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10-K 1 pseg201710kq4.htm 10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017

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		Registrants, State of Incorporation, Address, and Telephone Number		I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
001-09120		PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED		22-2625848
		(A New Jersey Corporation)
		80 Park Plaza
		Newark, New Jersey 07102
		973 430-7000
		http://www.pseg.com
001-00973		PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY		22-1212800
		(A New Jersey Corporation)
		80 Park Plaza
		Newark, New Jersey 07102
		973 430-7000
		http://www.pseg.com
001-34232		PSEG POWER LLC		22-3663480
		(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)
		80 Park Plaza
		Newark, New Jersey 07102
		973 430-7000
		http://www.pseg.com

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

Registrant		Title of Each Class		Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated		Common Stock without par value		New York Stock Exchange
		First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds
Public Service Electric and Gas Company		9 1/4% Series CC, due 2021		New York Stock Exchange
	8%, due 2037
		5%, due 2037
PSEG Power LLC		8 5/8% Senior Notes, due 2031		New York Stock Exchange

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Registrant		Title of Each Class
Public Service Electric and Gas Company		Medium-Term Notes
PSEG Power LLC		Limited Liability Company Membership Interest

Indicate by check mark whether each registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated		Yes x		No ¨
Public Service Electric and Gas Company		Yes x		No ¨
PSEG Power LLC		Yes x		No ¨

Indicate by check mark if each of the registrants is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark whether each of the registrants (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 registrants were required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether each 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.

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated	Large accelerated filer x	Accelerated filer o	Non-accelerated filer o	Smaller reporting company o	Emerging growth company o
Public Service Electric and Gas Company	Large accelerated filer o	Accelerated filer o	Non-accelerated filer x	Smaller reporting company o	Emerging growth company o
PSEG Power LLC	Large accelerated filer o	Accelerated filer o	Non-accelerated filer x	Smaller reporting company o	Emerging growth company o

If any of the registrants is an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if such 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 any of the registrants is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

The aggregate market value of the Common Stock of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2017 was $21,673,743,255 based upon the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transaction closing price.

The number of shares outstanding of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated’s sole class of Common Stock as of February 16, 2018 was 504,764,707.

As of February 16, 2018, Public Service Electric and Gas Company had issued and outstanding 132,450,344 shares of Common Stock, without nominal or par value, all of which were privately held, beneficially and of record, by Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated.

Public Service Electric and Gas Company and PSEG Power LLC are wholly owned subsidiaries of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and each meet the conditions set forth in General Instruction I(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K. Each is filing its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the reduced disclosure format authorized by General Instruction I.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Part of Form 10-K of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated		Documents Incorporated by Reference
III		Portions of the definitive Proxy Statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, which definitive Proxy Statement is expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about March 12, 2018, as specified herein.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		iii
FILING FORMAT AND GLOSSARY		1
WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION		1
PART I
Item 1.	Business	1
	Regulatory Issues	15
	Environmental Matters	22
	Segment Information	25
	Executive Officers of the Registrant (PSEG)	26
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	27
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	40
Item 2.	Properties	41
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	42
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	42
PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	43
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	45
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	46
	Executive Overview of 2017 and Future Outlook	46
	Results of Operations	54
	Liquidity and Capital Resources	62
	Capital Requirements	66
	Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements	68
	Critical Accounting Estimates	68
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	71
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	73
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	74
	Consolidated Financial Statements	77
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
	Note 1. Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	95
	Note 2. Recent Accounting Standards	99
	Note 3. Early Plant Retirements	103
	Note 4. Variable Interest Entity	104
	Note 5. Property, Plant and Equipment and Jointly-Owned Facilities	105
	Note 6. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities	106
	Note 7. Long-Term Investments	111
	Note 8. Financing Receivables	113
	Note 9. Available-for-Sale Securities	115
	Note 10. Goodwill and Other Intangibles	121
	Note 11. Asset Retirement Obligations (AROs)	121
	Note 12. Pension, Other Postretirement Benefits (OPEB) and Savings Plans	122
	Note 13. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities	131
	Note 14. Debt and Credit Facilities	138
	Note 15. Schedule of Consolidated Capital Stock	142
	Note 16. Financial Risk Management Activities	143

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	Note 17. Fair Value Measurements	148
	Note 18. Stock Based Compensation	154
	Note 19. Other Income and Deductions	157
	Note 20. Income Taxes	158
	Note 21. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	167
	Note 22. Earnings Per Share (EPS) and Dividends	171
	Note 23. Financial Information by Business Segment	172
	Note 24. Related-Party Transactions	174
	Note 25. Selected Quarterly Data (Unaudited)	176
	Note 26. Guarantees of Debt	177
Item 9.	Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	180
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	180
Item 9B.	Other Information	180
PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	185
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	186
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	186
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	186
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	186
PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	187
	Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts	193
	Glossary of Terms	194
	Signatures	196

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain of the matters discussed in this report about our and our subsidiaries’ future performance, including, without limitation, future revenues, earnings, strategies, prospects, consequences and all other statements that are not purely historical constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements are based on management’s beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. When used herein, the words “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “believe,” “expect,” “plan,” “should,” “hypothetical,” “potential,” “forecast,” “project,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ are often presented with the forward-looking statements themselves. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statements made by us herein are discussed in Item 1A. Risk Factors, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A), Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 13. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities, and other filings we make with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. These factors include, but are not limited to:

•	fluctuations in wholesale power and natural gas markets, including the potential impacts on the economic viability of our generation units;

•	our ability to obtain adequate fuel supply;

•	any inability to manage our energy obligations with available supply;

•	increases in competition in wholesale energy and capacity markets;

•	changes in technology related to energy generation, distribution and consumption and customer usage patterns;

•	economic downturns;

•	third-party credit risk relating to our sale of generation output and purchase of fuel;

•	adverse performance of our decommissioning and defined benefit plan trust fund investments and changes in funding requirements;

•	changes in state and federal legislation and regulations;

•	the impact of pending rate case proceedings;

•	regulatory, financial, environmental, health and safety risks associated with our ownership and operation of nuclear facilities;

•	adverse changes in energy industry laws, policies and regulations, including market structures and transmission planning;

•	changes in federal and state environmental regulations and enforcement;

•	delays in receipt of, or an inability to receive, necessary licenses and permits;

•	adverse outcomes of any legal, regulatory or other proceeding, settlement, investigation or claim applicable to us and/or the energy industry;

•	changes in tax laws and regulations;

•	the impact of our holding company structure on our ability to meet our corporate funding needs, service debt and pay dividends;

•	lack of growth or slower growth in the number of customers or changes in customer demand;

•	any inability of Power to meet its commitments under forward sale obligations;

•	reliance on transmission facilities that we do not own or control and the impact on our ability to maintain adequate transmission capacity;

•	any inability to successfully develop or construct generation, transmission and distribution projects;

•	any equipment failures, accidents, severe weather events or other incidents that impact our ability to provide safe and reliable service to our customers;

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•	our inability to exercise control over the operations of generation facilities in which we do not maintain a controlling interest;

•	any inability to recover the carrying amount of our long-lived assets and leveraged leases;

•	any inability to maintain sufficient liquidity;

•	any inability to realize anticipated tax benefits or retain tax credits;

•	challenges associated with recruitment and/or retention of key executives and a qualified workforce;

•	the impact of our covenants in our debt instruments on our operations; and

•	the impact of acts of terrorism, cybersecurity attacks or intrusions.

All of the forward-looking statements made in this report are qualified by these cautionary statements and we cannot assure you that the results or developments anticipated by management will be realized or even if realized, will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, us or our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements in making any investment decision. Forward-looking statements made in this report apply only as of the date of this report. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements from time to time, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even in light of new information or future events, unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws.

The forward-looking statements contained in this report are intended to qualify for the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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FILING FORMAT AND GLOSSARY

This combined Annual Report on Form 10-K is separately filed by Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG), Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and PSEG Power LLC (Power). Information relating to any individual company is filed by such company on its own behalf. PSE&G and Power are each only responsible for information about itself and its subsidiaries.

Discussions throughout the document refer to PSEG and its direct operating subsidiaries, PSE&G and Power. Depending on the context of each section, references to “we,” “us,” and “our” relate to PSEG or to the specific company or companies being discussed. In addition, certain key acronyms and definitions are summarized in a glossary beginning on page 194.

WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document that we file at the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also obtain our filed documents from commercial document retrieval services, the SEC’s internet website at www.sec.gov or our website at www.pseg.com. Information on our website should not be deemed incorporated into or as a part of this report. Our Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PEG. You can obtain information about us at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

PART I