APS launched a customer affordability initiative in 2019. The initiative was implemented company-wide to thoughtfully and deliberately assess our business processes and organizational approaches to completing high-value work and achieving internal efficiencies. APS continues to drive this initiative by identifying opportunities to streamline its business processes to assist in mitigating cost increases, increasing employee retention, and improving customer satisfaction.

Participation in the Energy Imbalance Market (“EIM”) continues to be a tool for creating savings for APS’s customers from the real-time, voluntary market. APS continues to expect that its participation in EIM will lower its fuel and purchased-power costs, improve situational awareness for system operations in the Western Interconnection power grid, and improve integration of APS’s renewable resources. APS continues to evaluate opportunities that benefit our customers and is exploring opportunities to move to a day-ahead market with the expectation of reliably achieving incrementally greater cost savings and using the region’s increasing renewable resources more efficiently. As part of that effort, APS is exploring several options. APS is in

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discussions with the current EIM operator, the CAISO, the Western Resource Adequacy Program, the Western Markets Exploratory Group, and the Southwest Power Pool. Each of these explorations also involve other entities and are being undertaken to evaluate the feasibility and cost/benefit of creating a voluntary day-ahead market.

Reliable

While our energy mix evolves, the obligation to deliver reliable service to our customers remains. APS is managing through significant growth in the Phoenix metropolitan area while experiencing supply chain issues similar to other industries.

Planned investments will support operating and maintaining the grid, updating technology, accommodating customer growth, and enabling more renewable energy resources. Our advanced distribution management system allows operators to locate outages, control line devices remotely and helps them coordinate more closely with field crews to safely maintain an increasingly dynamic grid. The system will also integrate a new meter data management system that will increase grid visibility and give customers access to more of their energy usage data.

Wildfire safety remains a critical focus for APS and other utilities. We increased investment in fire mitigation efforts to clear defensible space around our infrastructure, continue ongoing system upgrades, build partnerships with government entities and first responders and educate customers and communities. These programs contribute to customer reliability, responsible forest management and safe communities.

The new units at our modernized Ocotillo Power Plant provide cleaner-running and more efficient units. They support reliability by responding quickly to the variability of solar generation and delivering energy in the late afternoon and early evening when solar production declines as the sun sets and customer demand peaks. APS continues to evaluate options to meet growing energy demand and ensure grid reliability, including through upgrades to and/or modernization of additional existing gas facilities.

In October of 2021, APS announced plans to evaluate regional market solutions as part of the informal Western Markets Exploratory Group (“WMEG”). As part of WMEG, APS is exploring the potential for a staged approach to new market services, including day-ahead energy sales, transmission system expansion, and other power supply and grid solutions consistent with existing state regulations. WMEG hopes to identify market solutions that can help achieve carbon reduction goals while supporting reliable, affordable service for customers. APS is unable to predict the outcome of these discussions.

APS’s key elements to delivering reliable power include resource planning, sufficient reserve margins, customer partnerships to manage peak demand, fire mitigation, and operational preparedness. Seasonal readiness procedures at APS also include inspections to ensure good material conditions and critical control system surveys. APS also plans for the unexpected by conducting emergency operations drills and coordinating on fire and emergency management with federal, state, and local agencies.

Customer-Focused

Recognizing that creating customer value is inextricably linked to increasing shareholder value, APS’s focus remains on its customers and the communities it serves. Accordingly, it is APS’s goal to achieve an industry-leading, best-in-class customer experience, while demonstrating compassion and advocacy for its customers. This multi-year objective includes incrementally improving APS’s J.D. Power (“JDP”) overall

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customer satisfaction ratings from the fourth quartile to the first quartile of its peer set comprised of large investor-owned utilities. APS made noteworthy progress on that front.

As previously disclosed, APS’s JDP Residential rankings for overall customer satisfaction improved in each of 2020, 2021 and 2022, and APS ended 2022 as one of the most improved utilities in the nation for both residential and business customer satisfaction. Residential customer satisfaction finished 2022 ranked in the second quartile among large investor-owned utilities, and business customer satisfaction ranked in the first quartile of utilities nationally.

Developing Clean Energy Technologies

Electric Vehicles

APS is making electric vehicle charging more accessible for its customers and helping Arizona businesses, schools and governments electrify their fleets. In 2021, APS continued its expansion of its Take Charge AZ Pilot Program. As of February 7, 2023, APS had installed 684 Level 2 (“L2”) charging ports at customer locations, with more stations expected to be added through 2023. The program provides charging equipment, installation, and maintenance to business customers, government agencies, non-profits, and multifamily housing communities. In addition to the L2 charging stations, APS has deployed DC fast charging (“DCFC”) stations that are owned and operated by APS at five locations in Arizona. The first location opened for public use in March 2022 in Show Low, Arizona. The other four projects in Sedona, Prescott, Globe, and Payson were energized by the end of 2022. Each location features 2-150 kilowatt and 2-350 kilowatt DCFC ports. Charging at these stations will be accessible through the Electrify America charging network. APS has a goal to reach 450,000 light-duty electric vehicles in its service territory by 2030.

Additionally, as part of APS’s DSM Plan, APS has launched an Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Management Pilot Program to proactively address the growing electric demand from electric vehicle charging as electric vehicles become more widely adopted. This program includes the APS SmartCharge data gathering program, a $250 residential electric vehicle smart charger rebate for qualifying electric vehicle chargers, Fleet Advisory Services, and a $100 rebate to home builders for new homes to be built EV ready with 240V charging station garage outlets. APS filed its 2023 DSM Plan on November 30, 2022, which proposes two new programs, an expanded residential EV Managed Charging Program and a Commercial Make-Ready Program. The Commercial Make-Ready Program is intended to help reduce some of the high upfront cost for our customers installing DCFC stations, and enables APS to deploy effective load management strategies at these commercial sites.

The ACC ordered certain public service corporations, including APS, to develop a long-term, comprehensive statewide transportation electrification plan (“TE Plan”) for Arizona. The statewide TE Plan is intended to provide a roadmap for transportation electrification in Arizona, focused on realizing the associated air quality and economic development benefits for all residents in the state along with understanding the impact of electric vehicle charging on the grid. APS actively participated in the development of that plan, which was approved by the ACC in December 2021. In the decision, the ACC also ordered APS and another large Arizona electric public service corporation to each develop and submit for ACC approval their own TE Plans and corresponding budget for 2023. Accordingly, APS met its compliance obligation and filed both a 2023 TE Plan on June 1, 2022 and a supplemental TE Plan on November 30, 2022. APS filed its required TE progress report on March 15 and will file its next required progress report on September 15, 2023, along with a 2024 TE Plan later this year.

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Hydrogen Production

APS, in partnership with Idaho National Laboratory (“INL”), Energy Harbor Corporation (“Energy Harbor”), and Xcel Energy Incorporated (“Xcel”), was chosen by the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy to participate in a series of hydrogen production projects with the goal to improve the long-term economic competitiveness of the nuclear power industry. The multi-phase projects began in 2020 with a series of small-scale hydrogen production demonstration projects led by Energy Harbor and Xcel, as well as a technical and economic assessment performed by INL of using electricity generated at Palo Verde to produce hydrogen.

Based on the experience from Palo Verde’s utility partners’ small scale demonstration projects and from the Palo Verde-specific technical and economic assessment performed by INL, in April 2021, PNW Hydrogen LLC (“PNW Hydrogen”), a newly formed subsidiary of Pinnacle West, applied for DOE funding for a larger scale hydrogen production demonstration project using electricity sourced from Palo Verde. On October 7, 2021, PNW Hydrogen was notified that DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy and Office of Nuclear Energy had selected PNW Hydrogen’s application for an award of $20 million in federal funding to support the hydrogen production demonstration project, subject to negotiation and execution of a definitive Cooperative Agreement funding instrument between PNW Hydrogen and DOE. As of April 1, 2023, PNW Hydrogen has concluded its negotiations with the DOE and is no longer pursuing the demonstration project due to economic hurdles that none of the iterations of the project could successfully overcome. PNW Hydrogen also ultimately chose not to include a project in the Southwest Clean Hydrogen Innovation Network (“SHINe”) regional hub for similar reasons.

The SHINe regional hub was formed due to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, which was signed into law on November 15, 2021. Among other things, the IIJA included money for regional clean hydrogen hubs, and on February 15, 2022, the Department of Energy DOE announced a Request for Information to collect feedback from stakeholders to inform the implementation and design of the regional hubs.

On May 12, 2022, Arizona’s three public universities along with three Arizona energy providers, including APS, announced the formation of a new, interdisciplinary coalition, called the Arizona Center for a Carbon Neutral Economy (“AzCaNE”), with the goal of attaining a carbon neutral economy in Arizona. AzCaNE’s first action was to pursue the creation of an Arizona-led approach to securing regional clean hydrogen hub funding. Leading professionals from the seven founding participants, along with representatives of Arizona, the Navajo Nation and companies working to develop a hydrogen ecosystem within Arizona make up the Governance Committee for AzCaNE’s current efforts.

On September 22, 2022, the DOE opened applications for the up to $7 billion program to create six to ten regional clean hydrogen hubs across the country. Concept papers for each regional hub were due by November 7, 2022, and AzCaNE submitted a concept paper for the SHINe regional hub, which also includes projects in Nevada. On December 27, 2022, the SHINe regional hub was one of thirty-three regional hubs encouraged to submit a full application by the DOE. SHINe’s full application was submitted to the DOE on April 7, 2023.

Carbon Capture

Carbon capture technologies can isolate CO2 and either sequester it permanently in geologic formations or convert it for use in products. Currently, almost all existing fossil fuel generators do not control carbon emissions the way they control emissions of other air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide or oxides of nitrogen. Carbon capture technologies are still in the demonstration phase and while they show promise, they are still

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being tested in real-world conditions. These technologies could offer the potential to keep in operation existing generators that otherwise would need to be retired. APS will continue to monitor this emerging technology.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) Practices

Pinnacle West has been integrating ESG practices into its core work for almost 30 years. As a business strategy, we seek solutions that provide “shared value,” meaning solutions that address societal and environmental challenges in a way that also delivers business value. Our commitment extends beyond implementing sustainability practices; we are dedicated to working with our stakeholders to identify and address the sustainability issues that we are uniquely positioned to impact through our business. In 2020, in support of our clean energy commitment and the growing focus on ESG within our organization, we increased our efforts by dedicating a new Sustainability Department at Pinnacle West to integrating ESG best practices into the everyday work of the Company.

As a first step, the Company engaged the Electric Power Research Institute (“EPRI”) and leveraged input from employees, large customers, limited-income advocates, economic development groups, environmental non-governmental organizations, leading sustainability academics and other stakeholders to identify and assess the sustainability issues that matter most. In total, 23 Priority Sustainability Issues (“PSIs”) were identified and prioritized. The most critical category, Integral Shared Value, includes four issues deemed most important and most able to be impacted by our actions: clean energy, customer experience, energy access and reliability and safety and health. These Integral PSIs provide the foundation for informing our strategic direction, creating a framework for incorporating best practices and driving enterprise-wide alignment and accountability. In 2021, the Company engaged EPRI for the second phase of this work, focused on benchmarking best practices within these four Integral Shared Value PSIs. We utilized the benchmarking information to identify opportunities for further improvement in our ESG performance.

In 2021, the Company established a Social Issues Committee Framework. The goal of the framework is to provide a process for considering emergent social issues, and for determining whether or how best to engage. The committee’s responsibility is to determine, using a set of principles grounded in the APS Promise and the PSIs, whether engagement on specific emergent social issues is appropriate and, if so, how best to engage.

The Company also finalized an ESG Strategic Framework to guide our work. The framework is based upon three foundational pillars: ESG Policy Advocacy (we advocate for policy that supports our clean energy goals); Driving Performance (improving our ESG performance in the most important areas, including our PSIs); and effectively communicating and amplifying our ESG story to our various stakeholders, including investors, customers, employees and beyond. Throughout 2022, the ESG Strategic Framework has guided our ESG activities allowing the Sustainability Department to prioritize projects and collaborate with our teams in the Company. Also in 2022, the Company developed an ESG Narrative, aligned to the APS Promise, to guide the Company’s communications strategy internally and externally to customers to effectively share APS’s sustainability story.

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Regulatory Overview

2022 Retail Rate Case

APS filed an application with the ACC on October 28, 2022 (the “2022 Rate Case”) seeking an increase in annual retail base rates on the date rates become effective (“Day 1”) of a net $460 million. This Day 1 net impact represents a total base revenue deficiency of $772 million offset by proposed adjustor transfers of cost recovery to annual retail rates and adjustor mechanism modifications. The average annual customer bill impact of APS’s request on Day 1 is an increase of 13.6%.

The principal provisions of APS’s application are:

•A test year comprised of twelve months ended June 30, 2022, adjusted as described below;

•An original cost rate base of $10.5 billion, which approximates the ACC-jurisdictional portion of the book value of utility assets, net of accumulated depreciation and other credits;

•The following proposed capital structure and costs of capital:

	Capital Structure		Cost of Capital
Long-term debt	48.07	%	3.85	%
Common stock equity	51.93	%	10.25	%
Weighted-average cost of capital			7.17	%

•A 1% return on the increment of fair value rate base above APS’s original cost rate base, as provided for by Arizona law;

•A rate of $0.038321 per kWh for the portion of APS’s retail base rates attributable to fuel and purchased power costs;

•Modification of its adjustment mechanisms including:

▪eliminate the Environmental Improvement Surcharge and collect costs through base rates,

▪eliminate the Lost Fixed Cost Recovery mechanism and collect costs through base rates and the Demand Side Management Adjustment Charge (“DSMAC”),

▪maintain as inactive the Tax Expense Adjustor Mechanism,

▪maintain the Transmission Cost Adjustment mechanism,

▪modify the performance incentive in the DSMAC, and

▪modify the Renewable Energy Adjustment Charge to include recovery of capital carrying costs of APS owned renewable and storage resources;

•Changes to its limited-income program, including a second tier to provide an additional discount for customers with greater need; and

•Twelve months of post-test year plant to reflect used and useful projects that will be placed into service prior to July 1, 2023.

APS requested that the increase become effective December 1, 2023. The hearing for this rate case is currently scheduled to begin in August 2023. APS cannot predict the outcome of its request.

2019 Retail Rate Case

On October 31, 2019, APS filed an application with the ACC (the “2019 Rate Case”) seeking an increase in annual retail base rates. On August 2, 2021, the Administrative Law Judge issued a Recommended Opinion and Order in the 2019 Rate Case (the “2019 Rate Case ROO”) and issued corrections on September 10 and September 20, 2021. See Note 4 for information regarding the 2019 Rate Case ROO.

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On October 6, 2021 and October 27, 2021, the ACC voted on various amendments to the 2019 Rate Case ROO that would result in, among other things, (i) a return on equity of 8.70%, (ii) the recovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the operating costs and construction of the Four Corners SCR project, with the exception of $215.5 million (see “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” below), (iii) that the CCT plan include the following components: (a) a payment of $1 million to the Hopi Tribe within 60 days of the 2019 Rate Case decision, (b) a payment of $10 million over three years to the Navajo Nation, (c) a payment of $0.5 million to the Navajo County communities within 60 days of the 2019 Rate Case decision, (d) up to $1.25 million for electrification of homes and businesses on the Hopi reservation and (e) up to $1.25 million for the electrification of homes and businesses on the Navajo Nation reservation. These payments and expenditures are attributable to the future closures of Four Corners and Cholla, along with the prior closure of the Navajo Plant and all ordered payments and expenditures would be recoverable through rates, and (iv) a change in the residential on-peak time-of-use period from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. to 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The 2019 Rate Case ROO, as amended, results in a total annual revenue decrease for APS of $4.8 million, excluding temporary CCT payments and expenditures. On November 2, 2021, the ACC approved the 2019 Rate Case ROO, as amended.

On November 24, 2021, APS filed an application for rehearing of the 2019 Rate Case with the ACC and the application was deemed denied on December 15, 2021, as the ACC did not act upon it. On December 17, 2021, APS filed its Notice of Direct Appeal at the Arizona Court of Appeals and a Petition for Special Action with the Arizona Supreme Court, requesting review of the disallowance of $215 million of Four Corners SCR plant investments and deferrals (see “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” below for additional information) and the 20-basis-point penalty reduction to the return on equity. On February 8, 2022, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to accept jurisdiction on APS’s Petition for Special Action. The Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on November 30, 2022.

On March 6, 2023, the Court issued its opinion in this matter, affirming in part and reversing in part the ACC’s decision in the 2019 Rate Case. The Court vacated the 20-basis-point penalty included in the ACC’s allowed return on equity, as the Court determined the use of customer service metrics to justify the reduction exceeded the ACC's ratemaking authority. Additionally, the Court vacated the disallowance of $215.5 million of APS’s Four Corners SCR investment because the ACC did not consider APS’s contractual obligations and improperly considered post-investment data in violation of its own rules. The Court remanded the issue to the ACC for further proceedings. The ACC requested an extension of the 30-day deadline to appeal the matter to the Arizona Supreme Court, and the Arizona Supreme Court granted the extension of the deadline to May 8, 2023. APS cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. See Note 4 for addition information regarding the 2019 Rate Case and the appeal.

Consistent with the 2019 Rate Case decision, APS implemented the new rates effective as of December 1, 2021. In addition, the ACC ordered extensive compliance and reporting obligations. APS completed the implementation of the new on-peak hours for residential customers before the September 1, 2022 deadline. APS cannot predict if the ACC will take any further action on this matter.

Additionally, consistent with the 2019 Rate Case decision, as of April 2023, APS has completed the following payments that will be recoverable through rates related to the CCT: (i) $6.66 million to the Navajo Nation; (ii) $0.5 million to the Navajo County communities; and (iii) $1 million to the Hopi Tribe. Consistent with APS’s commitment to the impacted communities, APS has also completed the following payments: (i) $1 million to the Navajo Nation for CCT; (ii) $1.1 million to the Navajo County Communities for CCT and economic development; and (iii) $1.25 million to the Hopi Tribe for CCT and economic development. The ACC has also authorized $1.25 million to be recovered through rates for electrification of homes and businesses on both the Navajo Nation and Hopi reservation. Expenditure of the recoverable funds for electrification of homes and businesses on the Navajo Nation and the Hopi reservations is contingent upon

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completion of a census of the unelectrified homes and businesses in each that are also within APS service territory.

See Note 4 for information regarding additional regulatory matters.

Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery

As part of APS’s 2019 Rate Case, APS included recovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the Four Corners SCR project. On November 2, 2021, the 2019 Rate Case decision was approved by the ACC allowing approximately $194 million of SCR related plant investments and cost deferrals in rate base and to recover, depreciate and amortize in rates based on an end-of-life assumption of July 2031. The decision also included a partial and combined disallowance of $215.5 million on the SCR investments and deferrals. APS believes the SCR plant investments and related SCR cost deferrals were prudently incurred, and on December 17, 2021, APS filed its Notice of Direct Appeal at the Arizona Court of Appeals requesting review of the $215.5 million disallowance. The Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on November 30, 2022. On March 6, 2023, the Court of Appeals issued its opinion in the matter, vacating the ACC’s dissallowance of the SCR investment and remanding the matter back to the ACC for further review in accordance with ACC rule and the order of the Court of Appeals. The parties have until May 8, 2023 to file a petition requesting review by the Arizona Supreme Court. APS cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. Based on the partial recovery of these investments and cost deferrals in current rates, the favorable Court of Appeals order, and the potential for further appellate review, APS has not recorded an impairment or write-off relating to the SCR plant investments or deferrals as of March 31, 2023. If the 2019 Rate Case decision to disallow $215.5 million of the SCRs is ultimately upheld, APS will be required to record a charge to its results of operations, net of tax, of approximately $154.4 million. We cannot predict the outcome of the legal challenges nor the timing of when this matter will be resolved. See Note 4 for additional information regarding the Four Corners SCR cost recovery.

Financial Strength and Flexibility

Pinnacle West and APS currently have ample borrowing capacity under their respective credit facilities and may readily access these facilities ensuring adequate liquidity for each company.  Capital expenditures will be funded with internally generated cash and external financings, which may include issuances of long-term debt and Pinnacle West common stock.

Other Subsidiaries

Bright Canyon Energy. On July 31, 2014, Pinnacle West announced its creation of a wholly-owned subsidiary, BCE.  BCE’s strategy is to develop, own, operate and acquire energy infrastructure in a manner that leverages the Company’s core expertise in the electric energy industry.  As of March 31, 2023, BCE had total assets of approximately $148 million.

In 2014, BCE formed a 50/50 joint venture with BHE U.S. Transmission LLC, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company. The joint venture, named TransCanyon, is pursuing independent electric transmission opportunities within the 11 U.S. states that comprise the Western Interconnection, excluding opportunities related to transmission service that would otherwise be provided under the tariffs of the retail service territories of the venture partners’ utility affiliates.

On December 20, 2019, BCE acquired minority ownership positions in two wind farms under development by Tenaska Energy, Inc. and Tenaska Energy Holdings, LLC, the 242 MW Clear Creek and the 250 MW Nobles 2 wind farms. Clear Creek achieved commercial operation in May 2020 and Nobles 2

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achieved commercial operation in December 2020. Both wind farms deliver power under long-term PPAs. BCE indirectly owns 9.9% of Clear Creek and 5.1% of Nobles 2.

Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC, the developer, owner, and operator of the Clear Creek wind farm, has disputed the proposed cost allocation of system upgrades related to connecting the Clear Creek wind farm to the transmission system and filed a complaint with FERC on May 21, 2021, which was denied on September 9, 2022. Subsequently, Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC filed with FERC a request for rehearing and a motion for stay of the September 9, 2022 order. On October 7, 2022, the request for rehearing was denied by FERC. FERC has not ruled on the motion for stay. Clear Creek has filed a Petition for Review with the U.S. Court of Appeals and Motion for Stay Pending Appeal, both of which are still pending.

Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC filed a second complaint with FERC on May 25, 2022, alleging that the wind farm was being curtailed in a discriminatory manner. The May 25, 2022 Complaint was denied by FERC on December 15, 2022 and Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC requested Rehearing of the denial on January 13, 2023.

Due to the disputed system upgrades and the related curtailment, the Clear Creek wind farm has experienced a significant reduction in power generation that has had a material adverse impact on the project’s ability to generate cash flow for investors. These energy curtailments are expected to persist, unless and until system upgrades are implemented to alleviate the present transmission system congestion, or the disputes are determined in favor of, or settled in a manner favorable to, Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC. As such, during the fourth quarter of 2022, due to these on-going disputes, cost allocation uncertainties, and no probable favorable resolution, BCE determined its equity method investment was fully impaired. Prior to the impairment, the investment had a carrying value of $17.1 million, which has been written-down to reflect the investment’s estimated fair value of zero as of December 31, 2022. Pinnacle West’s Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes an after-tax loss of $12.8 million relating to this impairment.

BCE has started construction on a microgrid facility in Los Alamitos, California (“Los Alamitos”) featuring 31 MW of solar, 20 MW of battery storage, and 3 MW of backup generators. Supported by a long-term power purchase agreement with San Diego Gas and Electric Company, Los Alamitos will supply 20 MW of solar and battery storage capacity to the Southern California grid and provide resilient backup power in the event of a grid emergency to the Army and California National Guard at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos. The Los Alamitos project is scheduled to achieve commercial operation in third-quarter 2023. See Note 3 regarding a credit agreement entered into by BCE to finance capital expenditures and related costs for this microgrid project.

BCE and Ameresco, Inc. jointly own a special purpose entity that is sponsoring the Kūpono Solar project. This project is a 42 MW solar and battery storage facility in Oʻahu, Hawaii that will supply clean renewable energy and capacity under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. The Kūpono Solar project is expected to be completed in 2024. On April 18, 2023, the Kūpono Solar special purpose entity, entered into a $140 million non-recourse construction financing agreement. The construction financing will convert into a sale leaseback agreement upon commercial operation of the project. The financing agreement requires $40 million of sponsor equity, which has been funded by the project’s equity participants. In connection with the financing, Pinnacle West has issued performance guarantees relating to the project.

El Dorado. El Dorado is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pinnacle West. El Dorado owns debt investments and minority interests in several energy-related investments and Arizona community-based ventures.  In particular, El Dorado committed to a $25 million investment in the Energy Impact Partners fund,

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which is an organization that focuses on fostering innovation and supporting the transformation of the utility industry. The investment will be made by El Dorado as investments are selected by the Energy Impact Partners fund. As of March 31, 2023, El Dorado has contributed approximately $14.6 million to the Energy Impact Partners fund. Additionally, El Dorado committed to a $25 million investment in AZ-VC (formerly the invisionAZ Fund), which is a fund focused on analyzing, investing, managing and otherwise dealing with investments in privately held early stage and emerging growth technology companies and businesses primarily based in the State of Arizona, or based in other jurisdictions and having existing or potential strategic or economic ties to companies or other interests in the State of Arizona. As of March 31, 2023, El Dorado has contributed approximately $4.2 million to the AZ-VC. The remainder of the investment will be contributed by El Dorado as investments are selected by AZ-VC.

Key Financial Drivers

In addition to the continuing impact of the matters described above, many factors influence our financial results and our future financial outlook, including those listed below.  We closely monitor these factors to plan for the Company’s current needs, and to adjust our expectations, financial budgets and forecasts appropriately.

Electric Operating Revenues. For the years 2020 through 2022, retail electric revenues comprised approximately 92% of our total operating revenues. Our electric operating revenues are affected by customer growth or decline, variations in weather from period to period, customer mix, average usage per customer and the impacts of energy efficiency programs, distributed energy additions, electricity rates and tariffs, the recovery of PSA deferrals and the operation of other recovery mechanisms. These revenue transactions are affected by the availability of excess generation or other energy resources and wholesale market conditions, including competition, demand, and prices.

Actual and Projected Customer and Sales Growth. Retail customers in APS’s service territory increased 2.0% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023, compared with the prior-year period. For the three years through 2022, APS’s customer growth averaged 2.2% per year. We currently project annual customer growth to be 1.5% to 2.5% for 2023 and the average annual growth to be in the range of 1.5% to 2.5% through 2025 based on anticipated steady population growth in Arizona during that period.

Retail electricity sales in kWh, adjusted to exclude the effects of weather variations, increased 3.6% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023, compared with the prior-year period. While steady customer growth was somewhat offset by energy savings driven by customer conservation, energy efficiency, and distributed renewable generation initiatives, the main drivers of positive sales for this period were continued strong sales to commercial and industrial customers and the ramp-up of new data center customers.

Actual sales growth, excluding weather-related variations, may differ from our projections as a result of numerous factors, such as economic conditions, customer growth, usage patterns and energy conservation, slower ramp-up of and/or fewer data centers and large manufacturing facilities, slower than expected commercial and industrial expansions, impacts of energy efficiency programs, and growth in DG, and responses to retail price changes. Based on past experience, a 1% variation in our annual residential and small commercial and industrial kWh sales projections under normal business conditions can result in increases or decreases in annual net income of approximately $20 million, and a 1% variation in our annual large commercial and industrial kWh sales projections under normal business conditions can result in increases or decreases in annual net income of approximately $5 million.

For the three years through 2022, annual retail electricity sales growth averaged 2.5%, adjusted to exclude the effects of weather variations. Due to the expected rapid growth of several large data centers and

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new large manufacturing facilities, we currently project that annual retail electricity sales in kWh will increase in the range of 3.5% to 5.5% for 2023 and that average annual growth will be in the range of 4.5% to 6.5% through 2025, including the effects of customer conservation, energy efficiency, and distributed renewable generation initiatives, but excluding the effects of weather variations. This projected sales growth range includes the impacts of several large data centers and new large manufacturing facilities, which are expected to contribute to average annual growth in the range of 3.5% to 5.5% through 2025.

Longer term, APS has been preparing for and can serve significant load growth from residential and business customers. On top of these existing growth trends, APS is also now receiving unprecedented incremental requests for service from extra-large commercial energy users (over 25 MW) with very high energy demands that persist virtually around-the-clock. These incremental requests for service by extra-large energy users far exceed available generation and transmission resource capacity in the Southwest region for the foreseeable future. In April 2023, APS notified prospective extra-large customers without existing commitments from APS that it is not able to commit at this time to their future extra-large projects (over 25 MW) and that APS is exploring available options for securing sufficient electric generation and transmission to meet these projections of future customer needs.

Weather. In forecasting the retail sales growth numbers provided above, we assume normal weather patterns based on historical data. Our experience indicates that typical variations from normal weather can result in increases and decreases in annual net income of up to $15 million; however, extreme weather variations have resulted in larger annual variations in net income.

Fuel and Purchased Power Costs. Fuel and purchased power costs included on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income are impacted by our electricity sales volumes, existing contracts for purchased power and generation fuel, our power plant performance, transmission availability or constraints, prevailing market prices, new generating plants being placed in service in our market areas, changes in our generation resource allocation, our hedging program for managing such costs and PSA deferrals and the related amortization.

Operations and Maintenance Expenses. Operations and maintenance expenses are impacted by customer and sales growth, power plant operations, maintenance of utility plant (including generation, transmission, and distribution facilities), inflation, unplanned outages, planned outages (typically scheduled in the spring and fall), renewable energy and DSM related expenses (which are offset by the same amount of operating revenues) and other factors.

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses. Depreciation and amortization expenses are impacted by net additions to utility plant and other property (such as new generation, transmission, and distribution facilities), and changes in depreciation and amortization rates. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below for information regarding the planned additions to our facilities.

Pension and Other Postretirement Non-Service Credits, Net. Pension and other postretirement non-service credits can be impacted by changes in our actuarial assumptions. The most relevant actuarial assumptions are the discount rate used to measure our net periodic costs/credit, the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets used to estimate earnings on invested funds over the long-term, the mortality assumptions and the assumed healthcare cost trend rates. We review these assumptions on an annual basis and adjust them as necessary.

Property Taxes. Taxes other than income taxes consist primarily of property taxes, which are affected by the value of property in-service and under construction, assessment ratios, and tax rates. The average property tax rate in Arizona for APS, which owns essentially all of our property, was 10.2% of the assessed

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value for 2022, 10.7% for 2021 and 10.8% for 2020. Property taxes decreased in 2022 due to recent legislative changes reducing both property tax assessment ratios and rates in Arizona. As we add new generating units and continue with improvements and expansions to our existing generation, transmission, and distribution facilities in future years, we anticipate property taxes may increase, though these increases will continue to be partially offset by the impacts of the recent legislative changes noted above.

Income Taxes. Income taxes are affected by the amount of pretax book income, income tax rates, certain deductions, and non-taxable items, such as AFUDC. In addition, income taxes may also be affected by the settlement of issues with taxing authorities. On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted and was generally effective on January 1, 2018. Changes impacting the Company include a reduction in the corporate tax rate to 21%, revisions to the rules related to tax bonus depreciation, limitations on interest deductibility and an associated exception for certain public utilities, and requirements that certain excess deferred tax amounts of regulated utilities be normalized. See Note 4 for details of the impacts on the Company as of December 31, 2022. In APS’s 2017 Rate Case Decision, the ACC approved the TEAM, which was being used to pass through the income tax effects to retail customers of the Tax Act. As part of the 2019 Rate Case (defined above), all impacts of the Tax Act were removed from the TEAM and incorporated into APS’s base rates. The TEAM was retained to address potential changes in tax law that may be enacted prior to a decision in APS’s next rate case. See Note 3 for details of the TEAM.

Interest Expense. Interest expense is affected by the amount of debt outstanding and the interest rates on that debt. See Note 3 for further details. The primary factors affecting borrowing levels are expected to be our capital expenditures, long-term debt maturities, equity issuances and internally generated cash flow. An allowance for borrowed funds used during construction offsets a portion of interest expense while capital projects are under construction. We stop accruing AFUDC on a project when it is placed in commercial operation.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Pinnacle West’s only reportable business segment is our regulated electricity segment, which consists of traditional regulated retail and wholesale electricity businesses (primarily sales supplied under traditional cost-based rate regulation) and related activities and includes electricity generation, transmission and distribution.

Operating Results — Three-month period ended March 31, 2023, compared with three-month period ended March 31, 2022.

Our consolidated net loss attributable to common shareholders for the three months ended March 31, 2023, was $3 million, compared with consolidated net income attributable to common shareholders of $17 million for the prior-year period.  The results reflect a decrease of approximately $19 million for the regulated electricity segment, primarily as a result of higher operations and maintenance expense, lower pension and other postretirement non-service credits, higher interest charges, and higher depreciation and amortization expense mostly due to increased plant assets. These negative factors were partially offset by higher revenue driven by the effects of weather, customer growth and usage, and lower income taxes.

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The following table presents net income/(loss) attributable to common shareholders by business segment compared with the prior-year period:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022		Net Change
	(dollars in millions)
Regulated Electricity Segment:
Operating revenues less fuel and purchased power expenses	$	550	$	516	$	34
Operations and maintenance	(249)		(217)		(32)
Depreciation and amortization	(192)		(187)		(5)
Taxes other than income taxes	(57)		(58)		1
Pension and other postretirement non-service credits - net	10		24		(14)
All other income and expenses, net	17		9		8
Interest charges, net of allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(75)		(61)		(14)
Income taxes	(1)		(4)		3
Less income related to noncontrolling interests (Note 6)	(4)		(4)		—
Regulated electricity segment income/(loss)	(1)		18		(19)
All other	(2)		(1)		(1)
Net Income/(Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders	$	(3)	$	17	$	(20)

Operating revenues less fuel and purchased power expenses. Regulated electricity segment operating revenues less fuel and purchased power expenses were $34 million higher for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared with the prior-year period. The following table summarizes the major components of this change:

	Increase (Decrease)
	Operating revenues		Fuel and purchased power expenses		Net change
	(dollars in millions)
Effects of weather	$	18	$	5	$	13
Retail revenue due to customer growth and changes in customer usage patterns, partially offset by the impacts of energy efficiency and distributed generation	17		7		10
Higher renewable energy regulatory surcharges, partially offset by operations and maintenance costs	7		(1)		8
LFCR revenue (Note 4)	3		—		3
Changes in net fuel and purchased power costs, including off-system sales margins and related deferrals	119		119		—
Miscellaneous items, net	(1)		(1)		—
Total	$	163	$	129	$	34

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Operations and maintenance. Operations and maintenance expenses increased $32 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared with the prior-year period primarily because of:

•An increase of $12 million related to non-nuclear generation costs primarily due to higher operating costs;

•An increase of $10 million primarily related to costs for renewable energy and similar regulatory programs, which are partially offset in operating revenues and purchased power;

•An increase of $5 million related to information technology costs;

•An increase of $5 million related to nuclear generation costs;

•A decrease of $7 million related to employee benefits; and

•An increase of $7 million for corporate resources and other miscellaneous factors.

Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization expenses were $5 million higher for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to the prior-year period primarily due to increased plant in service.

Pension and other postretirement non-service credits, net. Pension and other postretirement non-service credits, net were $14 million lower for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to the prior-year period primarily due to the effect of higher discount rates and actual market returns being lower than estimated returns in 2022.

Other income and expenses, net. Other income and expenses, net were $8 million higher for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to the prior-year period primarily due to higher allowance for equity funds used during construction due to increased capital expenditures and higher interest income.

Interest charges, net of allowance for borrowed funds used during construction. Interest charges, net of allowance for borrowed funds used during construction were $14 million higher for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to the prior-year period primarily due to higher debt balances and higher interest rates in the current period, partially offset by higher allowance for borrowed funds due to increased capital expenditures.

Income taxes.  Income taxes were $3 million lower for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared with the prior-year period primarily due to lower pre-tax income.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview

Pinnacle West’s primary cash needs are for dividends to our shareholders and principal and interest payments on our indebtedness.  The level of our common stock dividends and future dividend growth will be dependent on declaration by our Board of Directors and based on a number of factors, including our financial condition, payout ratio, free cash flow and other factors.

Our primary sources of cash are dividends from APS and external debt and equity issuances.  An ACC order requires APS to maintain a common equity ratio of at least 40%.  As defined in the related ACC order,

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the common equity ratio is defined as total shareholder equity divided by the sum of total shareholder equity and long-term debt, including current maturities of long-term debt.  At March 31, 2023, APS’s common equity ratio, as defined, was 50%.  Its total shareholder equity was approximately $7.1 billion and total capitalization was approximately $14.1 billion. Under this order, APS would be prohibited from paying dividends if such payment would reduce its total shareholder equity below approximately $5.6 billion, assuming APS’s total capitalization remains the same.  This restriction does not materially affect Pinnacle West’s ability to meet its ongoing cash needs or ability to pay dividends to shareholders.

APS’s capital requirements consist primarily of capital expenditures and maturities of long-term debt.  APS funds its capital requirements with cash from operations and, to the extent necessary, external debt financing and equity infusions from Pinnacle West.

Summary of Cash Flows

The following tables present net cash provided by (used for) operating, investing and financing activities (dollars in millions):

Pinnacle West Consolidated

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Net
	2023		2022		Change
Net cash flow provided by operating activities	$	211	$	340	$	(129)
Net cash flow used for investing activities	(453)		(374)		(79)
Net cash flow provided by financing activities	244		38		206
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	$	2	$	4	$	(2)

Arizona Public Service Company

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Net
	2023		2022		Change
Net cash flow provided by operating activities	$	240	$	341	$	(101)
Net cash flow used for investing activities	(427)		(363)		(64)
Net cash flow provided by financing activities	190		25		165
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	$	3	$	3	$	—

Operating Cash Flows

Three-month period ended March 31, 2023, compared with three-month period ended March 31, 2022.  Pinnacle West’s consolidated net cash provided by operating activities was $211 million in 2023, compared to $340 million in 2022, a decrease of $129 million in net cash provided by operating activities primarily due to $221 million higher fuel and purchased power costs, $103 million higher payments for operations and maintenance costs and $7 million higher interest payments, partially offset by $119 million higher cash receipts from electric revenues, $53 million higher customer advances for construction and $33 million other changes in working capital.

Retirement plans and other postretirement benefits. Pinnacle West sponsors a qualified defined benefit pension plan and a non-qualified supplemental excess benefit retirement plan for the employees of Pinnacle West and our subsidiaries. Pinnacle West also sponsors other postretirement benefit plans for the

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employees of Pinnacle West and its subsidiaries. The requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) require us to contribute a minimum amount to the qualified plan.  We contribute at least the minimum amount required under ERISA regulations, but no more than the maximum tax-deductible amount. Under ERISA, the qualified pension plan was 112% funded as of January 1, 2023, and 139% as of January 1, 2022. Future year contribution amounts are dependent on plan asset performance and plan actuarial assumptions.  We have not made any voluntary contributions to our pension plan year-to-date in 2023. The minimum required contributions for the pension plan are zero for the next three years and we do not expect to make any voluntary contributions in 2023, 2024 or 2025. With regard to contributions to our other postretirement benefit plan, we have not made a contribution year-to-date in 2023 and do not expect to make any contributions in 2023, 2024 or 2025. We continually monitor financial market volatility and its impact on our retirement plans and other postretirement benefits, but we believe our liability driven investment strategy helps to minimize the impact of market volatility on our plan’s funded status. For instance, our pension plan’s funded status, as measured for accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) purposes, was 106% funded as of December 31, 2022, and our postretirement benefit plans were 159% funded, as measured for GAAP purposes at December 31, 2022. See Note 5 for additional details.

The CARES Act allowed employers to defer payments of the employer share of Social Security payroll taxes that would have otherwise been owed from March 27, 2020, through December 31, 2020. We deferred the cash payment of the employer’s portion of Social Security payroll taxes for the period July 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020, which was approximately $18 million. As of December 31, 2022, we have paid this cash deferral in full.

Investing Cash Flows

Three-month period ended March 31, 2023, compared with three-month period ended March 31, 2022.  Pinnacle West’s consolidated net cash used for investing activities was $453 million in 2023, compared to $374 million in 2022, an increase of $79 million primarily related to increased capital expenditures.

Capital Expenditures.  The following table summarizes the estimated capital expenditures for the next three years:

Capital Expenditures

(dollars in millions) 

	2023		2024		2025
APS
Generation:
Clean:
Nuclear Generation	$	120	$	120	$	120
Renewables and Energy Storage Systems (“ESS”) (a)	240		345		400
Other Generation (b)	265		245		245
Distribution	520		530		530
Transmission	260		300		300
Other (c)	265		260		255
Total APS	$	1,670	$	1,800	$	1,850

(a)APS Solar Communities program, energy storage, renewable projects, and other clean energy projects.

(b)Includes generation environmental projects.

(c)Primarily information systems and facilities projects.

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The table above does not include capital expenditures related to BCE projects.

Generation capital expenditures are comprised of various additions and improvements to APS’s

clean resources, including nuclear plants, renewables and ESS. Generation capital expenditures also include improvements to existing fossil plants. Examples of the types of projects included in the forecast of generation capital expenditures are additions of renewables and energy storage, and upgrades and capital replacements of various nuclear and fossil power plant equipment, such as turbines, boilers, and environmental equipment. We are monitoring the status of environmental matters, which, depending on their final outcome, could require modification to our planned environmental expenditures.

Distribution and transmission capital expenditures are comprised of infrastructure additions and upgrades, capital replacements, and new customer construction. Examples of the types of projects included in the forecast include power lines, substations, and line extensions to new residential and commercial developments.

Capital expenditures will be funded with internally generated cash and external financings, which may include issuances of long-term debt and Pinnacle West common stock.

Financing Cash Flows and Liquidity

Three-month period ended March 31, 2023, compared with three-month period ended March 31, 2022.  Pinnacle West’s consolidated net cash provided by financing activities was $244 million in 2023, compared to $38 million in 2022, an increase of $206 million in net cash provided by financing activities primarily due to $150 million lower long-term debt repayments and a net increase in short-term borrowings of $186 million, partially offset by $127 million in lower issuances of long-term debt.

APS’s consolidated net cash provided by financing activities was $190 million in 2023, compared to $25 million in 2022, an increase of $165 million in net cash provided by financing activities primarily due to a net increase in short-term borrowings.

Significant Financing Activities.  On April 19, 2023, the Pinnacle West Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.865 per share of common stock, payable on June 1, 2023, to shareholders of record on May 1, 2023.

Available Credit Facilities.  Pinnacle West and APS maintain committed revolving credit facilities in order to enhance liquidity and provide credit support for their commercial paper programs, to finance indebtedness, and other general corporate purposes. See Note 3 for more information on available credit facilities.

Other Financing Matters. See Note 7 for information related to the change in our margin and collateral accounts.

Debt Provisions

Pinnacle West’s and APS’s debt covenants related to their respective bank financing arrangements include maximum debt to capitalization ratios.  Pinnacle West and APS comply with these covenants.  For both Pinnacle West and APS, these covenants require that the ratio of consolidated debt to total consolidated capitalization not exceed 65%.  At March 31, 2023, the ratio was approximately 59% for Pinnacle West and 51% for APS.  Failure to comply with such covenant levels would result in an event of default which, generally

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speaking, would require the immediate repayment of the debt subject to the covenants and could “cross-default” other debt.  See further discussion of “cross-default” provisions below.

Neither Pinnacle West’s nor APS’s financing agreements contain “rating triggers” that would result in an acceleration of the required interest and principal payments in the event of a rating downgrade.  However, our bank credit agreements contain a pricing grid in which the interest rates we pay for borrowings thereunder are determined by our current credit ratings.

All of Pinnacle West’s loan agreements contain “cross-default” provisions that would result in defaults and the potential acceleration of payment under these loan agreements if Pinnacle West or APS were to default under certain other material agreements.  All of APS’s bank agreements contain “cross-default” provisions that would result in defaults and the potential acceleration of payment under these bank agreements if APS were to default under certain other material agreements.  Pinnacle West and APS do not have a material adverse change restriction for credit facility borrowings.

On December 17, 2020, the ACC issued a financing order that, subject to specified parameters and procedures, increased APS’s long-term debt limit, and authorized APS’s short-term debt authorization equal to the sum of (i) 7% of APS’s capitalization, and (ii) $500 million  (which is required to be used for costs relating to purchases of natural gas and power). On December 15, 2022, the ACC issued a financing order approving APS’s application filed April 6, 2022 requesting to further increase the long-term debt limit from $7.5 billion to $8.0 billion and to exclude financing lease PPAs from the definition of long-term debt for purposes of the ACC financing orders. See Note 3 for further discussions of liquidity matters.

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Credit Ratings

The ratings of securities of Pinnacle West and APS as of April 27, 2023, are shown below. We are disclosing these credit ratings to enhance understanding of our cost of short-term and long-term capital and our ability to access the markets for liquidity and long-term debt. The ratings reflect the respective views of the rating agencies, from which an explanation of the significance of their ratings may be obtained. There is no assurance that these ratings will continue for any given period. The ratings may be revised or withdrawn entirely by the rating agencies if, in their respective judgments, circumstances so warrant. Any downward revision or withdrawal may adversely affect the market price of Pinnacle West’s or APS’s securities and/or result in an increase in the cost of, or limit access to, capital. Such revisions may also result in substantial additional cash or other collateral requirements related to certain derivative instruments, insurance policies, natural gas transportation, fuel supply, and other energy-related contracts. At this time, we believe we have sufficient available liquidity resources to respond to a potential downward revision to our credit ratings.

	Moody’s	Standard & Poor’s	Fitch
Pinnacle West
Corporate credit rating	Baa1	BBB+	BBB+
Senior unsecured	Baa1	BBB	BBB+
Commercial paper	P-2	A-2	F2
Outlook	Negative	Negative	Negative
APS
Corporate credit rating	A3	BBB+	BBB+
Senior unsecured	A3	BBB+	A-
Commercial paper	P-2	A-2	F2
Outlook	Negative	Negative	Negative

Contractual Obligations

Pinnacle West has contractual obligations and other commitments that will need to be funded in the future, in addition to its capital expenditure programs. Material contractual obligations and other commitments are as follows:

•Pinnacle West and APS have material long-term debt obligations that mature at various dates through 2050 and bear interest principally at fixed rates. Interest on variable-rate long-term debt is determined by using average rates at March 31, 2023. See Note 3.

•Pinnacle West and APS maintain committed revolving credit facilities. See Note 3 for short-term debt details.

•Fuel and purchased power commitments include purchases of coal, electricity, natural gas, renewable energy, nuclear fuel, and natural gas transportation. See Notes 4 and 8. Purchase obligations includes capital expenditures and other obligations. Commitments related to purchased power lease contracts are also considered fuel and purchased power commitments. See Note 8.

•APS holds certain contracts to purchase renewable energy credits in compliance with the RES. See Notes 4 and 8.

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•APS is required to make payments to the noncontrolling interests related to the Palo Verde sale leaseback through 2033. See Note 6.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

In preparing the financial statements in accordance with GAAP, management must often make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosures at the date of the financial statements and during the reporting period.  Some of those judgments can be subjective and complex, and actual results could differ from those estimates.  There have been no changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates since our 2022 Form 10-K.  See “Critical Accounting Policies” in Item 7 of the 2022 Form 10-K for further details about our critical accounting policies and estimates.

MARKET AND CREDIT RISKS

Market Risks

Our operations include managing market risks related to changes in interest rates, commodity prices, investments held by our nuclear decommissioning trusts, other special use funds and benefit plan assets.

Interest Rate and Equity Risk

We have exposure to changing interest rates.  Changing interest rates will affect interest paid on variable-rate debt and the market value of fixed income securities held by our nuclear decommissioning trusts, other special use funds (see Notes 11 and 12), and benefit plan assets.  The nuclear decommissioning trusts, other special use funds and benefit plan assets also have risks associated with the changing market value of their equity and other non-fixed income investments.  Nuclear decommissioning and benefit plan costs are recovered in regulated electricity prices.

Commodity Price Risk

We are exposed to the impact of market fluctuations in the commodity price and transportation costs of electricity and natural gas.  Our risk management committee, consisting of officers and key management personnel, oversees company-wide energy risk management activities to ensure compliance with our stated energy risk management policies.  We manage risks associated with these market fluctuations by utilizing various commodity instruments that may qualify as derivatives, including futures, forwards, options and swaps.  As part of our risk management program, we use such instruments to hedge purchases and sales of electricity and natural gas.  The changes in market value of such contracts have a high correlation to price changes in the hedged commodities.

The following table shows the net pretax changes in mark-to-market of our energy derivative positions (dollars in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Mark-to-market of net positions at beginning of period	$	96	$	107
Increase (decrease) in regulatory liability	(155)		190
Mark-to-market of net positions at end of period	$	(59)	$	297

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The table below shows the fair value of maturities of our energy derivative contracts (dollars in millions) at March 31, 2023, by maturities and by the type of valuation that is performed to calculate the fair values, classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  See Note 1, “Derivative Accounting” and “Fair Value Measurements” in Item 8 of our 2022 Form 10-K and Note 11 for more discussion of our valuation methods.

Source of Fair Value	2023		2024		2025		2026		2027		Total  Fair  Value
Observable prices provided by other external sources	$	(61)	$	(3)	$	(2)	$	—	$	—	$	(66)
Prices based on unobservable inputs	(4)		11		—		—		—		7
Total by maturity	$	(65)	$	8	$	(2)	$	—	$	—	$	(59)

The table below shows the impact that hypothetical price movements of 10% would have on the market value of our risk management assets and liabilities included on Pinnacle West’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (dollars in millions):

	March 31, 2023				December 31, 2022
	Gain (Loss)				Gain (Loss)
	Price Up 10%		Price Down 10%		Price Up 10%		Price Down 10%
Mark-to-market changes reported in:
Regulatory asset (liability) (a)
Electricity	$	14	$	(14)	$	12	$	(12)
Natural gas	47		(47)		55		(55)
Total	$	61	$	(61)	$	67	$	(67)

(a)These contracts are economic hedges of our forecasted purchases of natural gas and electricity.  The impact of these hypothetical price movements would substantially offset the impact that these same price movements would have on the physical exposures being hedged.  To the extent the amounts are eligible for inclusion in the PSA, the amounts are recorded as either a regulatory asset or liability.

Credit Risk

We are exposed to losses in the event of non-performance or non-payment by counterparties.  See Note 7 for a discussion of our credit valuation adjustment policy.

Item 3.        QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

See “Key Financial Drivers” and “Market and Credit Risks” in Item 2 above for a discussion of quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risks.

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Item 4.         CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a)                                 Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The term “disclosure controls and procedures” means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.  Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to a company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Pinnacle West’s management, with the participation of Pinnacle West’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of Pinnacle West’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2023.  Based on that evaluation, Pinnacle West’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of that date, Pinnacle West’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

APS’s management, with the participation of APS’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of APS’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2023.  Based on that evaluation, APS’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of that date, APS’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

(b)                                 Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The term “internal control over financial reporting” (defined in SEC Rule 13a-15(f)) refers to the process of a company that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.

No change in Pinnacle West’s or APS’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Pinnacle West’s or APS’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.        LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See “Business of Arizona Public Service Company — Environmental Matters” in Item 1 of the 2022 Form 10-K with regard to pending or threatened litigation and other matters.

See Note 4 for ACC and FERC-related matters.

See Note 8 for information regarding environmental matters, Superfund-related matters and other disputes.

Item 1A.    RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A — Risk Factors in the 2022 Form 10-K, which could materially affect the business, financial condition, cash flows or future results of Pinnacle West and APS. The risks described in the 2022 Form 10-K are not the only risks facing Pinnacle West and APS. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect the business, financial condition, cash flows and/or operating results of Pinnacle West and APS.

Item 5.    OTHER INFORMATION

Union Matters

Approximately, 1,100 APS employees are union employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“IBEW”). The collective bargaining agreement expired on April 1, 2023, and APS and IBEW have engaged the services of a federal mediator to help facilitate ongoing negotiations. APS and IBEW remain committed to continue bargaining in good faith, and the current contract remains in full force and effect while negotiations continue.

Environmental Matters

EPA Revised Effluent Limitation Guideline Proposal. With respect to the management of bottom-ash transport wastewater at Four Corners, on March 8, 2023 EPA issued a revised proposal for effluent limitation guidelines governing power plant wastewater. For discharges of bottom-ash transport wastewater, EPA has proposed a more stringent “zero-liquid discharge” standard. We cannot at this time predict the outcome of this regulatory proceeding or when the EPA will take final action on this proposal. Depending on the eventual outcome, the costs associated with APS’s management of bottom-ash transport wastewater could materially increase, which could affect APS’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Revised Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (“MATS”) Proposal. On April 5, 2023, EPA proposed revisions to the existing MATS regulations governing emissions of toxic air pollution from existing coal-fired power plants. If finalized, the proposal would make the limits used to demonstrate compliance with MATS, filterable particulate matter, significantly more stringent (potentially by an order of magnitude) and require the use of continuous emissions monitoring systems to ensure compliance (as opposed to periodic performance testing). Regulations would take effect for existing coal-fired power plants within three years of the proposal becoming final. We cannot at this time predict the outcome of this regulatory proceeding or when the EPA will take final action on this proposal. Depending on the eventual outcome, the costs associated with APS’s

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controls for filterable particulate matter could materially increase, which could affect APS’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

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Item 6.         EXHIBITS

(a) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Registrant(s)	Description
31.1	Pinnacle West	Certificate of Jeffrey B. Guldner, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
31.2	Pinnacle West	Certificate of Andrew Cooper, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
31.3	APS	Certificate of Jeffrey B. Guldner, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
31.4	APS	Certificate of Andrew Cooper, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
32.1*	Pinnacle West	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2*	APS	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS	Pinnacle West APS	XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document.
101.SCH	Pinnacle West APS	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	Pinnacle West APS	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB	Pinnacle West APS	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	Pinnacle West APS	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	Pinnacle West APS	XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document
104	Pinnacle West APS	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

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*Furnished herewith as an Exhibit.

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In addition, Pinnacle West and APS hereby incorporate the following Exhibits pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 12b-32 and Regulation §229.10(d) by reference to the filings set forth below:

Exhibit No.	Registrant(s)	Description	Previously Filed as Exhibit(1)	Date Filed
3.1	Pinnacle West	Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Bylaws, amended as of February 19, 2020	3.1 to Pinnacle West/APS February 25, 2020 Form  8-K Report, File Nos. 1-8962 and 1-4473	2/25/2020
3.2	Pinnacle West	Articles of Incorporation, restated as of May 21, 2008	3.1 to Pinnacle West/APS June 30, 2008 Form 10-Q Report, File Nos. 1-8962 and 1-4473	8/7/2008
3.3	APS	Articles of Incorporation, restated as of May 25, 1988	4.2 to APS’s Form S-3 Registration Nos. 33-33910 and 33-55248 by means of September 24, 1993 Form  8-K Report, File No. 1-4473	9/29/1993
3.4	APS	Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Arizona Public Service Company, amended May 16, 2012	3.1 to Pinnacle West/APS May 22, 2012 Form 8-K Report, File Nos. 1-8962 and 1-4473	5/22/2012
3.5	APS	Arizona Public Service Company Bylaws, amended as of December 16, 2008	3.4 to Pinnacle West/APS December 31, 2008 Form 10-K Report, File Nos. 1-8962 and 1-4473	2/20/2009
10.1	Pinnacle West	Second Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2023, among Pinnacle West, as Borrower, Barclays Bank PLC, as Agent, Co-Sustainability Structuring Agent and Issuing Bank, and the lenders and other parties thereto	10.1 to Pinnacle West/APS April 10, 2023 Form 8-K Report, File Nos. 1-8962 and 1-4473	4/10/2023
10.2	Pinnacle West APS	Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2023, among APS, as Borrower, Barclays Bank PLC, as Agent, Co-Sustainability Structuring Agent and Issuing Bank, and the lenders and other parties thereto	10.2 to Pinnacle West/APS April 10, 2023 Form 8-K Report, File Nos. 1-8962 and 1-4473	4/10/2023

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(1)  Reports filed under File Nos. 1-4473 and 1-8962 were filed in the office of the Securities and Exchange Commission located in Washington, D.C.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
		(Registrant)
Dated:	May 4, 2023	By:	/s/ Andrew Cooper
			Andrew Cooper
			Senior Vice President and
			Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer and
			Officer Duly Authorized to sign this Report)
		ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
		(Registrant)
Dated:	May 4, 2023	By:	/s/ Andrew Cooper
			Andrew Cooper
			Senior Vice President and
			Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer and
			Officer Duly Authorized to sign this Report)

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Jeffrey B. Guldner, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)    designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)    evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)    disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)    all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:    May 4, 2023

/s/ Jeffery B. Guldner

Jeffrey B. Guldner

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Andrew Cooper, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)    designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)    evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)    disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)    all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:    May 4, 2023

/s/ Andrew Cooper

Andrew Cooper

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-31.3

Exhibit 31.3

CERTIFICATION

I, Jeffrey B. Guldner, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Arizona Public Service Company;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)    designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)    evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)    disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)    all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:    May 4, 2023

/s/ Jeffery B. Guldner

Jeffrey B. Guldner

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

1

EX-31.4

Exhibit 31.4

CERTIFICATION

I, Andrew Cooper, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Arizona Public Service Company;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)    designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)    evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)    disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)    all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:    May 4, 2023

/s/ Andrew Cooper

Andrew Cooper

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

1

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION

OF

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AND

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Jeffrey B. Guldner, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation.

Date:     May 4, 2023

/s/ Jeffery B. Guldner

Jeffrey B. Guldner

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

I, Andrew Cooper, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation.

Date:     May 4, 2023

/s/ Andrew Cooper

Andrew Cooper

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION

OF

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AND

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Jeffrey B. Guldner, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Arizona Public Service Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Arizona Public Service Company.

Date:      May 4, 2023

/s/ Jeffery B. Guldner

 Jeffrey B. Guldner

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

I, Andrew Cooper, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Arizona Public Service Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Arizona Public Service Company.

Date:     May 4, 2023

/s/ Andrew Cooper

Andrew Cooper

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Cover Page - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Apr. 27, 2023
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2023
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	1-8962
Entity Registrant Name	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
Entity Tax Identification Number	86-0512431
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	AZ
Entity Address, Address Line One	400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999
Entity Address, City or Town	Phoenix
Entity Address, State or Province	AZ
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	85072-3999
City Area Code	(602)
Local Phone Number	250-1000
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock
Trading Symbol	PNW
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		113,255,998
Entity Central Index Key	0000764622
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2023
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Shell Company	false
APS
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2023
Entity File Number	1-4473
Entity Registrant Name	ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
Entity Tax Identification Number	86-0011170
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	AZ
Entity Address, Address Line One	400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999
Entity Address, City or Town	Phoenix
Entity Address, State or Province	AZ
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	85072-3999
City Area Code	(602)
Local Phone Number	250-1000
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		71,264,947
Entity Central Index Key	0000007286
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2023
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Shell Company	false

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Income Statement [Abstract]
OPERATING REVENUES	$ 944,955	$ 783,531
OPERATING EXPENSES
Fuel and purchased power	394,504	265,269
Operations and maintenance	250,080	218,342
Depreciation and amortization	191,906	186,605
Taxes other than income taxes	57,138	57,998
Other expenses	610	825
Total	894,238	729,039
OPERATING INCOME	50,717	54,492
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	15,061	9,747
Pension and other postretirement non-service credits - net (Note 5)	9,865	23,809
Other income (Note 9)	6,077	1,704
Other expense (Note 9)	(4,131)	(3,422)
Total	26,872	31,838
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest charges	88,119	65,389
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(12,722)	(4,482)
Total	75,397	60,907
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	2,192	25,423
INCOME TAXES	1,183	4,161
NET INCOME	1,009	21,262
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,306	4,306
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS	$ (3,297)	$ 16,956
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING — BASIC (in shares)	113,358	113,102
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING — DILUTED (in shares)	113,358	113,295
EARNINGS PER WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARE OUTSTANDING
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders - basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.03)	$ 0.15
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders — diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.03)	$ 0.15

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 1,009	$ 21,262
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET OF TAX
Derivative instruments net unrealized gain (loss), net of tax benefit (expense) of $202 and $(83)	(616)	252
Pension and other postretirement benefit activity, net of tax expense of $169 and $296	515	901
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(101)	1,153
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	908	22,415
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,306	4,306
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS	$ (3,398)	$ 18,109

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Derivative instruments net unrealized gain, tax benefit (expense)	$ 202	$ (83)
Pension and other postretirement benefits activity, tax benefit (expense)	$ 169	$ 296

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 6,951	$ 4,832
Customer and other receivables	449,096	453,209
Accrued unbilled revenues	143,276	164,764
Allowance for doubtful accounts (Note 2)	(22,112)	(23,778)
Materials and supplies (at average cost)	425,457	410,481
Income tax receivable	11,699	14,086
Fossil fuel (at average cost)	39,571	40,155
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	16,095	87,835
Deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset (Note 4)	469,962	460,561
Other regulatory assets (Note 4)	130,840	78,318
Other current assets	77,551	60,091
Total current assets	1,748,386	1,750,554
INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trusts (Notes 11 and 12)	1,125,617	1,073,410
Other special use funds (Notes 11 and 12)	352,877	347,231
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	17,082	44,394
Other assets	147,430	125,672
Total investments and other assets	1,643,006	1,590,707
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Plant in service and held for future use	22,624,104	22,452,146
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(8,072,595)	(7,929,878)
Net	14,551,509	14,522,268
Construction work in progress	2,101,830	1,882,791
Palo Verde sale leaseback, net of accumulated depreciation (Note 6)	89,329	90,296
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization	260,454	258,880
Nuclear fuel, net of accumulated amortization	112,735	100,119
Total property, plant and equipment	17,115,857	16,854,354
DEFERRED DEBITS
Regulatory assets (Note 4)	1,258,663	1,283,221
Operating lease right-of-use assets	1,361,847	801,688
Assets for pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 5)	405,409	396,599
Other	47,205	46,282
Total deferred debits	3,073,124	2,527,790
TOTAL ASSETS	23,580,373	22,723,405
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	361,410	430,425
Accrued taxes	214,484	164,440
Accrued interest	72,146	61,217
Common dividends payable	0	97,895
Short-term borrowings (Note 3)	497,550	340,720
Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 3)	60,821	50,685
Customer deposits	41,186	41,769
Liabilities from risk management activities (Note 7)	83,874	37,697
Liabilities for asset retirements	20,321	12,232
Operating lease liabilities	65,130	105,210
Less: current regulatory liabilities	202,266	271,575
Other current liabilities	105,141	148,276
Total current liabilities	1,724,329	1,762,141
LONG-TERM DEBT LESS CURRENT MATURITIES (Note 3)	7,916,554	7,741,286
DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER
Deferred income taxes	2,379,720	2,384,421
Total non-current regulatory liabilities	2,060,273	2,061,776
Liabilities for asset retirements	787,220	785,530
Liabilities for pension benefits (Note 5)	114,290	116,286
Customer advances	532,596	422,103
Coal mine reclamation	180,446	179,255
Deferred investment tax credit	184,427	180,677
Unrecognized tax benefits	38,863	38,658
Operating lease liabilities	1,240,584	639,247
Other	256,620	252,149
Total deferred credits and other	7,775,039	7,060,102
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 8)
EQUITY
Common stock, no par value; authorized 150,000,000 shares, 113,359,467 and 113,247,189 issued at respective dates	2,730,851	2,724,740
Treasury stock at cost; 106,141 and 73,613 shares at respective dates	(7,451)	(5,005)
Total common stock	2,723,400	2,719,735
Retained earnings	3,357,052	3,360,347
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 13)	(31,536)	(31,435)
Total shareholders’ equity	6,048,916	6,048,647
Noncontrolling interests (Note 6)	115,535	111,229
Total equity	6,164,451	6,159,876
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 23,580,373	$ 22,723,405

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - shares	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
EQUITY
Common stock, authorized shares (in shares)	150,000,000	150,000,000
Common stock, issued shares (in shares)	113,359,467	113,247,189
Treasury stock at cost, shares (in shares)	106,141	73,613

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 1,009	$ 21,262
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization including nuclear fuel	208,772	203,639
Deferred fuel and purchased power	(90,305)	(6,110)
Deferred fuel and purchased power amortization	80,904	39,442
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	(15,061)	(9,747)
Deferred income taxes	(5,150)	3,835
Deferred investment tax credit	3,749	(319)
Change in derivative instruments fair value	786	0
Stock compensation	3,635	5,338
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Customer and other receivables	2,831	66,146
Accrued unbilled revenues	21,488	1,215
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel	(14,392)	(11,892)
Income tax receivable	2,387	542
Other current assets	(8,110)	13,347
Accounts payable	(69,576)	(13,873)
Accrued taxes	50,044	53,847
Other current liabilities	(84,239)	(40,211)
Change in margin and collateral accounts - assets	11	8,600
Change in other long-term assets	(58,036)	52,153
Change in operating lease assets	(8,920)	324
Change in other long-term liabilities	138,649	(47,883)
Change in operating lease liabilities	51,129	953
Net cash provided by operating activities	211,605	340,608
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures	(445,171)	(391,583)
Contributions in aid of construction	25,165	28,262
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(12,722)	(4,422)
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trusts sales and other special use funds	226,626	361,754
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds	(227,196)	(361,809)
Other	(19,941)	(6,543)
Net cash used for investing activities	(453,239)	(374,341)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Issuance of long-term debt	185,136	312,052
Short-term borrowing and (repayments) - net	156,830	(29,050)
Dividends paid on common stock	(96,078)	(94,265)
Repayment of long-term debt	0	(150,000)
Common stock equity issuances and (purchases) - net	(2,135)	(1,005)
Net cash provided by financing activities	243,753	37,732
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	2,119	3,999
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD	4,832	9,969
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD	$ 6,951	$ 13,968

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Total	Common Stock	Treasury Stock	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Noncontrolling Interests
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021			113,014,528
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2021		$ 6,021,460	$ 2,702,743	$ (6,401)	$ 3,264,719	$ (54,861)	$ 115,260
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021				(87,608)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Net income		21,262			16,956		4,306
Other comprehensive income (loss)		1,153				1,153
Dividends on common stock		(74)			(74)
Issuance of common stock (in shares)			33,171
Issuance of common stock		3,582	$ 3,582
Purchase of treasury stock (in shares)				(24,885)
Purchase of treasury stock		(1,665)		$ (1,665)
Reissuance of treasury stock for stock-based compensation and other (in shares)				61,572
Reissuance of treasury stock for stock-based compensation and other		4,418		$ 4,418
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2022			113,047,699
Ending balance at Mar. 31, 2022		$ 6,050,136	$ 2,706,325	$ (3,648)	3,281,601	(53,708)	119,566
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2022				(50,921)
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022		113,247,189	113,247,189
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2022		$ 6,159,876	$ 2,724,740	$ (5,005)	3,360,347	(31,435)	111,229
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022		(73,613)		(73,613)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Net income		$ 1,009			(3,297)		4,306
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(101)				(101)
Issuance of common stock (in shares)			112,278
Issuance of common stock		6,111	$ 6,111
Purchase of treasury stock (in shares)	[1]			(33,154)
Purchase of treasury stock	[1]	(2,490)		$ (2,490)
Reissuance of treasury stock for stock-based compensation and other (in shares)				626
Reissuance of treasury stock for stock-based compensation and other		44		$ 44
Other		$ 2			2
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2023		113,359,467	113,359,467
Ending balance at Mar. 31, 2023		$ 6,164,451	$ 2,730,851	$ (7,451)	$ 3,357,052	$ (31,536)	$ 115,535
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2023		(106,141)		(106,141)

[1] Primarily represents shares of common stock withheld from certain stock awards for tax purposes.

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
OPERATING REVENUES	$ 944,955	$ 783,531
OPERATING EXPENSES
Fuel and purchased power	394,504	265,269
Operations and maintenance	250,080	218,342
Depreciation and amortization	191,906	186,605
Taxes other than income taxes	57,138	57,998
Other expenses	610	825
Total	894,238	729,039
OPERATING INCOME	50,717	54,492
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	15,061	9,747
Pension and other postretirement non-service credits - net (Note 5)	9,865	23,809
Other income (Note 9)	6,077	1,704
Other expense (Note 9)	(4,131)	(3,422)
Total	26,872	31,838
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest charges	88,119	65,389
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(12,722)	(4,482)
Total	75,397	60,907
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	2,192	25,423
INCOME TAXES	1,183	4,161
NET INCOME	1,009	21,262
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,306	4,306
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS	(3,297)	16,956
APS
OPERATING REVENUES	944,955	783,531
OPERATING EXPENSES
Fuel and purchased power	394,504	265,269
Operations and maintenance	246,179	214,601
Depreciation and amortization	191,884	186,583
Taxes other than income taxes	57,125	57,959
Other expenses	610	825
Total	890,302	725,237
OPERATING INCOME	54,653	58,294
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	15,061	9,747
Pension and other postretirement non-service credits - net (Note 5)	10,106	23,907
Other income (Note 9)	5,075	1,152
Other expense (Note 9)	(2,617)	(1,849)
Total	27,625	32,957
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest charges	75,222	62,309
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(11,157)	(4,422)
Total	64,065	57,887
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	18,213	33,364
INCOME TAXES	3,247	4,859
NET INCOME	14,966	28,505
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,306	4,306
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS	$ 10,660	$ 24,199

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
NET INCOME	$ 1,009	$ 21,262
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET OF TAX
Pension and other postretirement benefits activity, net of tax expense of $150 and $269	515	901
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(101)	1,153
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	908	22,415
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,306	4,306
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS	(3,398)	18,109
APS
NET INCOME	14,966	28,505
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET OF TAX
Pension and other postretirement benefits activity, net of tax expense of $150 and $269	457	820
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	457	820
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	15,423	29,325
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,306	4,306
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS	$ 11,117	$ 25,019

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Pension and other postretirement benefits activity, tax benefit (expense)	$ 169	$ 296
APS
Pension and other postretirement benefits activity, tax benefit (expense)	$ 150	$ 269

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Plant in service and held for future use	$ 22,624,104	$ 22,452,146
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(8,072,595)	(7,929,878)
Net	14,551,509	14,522,268
Construction work in progress	2,101,830	1,882,791
Palo Verde sale leaseback, net of accumulated depreciation (Note 6)	89,329	90,296
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization	260,454	258,880
Nuclear fuel, net of accumulated amortization	112,735	100,119
Total property, plant and equipment	17,115,857	16,854,354
INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trusts (Notes 11 and 12)	1,125,617	1,073,410
Other special use funds (Notes 11 and 12)	352,877	347,231
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	17,082	44,394
Other assets	147,430	125,672
Total investments and other assets	1,643,006	1,590,707
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	6,951	4,832
Customer and other receivables	449,096	453,209
Accrued unbilled revenues	143,276	164,764
Allowance for doubtful accounts (Note 2)	(22,112)	(23,778)
Materials and supplies (at average cost)	425,457	410,481
Fossil fuel (at average cost)	39,571	40,155
Income tax receivable	11,699	14,086
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	16,095	87,835
Deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset (Note 4)	469,962	460,561
Other regulatory assets (Note 4)	130,840	78,318
Other current assets	77,551	60,091
Total current assets	1,748,386	1,750,554
DEFERRED DEBITS
Regulatory assets (Note 4)	1,258,663	1,283,221
Operating lease right-of-use assets	1,361,847	801,688
Assets for pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 5)	405,409	396,599
Other	47,205	46,282
Total deferred debits	3,073,124	2,527,790
TOTAL ASSETS	23,580,373	22,723,405
EQUITY
Retained earnings	3,357,052	3,360,347
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 13)	(31,536)	(31,435)
Total shareholders’ equity	6,048,916	6,048,647
Noncontrolling interests (Note 6)	115,535	111,229
Total equity	6,164,451	6,159,876
Long-term debt less current maturities (Note 3)	7,916,554	7,741,286
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Short-term borrowings (Note 3)	497,550	340,720
Accounts payable	361,410	430,425
Accrued taxes	214,484	164,440
Accrued interest	72,146	61,217
Common dividends payable	0	97,895
Customer deposits	41,186	41,769
Liabilities from risk management activities (Note 7)	83,874	37,697
Liabilities for asset retirements	20,321	12,232
Operating lease liabilities	65,130	105,210
Less: current regulatory liabilities	202,266	271,575
Other current liabilities	105,141	148,276
Total current liabilities	1,724,329	1,762,141
DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER
Deferred income taxes	2,379,720	2,384,421
Total non-current regulatory liabilities	2,060,273	2,061,776
Liabilities for asset retirements	787,220	785,530
Liabilities for pension benefits (Note 5)	114,290	116,286
Customer advances	532,596	422,103
Coal mine reclamation	180,446	179,255
Deferred investment tax credit	184,427	180,677
Unrecognized tax benefits	38,863	38,658
Operating lease liabilities	1,240,584	639,247
Other	256,620	252,149
Total deferred credits and other	7,775,039	7,060,102
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 8)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	23,580,373	22,723,405
APS
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Plant in service and held for future use	22,620,643	22,448,685
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(8,069,288)	(7,926,575)
Net	14,551,355	14,522,110
Construction work in progress	2,036,078	1,829,004
Palo Verde sale leaseback, net of accumulated depreciation (Note 6)	89,329	90,296
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization	260,299	258,725
Nuclear fuel, net of accumulated amortization	112,735	100,119
Total property, plant and equipment	17,049,796	16,800,254
INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trusts (Notes 11 and 12)	1,125,617	1,073,410
Other special use funds (Notes 11 and 12)	352,877	347,231
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	17,082	44,394
Other assets	44,165	43,344
Total investments and other assets	1,539,741	1,508,379
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	6,648	4,042
Customer and other receivables	438,251	448,880
Accrued unbilled revenues	143,276	164,764
Allowance for doubtful accounts (Note 2)	(22,112)	(23,778)
Materials and supplies (at average cost)	425,457	410,481
Fossil fuel (at average cost)	39,571	40,155
Income tax receivable	1,102	1,102
Assets from risk management activities (Note 7)	15,961	87,704
Deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset (Note 4)	469,962	460,561
Other regulatory assets (Note 4)	130,840	78,318
Other current assets	70,443	50,043
Total current assets	1,719,399	1,722,272
DEFERRED DEBITS
Regulatory assets (Note 4)	1,258,663	1,283,221
Operating lease right-of-use assets	1,356,781	796,544
Assets for pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 5)	397,877	389,142
Other	46,401	44,040
Total deferred debits	3,059,722	2,512,947
TOTAL ASSETS	23,368,658	22,543,852
EQUITY
Common stock	178,162	178,162
Additional paid-in capital	3,321,696	3,171,696
Retained earnings	3,618,125	3,607,464
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 13)	(15,139)	(15,596)
Total shareholders’ equity	7,102,844	6,941,726
Noncontrolling interests (Note 6)	115,535	111,229
Total equity	7,218,379	7,052,955
Long-term debt less current maturities (Note 3)	6,794,124	6,793,529
Total capitalization	14,012,503	13,846,484
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Short-term borrowings (Note 3)	463,000	325,000
Accounts payable	349,410	417,732
Accrued taxes	211,940	156,746
Accrued interest	69,816	60,518
Common dividends payable	0	97,900
Customer deposits	41,186	41,769
Liabilities from risk management activities (Note 7)	83,874	37,697
Liabilities for asset retirements	20,321	12,232
Operating lease liabilities	64,593	104,728
Less: current regulatory liabilities	202,266	271,575
Other current liabilities	104,865	144,733
Total current liabilities	1,611,271	1,670,630
DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER
Deferred income taxes	2,384,586	2,385,647
Total non-current regulatory liabilities	2,060,273	2,061,776
Liabilities for asset retirements	787,220	785,530
Liabilities for pension benefits (Note 5)	106,535	108,068
Customer advances	532,596	422,103
Coal mine reclamation	180,446	179,255
Deferred investment tax credit	184,427	180,677
Unrecognized tax benefits	38,863	38,658
Operating lease liabilities	1,235,619	634,199
Other	234,319	230,825
Total deferred credits and other	7,744,884	7,026,738
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 8)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 23,368,658	$ 22,543,852

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 1,009	$ 21,262
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization including nuclear fuel	208,772	203,639
Deferred fuel and purchased power	(90,305)	(6,110)
Deferred fuel and purchased power amortization	80,904	39,442
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	(15,061)	(9,747)
Deferred income taxes	(5,150)	3,835
Deferred investment tax credit	3,749	(319)
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Customer and other receivables	2,831	66,146
Accrued unbilled revenues	21,488	1,215
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel	(14,392)	(11,892)
Income tax receivable	2,387	542
Other current assets	(8,110)	13,347
Accounts payable	(69,576)	(13,873)
Accrued taxes	50,044	53,847
Other current liabilities	(84,239)	(40,211)
Change in margin and collateral accounts - assets	11	8,600
Change in other long-term assets	(58,036)	52,153
Change in operating lease assets	(8,920)	324
Change in other long-term liabilities	138,649	(47,883)
Change in operating lease liabilities	51,129	953
Net cash provided by operating activities	211,605	340,608
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures	(445,171)	(391,583)
Contributions in aid of construction	25,165	28,262
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(12,722)	(4,422)
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trusts sales and other special use funds	226,626	361,754
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds	(227,196)	(361,809)
Other	(19,941)	(6,543)
Net cash used for investing activities	(453,239)	(374,341)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Short-term borrowing and (repayments) - net	156,830	(29,050)
Dividends paid on common stock	(96,078)	(94,265)
Net cash provided by financing activities	243,753	37,732
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	2,119	3,999
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD	4,832	9,969
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD	6,951	13,968
APS
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	14,966	28,505
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization including nuclear fuel	208,750	203,617
Deferred fuel and purchased power	(90,305)	(6,110)
Deferred fuel and purchased power amortization	80,904	39,442
Allowance for equity funds used during construction	(15,061)	(9,747)
Deferred income taxes	(1,693)	(106)
Deferred investment tax credit	3,749	(319)
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Customer and other receivables	9,347	65,736
Accrued unbilled revenues	21,488	1,215
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel	(14,392)	(11,892)
Income tax receivable	0	5,207
Other current assets	(11,050)	5,261
Accounts payable	(64,008)	(17,074)
Accrued taxes	55,194	57,718
Other current liabilities	(82,658)	(37,579)
Change in margin and collateral accounts - assets	11	8,600
Change in other long-term assets	(55,909)	53,827
Change in operating lease assets	(8,998)	254
Change in other long-term liabilities	138,094	(46,790)
Change in operating lease liabilities	51,212	1,027
Net cash provided by operating activities	239,641	340,792
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures	(439,647)	(386,873)
Contributions in aid of construction	25,165	28,262
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction	(11,157)	(4,422)
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trusts sales and other special use funds	226,626	361,754
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds	(227,196)	(361,809)
Other	(926)	(258)
Net cash used for investing activities	(427,135)	(363,346)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Short-term borrowing and (repayments) - net	138,000	(28,700)
Equity infusion	150,000	150,000
Dividends paid on common stock	(97,900)	(96,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities	190,100	25,300
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	2,606	2,746
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD	4,042	9,374
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD	$ 6,648	$ 12,120

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Noncontrolling Interests	APS	APS Common Stock	APS Additional Paid-In Capital	APS Retained Earnings	APS Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	APS Noncontrolling Interests
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021		113,014,528					71,264,947
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2021	$ 6,021,460	$ 2,702,743	$ 3,264,719	$ (54,861)	$ 115,260	$ 6,750,473	$ 178,162	$ 3,021,696	$ 3,470,235	$ (34,880)	$ 115,260
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Equity infusion from Pinnacle West	150,000							150,000
Net income	21,262		16,956		4,306	28,505			24,199		4,306
Other comprehensive income (loss)	1,153			1,153		820				820
Other						(2)			(2)
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2022		113,047,699					71,264,947
Ending balance at Mar. 31, 2022	$ 6,050,136	$ 2,706,325	3,281,601	(53,708)	119,566	6,929,796	$ 178,162	3,171,696	3,494,432	(34,060)	119,566
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022	113,247,189	113,247,189					71,264,947
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2022	$ 6,159,876	$ 2,724,740	3,360,347	(31,435)	111,229	7,052,955	$ 178,162	3,171,696	3,607,464	(15,596)	111,229
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Equity infusion from Pinnacle West	150,000							150,000
Net income	1,009		(3,297)		4,306	14,966			10,660		4,306
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(101)			(101)		457				457
Other	$ 2		2			1			1
Ending balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2023	113,359,467	113,359,467					71,264,947
Ending balance at Mar. 31, 2023	$ 6,164,451	$ 2,730,851	$ 3,357,052	$ (31,536)	$ 115,535	$ 7,218,379	$ 178,162	$ 3,321,696	$ 3,618,125	$ (15,139)	$ 115,535

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Consolidation and Nature of Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Consolidation and Nature of Operations

Consolidation and Nature of Operations

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Pinnacle West and our subsidiaries:  APS, 4C Acquisition, LLC (“4CA”), Bright Canyon Energy Corporation (“BCE”), and El Dorado Investment Company (“El Dorado”).  See Note 8 for more information on 4CA matters. Intercompany accounts and transactions between the consolidated companies have been eliminated.  The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for APS include the accounts of APS and the Palo Verde Generating Station (“Palo Verde”) sale leaseback variable interest entities (“VIEs”). See Note 6 for further discussion.  Our accounting records are maintained in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).  The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Amounts reported in our interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income are not necessarily indicative of amounts expected for the respective annual periods, due to the effects of seasonal temperature variations on energy consumption, timing of maintenance on electric generating units (“EGU”), and other factors.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments except as otherwise disclosed in the notes) that we believe are necessary for the fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in conformity with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such regulations, although we believe that the disclosures provided are adequate to make the interim information presented not misleading. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and these notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in our 2022 Form 10-K.

On June 30, 2020, the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an order granting a waiver request related to the existing Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (“AFUDC”) rate calculation beginning March 1, 2020, through February 28, 2021.  On February 23, 2021, this waiver was extended until September 30, 2021. On September 21, 2021, it was further extended until March 31, 2022. The order provided a simplified approach that companies may elect to implement in order to minimize the significant distorted effect on the AFUDC formula resulting from increased short-term debt financing during the COVID-19 pandemic.  APS adopted this simplified approach to computing the AFUDC composite rate by using a simple average of the actual historical short-term debt balances for 2019, instead of current period short-term debt balances, and left all other aspects of the AFUDC formula composite rate calculation unchanged. This change impacted the AFUDC composite rate in 2021 and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022.  Furthermore, the change in the composite rate calculation did not impact our accounting treatment for these costs. The change did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following table summarizes supplemental Pinnacle West cash flow information (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net of refunds	$	(12)	$	—
Interest, net of amounts capitalized	62,241		55,208
Significant non-cash investing and financing activities:
Accrued capital expenditures	$	115,559	$	131,778

The following table summarizes supplemental APS cash flow information (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net of refunds	$	—	$	(25)
Interest, net of amounts capitalized	53,610		53,982
Significant non-cash investing and financing activities:
Accrued capital expenditures	$	112,219	$	124,778

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Revenue

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue

Revenue

Sources of Revenue

The following table provides detail of Pinnacle West’s consolidated revenue disaggregated by revenue sources (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Retail Electric Service
Residential	$	409,724	$	367,346
Non-Residential	406,137		359,516
Wholesale Energy Sales	95,603		28,903
Transmission Services for Others	31,791		25,492
Other Sources	1,700		2,274
Total operating revenues	$	944,955	$	783,531

Retail Electric Revenue. Pinnacle West’s retail electric revenue is generated by wholly owned, regulated subsidiary APS’s sale of electricity to our regulated customers within the authorized service territory at tariff rates approved by the ACC and based on customer usage. Revenues related to the sale of electricity are generally recognized when service is rendered, or electricity is delivered to customers. The billing of electricity sales to individual customers is based on the reading of their meters. We obtain customers’ meter data on a systematic basis throughout the month, and generally bill customers within a month from when service was provided. Customers are generally required to pay for services within 21 days of when the services are billed. See “Allowance for Doubtful Accounts” discussion below for additional details regarding payment terms.

Wholesale Energy Sales and Transmission Services for Others. Revenues from wholesale energy sales and transmission services for others represent energy and transmission sales to wholesale customers. These activities primarily consist of managing fuel and purchased power risks in connection with the cost of serving our retail customers’ energy requirements. We may also sell into the wholesale markets generation that is not needed for APS’s retail load. Our wholesale activities and tariff rates are regulated by FERC.

In the electricity business, some contracts to purchase energy are settled by netting against other contracts to sell electricity. This is referred to as a book-out, and usually occurs in contracts that have the same terms (product type, quantities, and delivery points) and for which power does not flow. We net these book-outs, which reduces both wholesale revenues and fuel and purchased power costs.

Revenue Activities

Our revenues primarily consist of activities that are classified as revenues from contracts with customers. We derive our revenues from contracts with customers primarily from sales of electricity to our regulated retail customers. Revenues from contracts with customers also include wholesale and transmission activities. Our revenues from contracts with customers for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were $922 million and $772 million, respectively.

We have certain revenues that do not meet the specific accounting criteria to be classified as revenues from contracts with customers. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, our revenues that do not

qualify as revenue from contracts with customers were $23 million and $12 million, respectively. This amount includes revenues related to certain regulatory cost recovery mechanisms that are considered alternative revenue programs. We recognize revenue associated with alternative revenue programs when specific events permitting recognition are completed. Certain amounts associated with alternative revenue programs will subsequently be billed to customers; however, we do not reclassify billed amounts into revenue from contracts with customers. See Note 4 for a discussion of our regulatory cost recovery mechanisms.

Contract Assets and Liabilities from Contracts with Customers

There were no material contract assets, contract liabilities, or deferred contract costs recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023, or December 31, 2022.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts represents our best estimate of accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues that will ultimately be uncollectible due to credit loss risk. The allowance includes a write-off component that is calculated by applying an estimated write-off factor to retail electric revenues. The write-off factor used to estimate uncollectible accounts is based upon consideration of historical collections experience, the current and forecasted economic environment, changes to our collection policies, and management’s best estimate of future collections success. We continue to monitor the impacts of our disconnection policies, payment arrangements, among other considerations impacting our estimated write-off factor, and allowance for doubtful accounts.

The following table provides a rollforward of Pinnacle West’s allowance for doubtful accounts (dollars in thousands):

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Allowance for doubtful accounts, balance at beginning of period	$	23,778	$	25,354
Bad debt expense	3,522		17,006
Actual write-offs	(5,188)		(18,582)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, balance at end of period	$	22,112	$	23,778

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Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters

Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters

Pinnacle West and APS maintain committed revolving credit facilities in order to enhance liquidity and provide credit support for their commercial paper programs, to refinance indebtedness, and for other general corporate purposes.

Pinnacle West

On April 10, 2023, Pinnacle West replaced its $200 million revolving credit facility that would have matured on May 28, 2026, with a new $200 million revolving credit facility that matures on April 10, 2028. Pinnacle West has the option to increase the amount of the facility up to a maximum of $300 million upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and with the consent of the lenders. Interest rates are based on Pinnacle West’s senior unsecured debt credit ratings and the agreement includes a sustainability-linked pricing metric which permits an interest rate reduction or increase by meeting or missing targets related to specific environmental and employee health and safety sustainability objectives. The facility is available to support Pinnacle West’s general corporate purposes, including support for Pinnacle West’s $200 million commercial paper program, for bank borrowings or for issuances of letters of credit. At March 31, 2023, Pinnacle West had no outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility, no letters of credit outstanding under the credit facility, and $35 million of outstanding commercial paper borrowings.

On December 16, 2022, Pinnacle West entered into a $175 million term loan facility that matures December 16, 2024. The proceeds were received on January 6, 2023 and used for general corporate purposes. We recognized the term loan facility as long-term debt upon settlement on January 6, 2023.

APS

On April 10, 2023, APS replaced its two $500 million revolving credit facilities that would have matured on May 28, 2026, with a new $1.25 billion revolving credit facility that matures on April 10, 2028. APS has the option to increase the amount of the facility up to a maximum of $400 million, for a total of $1.65 billion, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and with the consent of the lenders. Interest rates are based on APS’s senior unsecured debt credit ratings and the agreements include a sustainability-linked pricing metric which permits an interest rate reduction or increase by meeting or missing targets related to specific environmental and employee health and safety sustainability objectives. This facility is available to support APS’s general corporate purposes, including support for APS’s commercial paper program, which was increased from $750 million to $1 billion on April 10, 2023, for bank borrowings or for issuances of letters of credit. At March 31, 2023, APS had no outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facilities, no letters of credit outstanding under the credit facilities, and $463 million of outstanding commercial paper borrowings.

On January 6, 2023, Pinnacle West contributed $150 million into APS in the form of an equity infusion. APS used this contribution to repay short-term indebtedness.

See “Financial Assurances” in Note 8 for a discussion of other outstanding letters of credit.

BCE

On February 11, 2022, a special purpose subsidiary of BCE entered into a credit agreement to finance capital expenditures and related costs for a 31 megawatt (“MW”) solar and battery storage project in Los Alamitos, California (“Los Alamitos”) that is under development by the subsidiary. The credit agreement consists of an approximately $33 million equity bridge loan facility, an approximately $42 million non-recourse construction facility, and an approximately $5 million letter of credit facility. In connection with the

credit agreement, Pinnacle West has issued a guarantee of up to $42 million primarily relating to the equity bridge loan. As of March 31, 2023, $28 million has been drawn from the equity bridge loan and there is a $33 million outstanding balance for the construction facility and $2.5 million letters of credit outstanding under the letter of credit facility. The equity bridge loan and construction facility mature and are due on the project’s commercial operation date, expected on or before August 15, 2023. BCE expects to convert the construction facility into a term loan upon the project’s commercial operation date. On October 19, 2022, BCE executed an interest rate swap to hedge the variable interest rate exposure of this credit facility. See Note 7.

On April 18, 2023, Pinnacle West issued performance guarantees in connection with BCE’s Kūpono investment project financing. BCE holds an equity method investment relating to the Kūpono project. See Note 8.

Debt Fair Value

Our long-term debt fair value estimates are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The following table presents the estimated fair value of our long-term debt, including current maturities (dollars in thousands):

	As of March 31, 2023				As of December 31, 2022
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Pinnacle West	$	1,123,101	$	1,084,455	$	947,892	$	905,525
APS	6,794,124		5,898,167		6,793,529		5,629,491
BCE	60,150		60,821		50,550		50,685
Total	$	7,977,375	$	7,043,443	$	7,791,971	$	6,585,701

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Regulatory Matters

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Regulated Operations [Abstract]

Regulatory Matters

Regulatory Matters

2022 Retail Rate Case

APS filed an application with the ACC on October 28, 2022 (the “2022 Rate Case”) seeking an increase in annual retail base rates on the date rates become effective (“Day 1”) of a net $460 million. This Day 1 net impact represents a total base revenue deficiency of $772 million offset by proposed adjustor transfers of cost recovery to annual retail rates and adjustor mechanism modifications. The average annual customer bill impact of APS’s request on Day 1 is an increase of 13.6%.

The principal provisions of APS’s application are:

•a test year comprised of twelve months ended June 30, 2022, adjusted as described below;

•an original cost rate base of $10.5 billion, which approximates the ACC-jurisdictional portion of the book value of utility assets, net of accumulated depreciation and other credits;

•the following proposed capital structure and costs of capital:

	Capital Structure		Cost of Capital
Long-term debt	48.07	%	3.85	%
Common stock equity	51.93	%	10.25	%
Weighted-average cost of capital			7.17	%

•a 1% return on the increment of fair value rate base above APS’s original cost rate base, as provided for by Arizona law;

•a rate of $0.038321 per kWh for the portion of APS’s retail base rates attributable to fuel and purchased power costs (“Base Fuel Rate”);

•modification of its adjustment mechanisms including:

▪eliminate the Environmental Improvement Surcharge and collect costs through base rates,

▪eliminate the Lost Fixed Cost Recovery mechanism and collect costs through base rates and the Demand Side Management Adjustment Charge (“DSMAC”),

▪maintain as inactive the Tax Expense Adjustor Mechanism,

▪maintain the Transmission Cost Adjustment mechanism,

▪modify the performance incentive in the DSMAC, and

▪modify the Renewable Energy Adjustment Charge to include recovery of capital carrying costs of APS owned renewable and storage resources;

•changes to its limited-income program, including a second tier to provide an additional discount for customers with greater need; and

•twelve months of post-Test Year plant investments to reflect used and useful projects that will be placed into service prior to July 1, 2023.

APS requested that the increase become effective December 1, 2023. The hearing for this rate case is currently scheduled to begin in August 2023. APS cannot predict the outcome of its request.

2019 Retail Rate Case

On October 31, 2019, APS filed an application with the ACC for an annual increase in retail base rates (the “2019 Rate Case”). On August 2, 2021, an Administrative Law Judge issued a Recommended Opinion and Order in the 2019 Rate Case (the “2019 Rate Case ROO”) and issued corrections on September 10 and September 20, 2021.

The 2019 Rate Case ROO recommended, among other things, (i) a $111 million decrease in annual revenue requirements, (ii) a return on equity of 9.16%, (iii) a 0.30% return on the increment of fair value rate base greater than original cost, with total fair value rate of return further adjusted to include a 0.03% reduction to return on equity resulting in an effective fair value rate of return of 4.95%, (iv) the nonrecovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the operating costs and construction of the Four Corners Power Plant (“Four Corners”) selective catalytic reduction (“SCR”) project (see “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” below for additional information), (v) the recovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the operating costs and construction of the Ocotillo modernization project, which includes a reduction in the return on the deferral, (vi) a 15% disallowance of annual amortization of the Navajo Generating Station (the “Navajo Plant”) regulatory asset recovery related to the closure of the Navajo Plant (see “Navajo Plant” below), (vii) the denial of the request to defer, until APS’s next general rate case, the increase or decrease in its Arizona property taxes attributable to tax rate changes, and (viii) a collaborative process to review and recommend revisions to APS’s adjustment mechanisms within 12 months after the date of the decision. The 2019 Rate Case ROO also recommended that the Coal Community Transition (“CCT”) plan related to the closure or future closure of coal-fired generation facilities include the following components: (i) $50 million that will be paid over 10 years to the Navajo Nation, (ii) $5 million that will be paid over five years to the Navajo County Communities surrounding Cholla Power Plant, and (iii) $1.675 million that will be paid to the Hopi Tribe related to APS’s ownership interests in the Navajo Plant. These amounts would be recoverable from APS’s customers through the Arizona Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (“RES”) adjustment mechanism. APS filed exceptions on September 13, 2021, regarding the disallowance of the SCR cost deferrals and plant investments that was recommended in the 2019 Rate Case ROO, among other issues.

On October 6, 2021 and October 27, 2021, the ACC voted on various amendments to the 2019 Rate Case ROO that would result in, among other things, (i) a return on equity of 8.70%, (ii) the recovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the operating costs and construction of the Four Corners SCR project, with the exception of $215.5 million (see “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” below), (iii) that the CCT plan include the following components: (a) a payment of $1 million to the Hopi Tribe within 60 days of the 2019 Rate Case decision, (b) a payment of $10 million over three years to the Navajo Nation, (c) a payment of $0.5 million to the Navajo County communities within 60 days of the 2019 Rate Case decision, (d) up to $1.25 million for electrification of homes and businesses on the Hopi reservation, and (e) up to $1.25 million for the electrification of homes and businesses on the Navajo Nation reservation. These payments and expenditures are attributable to the future closures of Four Corners and Cholla, along with the prior closure of the Navajo Plant and all ordered payments and expenditures would be recoverable through rates, and (iv) a change in the residential on-peak time-of-use period from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. to 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The 2019 Rate Case ROO, as amended, resulted in a total annual revenue decrease for APS of $4.8 million, excluding temporary payments and expenditures, under the CCT plan. On November 2, 2021, the ACC approved the 2019 Rate Case ROO, as amended.

On November 24, 2021, APS filed an application for rehearing of the 2019 Rate Case with the ACC and the application was deemed denied on December 15, 2021, as the ACC did not act upon it. On December 17, 2021, APS filed its Notice of Direct Appeal at the Arizona Court of Appeals and a Petition for Special Action with the Arizona Supreme Court, requesting review of the disallowance of $215.5 million of Four Corners SCR plant investments and deferrals (see “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” below for additional information) and the 20-basis-point penalty reduction to the return on equity. On February 8, 2022, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to accept jurisdiction on APS’s Petition for Special Action. The Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on November 30, 2022. On March 6, 2023, the Court issued its opinion in this matter, affirming in part and reversing in part the ACC’s decision in the 2019 Rate Case. The Court vacated the 20-basis-point penalty included in the ACC’s allowed return on equity, as the Court determined the use of customer service metrics to justify the reduction exceeded the ACC’s ratemaking authority. Additionally, the Court vacated the disallowance of $215.5 million of APS’s Four Corners SCR investment because the ACC did not consider APS’s contractual obligations and improperly considered post-investment data in violation of its own rules. The Court remanded the issue to the ACC for further proceedings. The ACC requested an extension of the 30-day deadline to appeal the matter to the Arizona Supreme Court, and the Arizona Supreme Court granted the extension of the deadline to May 8, 2023. APS cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding.

Consistent with the 2019 Rate Case decision, APS implemented the new rates effective as of December 1, 2021. In addition, the ACC ordered extensive compliance and reporting obligations. APS completed the implementation of the new on-peak hours for residential customers before the September 1, 2022 deadline. APS cannot predict if the ACC will take any further action on this matter.

Additionally, consistent with the 2019 Rate Case decision, as of April 2023, APS has completed the following payments that will be recoverable through rates related to the CCT: (i) $6.66 million to the Navajo Nation; (ii) $0.5 million to the Navajo County communities; and (iii) $1 million to the Hopi Tribe. Consistent with APS’s commitment to the impacted communities, APS has also completed the following payments: (i) $1 million to the Navajo Nation for CCT; (ii) $1.1 million to the Navajo County Communities for CCT and economic development; and (iii) $1.25 million to the Hopi Tribe for CCT and economic development. The ACC has also authorized $1.25 million to be recovered through rates for electrification of homes and businesses on both the Navajo Nation and Hopi reservation. Expenditure of the recoverable funds for electrification of homes and businesses on the Navajo Nation and the Hopi reservations is contingent upon completion of a census of the unelectrified homes and businesses in each that are also within APS service territory.

Matter of Impact of the Closures of Fossil-Based Generation Plan on Impacted Communities

On September 28, 2022, ACC Staff filed their staff report in the Matter of Impact of the Closures of Fossil-Based Generation Plan on Impacted Communities. APS and other interested parties filed comments on the report. On October 21, 2022, ACC Staff filed a revised report and proposed order. The revised report and proposed order recommended that funds for CCT shall not be collected from rate payers. On December 8, 2022, the ACC voted against ACC Staff’s proposed order, and on April 17, 2023, the ACC closed the docket. Any further action on CCT issues will take place in utility rate cases, including the currently pending 2022 Rate Case. APS cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

Information Technology ACC Investigation

On December 16, 2021, the ACC opened an investigation into various matters related to APS’s Information Technology department, including information about technology projects, costs, vendor management leadership and decision making. APS is cooperating with the investigation. APS cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

2016 Retail Rate Case Filing and the 2017 Settlement Agreement

On June 1, 2016, APS filed an application with the ACC for an annual increase in retail base rates. On March 27, 2017, a majority of the stakeholders in the general retail rate case, including the ACC Staff, RUCO, limited income advocates and private rooftop solar organizations signed a settlement agreement (the “2017 Settlement Agreement”) and filed it with the ACC. The 2017 Settlement Agreement provides for, among other things, a net retail base rate increase of $94.6 million, excluding the transfer of adjustor balances, consisting of: (1) a non-fuel, non-depreciation, base rate increase of $87.2 million per year; (2) a base rate decrease of $53.6 million attributable to reduced fuel and purchased power costs; and (3) a base rate increase of $61.0 million due to changes in depreciation schedules.

On August 15, 2017, the ACC approved the 2017 Settlement Agreement without material modifications, and on August 18, 2017, the ACC issued a final written Opinion and Order reflecting its decision in APS’s general retail rate case (the “2017 Rate Case Decision”). The new rates went into effect on August 19, 2017.

See “Rate Plan Comparison Tool and Investigation” below for information regarding a review and investigation pertaining to the rate plan comparison tool offered to APS customers and other related issues.

Cost Recovery Mechanisms

APS has received regulatory decisions that allow for more timely recovery of certain costs outside of a general retail rate case through the following recovery mechanisms. See “2022 Retail Rate Case” above for proposed modifications of adjustment mechanisms in the 2022 Rate Case.

Renewable Energy Standard.  In 2006, the ACC approved the RES.  Under the RES, electric utilities that are regulated by the ACC must supply an increasing percentage of their retail electric energy sales from eligible renewable resources, including solar, wind, biomass, biogas and geothermal technologies.  In order to achieve these requirements, the ACC allows APS to include a RES surcharge as part of customer bills to recover the approved amounts for use on renewable energy projects.  Each year, APS is required to file a five-year implementation plan with the ACC and seek approval for funding the upcoming year’s RES budget. In

2015, the ACC revised the RES rules to allow the ACC to consider all available information, including the number of rooftop solar arrays in a utility’s service territory, to determine compliance with the RES.

On July 1, 2020, APS filed its 2021 RES Implementation Plan and proposed a budget of approximately $84.7 million.  APS’s budget request supported existing approved projects and commitments and requested a permanent waiver of the RES residential distributed energy requirement for 2021. In the 2021 RES Implementation Plan, APS requested $4.5 million to meet revenue requirements associated with the APS Solar Communities program to complete installations delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The APS Solar Communities program was originally a 3-year program authorizing APS to spend $10 million to $15 million in capital costs each year to install utility-owned distributed renewable energy (“DG”) systems for low to moderate income residential homes, non-profit entities, Title I schools and rural government facilities. On June 7, 2021, the ACC approved the 2021 RES Implementation Plan, including APS’s requested waiver of the residential distributed energy requirements for 2021. As part of the approval, the ACC approved the requested budget and authorized APS to collect $68.3 million through the Renewable Energy Adjustment Charge to support APS’s RES programs.

In June 2021, the ACC adopted a clean energy rules package which would require APS to meet certain clean energy standards and technology procurement mandates, obtain approval for its action plan included in its IRP, and seek cost recovery in a rate process. Since the adopted clean energy rules differed substantially from the original Recommended Order and Opinion, supplemental rulemaking procedures were required before the rules could become effective. On January 26, 2022, the ACC reversed its prior decision and declined to send the final draft energy rules through the rulemaking process. Instead, the ACC opened a new docket to consider all-source requests for proposals (“RFP”) requirements and the IRP process. See “Energy Modernization Plan” below for more information.

On July 1, 2021, APS filed its 2022 RES Implementation Plan and proposed a budget of approximately $93.1 million. APS filed an amended 2022 RES Implementation Plan on December 9, 2021, with a proposed budget of $100.5 million. This budget includes funding for programs to comply with the decision in the 2019 Rate Case, including the ACC authorizing spending $20 million to $30 million in capital costs for the continuation of the APS Solar Communities program each year for a period of three years from the effective date of the 2019 Rate Case decision. APS’s budget proposal supports existing approved projects and commitments and requests a waiver of the RES residential and non-residential distributed energy requirements for 2022. On May 18, 2022, the ACC approved the 2022 RES Implementation Plan, including an amendment requiring a stakeholder working group convene to develop a community solar program for the Commission’s consideration at a future date. On September 23, 2022, APS filed a community solar proposal in compliance with the ACC order that was informed by a stakeholder working group. APS is proposing a small, pilot-scale program size of up to 140 MW that would be selected through a competitive RFP. The ACC has not yet ruled on the proposal. However, on November 10, 2022, the ACC approved a bifurcated community solar process, directing ACC Staff to develop a statewide policy through additional stakeholder involvement and establishing a separate evidentiary hearing to define other policy components. The community solar program was deferred to the ACC’s Hearing Division so that a formal evidentiary hearing could be held to consider issues of substance related to community solar. APS cannot predict the outcomes of these future activities.

On July 1, 2022, APS filed its 2023 RES Implementation Plan and proposed a budget of approximately $86.2 million, excluding any funding offsets. This budget contains funding for programs to comply with Commission-approved initiatives, including the 2019 Rate Case decision. APS’s budget proposal supports existing approved projects and commitments and requests a waiver of the RES residential and non-residential distributed energy requirements for 2022. On November 10, 2022, the ACC approved the 2023 RES Implementation Plan, including APS’s requested waiver of the distributed energy requirement for 2023.

In response to an ACC inquiry, the ACC Staff filed a report providing the history of APS’s long-term purchased power contract of the 280 MW Concentrating Solar Power Plant. This report outlines alternative options that the ACC could pursue to address the costs of this contract, which was executed in February 2008. On July 13, 2022, the ACC approved an option to take no action at this time.

Demand Side Management Adjustor Charge.  The ACC Electric Energy Efficiency Standards require APS to submit a DSM Plan annually for review and approval by the ACC. Verified energy savings from APS’s resource savings projects can be counted toward compliance with the Electric Energy Efficiency Standards; however, APS is not allowed to count savings from systems savings projects toward determination of the achievement of performance incentives, nor may APS include savings from these system savings projects in the calculation of its Lost Fixed Cost Recovery (“LFCR”) mechanism. See below for discussion of the LFCR.

On December 31, 2019, APS filed its 2020 DSM Plan, which requested a budget of $51.9 million and continued APS’s focus on DSM strategies such as peak demand reduction, load shifting, storage and electrification strategies. The 2020 DSM Plan addressed all components of the pending 2018 and 2019 DSM plans, which enabled the ACC to review the 2020 DSM Plan only. On May 15, 2020, APS filed an amended 2020 DSM Plan to provide assistance to customers experiencing economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The amended 2020 DSM Plan requested the same budget amount of $51.9 million. On September 23, 2020, the ACC approved the amended 2020 DSM Plan.

On April 17, 2020, APS filed an application with the ACC requesting a COVID-19 emergency relief package to provide additional assistance to its customers. On May 5, 2020, the ACC approved APS returning $36 million that had been collected through the DSM Adjustor Charge, but not allocated for current DSM programs, directly to customers through a bill credit in June 2020. APS refunded approximately $43 million to customers. The additional $7 million over the ACC-approved amount was the result of the kWh credit being based on historic consumption which was different than actual consumption during the refund period. The difference was recorded to the DSM balancing account and was included in the 2021 DSM Implementation Plan, as described below.

On December 31, 2020, APS filed its 2021 DSM Implementation Plan, which requested a budget of $63.7 million and continued APS’s focus on DSM strategies, such as peak demand reduction, load shifting, storage and electrification strategies, as well as enhanced assistance to customers impacted economically by COVID-19. On April 6, 2021, APS filed an amended 2021 DSM Implementation Plan that proposed an additional one-time incentive for customers participating in the residential energy storage pilot program approved in the 2020 RES Implementation Plan. On July 13, 2021, the ACC approved the amended 2021 DSM Implementation Plan.

On December 17, 2021, APS filed its 2022 DSM Implementation Plan in accordance with an extension granted in 2021. The 2022 DSM Plan requested a budget of $78.4 million and represents an increase of approximately $14 million in DSM spending above 2021. On November 10, 2022, the ACC approved the 2022 DSM Implementation Plan, including a proposed performance incentive. On November 30, 2022, APS filed its 2023 DSM Implementation Plan, which requested a budget of $88 million. The ACC has not yet ruled on the 2023 DSM Implementation Plan.

Power Supply Adjustor Mechanism and Balance.  The Power Supply Adjustor (“PSA”) provides for the adjustment of retail rates to reflect variations primarily in retail fuel and purchased power costs.  The PSA is subject to specified parameters and procedures, including the following:

•APS records deferrals for recovery or refund to the extent actual retail fuel and purchased power costs vary from the Base Fuel Rate;

•an adjustment to the PSA rate is made annually each February 1 (unless otherwise approved by the ACC) and goes into effect automatically unless suspended by the ACC;

•the PSA uses a forward-looking estimate of fuel and purchased power costs to set the annual PSA rate, which is reconciled to actual costs experienced for each PSA Year (February 1 through January 31) (see the following bullet point);

•the PSA rate includes (a) a “forward component,” under which APS recovers or refunds differences between expected fuel and purchased power costs for the upcoming calendar year and those embedded in the Base Fuel Rate; (b) a “historical component,” under which differences between actual fuel and purchased power costs and those recovered or refunded through the combination of the Base Fuel Rate and the Forward Component are recovered during the next PSA Year; and (c) a “transition component,” under which APS may seek mid-year PSA changes due to large variances between actual fuel and purchased power costs and the combination of the Base Fuel Rate and the Forward Component; and

•the PSA rate may not be increased or decreased more than $0.004 per kWh in a year without permission of the ACC.

The following table shows the changes in the deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset for 2023 and 2022 (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Beginning balance	$	460,561	$	388,148
Deferred fuel and purchased power costs — current period	90,305		6,110
Amounts charged to customers	(80,904)		(39,442)
Ending balance	$	469,962	$	354,816

On November 30, 2020, APS filed its PSA rate for the PSA year beginning February 1, 2021. That rate was $0.003544 per kWh, which consisted of a forward component of $0.003434 per kWh and a historical component of $0.000110 per kWh. The 2021 PSA rate is a $0.004 per kWh increase compared to the 2020 PSA year, which is the maximum permitted under the Plan of Administration for the PSA. This left $215.9 million of fuel and purchased power costs above this annual cap which was reflected in future year resets of the PSA. These rates were to be effective on February 1, 2021, but APS delayed the effectiveness of these rates until the first billing cycle of April 2021 due to concerns of the impact on customers during COVID-19. In March 2021, the ACC voted to implement the 2021 PSA rate on a staggered basis, with 50% of the rate increase taking effect in April 2021, and the remaining 50% taking effect in November 2021. The PSA rate implemented on April 1, 2021 was $0.001544 per kWh, which consisted of a forward component of $(0.004444) per kWh and a historical component of $0.005988 per kWh. On November 1, 2021, the remaining increase was implemented to a rate of $0.003544 per kWh and consisted of a forward component of $(0.004444) per kWh and a historical component of $0.007988 per kWh. As part of this approval, the ACC ordered ACC Staff to conduct a fuel and purchased power procurement audit to better understand the factors that contributed to the increase in fuel costs.

On April 1, 2022, the ACC filed a final report of its third-party audit findings regarding APS’s fuel and purchased power costs for the period January 2019 through January 2021. The report contains an in-depth review of APS’s fuel and purchased power contracts, its monthly fuel accounting activities, its forecasting and dispatching procedures, and its monthly PSA filings, among other fuel-related activities. The report finds that APS’s fuel processing accounting practices, dispatching procedures, and procedures for hedging activity are reasonable and appropriate. The report includes several recommendations for the ACC’s consideration, including review of current contracts, maintenance schedules, and certain changes and improvements to the schedules in APS’s monthly PSA filings. On December 27, 2022, ACC Staff filed a proposed order supporting adoption of the recommendations in the third-party audit report, and the ACC approved the proposed order on February 22, 2023.

On November 30, 2021, APS filed its PSA rate for the PSA year beginning February 1, 2022. That rate was $0.007544 per kWh, which consisted of a forward component of $(0.004842) per kWh and a historical component of $0.012386 per kWh. The 2022 PSA rate was a $0.004 per kWh increase compared to the 2021 PSA year, which is the maximum permitted under the Plan of Administration for the PSA. These rates went into effect as filed on February 1, 2022.

On November 30, 2022, APS filed its PSA rate for the PSA year beginning February 1, 2023. To address the growing under-collected PSA balance, APS also requested that one of three different options be adopted, including a temporary or permanent increase of the annual cap to $0.006 per kWh. On February 23, 2023, the ACC approved an overall PSA rate of $0.019074 per kWh, which consisted of a forward component of $(0.005527) per kWh, a historical component of $0.013071 per kWh and a transition component of $0.011530 per kWh, that will continue until further notice of the ACC. The rate became effective with the first billing cycle in March 2023 and is designed to bring the PSA balancing account to near-zero over a 24-month period. APS is also required to notify the ACC when the PSA balancing account approaches $0.5 million.

In accordance with the approved PSA Plan of Administration, on March 15, 2019, APS filed an application with the ACC requesting approval to recover the costs related to two energy storage power purchase tolling agreements through the PSA, and on January 12, 2021, the ACC approved this application. On October 28, 2021, APS filed an application requesting approval to recover costs related to three additional third-party energy storage projects through the PSA once the systems are in service, and on December 16, 2021, the ACC approved this application. On February 22, 2022, APS filed an application requesting similar recovery of the energy storage portion of a third-party solar plus energy storage project through the PSA, and on April 13, 2022, the ACC approved this application. On December 21, 2022, APS filed an application requesting similar recovery through the PSA for the energy storage portion of another third-party solar plus energy storage project, and on February 22, 2023, the ACC approved this application. On March 6, 2023, APS filed an application requesting similar recovery through the PSA for the energy storage portion of another third-party solar plus energy storage project, and on May 2, 2023, the ACC approved this application. The ACC has not yet ruled on the prudency of APS’s acquisition of these projects.

Environmental Improvement Surcharge (“EIS”). The EIS permits APS to recover the capital carrying costs (rate of return, depreciation and taxes) plus incremental operations and maintenance expenses associated with environmental improvements made outside of a test year to comply with environmental standards set by federal, state, tribal, or local laws and regulations.  A filing is made on or before February 1 each year for qualified environmental improvements since the prior rate case test year, and the new charge becomes effective April 1 unless suspended by the ACC.  The EIS includes an overall cap of $0.0005 per kWh (approximately $13 million to $15 million per year).  APS’s February 1, 2023 application requested an increase in the charge to $14.7 million, or $3.3 million over the prior-period charge. On March 10, 2023, APS filed an amended application requesting an EIS charge of $4.0 million, a decrease of $10.7 million from the

February EIS request and a decrease of $7.5 million from the prior-period charge. The revised 2023 EIS became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2023.

Transmission Rates, Transmission Cost Adjustor (“TCA”) and Other Transmission Matters.  In July 2008, FERC approved a modification to APS’s Open Access Transmission Tariff to allow APS to move from fixed rates to a formula rate-setting methodology in order to more accurately reflect and recover the costs that APS incurs in providing transmission services.  A large portion of the rate represents charges for transmission services to serve APS’s retail customers (“Retail Transmission Charges”).  In order to recover the Retail Transmission Charges, APS was previously required to file an application with, and obtain approval from, the ACC to reflect changes in Retail Transmission Charges through the TCA.  Under the terms of the settlement agreement entered into in 2012 regarding APS’s rate case (“2012 Settlement Agreement”), however, an adjustment to rates to recover the Retail Transmission Charges will be made annually each June 1 and will go into effect automatically unless suspended by the ACC.

The formula rate is updated each year effective June 1 on the basis of APS’s actual cost of service, as disclosed in APS’s FERC Form 1 report for the previous fiscal year.  Items to be updated include actual capital expenditures made as compared with previous projections, transmission revenue credits and other items.  APS reviews the proposed formula rate filing amounts with the ACC Staff.  Any items or adjustments which are not agreed to by APS and the ACC Staff can remain in dispute until settled or litigated with FERC.  Settlement or litigated resolution of disputed issues could require an extended period of time and could have a significant effect on the Retail Transmission Charges because any adjustment, though applied prospectively, may be calculated to account for previously over- or under-collected amounts. The resolution of proposed adjustments can result in significant volatility in the revenues to be collected.

On March 17, 2020, APS made a filing to make modifications to its annual transmission formula to provide additional transparency for excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes resulting from the Tax Cuts and Job Act (the “Tax Act”), as well as for future local, state, and federal statutory tax rate changes. APS amended its March 17, 2020 filing on April 28, 2020, September 29, 2021, and October 27, 2021. In January 2022, FERC approved APS’s modifications to its annual transmission formula.

Effective June 1, 2021, APS’s annual wholesale transmission revenue requirement for all users of its transmission system increased by approximately $4 million for the 12-month period beginning June 1, 2021, in accordance with the FERC-approved formula. Of this net amount, wholesale customer rates decreased by approximately $3.2 million and retail customer rates would have increased by approximately $7.2 million. However, since changes in Retail Transmission Charges are reflected through the TCA after consideration of transmission recovery in retail base rates and the ACC approved balancing account, the retail revenue requirement decreased by $28.4 million, resulting in reductions to both residential and commercial rates. An adjustment to APS’s retail rates to recover FERC-approved transmission charges went into effect automatically on June 1, 2021.

Effective June 1, 2022, APS’s annual wholesale transmission revenue requirement for all users of its transmission system decreased by approximately $33 million for the 12-month period beginning June 1, 2022, in accordance with the FERC-approved formula. Of this net amount, wholesale customer rates decreased by approximately $6.4 million and retail customer rates would have decreased by approximately $26.6 million. However, since changes in Retail Transmission Charges are reflected through the TCA after consideration of transmission recovery in retail base rates and the ACC approved balancing account, the retail revenue requirement decreased by $2.4 million, resulting in a reduction to the residential rate and increases to commercial rates. An adjustment to APS’s retail rates to recover FERC-approved transmission charges went into effect automatically on June 1, 2022.

Lost Fixed Cost Recovery Mechanism.  The LFCR mechanism permits APS to recover on an after-the-fact basis a portion of its fixed costs that would otherwise have been collected by APS in the kWh sales lost due to APS energy efficiency programs and to DG such as rooftop solar arrays.  The fixed costs recoverable by the LFCR mechanism were 2.5 cents for both lost residential and non-residential kWh as set forth in the 2017 Settlement Agreement. The fixed costs recoverable by the LFCR mechanism are currently 2.56 cents for lost residential kWh and 2.68 cents for lost non-residential kWh as set forth in the 2019 Rate Case decision. The LFCR adjustment has a year-over-year cap of 1% of retail revenues.  Any amounts left unrecovered in a particular year because of this cap can be carried over for recovery in a future year.  The kWhs lost from energy efficiency are based on a third-party evaluation of APS’s energy efficiency programs.  DG sales losses are determined from the metered output from the DG units.

On February 15, 2021, APS filed its 2021 annual LFCR adjustment, requesting that effective May 1, 2021, the annual LFCR recovery amount be increased to $38.5 million (an $11.8 million increase from previous levels). On April 13, 2021, the ACC voted not to approve the requested $11.8 million increase to the annual LFCR adjustment; thus, the previously approved rates continued to remain intact and the $11.8 million increase was reflected in APS’s 2022 filing in accordance with the compliance requirements.

As a result of the 2019 Rate Case decision, APS’s annual LFCR adjustor rate will be dependent on an annual earnings test filing, which will compare APS’s previous year’s rate of return with the related authorized rate of return. If the actual rate of return is higher than the authorized rate of return, the LFCR rate for the subsequent year is set at zero. APS determined that the changes to the LFCR mechanism, as a result of the 2019 Rate Case decision effective on December 1, 2021, did not materially impact its results of operations and financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021. However, as a result of certain changes made to the LFCR mechanism in the 2019 Rate Case decision, the mechanism no longer qualified for alternative revenue program accounting treatment, which impacts the future timing of related revenue recognition.

On February 15, 2022, APS filed its 2022 annual LFCR adjustment, requesting that effective May 1, 2022, the annual LFCR recovery amount be increased to $59.1 million (a $32.5 million increase from previous levels, which was inclusive of the $11.8 million balance from the 2021 filing). On May 9, 2022, the ACC Staff filed its revised report and proposed order regarding APS’s 2022 LFCR adjustment, concluding that APS calculated the adjustment in accordance with its Plan of Administration. On May 18, 2022, the ACC approved the 2022 LFCR adjustment, with a rate effective date of June 1, 2022.

On February 15, 2023, APS filed a letter to the ACC docket stating that, in accordance with Decision No. 78585, APS and ACC Staff have agreed to move the filing date for the annual LFCR adjustment to July 31 each year. APS does not believe further ACC approval is needed to move the filing date, and APS intends to file its 2023 annual LFCR adjustment later in 2023 in accordance with the July 31 deadline.

Tax Expense Adjustor Mechanism.  As part of the 2017 Settlement Agreement, the parties agreed to a rate adjustment mechanism to address potential federal income tax reform and enable the pass-through of certain income tax effects to customers. The TEAM expressly applies to APS’s retail rates with the exception of a small subset of customers taking service under specially-approved tariffs. On December 22, 2017, the Tax Act was enacted.  This legislation made significant changes to the federal income tax laws including a reduction in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018.

On August 13, 2018, APS filed a request with the ACC that addressed the return of $86.5 million in tax savings to customers related to the amortization of non-depreciation related excess deferred taxes previously collected from customers (“TEAM Phase II”).  The ACC approved this request on March 13, 2019, effective the first billing cycle in April 2019 through the last billing cycle in March 2020.

On March 19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, APS delayed the discontinuation of TEAM Phase II until the first billing cycle in May 2020.  Amounts credited to customers after the last billing cycle in March 2020 were recorded as a part of the balancing account and were addressed for recovery as part of the 2019 Rate Case. Both the timing of the reduction in revenues refunded through TEAM Phase II and the offsetting income tax benefit were recognized based upon our seasonal kWh sales pattern.

On April 10, 2019, APS filed a third request with the ACC that addressed the amortization of depreciation related excess deferred taxes over a 28.5-year period consistent with IRS normalization rules (“TEAM Phase III”).  On October 29, 2019, the ACC approved TEAM Phase III providing both (i) a one-time bill credit of $64 million which was credited to customers on their December 2019 bills, and (ii) a monthly bill credit effective the first billing cycle in December 2019 which provided an additional benefit of $39.5 million to customers through December 31, 2020. On November 20, 2020, APS filed an application to continue the TEAM Phase III monthly bill credit through the earlier of December 31, 2021, or at the conclusion of the 2019 Rate Case. On December 9, 2020, the ACC approved this request. Both the timing of the reduction in revenues refunded through the TEAM Phase III monthly bill credit and the offsetting income tax benefit were recognized based upon APS’s seasonal kWh sales pattern.

As part of the 2019 Rate Case decision, the TEAM rates were reset to zero beginning December 31, 2021, and all impacts of the Tax Act were removed from the TEAM and incorporated into APS’s base rates. The TEAM was retained to address potential changes in tax law that may be enacted prior to a decision in a subsequent APS rate case.

Net Metering

APS’s 2017 Rate Case Decision provides that payments by utilities for energy exported to the grid from residential DG solar facilities will be determined using a RCP methodology as determined in the ACC’s generic Value and Cost of Distributed Generation docket. RCP is a method that is based on the most recent five-year rolling average price that APS incurs for utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects.  The price established by this RCP method will be updated annually (between general retail rate cases) but will not be decreased by more than 10% per year. The ACC is no longer pursuing development of a forecasted avoided cost methodology as an option for utilities in place of the RCP. Commercial customers, grandfathered residential solar customers, and residential customers with DG systems other than solar facilities continue to qualify for net metering.

In addition, the ACC made the following determinations in the Value and Cost of Distributed Generation docket:

•RCP customers who have interconnected a DG system or submitted an application for interconnection for DG systems will be grandfathered for a period of 20 years from the date the customer’s interconnection application was accepted by the utility (for APS residential customers, as of September 1, 2017, based on APS’s 2017 Rate Case Decision);

•customers with DG solar systems are to be considered a separate class of customers for ratemaking purposes; and

•once an initial export price is set for utilities, no netting or banking of retail credits will be available for new DG customers, and the then-applicable export price will be guaranteed for new customers for a period of 10 years.

This decision of the ACC addresses policy determinations only. The decision states that its principles will be applied in future general retail rate cases, and the policy determinations themselves may be subject to future change, as are all ACC policies.

In accordance with the 2017 Rate Case Decision, APS filed its request for a RCP export energy price of 10.5 cents per kWh on May 1, 2019.  This price also reflects the 10% annual reduction discussed above. The new rate rider became effective on October 1, 2019. APS filed its request for a fourth-year export energy price of 9.4 cents per kWh on May 1, 2020, with a requested effective date of September 1, 2020.  This price reflects the 10% annual reduction discussed above. On September 23, 2020, the ACC approved the annual reduction of the export energy price but voted to delay the effectiveness of the reduction in export prices until October 1, 2021. In accordance with this decision, the RCP export energy price of 9.4 cents per kWh became effective on October 1, 2021. On April 29, 2022, APS filed an application to decrease the RCP price to 8.46 cents per kWh, reflecting a 10% annual reduction, to become effective September 1, 2022. On July 12, 2022, the ACC approved the RCP as filed.

Energy Modernization Plan

On January 30, 2018, the initial Energy Modernization Plan was proposed, which consisted of a series of energy policies tied to clean energy sources. Draft energy rules were subsequently issued and a series of revisions were made to the draft rules in 2019 and 2020. On July 30, 2020, the ACC Staff issued final draft energy rules which proposed 100% of retail kWh sales from clean energy resources by the end of 2050. Nuclear power was defined as a clean energy resource. The proposed rules also required 50% of retail energy served be renewable by the end of 2035. A new Energy Efficiency Standard (“EES”) was not included in the proposed rules.

The ACC discussed the final draft energy rules at several different meetings in 2020 and 2021. On November 13, 2020, the ACC approved a final draft energy rules package. On April 19, 2021, the Administrative Law Judge issued a Recommended Order and Opinion on the final energy rules. In June 2021, the ACC adopted revised clean energy rules based on a series of ACC amendments. The adopted rules included a final standard of 100% clean energy by 2070 and the following interim standards for carbon reduction from baseline carbon emissions level: 50% reduction by December 31, 2032; 65% reduction by December 31, 2040; 80% reduction by December 31, 2050, and 95% reduction by December 31, 2060. Since the adopted clean energy rules differed substantially from the original Recommended Order and Opinion, supplemental rulemaking procedures were required before the rules could become effective. On January 26, 2022, the ACC reversed its prior decision and declined to send the final draft energy rules through the rulemaking process. Instead, the ACC opened a new docket to consider all-source RFP requirements and the IRP process. During the August 2022 Open Meeting, Commissioners voted to postpone a decision on the all-source RFP and IRP rulemaking package until 2023. APS cannot predict the outcome of this matter.

Integrated Resource Planning

ACC rules require utilities to develop triennial 15-year IRPs which describe how the utility plans to serve customer load in the plan timeframe. The ACC reviews each utility’s IRP to determine if it meets the necessary requirements and whether it should be acknowledged. In February 2022, the ACC acknowledged APS’s 2020 IRP filed on June 26, 2020. The ACC also approved certain amendments to the IRP process, including, setting an EES of 1.3% of retail sales annually (averaged over a three-year period) and a demand-side resource capacity of 35% of 2020 peak demand by January 1, 2030. APS intends to file its next IRP on August 1, 2023. See “Energy Modernization Plan” above for information regarding proposed changes to the IRP filings.

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act

Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”), qualifying facilities are provided the right to sell energy and/or capacity to utilities and are granted relief from certain regulatory burdens. On December 17, 2019, the ACC mandated a minimum contract length of 18 years for qualifying facilities over 100 kW in Arizona and established that the rate paid to qualifying facilities must be based on the long-term avoided cost. “Avoided cost” is generally defined as the price at which the utility could purchase or produce the same amount of power from sources other than the qualifying facility on a long-term basis. During calendar year 2020, APS entered into two 18-year PPAs with qualified facilities, each for 80 MW solar facilities. In March 2021, the ACC approved these agreements.

On July 16, 2020, FERC issued a final rule revising FERC’s regulations implementing PURPA. The final rule went into effect on December 31, 2020.

Residential Electric Utility Customer Service Disconnections

On June 13, 2019, APS voluntarily suspended electric disconnections for residential customers who had not paid their bills. On June 20, 2019, the ACC voted to enact emergency rule amendments to prevent residential electric utility customer service disconnections during the period June 1 through October 15 (“Summer Disconnection Moratorium”). During the Summer Disconnection Moratorium, APS could not charge late fees and interest on amounts that were past due from customers. Customer deposits must also be used to pay delinquent amounts before disconnection can occur. In accordance with the emergency rules, APS began putting delinquent customers on a mandatory four-month payment plan beginning on October 16, 2019.

In June 2019, the ACC began a formal regular rulemaking process to allow stakeholder input and time for consideration of permanent rule changes. The ACC further ordered that each regulated utility serving retail customers in Arizona update its service conditions by incorporating the emergency rule amendments, restore power to any customers who were disconnected during the month of June 2019 and credit any fees that were charged for a reconnection. The ACC Staff and ACC proposed draft amendments to the customer service disconnections rules. On April 14, 2021, the ACC voted to send to the formal rulemaking process a draft rules package governing customer disconnections that allows utilities to choose between a temperature threshold (above 95 degrees and below 32 degrees) or calendar method (June 1 – October 15) for disconnection moratoriums. On November 2, 2021, the ACC approved the final rules, and on November 23, 2021, the rules were submitted to the Arizona Office of the Attorney General for final review and approval. The new rules became effective on April 18, 2022.

In accordance with the ACC service disconnection rules, APS now uses the calendar-based method to suspend the disconnection of customers for nonpayment from June 1 through October 15 each year (“Annual Disconnection Moratorium”). Customers with past due balances of $75 or greater as of the end of the Annual Disconnection Moratorium are automatically placed on six-month payment arrangements. In addition, APS voluntarily began waiving late payment fees of its customers (“Late Fee Waivers”) on March 13, 2020. Effective February 1, 2023, late payment fees for residential customers were reinstated. Late payment fees for commercial and industrial customers were reinstated effective May 1, 2022. Since the suspensions and moratoriums on disconnections began, APS has experienced an increase in bad debt expense and the related write-offs of delinquent customer accounts.

Retail Electric Competition Rules

On November 17, 2018, the ACC voted to re-examine the facilitation of a deregulated retail electric market in Arizona. On July 1 and July 2, 2019, ACC Staff issued a report and initial proposed draft rules regarding possible modifications to the ACC’s retail electric competition rules. On February 10, 2020, two ACC Commissioners filed two sets of draft proposed retail electric competition rules. On February 12, 2020, ACC Staff issued its second report regarding possible modifications to the ACC’s retail electric competition rules. During a July 15, 2020, ACC Staff meeting, the ACC Commissioners discussed the possible development of a retail competition pilot program, but no action was taken. The ACC continues to discuss matters related to retail electric competition, including the potential for additional buy-through programs or other pilot programs. In April 2022, the Arizona Legislature passed and the Governor signed a bill that repealed the electric deregulation law that had been in place in Arizona since 1998. APS cannot predict what impact, if any, this change will have on APS.

On August 4, 2021, Green Mountain Energy filed an application seeking a certificate of convenience and necessity to allow it to provide competitive electric generation service in Arizona. Green Mountain Energy has requested that the ACC grant it the ability to provide competitive service in APS’s and Tucson Electric Power Company’s certificated service territories and proposes to deliver a 100% renewable energy product to residential and general service customers in those service territories. APS opposes Green Mountain Energy’s application. On November 3, 2021, the ACC submitted questions to the Arizona Attorney General requesting legal opinions related to a number of issues surrounding retail electric competition and the ACC’s ability to issue competitive certificates of convenience and necessity. On November 26, 2021, the Administrative Law Judge issued a procedural order indicating it would not be appropriate to set a schedule until the Attorney General has provided his insights on the applicable law. As the ACC’s questions pertained to the retail competition law subsequently repealed in April 2022, the Attorney General has not responded to the ACC’s request and the questions are now moot. No action has been taken by the ACC regarding this application since that time.

On October 28, 2021, an ACC Commissioner docketed a letter directing ACC Staff and interested stakeholders to design a 200 to 300 MW pilot program that would allow residential and small commercial customers of APS to elect a competitive electricity supplier. The letter also states that similar programs should be designed for other Arizona regulated electric utilities. APS cannot predict the outcome of these future activities.

Rate Plan Comparison Tool and Investigation

On November 14, 2019, APS learned that its rate plan comparison tool was not functioning as intended due to an integration error between the tool and APS’s meter data management system. APS immediately removed the tool from its website and notified the ACC. The purpose of the tool was to provide customers with a rate plan recommendation based upon historical usage data. Upon investigation, APS determined that the error may have affected rate plan recommendations to customers between February 4, 2019, and November 14, 2019. By the middle of May 2020, APS provided refunds to approximately 13,000 potentially impacted customers equal to the difference between what they paid for electricity and the amount they would have paid had they selected their most economical rate, as applicable, and a $25 payment for any inconvenience that the customer may have experienced. The refunds and payment for inconvenience being provided did not have a material impact on APS’s financial statements. In February 2020, APS launched a new online rate comparison tool. The ACC hired an outside consultant to evaluate the extent of the error and the overall effectiveness of the tool. On August 20, 2020, ACC Staff filed the outside consultant’s report on APS’s rate comparison tool. The report concluded APS’s new rate comparison tool is working as intended.

The report also identified a small population of additional customers that may have been affected by the error and APS has provided refunds and the $25 inconvenience payment to approximately 3,800 additional customers. These additional refunds and payment for inconvenience did not have a material impact on APS’s financial statements. On September 28, 2020, the ACC discussed this report but did not take any action. APS cannot predict whether additional inquiries or actions may be taken by the ACC.

Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery

On December 29, 2017, in accordance with the 2017 Rate Case Decision, APS filed a Notice of Intent to file its SCR Adjustment to permit recovery of costs associated with the installation of SCR equipment at Four Corners Units 4 and 5.  APS filed the SCR Adjustment request in April 2018.  The SCR Adjustment request provided that there would be a $67.5 million annual revenue impact that would be applied as a percentage of base rates for all applicable customers.  Also, as provided for in the 2017 Rate Case Decision, APS requested that the adjustment become effective no later than January 1, 2019.  The hearing for this matter occurred in September 2018.  At the hearing, APS accepted ACC Staff’s recommendation of a lower annual revenue impact of approximately $58.5 million. The Administrative Law Judge issued a Recommended Opinion and Order finding that the costs for the SCR project were prudently incurred and recommending authorization of the $58.5 million annual revenue requirement related to the installation and operation of the SCRs. The ACC did not issue a decision on this matter.  APS included the costs for the SCR project in the retail rate base in its 2019 Rate Case filing with the ACC.

On November 2, 2021, the 2019 Rate Case decision was approved by the ACC allowing approximately $194 million of SCR related plant investments and cost deferrals in rate base and to recover, depreciate and amortize in rates based on an end-of-life assumption of July 2031. The decision also included a partial and combined disallowance of $215.5 million on the SCR investments and deferrals. APS believes the SCR plant investments and related SCR cost deferrals were prudently incurred, and on December 17, 2021, APS filed its Notice of Direct Appeal at the Arizona Court of Appeals requesting review of the $215.5 million disallowance. The Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on November 30, 2022. On March 6, 2023, the Court of Appeals issued its order in the matter, vacating the ACC’s disallowance of the SCR investment and remanding the matter back to the ACC for further review in accordance with ACC rules and the order of the Court of Appeals. The parties have until May 8, 2023 to file a petition requesting review by the Arizona Supreme Court. APS cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. Based on the partial recovery of these investments and cost deferrals in current rates, the favorable Court of Appeals order, and the potential for further appellate review, APS has not recorded an impairment or write-off relating to the SCR plant investments or deferrals as of March 31, 2023. If the 2019 Rate Case decision to disallow $215.5 million of the SCRs is ultimately upheld, APS will be required to record a charge to its results of operations, net of tax, of approximately $154.4 million. See above for further discussion on the 2019 Rate Case decision.

Cholla

On September 11, 2014, APS announced that it would close Unit 2 of the Cholla Power Plant (“Cholla”) and cease burning coal at the other APS-owned units (Units 1 and 3) at the plant by the mid-2020s, if the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) approved a compromise proposal offered by APS to meet required environmental and emissions standards and rules. On April 14, 2015, the ACC approved APS’s plan to retire Unit 2, without expressing any view on the future recoverability of APS’s remaining investment in the unit. APS closed Unit 2 on October 1, 2015. In early 2017, EPA approved a final rule incorporating APS’s compromise proposal, which took effect on April 26, 2017. In December 2019, PacifiCorp notified APS that it planned to retire Cholla Unit 4 by the end of 2020 and the unit ceased operation in December 2020. APS is required to cease burning coal at its remaining Cholla units by April 2025.

Previously, APS estimated Cholla Unit 2’s end of life to be 2033. APS has been recovering a return on and of the net book value of the unit in base rates. Pursuant to the 2017 Settlement Agreement described above, APS will be allowed continued recovery of the net book value of the unit and the unit’s decommissioning and other retirement-related costs, $36.1 million as of March 31, 2023, in addition to a return on its investment. In accordance with GAAP, in the third quarter of 2014, Unit 2’s remaining net book value was reclassified from property, plant and equipment to a regulatory asset. In accordance with the 2019 Rate Case decision, the regulatory asset is being amortized through 2033.

Navajo Plant

The Navajo Plant ceased operations in November 2019. The co-owners and the Navajo Nation executed a lease extension on November 29, 2017, that allows for decommissioning activities to begin after the plant ceased operations. In accordance with GAAP, in the second quarter of 2017, APS’s remaining net book value of its interest in the Navajo Plant was reclassified from property, plant and equipment to a regulatory asset.

APS has been recovering a return on and of the net book value of its interest in the Navajo plant in base rates over its previously estimated life through 2026. Pursuant to the 2019 Rate Case decision described above, APS will be allowed continued recovery of the book value of its remaining investment in the Navajo plant, $50.2 million as of March 31, 2023, in addition to a return on the net book value, with the exception of 15% of the annual amortization expense in rates. In addition, APS will be allowed recovery of other costs related to retirement and closure, including the Navajo coal reclamation regulatory asset, $13.1 million as of March 31, 2023. The disallowed recovery of 15% of the annual amortization does not have a material impact on APS financial statements.

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities 

The detail of regulatory assets is as follows (dollars in thousands): 

	Amortization Through	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Pension	(a)	$	628,727	$	637,656
Deferred fuel and purchased power (b) (c)	2024	469,962		460,561
Income taxes — allowance for funds used during construction (“AFUDC”) equity	2053	179,818		179,631
Ocotillo deferral (e)	2031	135,766		138,143
SCR deferral (e)(f)	2031	95,588		97,624
Retired power plant costs	2033	94,903		98,692
Deferred fuel and purchased power — mark-to-market (Note 7)	2025	61,858		—
Deferred property taxes	2027	38,915		41,057
Deferred compensation	2036	34,492		33,660
Income taxes — investment tax credit basis adjustment	2056	24,095		23,977
Palo Verde VIEs (Note 6)	2046	20,893		20,933
Active Union Medical Trust	(g)	15,010		18,226
Four Corners cost deferral	2024	13,979		15,999
Navajo coal reclamation	2026	13,117		13,862
Loss on reacquired debt	2038	9,238		9,468
Mead-Phoenix transmission line contributions in aid of construction (“CIAC”)	2050	8,965		9,048
Tax expense adjustor mechanism (b)	2031	5,681		5,845
Lost fixed cost recovery (b)	2023	—		9,547
Other	Various	8,458		8,171
Total regulatory assets (d)		$	1,859,465	$	1,822,100
Less: current regulatory assets		$	600,802	$	538,879
Total non-current regulatory assets		$	1,258,663	$	1,283,221

(a)This asset represents the future recovery of pension benefit obligations and expense through retail rates.  If these costs are disallowed by the ACC, this regulatory asset would be charged to OCI and result in lower future revenues.  As a result of the 2019 Rate Case Decision, the amount authorized for inclusion in rate base was determined using an averaging methodology, which resulted in a reduced return in retail rates. See Note 5 for further discussion.

(b)See “Cost Recovery Mechanisms” discussion above.

(c)Subject to a carrying charge.

(d)There are no regulatory assets for which the ACC has allowed recovery of costs, but not allowed a return by exclusion from rate base.  FERC rates are set using a formula rate as described in “Transmission Rates, Transmission Cost Adjustor and Other Transmission Matters.”

(e)Balance includes amounts for future regulatory consideration and amortization period determination.

(f)See “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” discussion above.

(g)Collected in retail rates.

The detail of regulatory liabilities is as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Amortization Through	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Excess deferred income taxes — ACC - Tax Act (a)	2046	$	970,578	$	971,545
Excess deferred income taxes — FERC - Tax Act (a)	2058	221,708		221,877
Asset retirement obligations	2057	396,107		354,002
Other postretirement benefits	(d)	258,955		270,604
Removal costs	(c)	106,102		106,889
Income taxes — change in rates	2051	64,739		64,806
Four Corners coal reclamation	2038	53,348		52,592
Income taxes — deferred investment tax credit	2056	49,031		48,035
Spent nuclear fuel	2027	37,313		39,217
Renewable energy standard (b)	2024	30,188		35,720
Sundance maintenance	2031	17,667		16,893
Property tax deferral (e)	2024	14,353		15,521
Demand side management (b)	2023	14,207		8,461
FERC transmission true up (b)	2025	12,597		22,895
Tax expense adjustor mechanism (b) (e)	N/A	4,835		4,835
Deferred fuel and purchased power — mark-to-market (Note 7)	2025	3,396		96,367
Other	Various	7,415		3,092
Total regulatory liabilities		$	2,262,539	$	2,333,351
Less: current regulatory liabilities		$	202,266	$	271,575
Total non-current regulatory liabilities		$	2,060,273	$	2,061,776

(a)For purposes of presentation on the Statement of Cash Flows, amortization of the regulatory liabilities for excess deferred income taxes are reflected as “Deferred income taxes” under Cash Flows From Operating Activities.

(b)See “Cost Recovery Mechanisms” discussion above.

(c)In accordance with regulatory accounting guidance, APS accrues removal costs for its regulated assets, even if there is no legal obligation for removal.

(d)See Note 5.

(e)Balance includes amounts for future regulatory consideration and amortization period determination.

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Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits

Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits

Pinnacle West sponsors a qualified defined benefit and account balance pension plan, a non-qualified supplemental excess benefit retirement plan, and other postretirement benefit plans for the employees of Pinnacle West and our subsidiaries.  The other postretirement benefit plans include a group life and medical plan and a post-65 retiree health reimbursement arrangement (“HRA”). Pinnacle West uses a December 31 measurement date each year for its pension and other postretirement benefit plans.  The market-related value of our plan assets is their fair value at the measurement date.

The following table provides details of the plans’ net periodic benefit costs and the portion of these costs charged to expense (including administrative costs and excluding amounts capitalized as overhead construction or billed to electric plant participants) (dollars in thousands):

	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,				Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Service cost — benefits earned during the period	$	10,157	$	14,331	$	2,120	$	4,218
Non-service costs (credits):
Interest cost on benefit obligation	38,362		27,023		5,673		4,463
Expected return on plan assets	(45,561)		(46,394)		(10,872)		(11,510)
Amortization of:
Prior service credit	—		—		(9,447)		(9,447)
Net actuarial loss (gain)	9,713		4,768		(2,303)		(2,982)
Net periodic cost/(benefit)	$	12,671	$	(272)	$	(14,829)	$	(15,258)
Portion of benefit charged to expense	$	7,227	$	(3,290)	$	(10,737)	$	(10,895)

Contributions

We have not made any voluntary contributions to our pension plan year-to-date in 2023. The minimum required contributions for the pension plan are zero for the next three years and we do not expect to make any contributions in 2023, 2024 or 2025. With regard to contributions to our other postretirement benefit plan, we have not made a contribution year-to-date in 2023 and do not expect to make any contributions in 2023, 2024 or 2025.

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Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]

Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities

Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities

In 1986, APS entered into agreements with three separate VIE lessor trust entities in order to sell and lease back interests in Palo Verde Unit 2 and related common facilities. APS will retain the assets through 2033 under all three lease agreements. APS will be required to make payments relating to the three leases in total of approximately $21 million annually for the period 2023 through 2033. At the end of the lease period, APS will have the option to purchase the leased assets at their fair market value, extend the leases for up to two years, or return the assets to the lessors.

For regulatory reporting purposes, APS accounts for the three leases as operating leases for income

statement and cash flow statement purposes, and for balance sheet purposes all three leases are classified as finance leases. See Note 14 for a discussion of leases.

APS is exposed to losses relating to these VIEs upon the occurrence of certain events that APS does not consider to be reasonably likely to occur. Under certain circumstances (for example, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) issuing specified violation orders with respect to Palo Verde or the occurrence of specified nuclear events), APS would be required to make specified payments to the VIEs’ noncontrolling equity participants and take title to the leased Unit 2 interests, which, if appropriate, may be required to be written down in value. If such an event were to occur during the lease periods, APS may be required to pay the noncontrolling equity participants approximately $324 million beginning in 2023, and up to $501 million over the lease terms.

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Derivative Accounting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Accounting

Derivative Accounting

Derivative financial instruments are used to manage exposure to commodity price and transportation costs of electricity, natural gas, emissions allowances, and interest rates.  Risks associated with market volatility are managed by utilizing various physical and financial derivative instruments, including futures, forwards, options, and swaps.  As part of our overall risk management program, we may use derivative instruments to hedge purchases and sales of electricity and natural gas.  Derivative instruments that meet certain hedge accounting criteria may be designated as cash flow hedges and are used to limit our exposure to cash flow variability on forecasted transactions.  The changes in market value of such instruments have a high correlation to price changes in the hedged transactions.  Derivative instruments are also entered into for economic hedging purposes.  While economic hedges may mitigate exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices, these instruments have not been designated as accounting hedges.  Contracts that have the same terms (quantities, delivery points, and delivery periods) and for which power does not flow are netted, which reduces both revenues and fuel and purchased power costs in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, but does not impact our financial condition, net income, or cash flows.

Our derivative instruments, excluding those qualifying for a scope exception, are recorded on the balance sheets as an asset or liability and are measured at fair value.  See Note 11 for a discussion of fair value measurements.  Derivative instruments may qualify for the normal purchases and normal sales scope exception if they require physical delivery, and the quantities represent those transacted in the normal course of business.  Derivative instruments qualifying for the normal purchases and sales scope exception are accounted for under the accrual method of accounting and excluded from our derivative instrument discussion and disclosures below.

Energy Derivatives

For its regulated operations, APS defers for future rate treatment 100% of the unrealized gains and losses on derivatives pursuant to the PSA mechanism that would otherwise be recognized in income.  Realized gains and losses on energy derivatives are deferred in accordance with the PSA to the extent the amounts are above or below the Base Fuel Rate. See Note 4.  Gains and losses from energy derivatives in the following tables represent the amounts reflected in income before the effect of PSA deferrals.

The following table shows the outstanding gross notional volume of energy derivatives, which represent both purchases and sales (does not reflect net position): 

		Quantity
Commodity	Unit of Measure	March 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
Power	GWh	1,664	1,197
Gas	Billion cubic feet	194	149

Gains and Losses from Energy Derivative Instruments

For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, APS had no energy derivative instruments in designated accounting hedging relationships.

The following table provides information about gains and losses from energy derivative instruments not designated as accounting hedging instruments (dollars in thousands):

	Financial Statement Location	Three Months Ended March 31,
Commodity Contracts		2023		2022
Net Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income	Fuel and purchased power (a)	$	(188,930)	$	223,742

(a)Amounts are before the effect of PSA deferrals.

Energy Derivative Instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

Our energy derivative transactions are typically executed under standardized or customized agreements, which include collateral requirements and, in the event of a default, would allow for the netting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty.  Agreements that allow for the offsetting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty are considered master netting arrangements.  Transactions with counterparties that have master netting arrangements are offset and reported net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Transactions that do not allow for offsetting of positive and negative positions are reported gross on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We do not offset a counterparty’s current energy derivative contracts with the counterparty’s non-current energy derivative contracts, although our master netting arrangements would allow current and non-current positions to be offset in the event of a default.  These types of transactions may include non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, trade receivables and trade payables arising from settled positions, and other forms of non-cash collateral (such as letters of credit).  These types of transactions are excluded from the offsetting tables presented below.

The following tables provide information about the fair value of our risk management activities reported on a gross basis, and the impacts of offsetting.  These amounts relate to commodity contracts and are located in the assets and liabilities from risk management activities lines of APS’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of March 31, 2023: (dollars in thousands)	Gross  Recognized  Derivatives  (a)		Amounts Offset  (b)		Net  Recognized  Derivatives		Other  (c)		Amount Reported on Balance Sheets
Current assets	$	22,994	$	(7,050)	$	15,944	$	17	$	15,961
Investments and other assets	26,746		(9,664)		17,082		—		17,082
Total assets	49,740		(16,714)		33,026		17		33,043
Current liabilities	(84,853)		7,050		(77,803)		(6,071)		(83,874)
Deferred credits and other	(23,349)		9,664		(13,685)		—		(13,685)
Total liabilities	(108,202)		16,714		(91,488)		(6,071)		(97,559)
Total	$	(58,462)	$	—	$	(58,462)	$	(6,054)	$	(64,516)

(a)All of our gross recognized derivative instruments were subject to master netting arrangements.

(b)No cash collateral has been provided to counterparties, or received from counterparties, that is subject to offsetting.

(c)Represents cash collateral and cash margin that is not subject to offsetting. Amounts relate to non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, or collateral and margin posted or received in excess of the recognized derivative instrument. Includes cash collateral received from counterparties of $6,071 thousand and cash margin provided to counterparties of $17 thousand.

As of December 31, 2022: (dollars in thousands)	Gross Recognized Derivatives  (a)		Amounts Offset (b)		Net  Recognized  Derivatives		Other  (c)		Amount Reported on Balance Sheets
Current assets	$	103,484	$	(15,808)	$	87,676	$	28	$	87,704
Investments and other assets	49,777		(5,383)		44,394		—		44,394
Total assets	153,261		(21,191)		132,070		28		132,098
Current liabilities	(47,670)		15,808		(31,862)		(5,835)		(37,697)
Deferred credits and other	(9,223)		5,383		(3,840)		—		(3,840)
Total liabilities	(56,893)		21,191		(35,702)		(5,835)		(41,537)
Total	$	96,368	$	—	$	96,368	$	(5,807)	$	90,561

(a)All of our gross recognized derivative instruments were subject to master netting arrangements.

(b)No cash collateral has been provided to counterparties, or received from counterparties, that is subject to offsetting.

(c)Represents cash collateral and cash margin that is not subject to offsetting. Amounts relate to non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, or collateral and margin posted in excess of the recognized derivative instrument.  Includes cash collateral received from counterparties of $5,835 thousand and cash margin provided to counterparties of $28 thousand.

Interest Rate Derivatives

On October 19, 2022, Bright Canyon Energy entered into an interest rate swap to hedge the variable interest rate exposure relating to the credit agreement for the Los Alamitos project. The transaction qualifies and has been designated as cash flow hedge. The hedge’s gain or loss is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and subsequently will be reclassified into earnings in the periods during which the related interest expense on the debt is incurred. As of March 31, 2023, the interest rate swap has a notional value of $32 million with a maturity in 2041. Relating to this derivative, our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2023, includes approximately $1.7 million reported as a liability within the liabilities from risk management activities line within the deferred credits and other section, and $0.1 million reported as a current asset within the assets from risk management activities line. As of March 31, 2023, the Condensed Consolidated Income Statement includes a pretax loss of approximately $1.6 million recognized in other comprehensive income relating to the interest rate swap. There were no gains or losses reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income as of March 31, 2023, and we expect $0.1 million of losses will be reclassified into earnings over the next 12 months.

Credit Risk and Credit Related Contingent Features

We are exposed to losses in the event of nonperformance or nonpayment by counterparties and have risk management contracts with many counterparties. As of March 31, 2023, we have one counterparty for which our exposure represents approximately 20% of Pinnacle West’s $33 million of risk management assets. This exposure relates to a master agreement with the counterparty, and the counterparty is rated as investment grade. Our risk management process assesses and monitors the financial exposure of all counterparties. 

Despite the fact that the great majority of our trading counterparties’ debt is rated as investment grade by the credit rating agencies, there is still a possibility that one or more of these companies could default, resulting in a material impact on consolidated earnings for a given period. Counterparties in the portfolio consist principally of financial institutions, major energy companies, municipalities and local distribution companies.  We maintain credit policies that we believe minimize overall credit risk to within acceptable limits.  Determination of the credit quality of our counterparties is based upon a number of factors, including credit ratings and our evaluation of their financial condition.  To manage credit risk, we employ collateral requirements and standardized agreements that allow for the netting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty.  Valuation adjustments are established representing our estimated credit losses on our overall exposure to counterparties.

Certain of our energy derivative instrument contracts contain credit-risk-related contingent features including, among other things, investment grade credit rating provisions, credit-related cross-default provisions, and adequate assurance provisions.  Adequate assurance provisions allow a counterparty with reasonable grounds for uncertainty to demand additional collateral based on subjective events and/or conditions.  For those derivative instruments in a net liability position, with investment grade credit contingencies, the counterparties could demand additional collateral if our debt credit rating were to fall below investment grade (below BBB- for Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa3 for Moody’s).

The following table provides information about our energy derivative instruments that have credit-risk-related contingent features (dollars in thousands):

	March 31, 2023
Aggregate fair value of derivative instruments in a net liability position	$	108,202
Additional cash collateral in the event credit-risk-related contingent features were fully triggered (a)	73,886

(a)This amount is after counterparty netting and includes those contracts which qualify for scope exceptions, which are excluded from the derivative details above.

We have energy-related non-derivative instrument contracts with investment grade credit-related contingent features, which could require us to post additional collateral of approximately $76 million if our debt credit ratings were to fall below investment grade.

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Palo Verde Generating Station

Spent Nuclear Fuel and Waste Disposal

On December 19, 2012, APS, acting on behalf of itself and the participant owners of Palo Verde, filed a second breach of contract lawsuit against DOE in the United States Court of Federal Claims (“Court of Federal Claims”). The lawsuit sought to recover damages incurred due to DOE’s breach of the Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High Level Radioactive Waste (“Standard Contract”) for failing to accept Palo Verde’s spent nuclear fuel and high level waste from January 1, 2007, through June 30, 2011, pursuant to the terms of the Standard Contract and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. On August 18, 2014, APS and DOE entered into a settlement agreement, which required DOE to pay the Palo Verde owners for certain specified costs incurred by Palo Verde during the period January 1, 2007, through June 30, 2011. In addition, the settlement agreement provided APS with a method for submitting claims and getting recovery for costs incurred through December 31, 2016, which was extended to December 31, 2025.

APS has submitted eight claims pursuant to the terms of the August 18, 2014 settlement agreement, for eight separate time periods during July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2021. The DOE has approved and paid $123.9 million for these claims (APS’s share is $36.0 million). The amounts recovered were primarily recorded as adjustments to a regulatory liability and had no impact on reported net income. In accordance with the 2017 Rate Case Decision, this regulatory liability is being refunded to customers. See Note 4. On October 31, 2022, APS filed its ninth claim pursuant to the terms of the August 18, 2014 settlement agreement. On March 16, 2023, the DOE approved a payment in the amount of $14.3 million (APS’s share is $4.2 million), and on April 6, 2023, APS received this payment.

Nuclear Insurance

Public liability for incidents at nuclear power plants is governed by the Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (“Price-Anderson Act”), which limits the liability of nuclear reactor owners to the amount of insurance available from both commercial sources and an industry-wide retrospective payment plan.  In accordance with the Price-Anderson Act, the Palo Verde participants are insured against public liability for a nuclear incident up to approximately $13.7 billion per occurrence. Palo Verde maintains the maximum available nuclear liability insurance in the amount of $450 million, which is provided by American Nuclear Insurers.  The remaining balance of approximately $13.2 billion of liability coverage is provided through a mandatory, industry-wide retrospective premium program.  If losses at any nuclear power plant covered by the program exceed the accumulated funds, APS could be responsible for retrospective premiums.  The maximum retrospective premium per reactor under the program for each nuclear liability incident is approximately $137.6 million, subject to a maximum annual premium of approximately $20.5 million per incident.  Based on APS’s ownership interest in the three Palo Verde units, APS’s maximum retrospective premium per incident for all three units is approximately $120.1 million, with a maximum annual retrospective premium of approximately $17.9 million.

The Palo Verde participants maintain insurance for property damage to, and decontamination of, property at Palo Verde in the aggregate amount of $2.8 billion.  APS has also secured accidental outage insurance for a sudden and unforeseen accidental outage of any of the three units. The property damage, decontamination, and accidental outage insurance are provided by Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (“NEIL”).  APS is subject to retrospective premium adjustments under all NEIL policies if NEIL’s losses in any policy year exceed accumulated funds. The maximum amount APS could incur under the current NEIL policies totals approximately $22.4 million for each retrospective premium assessment declared by NEIL’s Board of Directors due to losses.  Additionally, at the sole discretion of the NEIL Board of Directors, APS would be liable to provide approximately $62.6 million in deposit premium within 20 days of request as assurance to satisfy any site obligation of retrospective premium assessment.  The insurance coverage discussed in this, and the previous paragraph is subject to certain policy conditions, sublimits, and exclusions.

Contractual Obligations

As of March 31, 2023, our fuel and purchased power and purchase obligation commitments have increased from the information provided in our 2022 Form 10-K. The increase is primarily due to new purchased power and energy storage commitments of approximately $1.9 billion. The majority of the changes relate to 2025 and thereafter. This amount includes approximately $1.6 billion of commitments relating to purchased power lease contracts. See Note 14.

Other than the items described above, there have been no material changes, as of March 31, 2023, outside the normal course of business in contractual obligations from the information provided in our 2022 Form 10-K. See Note 3 for discussion regarding changes in our short-term and long-term debt obligations.

Superfund and Other Related Matters

The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“Superfund” or “CERCLA”) establishes liability for the cleanup of hazardous substances found contaminating the soil, water or air.  Those who released, generated, transported to or disposed of hazardous substances at a contaminated site are among the parties who are potentially responsible (each a “PRP”).  PRPs may be strictly, jointly, and severally liable for clean-up.  On September 3, 2003, EPA advised APS that EPA considers APS to be a PRP in the Motorola 52nd Street Superfund Site, Operable Unit 3 (“OU3”) in Phoenix, Arizona.  APS has facilities that are within this Superfund site.  APS and Pinnacle West have agreed with EPA to perform certain investigative activities of the APS facilities within OU3.  In addition, on September 23, 2009, APS agreed with EPA and one other PRP to voluntarily assist with the funding and management of the site-wide groundwater remedial investigation and feasibility study (“RI/FS”).  The RI/FS for OU3 was finalized and submitted to EPA at the end of 2022. APS cannot predict the EPA’s timing with respect to this matter. APS’s estimated costs related to this investigation and study is approximately $3 million.  APS anticipates incurring additional expenditures in the future, but because the ultimate remediation requirements are not yet finalized by EPA, at the present time expenditures related to this matter cannot be reasonably estimated.

On August 6, 2013, the Roosevelt Irrigation District (“RID”) filed a lawsuit in Arizona District Court against APS and 24 other defendants, alleging that RID’s groundwater wells were contaminated by the release of hazardous substances from facilities owned or operated by the defendants.  The lawsuit also alleges that, under Superfund laws, the defendants are jointly and severally liable to RID.  The allegations against APS arise out of APS’s current and former ownership of facilities in and around OU3.  As part of a state governmental investigation into groundwater contamination in this area, on January 25, 2015, the ADEQ sent a letter to APS seeking information concerning the degree to which, if any, APS’s current and former ownership of these facilities may have contributed to groundwater contamination in this area.  APS responded to ADEQ on May 4, 2015. On December 16, 2016, two RID environmental and engineering contractors filed an ancillary lawsuit for recovery of costs against APS and the other defendants in the RID litigation. That same day, another RID service provider filed an additional ancillary CERCLA lawsuit against certain of the defendants in the main RID litigation but excluded APS and certain other parties as named defendants. Because the ancillary lawsuits concern past costs allegedly incurred by these RID vendors, which were ruled unrecoverable directly by RID in November of 2016, the additional lawsuits do not increase APS’s exposure or risk related to these matters.

On April 5, 2018, RID and the defendants in that particular litigation executed a settlement agreement, fully resolving RID’s CERCLA claims concerning both past and future cost recovery. APS’s share of this settlement was immaterial. In addition, the two environmental and engineering vendors voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit against APS and the other named defendants without prejudice. An order to this effect was entered on April 17, 2018. With this disposition of the case, the vendors may file their lawsuit again in the future. On August 16, 2019, Maricopa County, one of the three direct defendants in the service provider lawsuit, filed a third-party complaint seeking contribution for its liability, if any, from APS and 28 other third-party defendants. While this lawsuit remains pending, on September 30, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona granted partial summary judgment to the direct defendants for $20.7 million of the $21 million in CERCLA response costs claimed by the service provider. We are unable to predict the outcome of any further litigation related to the remaining response costs at issue in this litigation; however, we do not expect the outcome to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

On February 28, 2022, EPA provided APS with a request for information under CERCLA related to APS’s Ocotillo power plant site located in Tempe, Arizona. In particular, EPA seeks information from APS regarding APS’s use, storage, and disposal of substances containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl (“PFAS”) compounds at the Ocotillo power plant site in order to aid EPA’s investigation into actual or threatened releases of PFAS into groundwater within the South Indian Bend Wash (“SIBW”) Superfund site. The SIBW

Superfund site includes the APS Ocotillo power plant site. APS filed its response to this information request on April 29, 2022. On January 17, 2023, EPA contacted APS to inform the Company that it would be commencing on-site investigations within the SIBW site, including the Ocotillo power plant, and performing a remedial investigation and feasibility study related to potential PFAS impacts to groundwater over the next two to three years. At the present time, we are unable to predict the outcome of this matter and expenditures related to this matter cannot be reasonably estimated.

Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery

As part of APS’s 2019 Rate Case, APS included recovery of the deferral and rate base effects of the Four Corners SCR project. On November 2, 2021, the 2019 Rate Case decision was approved by the ACC allowing approximately $194 million of SCR related plant investments and cost deferrals in rate base and to recover, depreciate and amortize in rates based on an end-of-life assumption of July 2031. The decision also included a partial and combined disallowance of $215.5 million on the SCR investments and deferrals. APS believes the SCR plant investments and related SCR cost deferrals were prudently incurred, and on December 17, 2021, APS filed its Notice of Direct Appeal at the Arizona Court of Appeals requesting review of the $215.5 million disallowance. The Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on November 30, 2022. On March 6, 2023, the Court of Appeals issued its order in the matter, vacating the ACC’s disallowance of the SCR investment and remanding the matter back to the ACC for further review in accordance with ACC rules and the order of the Court of Appeals. The parties have until May 8, 2023 to file a petition requesting review by the Arizona Supreme Court. APS cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. Based on the partial recovery of these investments and cost deferrals in current rates, the favorable Court of Appeals order, and the potential for further appellate review, APS has not recorded an impairment or write-off relating to the SCR plant investments or deferrals as of March 31, 2023. If the 2019 Rate Case decision to disallow $215.5 million of the SCRs is ultimately upheld, APS will be required to record a charge to its results of operations, net of tax, of approximately $154.4 million. We cannot predict the outcome of the legal challenges nor the timing of when this matter will be resolved. See Note 3 for additional information regarding the Four Corners SCR cost recovery.

Environmental Matters

APS is subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations affecting many aspects of its present and future operations, including air emissions of both conventional pollutants and greenhouse gases, water quality, wastewater discharges, solid waste, hazardous waste, and coal combustion residuals (“CCRs”).  These laws and regulations can change from time to time, imposing new obligations on APS resulting in increased capital, operating, and other costs.  Associated capital expenditures or operating costs could be material.  APS intends to seek recovery of any such environmental compliance costs through our rates but cannot predict whether it will obtain such recovery.  The following proposed and final rules involve material compliance costs to APS.

Coal Combustion Waste. On December 19, 2014, EPA issued its final regulations governing the handling and disposal of CCR, such as fly ash and bottom ash. The rule regulates CCR as a non-hazardous waste under Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and establishes national minimum criteria for existing and new CCR landfills and surface impoundments and all lateral expansions. These criteria include standards governing location restrictions, design and operating criteria, groundwater monitoring and corrective action, closure requirements and post closure care, and recordkeeping, notification, and internet posting requirements. The rule generally requires any existing unlined CCR surface impoundment to stop receiving CCR and either retrofit or close, and further requires the closure of any CCR landfill or surface impoundment that cannot meet the applicable performance criteria for location restrictions or structural

integrity. Such closure requirements are deemed “forced closure” or “closure for cause” of unlined surface impoundments and are the subject of recent regulatory and judicial activities described below.

Since these regulations were finalized, EPA has taken steps to substantially modify the federal rules governing CCR disposal. While certain changes have been prompted by utility industry petitions, others have resulted from judicial review, court-approved settlements with environmental groups, and statutory changes to RCRA. The following lists the pending regulatory changes that, if finalized, could have a material impact as to how APS manages CCR at its coal-fired power plants:

•Following the passage of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act in 2016, EPA possesses authority to either authorize states to develop their own permit programs for CCR management or issue federal permits governing CCR disposal both in states without their own permit programs and on tribal lands. Although ADEQ has taken steps to develop a CCR permitting program, including supporting the passage of new state legislation providing ADEQ with appropriate permitting authority for CCR under the state solid waste management program, it is not clear when that program will be put into effect. On December 19, 2019, EPA proposed its own set of regulations governing the issuance of CCR management permits. The proposal remains pending.

•On March 1, 2018, as a result of a settlement with certain environmental groups, EPA proposed adding boron to the list of constituents that trigger corrective action requirements to remediate groundwater impacted by CCR disposal activities. Apart from a subsequent proposal issued on August 14, 2019, to add a specific, health-based groundwater protection standard for boron, EPA has yet to take action on this proposal.

•With respect to APS’s Cholla facility, APS’s application for alternative closure was submitted to EPA on November 30, 2020. While EPA has deemed APS’s application administratively “complete,” the Agency’s approval remains pending. If granted, this application would allow the continued disposal of CCR within Cholla’s existing unlined CCR surface impoundments until the required date for ceasing coal-fired boiler operations in April 2025. This application will be subject to public comment and, potentially, judicial review. We expect to have a proposed decision from EPA regarding Cholla sometime in 2023.

We cannot at this time predict the outcome of these regulatory proceedings or when EPA will take final action on those matters that are still pending. Depending on the eventual outcome, the costs associated with APS’s management of CCR could materially increase, which could affect APS’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

APS currently disposes of CCR in ash ponds and dry storage areas at Cholla and Four Corners. APS estimates that its share of incremental costs to comply with the CCR rule for Four Corners is approximately $30 million and its share of incremental costs to comply with the CCR rule for Cholla is approximately $16 million. The Navajo Plant disposed of CCR only in a dry landfill storage area. To comply with the CCR rule for the Navajo Plant, APS’s share of incremental costs was approximately $1 million, which has been incurred. Additionally, the CCR rule requires ongoing, phased groundwater monitoring.

As of October 2018, APS has completed the statistical analyses for its CCR disposal units that triggered assessment monitoring. APS determined that several of its CCR disposal units at Cholla and Four Corners will need to undergo corrective action. In addition, under the current regulations, all such disposal units must have ceased operating and initiated closure by April 11, 2021, at the latest (except for those disposal units subject to alternative closure). APS completed the assessments of corrective measures on June 14, 2019; however, additional investigations and engineering analyses that will support the remedy selection are still

underway. In addition, APS will also solicit input from the public and host public hearings as part of this process. Based on the work performed to date, APS currently estimates that its share of corrective action and monitoring costs at Four Corners will likely range from $10 million to $15 million, which would be incurred over 30 years. As to Cholla, APS currently estimates that its share of corrective action and monitoring costs at this facility will likely range from $30 million to $35 million, which similarly would be incurred over 30 years. As APS continues to implement the CCR rule’s corrective action assessment process, the current cost estimates may change. Given uncertainties that may exist until we have fully completed the corrective action assessment and final remedy selection process, APS cannot predict any ultimate impacts to APS; however, at this time APS does not believe that any potential changes to the cost estimate for Four Corners or Cholla would have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Clean Power Plan/Affordable Clean Energy Regulations. On June 19, 2019, EPA took final action on its proposals to repeal EPA’s 2015 Clean Power Plan (“CPP”) and replace those regulations with a new rule, the Affordable Clean Energy (“ACE”) regulations. EPA originally finalized the CPP on August 3, 2015, and such rules would have had far broader impact on the electric power sector than the ACE regulations. On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the ACE regulations and remanded them back to EPA to develop new existing power plant carbon regulations consistent with the court’s ruling. That decision, which endorsed an expansive view of the federal Clean Air Act consistent with EPA’s 2015 CPP was subsequently reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2022. While the current administration has expressed an intent to develop new carbon emission regulations governing existing power plants sometime in 2023, such action will be constrained by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that the CPP violated the Clean Air Act. Nonetheless, APS cannot at this time predict the outcome of pending EPA rulemaking proceedings related to carbon emissions from existing power plants.

Other environmental rules that could involve material compliance costs include those related to effluent limitations, the ozone national ambient air quality standard and other rules or matters involving the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, RCRA, Superfund, the Navajo Nation, and water supplies for our power plants. The financial impact of complying with current and future environmental rules could jeopardize the economic viability of APS’s fossil-fuel powered plants or the willingness or ability of power plant participants to fund any required equipment upgrades or continue their participation in these plants. The economics of continuing to own certain resources, particularly our coal plants, may deteriorate, warranting early retirement of those plants, which may result in asset impairments. APS would seek recovery in rates for the book value of any remaining investments in the plants, as well as other costs related to early retirement, but cannot predict whether it would obtain such recovery.

Four Corners National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit

The latest NPDES permit for Four Corners was issued on September 30, 2019. Based upon a November 1, 2019, filing by several environmental groups, the Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) took up review of the Four Corners NPDES Permit. The EAB denied the environmental group petition on September 30, 2020. While on January 22, 2021, the environmental groups filed a petition for review of the EAB’s decision with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the parties to the litigation (including APS) finalized a settlement on May 2, 2022. This settlement requires investigation of thermal wastewater discharges from Four Corners, administratively closes the litigation filed in January of 2021, and is not expected to have a material impact on APS’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Four Corners — 4CA Matter

On July 6, 2016, 4CA purchased El Paso’s 7% interest in Four Corners. NTEC purchased this 7% interest on July 3, 2018, from 4CA. NTEC purchased the 7% interest at 4CA’s book value, approximately $70 million, and paid 4CA the purchase price over a period of four years pursuant to a secured interest-bearing promissory note, which was paid in full as of June 30, 2022.

In connection with the sale, Pinnacle West guaranteed certain obligations that NTEC will have to the other owners of Four Corners, such as NTEC’s 7% share of capital expenditures and operating and maintenance expenses. Pinnacle West’s guarantee is secured by a portion of APS’s payments to be owed to NTEC under the 2016 Coal Supply Agreement.

BCE Matters

Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC, the developer, owner, and operator of the Clear Creek wind farm, has disputed the proposed cost allocation of system upgrades related to connecting the Clear Creek wind farm to the transmission system and filed a complaint with FERC on May 21, 2021, which was denied on September 9, 2022. Subsequently, Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC filed with FERC a request for rehearing and a motion for stay of the September 9, 2022 order. On October 7, 2022, the request for rehearing was denied by FERC. FERC has not ruled on the motion for stay. Clear Creek has filed a Petition for Review with the U.S. Court of Appeals and Motion for Stay Pending Appeal, both of which are still pending.

Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC filed a second complaint with FERC on May 25, 2022, alleging that the wind farm was being curtailed in a discriminatory manner. The May 25, 2022 Complaint was denied by FERC on December 15, 2022 and Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC requested Rehearing of the denial on January 13, 2023.

Due to the disputed system upgrades and the related curtailment, the Clear Creek wind farm has experienced a significant reduction in power generation that has had a material adverse impact on the project’s ability to generate cash flow for investors. These energy curtailments are expected to persist, unless and until system upgrades are implemented to alleviate the present transmission system congestion, or the disputes are determined in favor of, or settled in a manner favorable to, Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC. As such, during the fourth quarter of 2022, due to these on-going disputes, cost allocation uncertainties, and no probable favorable resolution, BCE determined its equity method investment was fully impaired. Prior to the impairment, the investment had a carrying value of $17.1 million, which has been written-down to reflect the investment’s estimated fair value of zero as of December 31, 2022. Pinnacle West’s Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2022 included an after-tax loss of $12.8 million relating to this impairment.

BCE and Ameresco, Inc. jointly own a special purpose entity that is sponsoring the Kūpono Solar project. This project is a 42 MW solar and battery storage facility in Oʻahu, Hawaii that will supply clean renewable energy and capacity under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. The Kūpono Solar project is expected to be completed in 2024. On April 18, 2023, the Kūpono Solar special purpose entity entered into a $140 million non-recourse construction financing agreement. The construction financing will convert into a sale leaseback agreement upon commercial operation of the project. The financing agreement requires $40 million of sponsor equity, which has been funded by the project’s equity participants. In connection with the financing, Pinnacle West has issued performance guarantees relating to the project.

Financial Assurances

In the normal course of business, we obtain standby letters of credit and surety bonds from financial institutions and other third parties. These instruments guarantee our own future performance and provide third parties with financial and performance assurance in the event we do not perform. These instruments support commodity contract collateral obligations and other transactions. As of March 31, 2023, standby letters of credit totaled approximately $10 million and will expire in 2023 and 2024. As of March 31, 2023, surety bonds expiring through 2025 totaled approximately $21 million. The underlying liabilities insured by these instruments are reflected on our balance sheets, where applicable. Therefore, no additional liability is reflected for the letters of credit and surety bonds themselves.

We enter into agreements that include indemnification provisions relating to liabilities arising from or related to certain of our agreements.  Most significantly, APS has agreed to indemnify the equity participants and other parties in the Palo Verde sale leaseback transactions with respect to certain tax matters.  Generally, a maximum obligation is not explicitly stated in the indemnification provisions and, therefore, the overall maximum amount of the obligation under such indemnification provisions cannot be reasonably estimated.  Based on historical experience and evaluation of the specific indemnities, we do not believe that any material loss related to such indemnification provisions is likely.

Pinnacle West has issued parental guarantees and has provided indemnification under certain surety bonds for APS which were not material at March 31, 2023. In connection with the sale of 4CA’s 7% interest to NTEC, Pinnacle West is guaranteeing certain obligations that NTEC will have to the other owners of Four Corners. See “Four Corners — 4CA Matter” above for information related to this guarantee. Pinnacle West has not needed to perform under this guarantee. A maximum obligation is not explicitly stated in the guarantee and, therefore, the overall maximum amount of the obligation under such guarantee cannot be reasonably estimated; however, we consider the fair value of this guarantee, including expected credit losses, to be immaterial.

In connection with BCE’s acquisition of minority ownership positions in the Clear Creek wind farm in Missouri and Nobles 2 wind farm in Minnesota, Pinnacle West has issued parental guarantees to guarantee the obligations of BCE subsidiaries to make required equity contributions to fund project construction (the “Equity Contribution Guarantees”) and to make production tax credit funding payments to borrowers of the projects (the “PTC Guarantees”). The amounts guaranteed by Pinnacle West are reduced as payments are made under the respective guarantee agreements. As of March 31, 2023 there is approximately $33 million of remaining guarantees primarily relating to the PTC Guarantees that is expected to terminate by 2030.

In connection with the credit agreement entered into by a special purpose subsidiary of BCE on February 11, 2022, Pinnacle West has issued a guarantee of up to $42 million primarily related to the bridge loan. See Note 6 for additional details.

On April 18, 2023, Pinnacle West issued performance guarantees in connection with BCE’s Kūpono investment project financing. BCE holds an equity method investment relating to the Kūpono project. See discussion above.

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Other Income and Other Expense

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income and Other Expense

Other Income and Other Expense The following table provides detail of Pinnacle West’s Consolidated other income and other expense (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Other income:
Interest income	$	6,026	$	1,642
Miscellaneous	51		62
Total other income	$	6,077	$	1,704
Other expense:
Non-operating costs	(2,640)		(2,453)
Investment losses — net	(1,061)		(681)
Miscellaneous	(430)		(288)
Total other expense	$	(4,131)	$	(3,422)

The following table provides detail of APS’s other income and other expense (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Other income:
Interest income	$	5,024	$	1,099
Miscellaneous	51		53
Total other income	$	5,075	$	1,152
Other expense:
Non-operating costs	(2,188)		(1,561)
Miscellaneous	(429)		(288)
Total other expense	$	(2,617)	$	(1,849)

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Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of Pinnacle West’s basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(3,297)	$	16,956
Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic	113,358		113,102
Net effect of dilutive securities:
Contingently issuable performance shares and restricted stock units	239		193
Weighted average common shares outstanding — diluted	113,597		113,295
Earnings per weighted-average common share outstanding
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders — basic	$	(0.03)	$	0.15
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders — diluted	$	(0.03)	$	0.15

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, 239 thousand shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average common shares outstanding, as their inclusion would have been antidilutive. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, no shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average common shares outstanding.

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Fair Value Measurements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

We classify our assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value within the fair value hierarchy.  This hierarchy ranks the quality and reliability of the inputs used to determine fair values, which are then classified and disclosed in one of three categories.  The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:

Level 1 — Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs, including quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable (such as yield curves). 

Level 3 — Valuation models with significant unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity.  Instruments in this category may include long-dated derivative transactions where valuations are unobservable due to the length of the transaction, options, and transactions in locations where observable market data does not exist.  The valuation models we employ utilize spot prices, forward prices, historical market data and other factors to forecast future prices.

 Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  Thus, a valuation may be classified in Level 3 even though the valuation may include significant inputs that are readily observable.  We maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.  We rely primarily on the market approach of using prices and other market information for identical and/or comparable assets and liabilities.  If market data is not readily available, inputs

may reflect our own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use.  Our assessment of the inputs and the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities as well as their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.  We assess whether a market is active by obtaining observable broker quotes, reviewing actual market activity, and assessing the volume of transactions.  We consider broker quotes observable inputs when the quote is binding on the broker, we can validate the quote with market activity, or we can determine that the inputs the broker used to arrive at the quoted price are observable.

Certain instruments have been valued using the concept of Net Asset Value (“NAV”) as a practical expedient. These instruments are typically structured as investment companies offering shares or units to multiple investors for the purpose of providing a return. These instruments are similar to mutual funds; however, their NAV is generally not published and publicly available, nor are these instruments traded on an exchange. Instruments valued using NAV as a practical expedient are included in our fair value disclosures; however, in accordance with GAAP are not classified within the fair value hierarchy levels.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

We apply recurring fair value measurements to cash equivalents, derivative instruments, and investments held in the nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds. On an annual basis, we apply fair value measurements to plan assets held in our retirement and other benefit plans.  See Note 7 in the 2022 Form 10-K for fair value discussion of plan assets held in our retirement and other benefit plans.

Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents represent certain investments in money market funds that are valued using quoted prices in active markets.

Risk Management Activities — Energy Derivative Instruments

Exchange traded commodity contracts are valued using unadjusted quoted prices.  For non-exchange traded commodity contracts, we calculate fair value based on the average of the bid and offer price, discounted to reflect net present value.  We maintain certain valuation adjustments for a number of risks associated with the valuation of future commitments.  These include valuation adjustments for liquidity and credit risks.  The liquidity valuation adjustment represents the cost that would be incurred if all unmatched positions were closed out or hedged.  The credit valuation adjustment represents estimated credit losses on our net exposure to counterparties, taking into account netting agreements, expected default experience for the credit rating of the counterparties and the overall diversification of the portfolio.  We maintain credit policies that management believes minimize overall credit risk.

Certain non-exchange traded commodity contracts are valued based on unobservable inputs due to the long-term nature of contracts, characteristics of the product, or the unique location of the transactions.  Our long-dated energy transactions consist of observable valuations for the near-term portion and unobservable valuations for the long-term portions of the transaction.  We rely primarily on broker quotes to value these instruments.  When our valuations utilize broker quotes, we perform various control procedures to ensure the quote has been developed consistent with fair value accounting guidance.  These controls include assessing the quote for reasonableness by comparison against other broker quotes, reviewing historical price relationships, and assessing market activity.  When broker quotes are not available, the primary valuation technique used to calculate the fair value is the extrapolation of forward pricing curves using observable market data for more liquid delivery points in the same region and actual transactions at more illiquid delivery points.

When the unobservable portion is significant to the overall valuation of the transaction, the entire transaction is classified as Level 3. 

Risk Management Activities — Interest Rate Derivatives

Our interest rate derivative instruments relate to an interest rate swap, which is valued using financial models that utilize observable inputs for similar instruments and are classified as Level 2. Inputs include yield curves and credit quality of the counterparties.

Investments Held in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds

The nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds invest in fixed income and equity securities. Other special use funds include the coal reclamation escrow account and the active union employee medical account. See Note 12 for additional discussion about our investment accounts.

We value investments in fixed income and equity securities using information provided by our trustees and escrow agent. Our trustees and escrow agent use pricing services that utilize the valuation methodologies described below to determine fair market value. We have internal control procedures designed to ensure this information is consistent with fair value accounting guidance. These procedures include assessing valuations using an independent pricing source, verifying that pricing can be supported by actual recent market transactions, assessing hierarchy classifications, comparing investment returns with benchmarks, and obtaining and reviewing independent audit reports on the trustees’ and escrow agent’s internal operating controls and valuation processes.

Fixed Income Securities

Fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Treasury are valued using quoted active market prices and are typically classified as Level 1.  Fixed income securities issued by corporations, municipalities, and other agencies, including mortgage-backed instruments, are valued using quoted inactive market prices, quoted active market prices for similar securities, or by utilizing calculations which incorporate observable inputs such as yield curves and spreads relative to such yield curves.  These fixed income instruments are classified as Level 2.  Whenever possible, multiple market quotes are obtained which enables a cross-check validation.  A primary price source is identified based on asset type, class, or issue of securities.

Fixed income securities may also include short-term investments in certificates of deposit, variable rate notes, time deposit accounts, U.S. Treasury and Agency obligations, U.S. Treasury repurchase agreements, commercial paper, and other short-term instruments. These instruments are valued using active market prices or utilizing observable inputs described above.

Equity Securities

The nuclear decommissioning trusts’ equity security investments are held indirectly through commingled funds.  The commingled funds are valued using the funds’ NAV as a practical expedient. The funds’ NAV is primarily derived from the quoted active market prices of the underlying equity securities held by the funds. We may transact in these commingled funds on a semi-monthly basis at the NAV.  The commingled funds are maintained by a bank and hold investments in accordance with the stated objective of tracking the performance of the S&P 500 Index.  Because the commingled funds’ shares are offered to a limited group of investors, they are not considered to be traded in an active market. As these instruments are valued using NAV, as a practical expedient, they have not been classified within the fair value hierarchy.

The nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds may also hold equity securities that include exchange traded mutual funds and money market accounts for short-term liquidity purposes. These short-term, highly-liquid investments are valued using active market prices.

Fair Value Tables

The following table presents the fair value at March 31, 2023, of our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in thousands):

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Other			Total
ASSETS
Cash equivalents	$	14	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	14
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	—		28,483		21,257		(16,697)		(a)	33,043
Interest rate swaps	—		134		—		—			134
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		28,617		21,257		(16,697)			33,177
Nuclear decommissioning trust:
Equity securities	9,665		—		—		(1,135)		(b)	8,530
U.S. commingled equity funds	—		—		—		507,706		(c)	507,706
U.S. Treasury debt	231,003		—		—		—			231,003
Corporate debt	—		149,541		—		—			149,541
Mortgage-backed securities	—		157,330		—		—			157,330
Municipal bonds	—		63,950		—		—			63,950
Other fixed income	—		7,557		—		—			7,557
Subtotal nuclear decommissioning trust	240,668		378,378		—		506,571			1,125,617
Other special use funds:
Equity securities	27,642		—		—		1,041		(b)	28,683
U.S. Treasury debt	320,196		—		—		—			320,196
Municipal bonds	—		3,998		—		—			3,998
Subtotal other special use funds	347,838		3,998		—		1,041			352,877
Total assets	$	588,520	$	410,993	$	21,257	$	490,915		$	1,511,685
LIABILITIES
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	$	—	$	(93,567)	$	(14,635)	$	10,643	(a)	$	(97,559)
Interest rate swaps	—		(1,698)		—		—			(1,698)
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		(95,265)		(14,635)		10,643			(99,257)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	(95,265)	$	(14,635)	$	10,643		$	(99,257)

(a)Represents counterparty netting, margin, and collateral. See Note 7.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

(c)Valued using NAV as a practical expedient and, therefore, are not classified in the fair value hierarchy.

The following table presents the fair value at December 31, 2022, of our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in thousands):

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Other			Total
ASSETS
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	$	—	$	127,129	$	26,132	$	(21,163)	(a)	$	132,098
Interest rate swaps	—		131		—		—			131
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		127,260		26,132		(21,163)			132,229
Nuclear decommissioning trust:
Equity securities	14,658		—		—		3,827		(b)	18,485
U.S. commingled equity funds	—		—		—		472,582		(c)	472,582
U.S. Treasury debt	211,923		—		—		—			211,923
Corporate debt	—		149,226		—		—			149,226
Mortgage-backed securities	—		147,938		—		—			147,938
Municipal bonds	—		64,881		—		—			64,881
Other fixed income	—		8,375		—		—			8,375
Subtotal nuclear decommissioning trust	226,581		370,420		—		476,409			1,073,410
Other special use funds:
Equity securities	66,974		—		—		963		(b)	67,937
U.S. Treasury debt	275,267		—		—		—			275,267
Municipal bonds	—		4,027		—		—			4,027
Subtotal other special use funds	342,241		4,027		—		963			347,231
Total assets	$	568,822	$	501,707	$	26,132	$	456,209		$	1,552,870
LIABILITIES
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	$	—	$	(25,874)	$	(31,020)	$	15,357	(a)	$	(41,537)
Interest rate swaps	—		(909)		—		—			(909)
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		(26,783)		(31,020)		15,357			(42,446)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	(26,783)	$	(31,020)	$	15,357		$	(42,446)

(a)Represents counterparty netting, margin, and collateral. See Note 7.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

(c)Valued using NAV as a practical expedient and, therefore, are not classified in the fair value hierarchy.

Fair Value Measurements Classified as Level 3

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of our energy derivative contracts include broker quotes that cannot be validated as an observable input primarily due to the long-term nature of the quote or other characteristics of the product.  Significant changes in these inputs in isolation would result in significantly higher or lower fair value measurements.  Changes in our derivative contract fair values, including changes relating to unobservable inputs, typically will not impact net income due to regulatory accounting treatment. See Note 4.

Because our forward commodity contracts classified as Level 3 are currently in a net purchase position, we would expect price increases of the underlying commodity to result in increases in the net fair value of the related contracts.  Conversely, if the price of the underlying commodity decreases, the net fair value of the related contracts would likely decrease.

Other unobservable valuation inputs include credit and liquidity reserves which do not have a material impact on our valuations; however, significant changes in these inputs could also result in higher or lower fair value measurements.

The following tables provide information regarding our significant unobservable inputs used to value our risk management derivative Level 3 instruments at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

	March 31, 2023  Fair Value (thousands)				Valuation	Significant				Weighted-Average
Commodity Contracts	Assets		Liabilities		Technique	Unobservable Input	Range			(b)
Electricity:
Forward Contracts (a)	$	21,084	$	14,385	Discounted cash flows	Electricity forward price (per MWh)	$37.79	-	$306.34	$	157.00
Natural Gas:
Forward Contracts (a)	173		250		Discounted cash flows	Natural gas forward price (per MMBtu)	$(0.02)	-	$0.14	$	0.02
Total	$	21,257	$	14,635

(a)Includes swaps and physical and financial contracts.

(b)Unobservable inputs were weighted by the relative fair value of the instrument.

	December 31, 2022  Fair Value (thousands)				Valuation	Significant				Weighted-Average
Commodity Contracts	Assets		Liabilities		Technique	Unobservable Input	Range			(b)
Electricity:
Forward Contracts (a)	$	26,132	$	1,759	Discounted cash flows	Electricity forward price (per MWh)	$37.79	-	$310.69	$	163.92
Natural Gas:
Forward Contracts (a)	—		29,261		Discounted cash flows	Natural gas forward price (per MMBtu)	$(11.81)	-	$0.00	$	(5.08)
Total	$	26,132	$	31,020

(a)Includes swaps and physical and financial contracts.

(b)Unobservable inputs were weighted by the relative fair value of the instrument.

The following table shows the changes in fair value for our risk management activities’ assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 inputs for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Commodity Contracts	2023		2022
Net derivative balance at beginning of period	$	(4,888)	$	(2,738)
Total net gains (losses) realized/unrealized:
Deferred as a regulatory asset or liability	(30,427)		16,807
Settlements	41,937		(4,419)
Transfers into Level 3 from Level 2	—		—
Transfers from Level 3 into Level 2	—		—
Net derivative balance at end of period	$	6,622	$	9,650
Net unrealized gains included in earnings related to instruments still held at end of period	$	—	$	—

Transfers in or out of Level 3 are typically related to our long dated energy transactions that extend beyond available quoted periods.

Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value

The carrying value of our short-term borrowings approximate fair value and are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.  See Note 3 for our long-term debt fair values.

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Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds

Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds

We have investments in debt and equity securities held in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts, Coal Reclamation Escrow Account, and an Active Union Employee Medical Account. Investments in debt securities are classified as available-for-sale securities. We record both debt and equity security investments at their fair value on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 11 for a discussion of how fair value is determined and the classification of the investments within the fair value hierarchy. The investments in each trust or account are restricted for use and are intended to fund specified costs and activities as further described for each fund below.

Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts — APS established external decommissioning trusts in accordance with NRC regulations to fund the future costs APS expects to incur to decommission Palo Verde.  Third-party investment managers are authorized to buy and sell securities per stated investment guidelines.  The trust funds are invested in fixed income securities and equity securities. Earnings and proceeds from sales and maturities of securities are reinvested in the trusts. Because of the ability of APS to recover decommissioning costs in rates, and in accordance with the regulatory treatment, APS has deferred realized and unrealized gains and losses (including credit losses) in other regulatory liabilities.

Coal Reclamation Escrow Account — APS has investments restricted for the future coal mine reclamation funding related to Four Corners. This escrow account is primarily invested in fixed income securities. Earnings and proceeds from sales of securities are reinvested in the escrow account. Because of the ability of APS to recover coal reclamation costs in rates, and in accordance with the regulatory treatment, APS has deferred realized and unrealized gains and losses (including credit losses) in other regulatory liabilities. Activities relating to APS coal mine reclamation escrow account investments are included within the other special use funds in the table below.

Active Union Employee Medical Account — APS has investments restricted for paying active union employee medical costs. These investments may be used to pay active union employee medical costs incurred in the current and future periods. In 2022, APS was reimbursed $15 million for prior year active union employee medical claims from the active union employee medical account. The account is invested primarily in fixed income securities. In accordance with the ratemaking treatment, APS has deferred the unrealized gains and losses (including credit losses) in other regulatory liabilities. Activities relating to active union employee medical account investments are included within the other special use funds in the table below.

APS

The following tables present the unrealized gains and losses based on the original cost of the investment and summarizes the fair value of APS’s nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use fund assets (dollars in thousands):  

	March 31, 2023
	Fair Value							Total Unrealized Gains		Total Unrealized Losses
Investment Type:	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Other Special Use Funds		Total
Equity securities	$	517,371	$	27,642	$	545,013		$	367,791	$	(39)
Available for sale-fixed income securities	609,381		324,194		933,575		(a)	6,728		(54,178)
Other	(1,135)		1,041		(94)		(b)	1		(11)
Total	$	1,125,617	$	352,877	$	1,478,494		$	374,520	$	(54,228)

(a)As of March 31, 2023, the amortized cost basis of these available-for-sale investments is $981 million.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

	December 31, 2022
	Fair Value							Total Unrealized Gains		Total Unrealized Losses
Investment Type:	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Other Special Use Funds		Total
Equity securities	$	487,240	$	66,974	$	554,214		$	334,817	$	(267)
Available for sale-fixed income securities	582,343		279,294		861,637		(a)	3,177		(68,795)
Other	3,827		963		4,790		(b)	—		(29)
Total	$	1,073,410	$	347,231	$	1,420,641		$	337,994	$	(69,091)

(a)As of December 31, 2022, the amortized cost basis of these available-for-sale investments is $927 million.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

The following table sets forth APS’s realized gains and losses relating to the sale and maturity of available-for-sale debt securities and equity securities, and the proceeds from the sale and maturity of these investment securities (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Other Special Use Funds		Total
2023
Realized gains	$	1,210	$	—	$	1,210
Realized losses	(5,694)		—		(5,694)
Proceeds from the sale of securities (a)	136,185		90,441		226,626
2022
Realized gains	$	1,023	$	—	$	1,023
Realized losses	(7,235)		—		(7,235)
Proceeds from the sale of securities (a)	319,693		41,545		361,238

(a)    Proceeds are reinvested in the nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds, excluding amounts reimbursed to the Company for active union employee medical claims from the active union employee medical account.

Fixed Income Securities Contractual Maturities

The fair value of APS’s fixed income securities, summarized by contractual maturities, at March 31, 2023, is as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Coal Reclamation Escrow Account		Active Union Employee Medical Account		Total
Less than one year	$	14,591	$	53,718	$	74,788	$	143,097
1 year – 5 years	174,911		36,821		110,034		321,766
5 years – 10 years	137,708		—		44,835		182,543
Greater than 10 years	282,171		3,998		—		286,169
Total	$	609,381	$	94,537	$	229,657	$	933,575

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Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following tables show the changes in Pinnacle West’s consolidated accumulated other comprehensive loss, including reclassification adjustments, net of tax, by component (dollars in thousands):

	Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits			Derivative Instruments		Total
Three Months Ended March 31
Balance December 31, 2022	$	(32,332)		$	897	$	(31,435)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—			(616)		(616)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	515		(a)	—		515
Balance March 31, 2023	$	(31,817)		$	281	$	(31,536)
Balance December 31, 2021	$	(53,885)		$	(976)	$	(54,861)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—			252		252
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	901		(a)	—		901
Balance March 31, 2022	$	(52,984)		$	(724)	$	(53,708)

(a)    These amounts primarily represent amortization of actuarial loss and are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost.  See Note 5.

The following tables show the changes in APS’s consolidated accumulated other comprehensive loss, including reclassification adjustments, net of tax, by component (dollars in thousands): 

	Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
Three Months Ended March 31
Balance December 31, 2022	$	(15,596)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	457		(a)
Balance March 31, 2023	$	(15,139)
Balance December 31, 2021	$	(34,880)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	820		(a)
Balance March 31, 2022	$	(34,060)

(a) These amounts primarily represent amortization of actuarial loss and are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost.  See Note 5.

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Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Leases

We lease certain land, buildings, vehicles, equipment and other property through operating rental agreements with varying terms, provisions, and expiration dates. APS also has certain purchased power and energy storage agreements that qualify as lease arrangements. Our leases have remaining terms that expire in 2023 through 2073. Substantially all of our leasing activities relate to APS.

In 1986, APS entered into agreements with three separate lessor trust entities in order to sell and lease back interests in Palo Verde Unit 2 and related common facilities.  These lessor trust entities have been deemed VIEs for which APS is the primary beneficiary.  As the primary beneficiary, APS consolidated these lessor trust entities.  The impacts of these sale leaseback transactions are excluded from our lease disclosures as lease accounting is eliminated upon consolidation.  See Note 6 for a discussion of VIEs.

APS has purchased power lease agreements that allow APS the right to the generation capacity from certain natural-gas fueled generators during certain months of each year throughout the term of the arrangements. As APS only has rights to use the assets during certain periods of each year the leases have non-consecutive periods of use. APS does not operate or maintain the leased assets. APS controls the dispatch of the leased assets during the months of use and is required to pay a fixed monthly capacity payment during these periods of use.  For these types of leased assets APS has elected to combine both the lease and non-lease payment components and accounts for the entire fixed payment as a lease obligation. In addition to the fixed monthly capacity payments, APS must also pay variable charges based on the actual production volume of the assets.  The variable consideration is not included in the measurement of our lease obligation.

In January 2023, APS modified two existing purchase power operating lease agreements. Among other changes, the modifications extend the expiration dates of these contracts from October 2027 to October 2032 for one of the leases, and from September 2026 to October 2034 for the other lease. These lease agreements previously commenced in 2020 and 2021.

The following tables provide information related to our lease costs (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Operating Lease Cost - Purchased Power Lease Contracts	$	—	$	—
Operating Lease Cost - Land, Property, and Other Equipment	4,600		4,572
Total Operating Lease Cost	4,600		4,572
Variable lease cost (a)	16,721		18,695
Short-term lease cost	1,402		1,302
Total lease cost	$	22,723	$	24,569

(a) Primarily relates to purchased power lease contracts.

Lease costs are primarily included as a component of operating expenses on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.  Lease costs relating to purchased power lease contracts are recorded in fuel and purchased power on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, and are subject to recovery under the PSA or RES (see Note 4).  The tables above reflect the lease cost amounts before the effect of regulatory deferral under the PSA and RES.  Variable lease costs are recognized in the period the costs are incurred, and primarily relate to renewable purchased power lease contracts.  Payments under most renewable purchased power lease contracts are dependent upon environmental factors, and due to the inherent uncertainty associated with the reliability of the fuel source, the payments are considered variable and are excluded from the measurement of lease liabilities and right-of-use lease assets. Certain of our lease agreements have lease terms with non-consecutive periods of use. For these agreements, we recognize lease costs during the periods of use.  Leases with initial terms of 12 months or less are considered short-term leases and are not recorded on the balance sheet.

The following table provides information related to the maturity of our operating lease liabilities (dollars in thousands):

	March 31, 2023
Year	Purchased Power Lease Contracts		Land, Property & Equipment Leases		Total
2023 (remaining nine months of 2023)	$	106,152	$	11,981	$	118,133
2024	104,315		13,098		117,413
2025	121,082		10,422		131,504
2026	134,806		8,308		143,114
2027	160,727		6,395		167,122
2028	164,524		4,338		168,862
Thereafter	779,792		68,372		848,164
Total lease commitments	1,571,398		122,914		1,694,312
Less imputed interest	342,694		45,904		388,598
Total lease liabilities	$	1,228,704	$	77,010	$	1,305,714

We recognize lease assets and liabilities upon lease commencement. At March 31, 2023, we have lease arrangements that have been executed, but have not yet commenced. These arrangements primarily relate to energy storage assets. The lease commencement dates for these arrangements have experienced delays. APS continues to work with the lessors to determine revised commencement dates. We expect lease commencement dates ranging from June 2023 through June 2025, with lease terms expiring through May 2045. We expect the total fixed consideration paid for these arrangements, which includes both lease and non-lease payments, will approximate $3.5 billion over the terms of the arrangements.

The following tables provide other additional information related to operating lease liabilities (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023			Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities — operating cash flows:	$	3,851		$	3,358
Right-of-use operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	551,239		(a)	4,889

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Weighted average remaining lease term	10 years		7 years
Weighted average discount rate (b)	4.44	%	2.21	%

(a) Primarily relates to the two purchased power operating lease agreements that were modified in January 2023.

(b) Most of our lease agreements do not contain an implicit rate that is readily determinable. For these agreements we use our incremental borrowing rate to measure the present value of lease liabilities.  We determine our incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement based on the rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis over a similar term, an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. We use the implicit rate when it is readily determinable.

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Consolidation and Nature of Operations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of supplemental cash flow information

The following table summarizes supplemental Pinnacle West cash flow information (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net of refunds	$	(12)	$	—
Interest, net of amounts capitalized	62,241		55,208
Significant non-cash investing and financing activities:
Accrued capital expenditures	$	115,559	$	131,778

The following table summarizes supplemental APS cash flow information (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net of refunds	$	—	$	(25)
Interest, net of amounts capitalized	53,610		53,982
Significant non-cash investing and financing activities:
Accrued capital expenditures	$	112,219	$	124,778

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Revenue (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table provides detail of Pinnacle West’s consolidated revenue disaggregated by revenue sources (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Retail Electric Service
Residential	$	409,724	$	367,346
Non-Residential	406,137		359,516
Wholesale Energy Sales	95,603		28,903
Transmission Services for Others	31,791		25,492
Other Sources	1,700		2,274
Total operating revenues	$	944,955	$	783,531

Schedule of Accounts Receivable

The following table provides a rollforward of Pinnacle West’s allowance for doubtful accounts (dollars in thousands):

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Allowance for doubtful accounts, balance at beginning of period	$	23,778	$	25,354
Bad debt expense	3,522		17,006
Actual write-offs	(5,188)		(18,582)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, balance at end of period	$	22,112	$	23,778

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Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Estimated Fair Value of Long-Term Debt, Including Current Maturities

The following table presents the estimated fair value of our long-term debt, including current maturities (dollars in thousands):

	As of March 31, 2023				As of December 31, 2022
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Pinnacle West	$	1,123,101	$	1,084,455	$	947,892	$	905,525
APS	6,794,124		5,898,167		6,793,529		5,629,491
BCE	60,150		60,821		50,550		50,685
Total	$	7,977,375	$	7,043,443	$	7,791,971	$	6,585,701

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Regulatory Matters (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Regulated Operations [Abstract]

Schedule of Capital Structure and Cost of Capital

he following proposed capital structure and costs of capital:

	Capital Structure		Cost of Capital
Long-term debt	48.07	%	3.85	%
Common stock equity	51.93	%	10.25	%
Weighted-average cost of capital			7.17	%

Schedule of Changes in The Deferred Fuel and Purchased Power Regulatory Asset

The following table shows the changes in the deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset for 2023 and 2022 (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Beginning balance	$	460,561	$	388,148
Deferred fuel and purchased power costs — current period	90,305		6,110
Amounts charged to customers	(80,904)		(39,442)
Ending balance	$	469,962	$	354,816

Schedule of Regulatory Assets

The detail of regulatory assets is as follows (dollars in thousands): 

	Amortization Through	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Pension	(a)	$	628,727	$	637,656
Deferred fuel and purchased power (b) (c)	2024	469,962		460,561
Income taxes — allowance for funds used during construction (“AFUDC”) equity	2053	179,818		179,631
Ocotillo deferral (e)	2031	135,766		138,143
SCR deferral (e)(f)	2031	95,588		97,624
Retired power plant costs	2033	94,903		98,692
Deferred fuel and purchased power — mark-to-market (Note 7)	2025	61,858		—
Deferred property taxes	2027	38,915		41,057
Deferred compensation	2036	34,492		33,660
Income taxes — investment tax credit basis adjustment	2056	24,095		23,977
Palo Verde VIEs (Note 6)	2046	20,893		20,933
Active Union Medical Trust	(g)	15,010		18,226
Four Corners cost deferral	2024	13,979		15,999
Navajo coal reclamation	2026	13,117		13,862
Loss on reacquired debt	2038	9,238		9,468
Mead-Phoenix transmission line contributions in aid of construction (“CIAC”)	2050	8,965		9,048
Tax expense adjustor mechanism (b)	2031	5,681		5,845
Lost fixed cost recovery (b)	2023	—		9,547
Other	Various	8,458		8,171
Total regulatory assets (d)		$	1,859,465	$	1,822,100
Less: current regulatory assets		$	600,802	$	538,879
Total non-current regulatory assets		$	1,258,663	$	1,283,221

(a)This asset represents the future recovery of pension benefit obligations and expense through retail rates.  If these costs are disallowed by the ACC, this regulatory asset would be charged to OCI and result in lower future revenues.  As a result of the 2019 Rate Case Decision, the amount authorized for inclusion in rate base was determined using an averaging methodology, which resulted in a reduced return in retail rates. See Note 5 for further discussion.

(b)See “Cost Recovery Mechanisms” discussion above.

(c)Subject to a carrying charge.

(d)There are no regulatory assets for which the ACC has allowed recovery of costs, but not allowed a return by exclusion from rate base.  FERC rates are set using a formula rate as described in “Transmission Rates, Transmission Cost Adjustor and Other Transmission Matters.”

(e)Balance includes amounts for future regulatory consideration and amortization period determination.

(f)See “Four Corners SCR Cost Recovery” discussion above.

(g)Collected in retail rates.

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities

The detail of regulatory liabilities is as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Amortization Through	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Excess deferred income taxes — ACC - Tax Act (a)	2046	$	970,578	$	971,545
Excess deferred income taxes — FERC - Tax Act (a)	2058	221,708		221,877
Asset retirement obligations	2057	396,107		354,002
Other postretirement benefits	(d)	258,955		270,604
Removal costs	(c)	106,102		106,889
Income taxes — change in rates	2051	64,739		64,806
Four Corners coal reclamation	2038	53,348		52,592
Income taxes — deferred investment tax credit	2056	49,031		48,035
Spent nuclear fuel	2027	37,313		39,217
Renewable energy standard (b)	2024	30,188		35,720
Sundance maintenance	2031	17,667		16,893
Property tax deferral (e)	2024	14,353		15,521
Demand side management (b)	2023	14,207		8,461
FERC transmission true up (b)	2025	12,597		22,895
Tax expense adjustor mechanism (b) (e)	N/A	4,835		4,835
Deferred fuel and purchased power — mark-to-market (Note 7)	2025	3,396		96,367
Other	Various	7,415		3,092
Total regulatory liabilities		$	2,262,539	$	2,333,351
Less: current regulatory liabilities		$	202,266	$	271,575
Total non-current regulatory liabilities		$	2,060,273	$	2,061,776

(a)For purposes of presentation on the Statement of Cash Flows, amortization of the regulatory liabilities for excess deferred income taxes are reflected as “Deferred income taxes” under Cash Flows From Operating Activities.

(b)See “Cost Recovery Mechanisms” discussion above.

(c)In accordance with regulatory accounting guidance, APS accrues removal costs for its regulated assets, even if there is no legal obligation for removal.

(d)See Note 5.

(e)Balance includes amounts for future regulatory consideration and amortization period determination.

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Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Costs and The Portion of These Costs Charged To Expense (Including Administrative Costs and Excluding Amounts Capitalized as Overhead Construction, Billed To Electric Plant Participants or Charged or Amortized To The Regulatory Asset)

The following table provides details of the plans’ net periodic benefit costs and the portion of these costs charged to expense (including administrative costs and excluding amounts capitalized as overhead construction or billed to electric plant participants) (dollars in thousands):

	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,				Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Service cost — benefits earned during the period	$	10,157	$	14,331	$	2,120	$	4,218
Non-service costs (credits):
Interest cost on benefit obligation	38,362		27,023		5,673		4,463
Expected return on plan assets	(45,561)		(46,394)		(10,872)		(11,510)
Amortization of:
Prior service credit	—		—		(9,447)		(9,447)
Net actuarial loss (gain)	9,713		4,768		(2,303)		(2,982)
Net periodic cost/(benefit)	$	12,671	$	(272)	$	(14,829)	$	(15,258)
Portion of benefit charged to expense	$	7,227	$	(3,290)	$	(10,737)	$	(10,895)

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Derivative Accounting (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Outstanding Gross Notional Amount of Derivatives, Which Represents Both Purchases and Sales (Does Not Reflect Net Position)

The following table shows the outstanding gross notional volume of energy derivatives, which represent both purchases and sales (does not reflect net position): 

		Quantity
Commodity	Unit of Measure	March 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
Power	GWh	1,664	1,197
Gas	Billion cubic feet	194	149

Schedule of Gains and Losses From Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Accounting Hedges Instruments

The following table provides information about gains and losses from energy derivative instruments not designated as accounting hedging instruments (dollars in thousands):

	Financial Statement Location	Three Months Ended March 31,
Commodity Contracts		2023		2022
Net Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income	Fuel and purchased power (a)	$	(188,930)	$	223,742

(a)Amounts are before the effect of PSA deferrals.

Schedule of Offsetting Assets

The following tables provide information about the fair value of our risk management activities reported on a gross basis, and the impacts of offsetting.  These amounts relate to commodity contracts and are located in the assets and liabilities from risk management activities lines of APS’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of March 31, 2023: (dollars in thousands)	Gross  Recognized  Derivatives  (a)		Amounts Offset  (b)		Net  Recognized  Derivatives		Other  (c)		Amount Reported on Balance Sheets
Current assets	$	22,994	$	(7,050)	$	15,944	$	17	$	15,961
Investments and other assets	26,746		(9,664)		17,082		—		17,082
Total assets	49,740		(16,714)		33,026		17		33,043
Current liabilities	(84,853)		7,050		(77,803)		(6,071)		(83,874)
Deferred credits and other	(23,349)		9,664		(13,685)		—		(13,685)
Total liabilities	(108,202)		16,714		(91,488)		(6,071)		(97,559)
Total	$	(58,462)	$	—	$	(58,462)	$	(6,054)	$	(64,516)

(a)All of our gross recognized derivative instruments were subject to master netting arrangements.

(b)No cash collateral has been provided to counterparties, or received from counterparties, that is subject to offsetting.

(c)Represents cash collateral and cash margin that is not subject to offsetting. Amounts relate to non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, or collateral and margin posted or received in excess of the recognized derivative instrument. Includes cash collateral received from counterparties of $6,071 thousand and cash margin provided to counterparties of $17 thousand.

As of December 31, 2022: (dollars in thousands)	Gross Recognized Derivatives  (a)		Amounts Offset (b)		Net  Recognized  Derivatives		Other  (c)		Amount Reported on Balance Sheets
Current assets	$	103,484	$	(15,808)	$	87,676	$	28	$	87,704
Investments and other assets	49,777		(5,383)		44,394		—		44,394
Total assets	153,261		(21,191)		132,070		28		132,098
Current liabilities	(47,670)		15,808		(31,862)		(5,835)		(37,697)
Deferred credits and other	(9,223)		5,383		(3,840)		—		(3,840)
Total liabilities	(56,893)		21,191		(35,702)		(5,835)		(41,537)
Total	$	96,368	$	—	$	96,368	$	(5,807)	$	90,561

(a)All of our gross recognized derivative instruments were subject to master netting arrangements.

(b)No cash collateral has been provided to counterparties, or received from counterparties, that is subject to offsetting.

(c)Represents cash collateral and cash margin that is not subject to offsetting. Amounts relate to non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, or collateral and margin posted in excess of the recognized derivative instrument.  Includes cash collateral received from counterparties of $5,835 thousand and cash margin provided to counterparties of $28 thousand.

Schedule of Offsetting Liabilities

The following tables provide information about the fair value of our risk management activities reported on a gross basis, and the impacts of offsetting.  These amounts relate to commodity contracts and are located in the assets and liabilities from risk management activities lines of APS’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of March 31, 2023: (dollars in thousands)	Gross  Recognized  Derivatives  (a)		Amounts Offset  (b)		Net  Recognized  Derivatives		Other  (c)		Amount Reported on Balance Sheets
Current assets	$	22,994	$	(7,050)	$	15,944	$	17	$	15,961
Investments and other assets	26,746		(9,664)		17,082		—		17,082
Total assets	49,740		(16,714)		33,026		17		33,043
Current liabilities	(84,853)		7,050		(77,803)		(6,071)		(83,874)
Deferred credits and other	(23,349)		9,664		(13,685)		—		(13,685)
Total liabilities	(108,202)		16,714		(91,488)		(6,071)		(97,559)
Total	$	(58,462)	$	—	$	(58,462)	$	(6,054)	$	(64,516)

(a)All of our gross recognized derivative instruments were subject to master netting arrangements.

(b)No cash collateral has been provided to counterparties, or received from counterparties, that is subject to offsetting.

(c)Represents cash collateral and cash margin that is not subject to offsetting. Amounts relate to non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, or collateral and margin posted or received in excess of the recognized derivative instrument. Includes cash collateral received from counterparties of $6,071 thousand and cash margin provided to counterparties of $17 thousand.

As of December 31, 2022: (dollars in thousands)	Gross Recognized Derivatives  (a)		Amounts Offset (b)		Net  Recognized  Derivatives		Other  (c)		Amount Reported on Balance Sheets
Current assets	$	103,484	$	(15,808)	$	87,676	$	28	$	87,704
Investments and other assets	49,777		(5,383)		44,394		—		44,394
Total assets	153,261		(21,191)		132,070		28		132,098
Current liabilities	(47,670)		15,808		(31,862)		(5,835)		(37,697)
Deferred credits and other	(9,223)		5,383		(3,840)		—		(3,840)
Total liabilities	(56,893)		21,191		(35,702)		(5,835)		(41,537)
Total	$	96,368	$	—	$	96,368	$	(5,807)	$	90,561

(a)All of our gross recognized derivative instruments were subject to master netting arrangements.

(b)No cash collateral has been provided to counterparties, or received from counterparties, that is subject to offsetting.

(c)Represents cash collateral and cash margin that is not subject to offsetting. Amounts relate to non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, or collateral and margin posted in excess of the recognized derivative instrument.  Includes cash collateral received from counterparties of $5,835 thousand and cash margin provided to counterparties of $28 thousand.

Schedule of Information about Derivative Instruments that have Credit-Risk-Related Contingent Features

The following table provides information about our energy derivative instruments that have credit-risk-related contingent features (dollars in thousands):

	March 31, 2023
Aggregate fair value of derivative instruments in a net liability position	$	108,202
Additional cash collateral in the event credit-risk-related contingent features were fully triggered (a)	73,886

(a)This amount is after counterparty netting and includes those contracts which qualify for scope exceptions, which are excluded from the derivative details above.

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Other Income and Other Expense (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Income and Other Expense

The following table provides detail of Pinnacle West’s Consolidated other income and other expense (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Other income:
Interest income	$	6,026	$	1,642
Miscellaneous	51		62
Total other income	$	6,077	$	1,704
Other expense:
Non-operating costs	(2,640)		(2,453)
Investment losses — net	(1,061)		(681)
Miscellaneous	(430)		(288)
Total other expense	$	(4,131)	$	(3,422)

The following table provides detail of APS’s other income and other expense (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Other income:
Interest income	$	5,024	$	1,099
Miscellaneous	51		53
Total other income	$	5,075	$	1,152
Other expense:
Non-operating costs	(2,188)		(1,561)
Miscellaneous	(429)		(288)
Total other expense	$	(2,617)	$	(1,849)

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Weighted Average Common Share Outstanding

The following table presents the calculation of Pinnacle West’s basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(3,297)	$	16,956
Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic	113,358		113,102
Net effect of dilutive securities:
Contingently issuable performance shares and restricted stock units	239		193
Weighted average common shares outstanding — diluted	113,597		113,295
Earnings per weighted-average common share outstanding
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders — basic	$	(0.03)	$	0.15
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders — diluted	$	(0.03)	$	0.15

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair value of assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis

The following table presents the fair value at March 31, 2023, of our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in thousands):

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Other			Total
ASSETS
Cash equivalents	$	14	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	14
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	—		28,483		21,257		(16,697)		(a)	33,043
Interest rate swaps	—		134		—		—			134
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		28,617		21,257		(16,697)			33,177
Nuclear decommissioning trust:
Equity securities	9,665		—		—		(1,135)		(b)	8,530
U.S. commingled equity funds	—		—		—		507,706		(c)	507,706
U.S. Treasury debt	231,003		—		—		—			231,003
Corporate debt	—		149,541		—		—			149,541
Mortgage-backed securities	—		157,330		—		—			157,330
Municipal bonds	—		63,950		—		—			63,950
Other fixed income	—		7,557		—		—			7,557
Subtotal nuclear decommissioning trust	240,668		378,378		—		506,571			1,125,617
Other special use funds:
Equity securities	27,642		—		—		1,041		(b)	28,683
U.S. Treasury debt	320,196		—		—		—			320,196
Municipal bonds	—		3,998		—		—			3,998
Subtotal other special use funds	347,838		3,998		—		1,041			352,877
Total assets	$	588,520	$	410,993	$	21,257	$	490,915		$	1,511,685
LIABILITIES
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	$	—	$	(93,567)	$	(14,635)	$	10,643	(a)	$	(97,559)
Interest rate swaps	—		(1,698)		—		—			(1,698)
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		(95,265)		(14,635)		10,643			(99,257)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	(95,265)	$	(14,635)	$	10,643		$	(99,257)

(a)Represents counterparty netting, margin, and collateral. See Note 7.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

(c)Valued using NAV as a practical expedient and, therefore, are not classified in the fair value hierarchy.

The following table presents the fair value at December 31, 2022, of our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in thousands):

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Other			Total
ASSETS
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	$	—	$	127,129	$	26,132	$	(21,163)	(a)	$	132,098
Interest rate swaps	—		131		—		—			131
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		127,260		26,132		(21,163)			132,229
Nuclear decommissioning trust:
Equity securities	14,658		—		—		3,827		(b)	18,485
U.S. commingled equity funds	—		—		—		472,582		(c)	472,582
U.S. Treasury debt	211,923		—		—		—			211,923
Corporate debt	—		149,226		—		—			149,226
Mortgage-backed securities	—		147,938		—		—			147,938
Municipal bonds	—		64,881		—		—			64,881
Other fixed income	—		8,375		—		—			8,375
Subtotal nuclear decommissioning trust	226,581		370,420		—		476,409			1,073,410
Other special use funds:
Equity securities	66,974		—		—		963		(b)	67,937
U.S. Treasury debt	275,267		—		—		—			275,267
Municipal bonds	—		4,027		—		—			4,027
Subtotal other special use funds	342,241		4,027		—		963			347,231
Total assets	$	568,822	$	501,707	$	26,132	$	456,209		$	1,552,870
LIABILITIES
Risk management activities — derivative instruments:
Commodity contracts	$	—	$	(25,874)	$	(31,020)	$	15,357	(a)	$	(41,537)
Interest rate swaps	—		(909)		—		—			(909)
Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	—		(26,783)		(31,020)		15,357			(42,446)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	(26,783)	$	(31,020)	$	15,357		$	(42,446)

(a)Represents counterparty netting, margin, and collateral. See Note 7.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

(c)Valued using NAV as a practical expedient and, therefore, are not classified in the fair value hierarchy.

The following table shows the changes in fair value for our risk management activities’ assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 inputs for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Commodity Contracts	2023		2022
Net derivative balance at beginning of period	$	(4,888)	$	(2,738)
Total net gains (losses) realized/unrealized:
Deferred as a regulatory asset or liability	(30,427)		16,807
Settlements	41,937		(4,419)
Transfers into Level 3 from Level 2	—		—
Transfers from Level 3 into Level 2	—		—
Net derivative balance at end of period	$	6,622	$	9,650
Net unrealized gains included in earnings related to instruments still held at end of period	$	—	$	—

Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques

The following tables provide information regarding our significant unobservable inputs used to value our risk management derivative Level 3 instruments at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

	March 31, 2023  Fair Value (thousands)				Valuation	Significant				Weighted-Average
Commodity Contracts	Assets		Liabilities		Technique	Unobservable Input	Range			(b)
Electricity:
Forward Contracts (a)	$	21,084	$	14,385	Discounted cash flows	Electricity forward price (per MWh)	$37.79	-	$306.34	$	157.00
Natural Gas:
Forward Contracts (a)	173		250		Discounted cash flows	Natural gas forward price (per MMBtu)	$(0.02)	-	$0.14	$	0.02
Total	$	21,257	$	14,635

(a)Includes swaps and physical and financial contracts.

(b)Unobservable inputs were weighted by the relative fair value of the instrument.

	December 31, 2022  Fair Value (thousands)				Valuation	Significant				Weighted-Average
Commodity Contracts	Assets		Liabilities		Technique	Unobservable Input	Range			(b)
Electricity:
Forward Contracts (a)	$	26,132	$	1,759	Discounted cash flows	Electricity forward price (per MWh)	$37.79	-	$310.69	$	163.92
Natural Gas:
Forward Contracts (a)	—		29,261		Discounted cash flows	Natural gas forward price (per MMBtu)	$(11.81)	-	$0.00	$	(5.08)
Total	$	26,132	$	31,020

(a)Includes swaps and physical and financial contracts.

(b)Unobservable inputs were weighted by the relative fair value of the instrument.

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Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value of APS's Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund Assets

The following tables present the unrealized gains and losses based on the original cost of the investment and summarizes the fair value of APS’s nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use fund assets (dollars in thousands):  

	March 31, 2023
	Fair Value							Total Unrealized Gains		Total Unrealized Losses
Investment Type:	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Other Special Use Funds		Total
Equity securities	$	517,371	$	27,642	$	545,013		$	367,791	$	(39)
Available for sale-fixed income securities	609,381		324,194		933,575		(a)	6,728		(54,178)
Other	(1,135)		1,041		(94)		(b)	1		(11)
Total	$	1,125,617	$	352,877	$	1,478,494		$	374,520	$	(54,228)

(a)As of March 31, 2023, the amortized cost basis of these available-for-sale investments is $981 million.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

	December 31, 2022
	Fair Value							Total Unrealized Gains		Total Unrealized Losses
Investment Type:	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Other Special Use Funds		Total
Equity securities	$	487,240	$	66,974	$	554,214		$	334,817	$	(267)
Available for sale-fixed income securities	582,343		279,294		861,637		(a)	3,177		(68,795)
Other	3,827		963		4,790		(b)	—		(29)
Total	$	1,073,410	$	347,231	$	1,420,641		$	337,994	$	(69,091)

(a)As of December 31, 2022, the amortized cost basis of these available-for-sale investments is $927 million.

(b)Represents net pending securities sales and purchases.

Schedule of Realized Gains and Losses and Proceeds from the Sale of Securities by the Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Funds

:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Other Special Use Funds		Total
2023
Realized gains	$	1,210	$	—	$	1,210
Realized losses	(5,694)		—		(5,694)
Proceeds from the sale of securities (a)	136,185		90,441		226,626
2022
Realized gains	$	1,023	$	—	$	1,023
Realized losses	(7,235)		—		(7,235)
Proceeds from the sale of securities (a)	319,693		41,545		361,238

(a)    Proceeds are reinvested in the nuclear decommissioning trusts and other special use funds, excluding amounts reimbursed to the Company for active union employee medical claims from the active union employee medical account.

Schedule of Fair Value of Fixed Income Securities, Summarized by Contractual Maturities

The fair value of APS’s fixed income securities, summarized by contractual maturities, at March 31, 2023, is as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts		Coal Reclamation Escrow Account		Active Union Employee Medical Account		Total
Less than one year	$	14,591	$	53,718	$	74,788	$	143,097
1 year – 5 years	174,911		36,821		110,034		321,766
5 years – 10 years	137,708		—		44,835		182,543
Greater than 10 years	282,171		3,998		—		286,169
Total	$	609,381	$	94,537	$	229,657	$	933,575

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Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

Schedule of Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Including Reclassification Adjustments, Net of Tax, by Component

The following tables show the changes in Pinnacle West’s consolidated accumulated other comprehensive loss, including reclassification adjustments, net of tax, by component (dollars in thousands):

	Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits			Derivative Instruments		Total
Three Months Ended March 31
Balance December 31, 2022	$	(32,332)		$	897	$	(31,435)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—			(616)		(616)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	515		(a)	—		515
Balance March 31, 2023	$	(31,817)		$	281	$	(31,536)
Balance December 31, 2021	$	(53,885)		$	(976)	$	(54,861)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—			252		252
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	901		(a)	—		901
Balance March 31, 2022	$	(52,984)		$	(724)	$	(53,708)

(a)    These amounts primarily represent amortization of actuarial loss and are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost.  See Note 5.

The following tables show the changes in APS’s consolidated accumulated other comprehensive loss, including reclassification adjustments, net of tax, by component (dollars in thousands): 

	Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
Three Months Ended March 31
Balance December 31, 2022	$	(15,596)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	457		(a)
Balance March 31, 2023	$	(15,139)
Balance December 31, 2021	$	(34,880)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	—
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	820		(a)
Balance March 31, 2022	$	(34,060)

(a) These amounts primarily represent amortization of actuarial loss and are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost.  See Note 5.

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Leases (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Leases [Abstract]

Lease cost and additional information

The following tables provide information related to our lease costs (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Operating Lease Cost - Purchased Power Lease Contracts	$	—	$	—
Operating Lease Cost - Land, Property, and Other Equipment	4,600		4,572
Total Operating Lease Cost	4,600		4,572
Variable lease cost (a)	16,721		18,695
Short-term lease cost	1,402		1,302
Total lease cost	$	22,723	$	24,569

(a) Primarily relates to purchased power lease contracts.

The following tables provide other additional information related to operating lease liabilities (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023			Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities — operating cash flows:	$	3,851		$	3,358
Right-of-use operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	551,239		(a)	4,889

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Weighted average remaining lease term	10 years		7 years
Weighted average discount rate (b)	4.44	%	2.21	%

(a) Primarily relates to the two purchased power operating lease agreements that were modified in January 2023.

(b) Most of our lease agreements do not contain an implicit rate that is readily determinable. For these agreements we use our incremental borrowing rate to measure the present value of lease liabilities.  We determine our incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement based on the rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis over a similar term, an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. We use the implicit rate when it is readily determinable.

Schedule of future minimum payments

The following table provides information related to the maturity of our operating lease liabilities (dollars in thousands):

	March 31, 2023
Year	Purchased Power Lease Contracts		Land, Property & Equipment Leases		Total
2023 (remaining nine months of 2023)	$	106,152	$	11,981	$	118,133
2024	104,315		13,098		117,413
2025	121,082		10,422		131,504
2026	134,806		8,308		143,114
2027	160,727		6,395		167,122
2028	164,524		4,338		168,862
Thereafter	779,792		68,372		848,164
Total lease commitments	1,571,398		122,914		1,694,312
Less imputed interest	342,694		45,904		388,598
Total lease liabilities	$	1,228,704	$	77,010	$	1,305,714

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Consolidation and Nature of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net of refunds	$ (12)	$ 0
Interest, net of amounts capitalized	62,241	55,208
Significant non-cash investing and financing activities:
Accrued capital expenditures	115,559	131,778
APS
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Income taxes, net of refunds	0	(25)
Interest, net of amounts capitalized	53,610	53,982
Significant non-cash investing and financing activities:
Accrued capital expenditures	$ 112,219	$ 124,778

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Revenue - Schedule of Disaggregation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	$ 944,955	$ 783,531
Regulatory cost recovery revenue	23,000	12,000
Retail Electric Service | Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	409,724	367,346
Retail Electric Service | Non-Residential
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	406,137	359,516
Wholesale Energy Sales
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	95,603	28,903
Transmission Services for Others
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	31,791	25,492
Other Sources
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	1,700	2,274
Electric and Transmission Service
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total operating revenues	$ 922,000	$ 772,000

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Revenue - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Allowance for doubtful accounts, balance at beginning of period	$ 23,778	$ 25,354
Bad debt expense	3,522	17,006
Actual write-offs	(5,188)	(18,582)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, balance at end of period	$ 22,112	$ 23,778

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Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters - Narrative (Details)			3 Months Ended
	Jan. 06, 2023 USD ($)	Feb. 11, 2022 USD ($) MW	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 10, 2023 USD ($) creditFacility	Dec. 16, 2022 USD ($)
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Issuance of long-term debt			$ 185,136,000	$ 312,052,000
Pinnacle West | Term Loan
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Debt instrument, face amount						$ 175,000,000
Pinnacle West | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Long-term line of credit			0
Pinnacle West | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028 | Subsequent Event
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Current borrowing capacity on credit facility					$ 200,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity on credit facility upon satisfaction of certain conditions and consent of lenders (up to)					300,000,000
Pinnacle West | Letter of Credit | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Outstanding letters of credit			0
Pinnacle West | Commercial Paper | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Commercial paper			35,000,000
APS
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Equity infusion from Pinnacle West	$ 150,000,000
APS | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028 | Subsequent Event
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Current borrowing capacity on credit facility					1,250,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity on credit facility upon satisfaction of certain conditions and consent of lenders (up to)					1,650,000,000
APS | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028, Facility One | Subsequent Event
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Maximum borrowing capacity on credit facility upon satisfaction of certain conditions and consent of lenders (up to)					400,000,000
APS | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028, Facility Two | Subsequent Event
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Current borrowing capacity on credit facility					500,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity on credit facility upon satisfaction of certain conditions and consent of lenders (up to)					$ 400,000,000
APS | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing in 2022 and 2023
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Long-term line of credit			0
APS | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing in 2022 and 2023 | Subsequent Event
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Number of line of credit facilities | creditFacility					2
APS | Letter of Credit
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Outstanding letters of credit			10,000,000
APS | Letter of Credit | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Outstanding letters of credit			0
APS | Commercial Paper
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Maximum commercial paper support available under credit facility			750,000,000
APS | Commercial Paper | Subsequent Event
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Maximum commercial paper support available under credit facility					$ 1,000,000,000
APS | Commercial Paper | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Commercial paper			463,000,000
BCE
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Solar and battery storage capacity (in MW) | MW		31
BCE | Term Loan | Non-Recourse Construction Term Loan Facility
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Long-term line of credit			33,000,000
Debt instrument, face amount		$ 42,000,000
BCE | Letter of Credit
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Debt instrument, face amount		5,000,000
BCE | Letter of Credit | Revolving Credit Facility Maturing April 2028
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Outstanding letters of credit			2,500,000
BCE | Bridge Loan | Equity Bridge Loan Facility
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Debt instrument, face amount		33,000,000
Issuance of long-term debt			$ 28,000,000
BCE | Pinnacle West | Bridge Loan
Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters
Debt guarantee		$ 42,000,000

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Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters - Estimated Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Estimated fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities
Carrying Amount	$ 7,977,375	$ 7,791,971
Fair Value	7,043,443	6,585,701
APS
Estimated fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities
Carrying Amount	6,794,124	6,793,529
Fair Value	5,898,167	5,629,491
BCE
Estimated fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities
Carrying Amount	60,150	50,550
Fair Value	60,821	50,685
Pinnacle West
Estimated fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities
Carrying Amount	1,123,101	947,892
Fair Value	$ 1,084,455	$ 905,525

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Regulatory Matters - Retail Rate Case Filing (Details)														12 Months Ended
	Mar. 06, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 28, 2022 USD ($) $ / kWh	Sep. 23, 2022 MW	Jul. 12, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 MW	Dec. 17, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 07, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 13, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020	Jul. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 09, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2021 USD ($)
ACC | APS
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Total revenue deficiency		$ 772,000,000
Proposed annual revenue increase												$ (86,500,000)
Regulatory matters, no of basis penalty point	0.0020
Program term														18 years
Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | ACC | APS
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Approximate percentage of increase in average residential customer bill		13.60%
Rate matter, cost base rate					$ 10,500,000,000
Base fuel rate (in dollars per kWh) | $ / kWh		0.038321
Revenue decrease									$ 111,000,000
Recommended return on equity, percentage								8.70%	9.16%
Increment of fair value rate, percentage									0.30%
Reduction on equity percentage									0.03%
Effective fair value percentage									4.95%
Net retail base rate, increase													$ 94,600,000
Non-fuel and non-depreciation base rate, increase													87,200,000
Fuel-related base rate decrease													53,600,000
Base rate increase, changes in depreciation schedules													$ 61,000,000
Commercial customers, market pricing, threshold | MW			140			280
RES 2018 | ACC | APS
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount of proposed budget											$ 84,700,000				$ 86,200,000		$ 100,500,000	$ 93,100,000
Revenue requirements											$ 4,500,000
Authorized amount to be collected										$ 68,300,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | ACC | Navajo Nation, Electrification Projects
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount funded by shareholders																$ 1,000,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | ACC | Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount recoverable through rates related to the CCT																1,000,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | ACC | Navajo Nation
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount recoverable through rates related to the CCT																6,660,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | ACC | Navajo Nation, Hopi Reservation
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount recoverable through rates related to the CCT																1,250,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | ACC | Navajo County Communities
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount recoverable through rates related to the CCT																500,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | ACC | Navajo County Communities, CCT and Economic Development
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount funded by shareholders																1,100,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | ACC | Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe for CCT and Economic Development
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount funded by shareholders																$ 1,250,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | ACC | APS | Navajo Nation, Economic Development Organization
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Disallowance of annual amortization percentage									15.00%
Amount funded by customers									$ 50,000,000
Amount funded by customers, term									10 years
Coal Community Transition Plan | Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | ACC | APS | Navajo County Communities
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount funded by shareholders								$ 500,000	$ 5,000,000
Amount funded by shareholders, term								60 days	5 years
Coal Community Transition Plan | Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | ACC | APS | Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount funded by shareholders								$ 1,000,000	$ 1,675,000
Amount funded by shareholders, term								60 days
Amount not recoverable								$ 215,500,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | ACC | APS | Navajo Nation
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount funded by shareholders								$ 10,000,000
Amount funded by shareholders, term								3 years
Coal Community Transition Plan | Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | ACC | APS | Navajo Nation, Hopi Reservation
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Amount funded by shareholders								$ 1,250,000
Coal Community Transition Plan | Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | ACC | APS | Navajo Nation Reservation
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Revenue decrease								4,800,000
Amount funded by shareholders								$ 1,250,000
Disallowance of plant investments	$ 215,500,000						$ 215,500,000
Solar Communities | RES 2018 | ACC | APS
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Program term				3 years							3 years
Minimum | ACC | APS
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Annual increase in retail base rates		$ 460,000,000
Minimum | RES 2018 | ACC | APS
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Authorized spending				$ 20,000,000
Minimum | Solar Communities | RES 2018 | ACC | APS
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Required annual capital investment											$ 10,000,000
Maximum | RES 2018 | ACC | APS
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Authorized spending				$ 30,000,000
Maximum | Solar Communities | RES 2018 | ACC | APS
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Required annual capital investment											$ 15,000,000

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Regulatory Matters - Capital Structure and Costs of Capital (Details) - APS	Oct. 28, 2022
Cost of Capital
Public Utilities, Requested Long-Term Debt Cost Of Capital, Percentage	3.85%
Common stock equity	10.25%
Weighted-average cost of capital	7.17%
Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission
Capital Structure
Common stock equity	51.93%
Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | ACC
Capital Structure
Long-term debt	48.07%

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Regulatory Matters - Cost Recovery Mechanisms (Details)																												1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 10, 2023 USD ($)	Feb. 23, 2023 USD ($) $ / kWh	Feb. 01, 2023 USD ($) $ / kWh	Sep. 23, 2022 MW	Jul. 12, 2022 USD ($) $ / kWh	Jun. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) MW	Feb. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2022 USD ($) $ / kWh $ / KWH_Kilowatt_hour	Nov. 01, 2021 $ / kWh	Oct. 01, 2021 $ / kWh	Jun. 07, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2021 $ / kWh	Feb. 15, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2021 USD ($) $ / kWh	Aug. 20, 2020 USD ($) customer	Jul. 01, 2020 USD ($)	May 01, 2020 $ / kWh	Feb. 01, 2020 $ / kWh	Nov. 14, 2019 USD ($) customer	Oct. 31, 2019 $ / KWH_Kilowatt_hour	Oct. 29, 2019 USD ($)	May 01, 2019 $ / kWh	Apr. 10, 2019	Aug. 13, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 01, 2017	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) program MW	Dec. 31, 2017 $ / kWh	Dec. 31, 2017 $ / KWH_Kilowatt_hour	Nov. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 18, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 17, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 09, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 28, 2021 agreement	Jul. 01, 2021 USD ($)	May 15, 2020 USD ($)	May 05, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 15, 2019 agreement
Change in regulatory asset
Deferred fuel and purchased power costs — current period																													$ 90,305,000	$ 6,110,000
Amounts charged to customers																													(80,904,000)	(39,442,000)
Rate plan comparison tool, number of customers | customer																	3,800				13,000
Rate plan comparison tool, inconvenience payment																	$ 25				$ 25
APS
Settlement Agreement
Demand side management funds																																											$ 36,000,000
Customer credits																																					$ 43,000,000
Customer credits, additional funds																																					$ 7,000,000
Change in regulatory asset
Deferred fuel and purchased power costs — current period																													90,305,000	6,110,000
Amounts charged to customers																													$ (80,904,000)	(39,442,000)
Percentage increase under PSA effective for first billing cycle beginning April 2021																												50.00%
Remaining percentage increase under PSA effective for first billing cycle beginning November 2021																												50.00%
Lost Fixed Cost Recovery Mechanisms | APS
Change in regulatory asset
Fixed cost recoverable per power lost (in dollars per kWh)																																0.025	2.56
Percentage of retail revenues																													1.00%
Amount of adjustment representing prorated sales losses pending approval								$ 59,100,000							$ 38,500,000
Increase (decrease) in amount of adjustment representing prorated sales losses								$ 32,500,000							$ 11,800,000
ACC | APS
Settlement Agreement
Program term																															18 years
Change in regulatory asset
Amount requested to be returned in form of tax savings to customers																										$ 86,500,000
Deferred taxes amortization, period																									28 years 6 months
Public Utilities, one-time bill credit																							$ 64,000,000
Public Utilities, one-time bill credit, additional benefit																							$ 39,500,000
Number of programs | program																															2
Solar capacity (in MW) | MW																															80
ACC | RES | APS
Settlement Agreement
Plan term																													5 years
ACC | RES 2018 | APS
Settlement Agreement
Amount of proposed budget																		$ 84,700,000																	$ 86,200,000				$ 100,500,000		$ 93,100,000
Revenue requirements																		$ 4,500,000
Authorized amount to be collected												$ 68,300,000
ACC | RES 2018 | APS | Solar Communities
Settlement Agreement
Program term					3 years													3 years
ACC | Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | APS
Settlement Agreement
Commercial customers, market pricing, threshold | MW				140			280
ACC | Demand Side Management Adjustor Charge 2020 | APS
Settlement Agreement
Amount of proposed budget																																										$ 51,900,000		$ 51,900,000
ACC | Net Metering | APS
Change in regulatory asset
Cost of service, resource comparison proxy method, maximum annual percentage decrease					10.00%																						10.00%
Cost of service for interconnected DG system customers, grandfathered period																											20 years
Cost of service for new customers, guaranteed export price period																											10 years
Second-year export energy price (in dollars per kWh) | $ / kWh					0.0846						0.094								0.094					0.105
ACC | Demand Side Management Adjustor Charge 2021 | APS
Settlement Agreement
Amount of proposed budget																															$ 63,700,000
ACC | Demand Side Management Adjustor Charge 2022 | APS
Settlement Agreement
Amount of proposed budget																																						$ 78,400,000
Increase in proposed budget																																						$ 14,000,000
ACC | Power Supply Adjustor (PSA) | APS
Change in regulatory asset
Beginning balance																													$ 460,561,000	388,148,000
Deferred fuel and purchased power costs — current period																													90,305,000	6,110,000
Amounts charged to customers																													(80,904,000)	(39,442,000)
Ending balance							$ 354,816,000																						$ 469,962,000	$ 354,816,000
PSA rate (in dollars per kWh) | $ / kWh		0.019074	0.006						0.007544	0.003544				0.001544		0.003544
PSA rate for prior year (in dollars per kWh) | $ / kWh		(0.005527)							0.004842	(0.004444)				(0.004444)		0.003434
Forward component of increase in PSA (in dollars per kWh) | $ / kWh		0.013071							0.012386	0.007988				0.005988		0.000110
Fuel and purchased power costs above annual cap																$ 215,900,000
Transition Component Of PSA Rate1 | $ / kWh		0.011530
Regulatory Clause, Deferred Fuel And Purchased Power Costs, Balancing Account, Depletion Period		24 months
Regulatory Clause, Deferred Fuel And Purchased Power Costs, Balancing Account, Reporting Threshold Amount		$ 500,000
ACC | Demand Side Management Adjustor Charge 2023 | APS
Settlement Agreement
Amount of proposed budget																																		$ 88,000,000
FERC | Environmental Improvement Surcharge | APS
Change in regulatory asset
Rate matter, environmental surcharge cap rate (in dollars per kWh) | $ / KWH_Kilowatt_hour									0.0005
Rate matter, environmental surcharge cap rate amount	$ 4,000,000
Increase (decrease) in annual wholesale transmission rates	(10,700,000)		$ 14,700,000
Rate matters, increase (decrease) in cost recovery, excess of annual amount	$ (7,500,000)		$ 3,300,000
FERC | Open Access Transmission Tariff | APS
Change in regulatory asset
Increase (decrease) in annual wholesale transmission rates						$ 33,000,000							$ 4,000,000
Decrease in wholesale customer rates						6,400,000							3,200,000
Increase (decrease) in retail customer rates						(26,600,000)							7,200,000
Increase (decrease) in retail revenue requirements						$ (2,400,000)							$ (28,400,000)
Cost Recovery Mechanisms | ACC | Power Supply Adjustor (PSA) | APS
Settlement Agreement
Maximum increase decrease in PSA rate | $ / kWh																				0.004
Change in regulatory asset
Historical component of increase in PSA (in dollars per kWh) | $ / kWh									0.004							0.004
Cost recovery, number of agreements | agreement																																								3					2
Minimum | ACC | RES 2018 | APS
Settlement Agreement
Authorized spending					$ 20,000,000
Minimum | ACC | RES 2018 | APS | Solar Communities
Settlement Agreement
Required annual capital investment																		$ 10,000,000
Minimum | FERC | Environmental Improvement Surcharge | APS
Change in regulatory asset
Rate matter, environmental surcharge cap rate amount									$ 13,000,000
Maximum | Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | APS
Change in regulatory asset
Fixed cost recoverable per power lost (in dollars per kWh) | $ / KWH_Kilowatt_hour																						2.68
Maximum | ACC | RES 2018 | APS
Settlement Agreement
Authorized spending					$ 30,000,000
Maximum | ACC | RES 2018 | APS | Solar Communities
Settlement Agreement
Required annual capital investment																		$ 15,000,000
Maximum | FERC | Environmental Improvement Surcharge | APS
Change in regulatory asset
Rate matter, environmental surcharge cap rate amount									$ 15,000,000
Damage from Fire, Explosion or Other Hazard | APS
Change in regulatory asset
Past due balance threshold qualifying for payment extension																																				$ 75

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Regulatory Matters - Four Corners, Cholla and Navajo Plant (Details) - APS - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Nov. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2018	Apr. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2023	Aug. 02, 2021
Navajo Nation, Economic Development Organization | Coal Community Transition Plan | Retail Rate Case Filing with Arizona Corporation Commission | ACC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Disallowance of annual amortization percentage					15.00%
SCE | Four Corners Units 4 and 5
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Settlement agreement, ACC approved rate adjustment, annualized customer impact		$ 58.5	$ 67.5
Disallowance of plant investments	$ 194.0
Cost deferrals	$ 215.5
Amount not recoverable				$ 154.4
Retired power plant costs
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net book value				36.1
Navajo Plant
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net book value				50.2
Navajo Plant, Coal Reclamation Regulatory Asset
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net book value				$ 13.1

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Regulatory Matters - Schedule of Regulatory Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	$ 1,859,465	$ 1,822,100
Less: current regulatory assets	600,802	538,879
Total non-current regulatory assets	1,258,663	1,283,221
Pension
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	628,727	637,656
Deferred fuel and purchased power
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	469,962	460,561
Income taxes — allowance for funds used during construction (“AFUDC”) equity
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	179,818	179,631
Ocotillo Deferral
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	135,766	138,143
SCR Deferral
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	95,588	97,624
Retired power plant costs
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	94,903	98,692
Deferred fuel and purchased power — mark-to-market (Note 7)
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	61,858	0
Deferred property taxes
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	38,915	41,057
Deferred compensation
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	34,492	33,660
Income taxes — investment tax credit basis adjustment
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	24,095	23,977
Palo Verde VIEs (Note 6)
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	20,893	20,933
Active Union Medical Trust
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	15,010	18,226
Four Corners cost deferral
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	13,979	15,999
Navajo coal reclamation
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	13,117	13,862
Loss on reacquired debt
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	9,238	9,468
Mead-Phoenix transmission line contributions in aid of construction (“CIAC”)
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	8,965	9,048
Tax expense adjustor mechanism (b) (e)
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	5,681	5,845
Lost fixed cost recovery
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	0	9,547
Other
Detail of regulatory assets
Regulatory asset including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory asset current	$ 8,458	$ 8,171

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Regulatory Matters - Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	$ 2,262,539	$ 2,333,351
Less: current regulatory liabilities	202,266	271,575
Total non-current regulatory liabilities	2,060,273	2,061,776
Asset retirement obligations
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	396,107	354,002
Other postretirement benefits
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	258,955	270,604
Removal costs
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	106,102	106,889
Income taxes — change in rates
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	64,739	64,806
Four Corners coal reclamation
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	53,348	52,592
Income taxes — deferred investment tax credit
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	49,031	48,035
Spent nuclear fuel
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	37,313	39,217
Renewable energy standard (b)
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	30,188	35,720
Sundance maintenance
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	17,667	16,893
Property tax deferral (e)
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	14,353	15,521
Demand side management (b)
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	14,207	8,461
FERC transmission true up (b)
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	12,597	22,895
Tax expense adjustor mechanism (b) (e)
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	4,835	4,835
Deferred fuel and purchased power — mark-to-market (Note 7)
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	3,396	96,367
Other
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	7,415	3,092
ACC | Excess deferred income taxes - Tax Act
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	970,578	971,545
FERC | Excess deferred income taxes - Tax Act
Detail of regulatory liabilities
Regulatory liability, including deferred fuel and purchased power regulatory liability current	$ 221,708	$ 221,877

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Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Pension Benefits
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Minimum employer contributions for the next three years	$ 0

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Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits - Schedule of Net Benefit Cost (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Amortization of:
Portion of benefit charged to expense	$ (9,865)	$ (23,809)
Pension Benefits
Retirement Plans and Other Benefits
Service cost — benefits earned during the period	10,157	14,331
Interest cost on benefit obligation	38,362	27,023
Expected return on plan assets	(45,561)	(46,394)
Amortization of:
Prior service credit	0	0
Net actuarial loss (gain)	9,713	4,768
Net periodic cost/(benefit)	12,671	(272)
Portion of benefit charged to expense	7,227	(3,290)
Other Benefits
Retirement Plans and Other Benefits
Service cost — benefits earned during the period	2,120	4,218
Interest cost on benefit obligation	5,673	4,463
Expected return on plan assets	(10,872)	(11,510)
Amortization of:
Prior service credit	(9,447)	(9,447)
Net actuarial loss (gain)	(2,303)	(2,982)
Net periodic cost/(benefit)	(14,829)	(15,258)
Portion of benefit charged to expense	$ (10,737)	$ (10,895)

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Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) lease	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 1986 trust
Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	$ 4,306,000	$ 4,306,000
APS
Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities
Number of VIE lessor trusts | trust			3
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	4,306,000	$ 4,306,000
Palo Verde VIE | APS
Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities
Initial loss exposure to the VIE's noncontrolling equity participants during lease extension period	324,000,000
Palo Verde VIE | APS | Maximum
Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities
Maximum loss exposure to the VIE's noncontrolling equity participants during lease extension period (up to)	$ 501,000,000
Palo Verde VIE | APS | Period Through 2033
Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities
Number of leases under which assets are retained | lease	3
Annual lease payments	$ 21,000,000
Palo Verde VIE | APS | Period Through 2033 | Maximum
Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest Entities
Lease period (up to)	2 years

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Derivative Accounting - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Commodity Contracts
Derivative Accounting
Aggregate fair value of derivative instruments in a net liability position	$ 108,202	$ 108,202
Additional collateral to counterparties for energy related non-derivative instrument contracts	76,000	76,000
Interest Rate Contract
Derivative Accounting
Derivative, Notional Amount	32,000	32,000
Derivative, Loss on Derivative		1,700
Gain (Loss) from Price Risk Management Activity		100
Loss on Derivative Instruments, Pretax		1,600
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income in next twelve months		100
Risk Management Assets | Credit Concentration Risk
Derivative Accounting
Aggregate fair value of derivative instruments in a net liability position	$ 33,000	$ 33,000
Risk Management Assets | Credit Concentration Risk | One Counterparties
Derivative Accounting
Concentration risk	20.00%
APS
Derivative Accounting
Percentage of unrealized gains and losses on certain derivatives deferred for future rate treatment	100.00%	100.00%

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Derivative Accounting - Schedule of Gross Notional Amounts Outstanding (Details) - Commodity Contracts GWh in Thousands, Bcf in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 GWh Bcf	Dec. 31, 2022 GWh Bcf
Outstanding gross notional amount of derivatives
Power | GWh	1,664	1,197
Gas | Bcf	194	149

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Derivative Accounting - Gains and Losses from Derivative Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Commodity Contracts | Fuel and Purchased Power
Gains and losses from derivative instruments
Net Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income	$ (188,930)	$ 223,742

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Derivative Accounting - Derivative Instruments in the Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Assets
Gross recognized derivatives	$ 33,177,000	$ 132,229,000
Liabilities
Amount Reported on Balance Sheets	(99,257,000)	(42,446,000)
Commodity Contracts
Assets
Gross recognized derivatives	49,740,000	153,261,000
Amounts offset	(16,714,000)	(21,191,000)
Net Recognized Derivatives	33,026,000	132,070,000
Other	17,000	28,000
Amount Reported on Balance Sheets	33,043,000	132,098,000
Liabilities
Gross recognized derivatives	(108,202,000)	(56,893,000)
Amounts offset	16,714,000	21,191,000
Net Recognized Derivatives	(91,488,000)	(35,702,000)
Other	(6,071,000)	(5,835,000)
Amount Reported on Balance Sheets	(97,559,000)	(41,537,000)
Assets and Liabilities
Gross recognized derivatives	(58,462,000)	96,368,000
Amounts offset	0	0
Net Recognized Derivatives	(58,462,000)	96,368,000
Other	(6,054,000)	(5,807,000)
Amount Reported on Balance Sheets	(64,516,000)	90,561,000
Cash collateral received subject to offsetting	0
Cash collateral received from counterparties	6,071,000	5,835,000
Commodity Contracts | Current assets
Assets
Gross recognized derivatives	22,994,000	103,484,000
Amounts offset	(7,050,000)	(15,808,000)
Net Recognized Derivatives	15,944,000	87,676,000
Other	17,000	28,000
Amount Reported on Balance Sheets	15,961,000	87,704,000
Commodity Contracts | Investments and other assets
Assets
Gross recognized derivatives	26,746,000	49,777,000
Amounts offset	(9,664,000)	(5,383,000)
Net Recognized Derivatives	17,082,000	44,394,000
Other	0	0
Amount Reported on Balance Sheets	17,082,000	44,394,000
Commodity Contracts | Current liabilities
Liabilities
Gross recognized derivatives	(84,853,000)	(47,670,000)
Amounts offset	7,050,000	15,808,000
Net Recognized Derivatives	(77,803,000)	(31,862,000)
Other	(6,071,000)	(5,835,000)
Amount Reported on Balance Sheets	(83,874,000)	(37,697,000)
Assets and Liabilities
Cash collateral received from counterparties	6,071,000	5,835,000
Commodity Contracts | Deferred credits and other
Liabilities
Gross recognized derivatives	(23,349,000)	(9,223,000)
Amounts offset	9,664,000	5,383,000
Net Recognized Derivatives	(13,685,000)	(3,840,000)
Other	0	0
Amount Reported on Balance Sheets	(13,685,000)	(3,840,000)
Assets and Liabilities
Cash collateral received from counterparties	$ 0	$ 0

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Derivative Accounting - Credit Risk and Credit Related Contingent Features (Details) - Commodity Contracts $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Credit Risk and Credit-Related Contingent Features
Aggregate fair value of derivative instruments in a net liability position	$ 108,202
Additional cash collateral in the event credit-risk-related contingent features were fully triggered (a)	$ 73,886

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions									3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	120 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 05, 2018 plaintiff defendant	Dec. 16, 2016 plaintiff	Jul. 06, 2016	Aug. 06, 2013 defendant	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) Trust MW	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) claim	Apr. 18, 2023 USD ($)
Commitments and Contingencies
Increase in contractual obligations									$ 1,900.0
Production tax credit guarantees									33.0
Subsequent Event
Commitments and Contingencies
Non recourse construction financing agreement												$ 140.0
Financing agreement of sponsor equity												$ 40.0
Purchase Power Lease Contracts
Commitments and Contingencies
Increase in contractual obligations									$ 1,600.0
Kūpono Solar
Commitments and Contingencies
Project plant capacity (in MW's) | MW									42
Asset purchase agreement									20 years
APS
Commitments and Contingencies
Maximum insurance against public liability per occurrence for a nuclear incident (up to)									$ 13,700.0
Maximum available nuclear liability insurance (up to)									450.0
Remaining nuclear liability insurance through mandatory industry wide retrospective assessment program									13,200.0
Maximum retrospective premium assessment per reactor for each nuclear liability incident									137.6
Annual limit per incident with respect to maximum retrospective premium assessment									$ 20.5
Number of VIE lessor trusts | Trust									3
Maximum potential retrospective assessment per incident of APS									$ 120.1
Annual payment limitation with respect to maximum potential retrospective premium assessment									17.9
Amount of "all risk" (including nuclear hazards) insurance for property damage to, and decontamination of, property at Palo Verde									2,800.0
Maximum amount that could be incurred under retrospective assessment of NEIL policies									22.4
Collateral assurance provided based on rating triggers									$ 62.6
Period to provide collateral assurance based on rating triggers									20 days
APS | Contaminated groundwater wells
Commitments and Contingencies
Costs related to investigation and study under Superfund site									$ 3.0
Number of defendants against whom Roosevelt Irrigation District (RID) filed lawsuit | defendant					28			24
Number of plaintiffs | plaintiff						2
Costs claimed										$ 21.0
APS | Contaminated groundwater wells | Settled Litigation
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of plaintiffs | plaintiff					2
APS | Contaminated groundwater wells | Pending Litigation
Commitments and Contingencies
Settlement amount	$ 20.7
APS | Letter of Credit
Commitments and Contingencies
Outstanding letters of credit									10.0
APS | Surety Bonds Expiring in 2025
Commitments and Contingencies
Surety bonds expiring, amount									21.0
APS | Coal Combustion Waste | Four Corners
Commitments and Contingencies
Site contingency increase in loss exposure not accrued, best estimate									30.0
APS | Coal Combustion Waste | Four Corners | Minimum
Commitments and Contingencies
Site contingency increase in loss exposure not accrued, best estimate									10.0
APS | Coal Combustion Waste | Four Corners | Maximum
Commitments and Contingencies
Site contingency increase in loss exposure not accrued, best estimate									15.0
APS | Coal Combustion Waste | Cholla
Commitments and Contingencies
Site contingency increase in loss exposure not accrued, best estimate									16.0
APS | Coal Combustion Waste | Cholla | Minimum
Commitments and Contingencies
Site contingency increase in loss exposure not accrued, best estimate									30.0
APS | Coal Combustion Waste | Cholla | Maximum
Commitments and Contingencies
Site contingency increase in loss exposure not accrued, best estimate									35.0
APS | Coal Combustion Waste | Navajo Plant
Commitments and Contingencies
Site contingency increase in loss exposure not accrued, best estimate									1.0
APS | SCE | Four Corners Units 4 and 5
Commitments and Contingencies
Disallowance of plant investments		$ 194.0
Cost deferrals		$ 215.5
Amount not recoverable									$ 154.4
4C Acquisition, LLC | Four Corners
Commitments and Contingencies
Percentage of share of cost of control							7.00%
BCE | Clear Creek Wind Farm
Commitments and Contingencies
Equity method investments	$ 17.1									0.0
Impairment of equity method investments										$ 12.8
NTEC | Four Corners
Commitments and Contingencies
Option to purchase ownership interest (as a percent)				7.00%			7.00%
Proceeds from operating and maintenance cost reimbursement				$ 70.0
Asset purchase agreement, option to purchase, ownership interest, percentage				7.00%
Breach of Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High Level Radioactive Waste
Commitments and Contingencies
Amount awarded from other party			$ 14.3								$ 123.9
Breach of Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High Level Radioactive Waste | APS
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of claims submitted | claim											8
Amount awarded from other party			$ 4.2								$ 36.0

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Other Income and Other Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Other income:
Interest income	$ 6,026	$ 1,642
Miscellaneous	51	62
Total other income	6,077	1,704
Other expense:
Non-operating costs	(2,640)	(2,453)
Investment losses — net	(1,061)	(681)
Miscellaneous	(430)	(288)
Total other expense	(4,131)	(3,422)
APS
Other income:
Interest income	5,024	1,099
Miscellaneous	51	53
Total other income	5,075	1,152
Other expense:
Non-operating costs	(2,188)	(1,561)
Miscellaneous	(429)	(288)
Total other expense	$ (2,617)	$ (1,849)

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Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$ (3,297)	$ 16,956
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	113,358	113,102
Net effect of dilutive securities:
Contingently issuable performance shares and restricted stock units (in shares)	239	193
Weighted average common shares outstanding — diluted (in shares)	113,597	113,295
Earnings per weighted-average common share outstanding
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders - basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.03)	$ 0.15
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.03)	$ 0.15
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of EPS	239	0

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Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
ASSETS
Cash equivalents	$ 14
Commodity contracts, assets	33,177	$ 132,229
Commodity contracts assets, other	(16,697)	(21,163)
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	1,125,617	1,073,410
Nuclear decommissioning trust, other	506,571	476,409
Other special use funds	352,877	347,231
Other special use funds, other	1,041	963
Total assets	1,511,685	1,552,870
Total assets, other	490,915	456,209
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability, other	10,643	15,357
Interest rate swaps	(99,257)	(42,446)
Total liabilities	(99,257)	(42,446)
Total liabilities, other	$ 10,643	$ 15,357
Derivative Liability Statement Of Financial Position Extensible Enumeration Not Disclosed Flag	Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments	Subtotal risk management activities - derivative instruments
Equity securities
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	$ 8,530	$ 18,485
Nuclear decommissioning trust, other	(1,135)	3,827
Other special use funds	28,683	67,937
Other special use funds, other	1,041	963
U.S. commingled equity funds
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	507,706	472,582
U.S. Treasury debt
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	231,003	211,923
Other special use funds	320,196	275,267
Corporate debt
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	149,541	149,226
Mortgage-backed securities
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	157,330	147,938
Municipal bonds
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	63,950	64,881
Other special use funds	3,998	4,027
Other fixed income
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	7,557	8,375
Commodity Option
ASSETS
Commodity contracts, assets	33,043	132,098
Commodity contracts assets, other	(16,697)	(21,163)
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability, other	10,643	15,357
Interest rate swaps	(97,559)	(41,537)
Interest Rate Swap
ASSETS
Commodity contracts, assets	134	131
Commodity contracts assets, other	0	0
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability, other	0	0
Interest rate swaps	(1,698)	(909)
Level 1
ASSETS
Cash equivalents	14
Commodity contracts, assets	0	0
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	240,668	226,581
Other special use funds	347,838	342,241
Total assets	588,520	568,822
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability	0	0
Total liabilities	0	0
Level 1 | Equity securities
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	9,665	14,658
Other special use funds	27,642	66,974
Level 1 | U.S. commingled equity funds
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Level 1 | U.S. Treasury debt
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	231,003	211,923
Other special use funds	320,196	275,267
Level 1 | Corporate debt
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Level 1 | Mortgage-backed securities
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Level 1 | Municipal bonds
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Other special use funds	0	0
Level 1 | Other fixed income
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Level 1 | Commodity Option
ASSETS
Commodity contracts, assets	0	0
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability	0	0
Level 1 | Interest Rate Swap
ASSETS
Commodity contracts, assets	0	0
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability	0	0
Level 2
ASSETS
Cash equivalents	0
Commodity contracts, assets	28,617	127,260
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	378,378	370,420
Other special use funds	3,998	4,027
Total assets	410,993	501,707
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability	(95,265)	(26,783)
Total liabilities	(95,265)	(26,783)
Level 2 | Equity securities
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Other special use funds	0	0
Level 2 | U.S. commingled equity funds
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Level 2 | U.S. Treasury debt
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Other special use funds	0	0
Level 2 | Corporate debt
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	149,541	149,226
Level 2 | Mortgage-backed securities
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	157,330	147,938
Level 2 | Municipal bonds
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	63,950	64,881
Other special use funds	3,998	4,027
Level 2 | Other fixed income
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	7,557	8,375
Level 2 | Commodity Option
ASSETS
Commodity contracts, assets	28,483	127,129
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability	(93,567)	(25,874)
Level 2 | Interest Rate Swap
ASSETS
Commodity contracts, assets	134	131
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability	(1,698)	(909)
Level 3
ASSETS
Cash equivalents	0
Commodity contracts, assets	21,257	26,132
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Other special use funds	0	0
Total assets	21,257	26,132
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability	(14,635)	(31,020)
Total liabilities	(14,635)	(31,020)
Level 3 | Equity securities
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Other special use funds	0	0
Level 3 | U.S. commingled equity funds
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Level 3 | U.S. Treasury debt
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Other special use funds	0	0
Level 3 | Corporate debt
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Level 3 | Mortgage-backed securities
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Level 3 | Municipal bonds
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Other special use funds	0	0
Level 3 | Other fixed income
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	0	0
Level 3 | Commodity Option
ASSETS
Commodity contracts, assets	21,257	26,132
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability	(14,635)	(31,020)
Level 3 | Interest Rate Swap
ASSETS
Commodity contracts, assets	0	0
LIABILITIES
Gross derivative liability	0	0
Fair Value Measured at Net Asset Value Per Share | U.S. commingled equity funds
ASSETS
Nuclear decommissioning trust:	$ 507,706	$ 472,582

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Fair Value Measurements - Significant Unobservable Inputs Used to Value Level 3 Instruments (Details 2) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / MWh $ / MMBTU	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / MWh $ / MMBTU
Information regarding the entity's internally developed significant unobservable inputs used to value its level 3 instruments
Assets	$ 1,511,685	$ 1,552,870
Liabilities	99,257	42,446
Level 3
Information regarding the entity's internally developed significant unobservable inputs used to value its level 3 instruments
Assets	21,257	26,132
Liabilities	14,635	31,020
Level 3 | Forward Contracts | Commodity Contracts
Information regarding the entity's internally developed significant unobservable inputs used to value its level 3 instruments
Assets	21,257	26,132
Liabilities	$ 14,635	$ 31,020
Level 3 | Forward Contracts | Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow | Commodity Contracts | Minimum
Information regarding the entity's internally developed significant unobservable inputs used to value its level 3 instruments
Electricity forward price (in usd per MWh) | $ / MWh	37.79	37.79
Natural gas forward price (in usd per MMBTu) | $ / MMBTU	(0.02)	(11.81)
Level 3 | Forward Contracts | Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow | Commodity Contracts | Maximum
Information regarding the entity's internally developed significant unobservable inputs used to value its level 3 instruments
Electricity forward price (in usd per MWh) | $ / MWh	306.34	310.69
Natural gas forward price (in usd per MMBTu) | $ / MMBTU	0.14	0.00
Level 3 | Forward Contracts | Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow | Commodity Contracts | Weighted-Average
Information regarding the entity's internally developed significant unobservable inputs used to value its level 3 instruments
Electricity forward price (in usd per MWh) | $ / MWh	157.00	163.92
Natural gas forward price (in usd per MMBTu) | $ / MMBTU	0.02	(5.08)
Level 3 | Forward Contracts | Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow | Electricity | Commodity Contracts
Information regarding the entity's internally developed significant unobservable inputs used to value its level 3 instruments
Assets	$ 21,084	$ 26,132
Liabilities	14,385	1,759
Level 3 | Forward Contracts | Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow | Natural Gas | Commodity Contracts
Information regarding the entity's internally developed significant unobservable inputs used to value its level 3 instruments
Assets	173	0
Liabilities	$ 250	$ 29,261

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Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value For Our Risk Management Activities (Details) - Commodity Contracts - Level 3 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Net derivative balance at beginning of period	$ (4,888)	$ (2,738)
Deferred as a regulatory asset or liability	(30,427)	16,807
Settlements	41,937	(4,419)
Transfers into Level 3 from Level 2	0	0
Transfers from Level 3 into Level 2	0	0
Net derivative balance at end of period	6,622	9,650
Net unrealized gains included in earnings related to instruments still held at end of period	$ 0	$ 0

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Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
APS
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Employee medical claims amount	$ 15

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Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Other Special Use Funds (Details) - APS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Fair Value	$ 1,478,494		$ 1,420,641
Total Unrealized Gains	374,520		337,994
Total Unrealized Losses	(54,228)		(69,091)
Amortized cost	981,000		927,000
Realized gains and losses and proceeds from the sale of securities by the nuclear decommissioning trust funds
Realized gains	1,210	$ 1,023
Realized losses	(5,694)	(7,235)
Proceeds from the sale of securities	226,626	361,238
Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Fair Value	1,125,617		1,073,410
Realized gains and losses and proceeds from the sale of securities by the nuclear decommissioning trust funds
Realized gains	1,210	1,023
Realized losses	(5,694)	(7,235)
Proceeds from the sale of securities	136,185	319,693
Other Special Use Funds
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Fair Value	352,877		347,231
Realized gains and losses and proceeds from the sale of securities by the nuclear decommissioning trust funds
Realized gains	0	0
Realized losses	0	0
Proceeds from the sale of securities	90,441	$ 41,545
Equity securities
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Equity securities	545,013		554,214
Total Unrealized Gains	367,791		334,817
Total Unrealized Losses	(39)		(267)
Equity securities | Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Equity securities	517,371		487,240
Equity securities | Other Special Use Funds
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Equity securities	27,642		66,974
Available for sale-fixed income securities
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Fair Value	933,575		861,637
Total Unrealized Gains	6,728		3,177
Total Unrealized Losses	(54,178)		(68,795)
Fair value of fixed income securities, summarized by contractual maturities
Less than one year	143,097
1 year – 5 years	321,766
5 years – 10 years	182,543
Greater than 10 years	286,169
Total	933,575
Available for sale-fixed income securities | Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Fair Value	609,381		582,343
Fair value of fixed income securities, summarized by contractual maturities
Less than one year	14,591
1 year – 5 years	174,911
5 years – 10 years	137,708
Greater than 10 years	282,171
Total	609,381
Available for sale-fixed income securities | Other Special Use Funds
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Fair Value	324,194		279,294
Available for sale-fixed income securities | Coal Reclamation Escrow Account
Fair value of fixed income securities, summarized by contractual maturities
Less than one year	53,718
1 year – 5 years	36,821
5 years – 10 years	0
Greater than 10 years	3,998
Total	94,537
Available for sale-fixed income securities | Active Union Employee Medical Account
Fair value of fixed income securities, summarized by contractual maturities
Less than one year	74,788
1 year – 5 years	110,034
5 years – 10 years	44,835
Greater than 10 years	0
Total	229,657
Other
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Fair Value	(94)		4,790
Total Unrealized Gains	1		0
Total Unrealized Losses	(11)		(29)
Other | Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Fair Value	(1,135)		3,827
Other | Other Special Use Funds
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets
Fair Value	$ 1,041		$ 963

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Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 6,159,876	$ 6,021,460
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	(616)	252
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	515	901
Ending balance	6,164,451	6,050,136
APS
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	7,052,955	6,750,473
Ending balance	7,218,379	6,929,796
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(32,332)	(53,885)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	0	0
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	515	901
Ending balance	(31,817)	(52,984)
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits | APS
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(15,596)	(34,880)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	0	0
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	457	820
Ending balance	(15,139)	(34,060)
Derivative Instruments
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	897	(976)
OCI (loss) before reclassifications	(616)	252
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	0	0
Ending balance	281	(724)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(31,435)	(54,861)
Ending balance	(31,536)	(53,708)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | APS
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(15,596)	(34,880)
Ending balance	$ (15,139)	$ (34,060)

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Leases - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) lease	Jan. 31, 2023 agreement
Leases [Abstract]
Number of lease agreements, lease and sell back | lease	3
Number of purchase power operating lease agreements | agreement		2
Lease not yet commenced | $	$ 3,500

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Leases - Lease Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating Lease Cost - Purchased Power Lease Contracts	$ 4,600	$ 4,572
Variable lease, cost	16,721	18,695
Short-term lease cost	1,402	1,302
Purchased Power Lease Contracts
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating Lease Cost - Purchased Power Lease Contracts	0	0
Land, Property and Equipment Leases
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating Lease Cost - Purchased Power Lease Contracts	4,600	4,572
Total lease cost	$ 22,723	$ 24,569

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Leases - Maturity of Operating Lease Liabilities (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
2023 (remaining nine months of 2023)	$ 118,133
2024	117,413
2025	131,504
2026	143,114
2027	167,122
2028	168,862
Thereafter	848,164
Total lease commitments	1,694,312
Less imputed interest	388,598
Estimated lease and nonlease payments	1,305,714
Purchased Power Lease Contracts
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
2023 (remaining nine months of 2023)	106,152
2024	104,315
2025	121,082
2026	134,806
2027	160,727
2028	164,524
Thereafter	779,792
Total lease commitments	1,571,398
Less imputed interest	342,694
Estimated lease and nonlease payments	1,228,704
Land, Property and Equipment Leases
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
2023 (remaining nine months of 2023)	11,981
2024	13,098
2025	10,422
2026	8,308
2027	6,395
2028	4,338
Thereafter	68,372
Total lease commitments	122,914
Less imputed interest	45,904
Estimated lease and nonlease payments	$ 77,010

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Leases - Other Additional Information Related to Operating Lease Liabilities (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2023 agreement	Dec. 31, 2022
Leases [Abstract]
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities — operating cash flows:	$ 3,851	$ 3,358
Right-of-use operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	$ 551,239	$ 4,889
Weighted average remaining lease term	10 years			7 years
Weighted average discount rate	4.44%			2.21%
Number of purchase power operating lease agreements | agreement			2