Alliant Energy misses second-quarter profit estimates on lower demand
Aug 1 (Reuters) -Utility firm Alliant Energy LNT.O missed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by higher operating costs and weak cooling demand earlier in the quarter.
Madison, Wisconsin-based Alliant serves roughly 1 million electric and 425,000 natural gas customers in Iowa and Wisconsin.
The company said it saw lower-than-normal heating degree days, a measurement used by utilities to gauge power demand, during the quarter, while its residential gas deliveries also fell by 11.8%.
Alliant also saw a 9.9% increase in operating expenses from a year ago, driven by an asset impairment charge for its Interstate Power and Light Company units' Lansing power generating station in Iowa.
It reaffirmed its full-year earnings forecast of $2.99 - $3.13 per share.
The company reported adjusted earnings of 57 cents per share, missing estimates of 64 cents per share, as per LSEG data.
Reporting by Seher Dareen and Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid
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