Pinnacle West Capital 10-Q 2026-03-31

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026

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PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 unless context otherwise requires. 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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GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TECHNICAL TERMS

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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, 2025 (“2025 Form 10-K”), and Part II, Item 1A of this report, these factors include, but are not limited to:

• our ability to achieve timely and adequate rate recovery of our costs through our regulated rates and adjustor recovery mechanisms, including returns on and of debt and equity capital investment;

• the impacts of federal, state, and local laws, judicial decisions, statutes, regulations, and FERC, NRC, EPA, ACC, and other agency requirements, including as they are changed by legislative and regulatory action as well as executive orders, such as those relating to tax, environment, energy, nuclear plants, and deregulation of the retail electric market;

• our operation of Palo Verde is subject to substantial regulatory oversight and potentially significant liabilities and capital expenditures;

• we are subject to numerous environmental laws and changes to existing laws, or new laws, may increase our costs and impact our business;

• 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, as well as the impacts of policy and regulatory changes introduced to address climate change;

• co-owners of our jointly owned generation and transmission facilities may have unaligned goals;

• the willingness or ability of counterparties, participants, and landowners to meet contractual or other obligations or extend the rights for continued generation and transmission operations;

• deregulation of the electric industry and other factors, such as large customers developing large, utility scale generation to serve their energy needs, may result in increased competition;

• 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), data center growth (or lack thereof), including to support the AI industry, the effects of energy conservation measures and DG, and technological advancements;

• wildfires, including those arising as a result of climate change, extreme weather events, or the expansion of the wildland urban interface;

• generation, transmission, and distribution facilities and system operating costs, conditions, performance, and outages;

• our ability and efforts to meet current and anticipated future needs for generation and transmission and distribution facilities in our region at reliable levels, including factors affecting our ability to acquire and develop new resources to serve this load as well as difficulties in accurately forecasting load growth, particularly from high load energy users;

• availability of fuel and water supplies as well as the volatility and costs of fuel and purchased power;

• 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;

• risks inherent in the operation of nuclear facilities, including spent fuel disposal uncertainty;

• the development of new technologies and the impact they have on the retail and wholesale electricity market and the impacts of our adoption or failure to adopt such technologies;

• the availability and retention of qualified personnel and the need to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with union employees;

• the cost of debt, including increased cost as a result of rising interest rates, and equity capital and our ability to access capital markets when required as well as the impacts a credit rating downgrade would have on us;

• the investment performance of the assets of our nuclear decommissioning trust, captive insurance cell, coal mine reclamation escrow, pension, and other postretirement benefit plans, and the resulting impact on future funding requirements;

• Pinnacle West’s cash flow depends on the performance of APS and its ability to make dividends and distributions;

• potential shortfalls in insurance coverage;

• Pinnacle West’s ability to meet its debt service obligation could be adversely affected because its debt securities are structurally subordinated to the debt securities and obligations of its subsidiaries;

• the liquidity of wholesale power markets and the use of derivative contracts in our business;

• policy changes in Arizona or other states through ballot initiatives or referenda may increase our cost or operations or affect our business plans;

• general economic conditions, such as tariffs, inflation, and other supply chain constraints, as well as uncertainties associated with the current and future economic environment and conditions in Arizona; and

• disruptions in financial markets could adversely affect our cost of and access to credit and capital markets.

These and other factors are discussed in the Risk Factors described in Part I, Item 1A of our 2025 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.

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

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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 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (“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 2025 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 approximately $31 billion. We derive essentially all of our revenues and earnings from our principal subsidiary, APS. Since 1886, APS and its affiliates have provided energy and energy-related products to people and businesses throughout Arizona. APS is Arizona’s largest and longest-serving electric company and generates safe, affordable and reliable electricity for approximately 1.5 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 southwestern United States. Our other active subsidiaries are El Dorado and PNW Power.

Strategic Overview

Our vision is to create a sustainable energy future for Arizona. Our mission is to serve customers with safe, reliable, and affordable energy. We are committed to delivering operational excellence at the lowest cost possible while aspiring to lower carbon emissions over time.

Reliable

As energy demand in Arizona continues to grow, we remain committed to delivering reliable service to our customers. We have a goal of achieving top quartile reliability as compared to peers. Key elements to delivering reliable service include resource and transmission planning to maintain resource adequacy, distribution automation and resiliency investments, predictive and preventative maintenance programs, seasonal readiness programs, emergency preparedness, and securing a reliable supply chain. Securing a reliable grid requires ongoing infrastructure investments in addition to investments to support new customer growth.

Balanced Energy Mix. APS strives to procure a balanced energy mix, and we believe this provides the greatest reliability at the lowest cost possible while increasing resiliency. We achieve reliability, in part, through a blend of dispatchable resources, such as natural gas and battery storage, that can provide energy when intermittent resources, such as wind and solar, are unavailable. APS regularly evaluates the best mix of resources based on a changing operating environment, including changes in generation technology, economics, and policy impacts.

Additional natural gas capacity is necessary to support reliable service and meet increasing energy needs. However, existing natural gas pipelines into Arizona are currently committed. As a result, in July 2025, APS executed a gas transportation precedent agreement to secure a long-term supply of natural gas. The new pipeline is expected to be operational by late 2029 and will be owned and operated by a third-party. APS plans to add up to 2,000 MW of flexible natural gas generation to its portfolio, designed to help meet the growing around-the-clock energy needs in Arizona. APS continues to explore additional development opportunities to meet Arizona’s growing needs.

Palo Verde, one of the nation’s largest carbon-free energy resources, serves as a foundational part of APS’s resource portfolio. The plant is a critical asset to the Southwest, generating more than 32 million MWh – enough power for roughly 3.4 million households, or approximately 8.5 million people. Its continued operation is important to a carbon-neutral future for Arizona and the region, as a reliable, continuous, affordable resource and as a large contributor to the local economy. APS owns or leases 29.1% of Units 1, 2, and 3 Palo Verde. In June 2025, APS entered into agreements to purchase two of the three leased interests in Unit 2. The two subject leased interests represented approximately 7% or 94 MW of Unit 2. The transaction closed in September 2025, leaving one remaining lease for approximately 5.2% of Unit 2 that expires in 2033. See Note 9 for more information. The 2025 Rate Case includes pro forma adjustments to account for these acquisitions.

In March 2026, APS announced its intention to renew the operating licenses for all three units at Palo Verde, which would extend operations from the mid-2040s through the mid-2060s. APS continues to evaluate and pursue options for reliably serving growing customer energy needs and demand.

Wildfire Efforts. Wildfire safety remains a critical focus for APS and other utilities. APS has increased investment in fire mitigation efforts to clear defensible space around its infrastructure, continue ongoing system upgrades, build partnerships with government entities and first responders, and educate customers and communities. APS also increased spend on grid technology to enable fast-trip relay response, also known as Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings. These programs contribute to customer reliability, fire ignition avoidance, responsible forest management, and safe communities. With wildfire events occurring across the U.S. and North America over the last few years, APS has been devoting and intends to continue to devote substantial efforts to analyzing and developing enhancements to its systems and processes to mitigate fire risk within its service territory and communities, including by hardening our infrastructure, deploying new technologies where appropriate, increasing situational awareness, implementing operational changes, and enhancing our wildfire response capabilities.

APS uses fire modeling software to identify and calculate risk and target future system improvement investments such as fire-resistant pole wrapping, wood to steel pole conversions, and additional remote-controllable field devices like reclosers and switches. In 2024, APS began installing a system of artificial intelligence-based fire sensing cameras with the ability to detect and alert on fire ignitions. These alerts are sent both to APS and fire response dispatch centers to speed fire response in APS’s service territory regardless of the cause of the fire. APS also implemented a public safety power shutoff (“PSPS”) program on certain feeders that began in the 2024 fire season, leveraging the additional real-time analysis provided by the modeling software. APS has educated and will continue education outreach to customers and communities that may potentially be impacted by the PSPS program.

APS was selected by DOE’s Grid Deployment Office (“GDO”) to receive up to $70 million in federal money for fire mitigation and grid infrastructure projects. This funding is part of the GDO’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Program and is contingent on APS negotiating and executing final grant agreements with GDO. Additionally, on May 12, 2025, Arizona Governor Hobbs signed into law a

bill that requires Arizona electric utilities to develop and seek approval for wildfire mitigation plans and defines the standard of care with respect to wildfire-related claims by reference to such plans. Pursuant to that legislation, APS has submitted its Comprehensive Wildfire Mitigation Plan to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management for review and approval. APS anticipates that process will conclude sometime in the second quarter of 2026; however, APS cannot predict the outcome of this matter. APS continues to evaluate policy and regulatory options, as well as insurance programs, to mitigate the impact of wildfire events.

Affordable

We are committed to keeping bills as low as possible for our customers while mai

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

(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”), 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, 2026. 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, 2026. 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 Exchange Act 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, 2026 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Pinnacle West’s or APS’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See “Business of Arizona Public Service Company — Environmental Matters” in Item 1 of the 2025 Form 10-K with regard to pending or threatened litigation and other matters.

See Note 7 for ACC and FERC-related matters.

See Note 11 for information regarding environmental matters, Superfund-related matters and other disputes and proceedings.

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 2025 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 2025 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.

Union Matters

On April 30, 2026, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“IBEW”) voted in favor of a two-year contract extension, extending the current collective bargaining agreement with wage increases through April 1, 2028.

Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

During the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026, none of our directors or executive officers adopted or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.

(a) Exhibits

(a) Furnished herewith as an exhibit.

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.