Financial Performance - Fourth Quarter Adjusted EBITDA increased by 13% to 334.3million[3]−FourthQuarterAdjustedNetEarningsroseby18115.5 million[3] - Annual Adjusted EBITDA grew by 4% to 1,235.4million[3]−AnnualAdjustedNetEarningsdecreasedby11372.0 million[3] - Net earnings attributable to shareholders for Q4 2023 were 186.3million,comparedtoalossof74.4 million in Q4 2022[22] - Adjusted EBITDA for Q4 2023 was 334.3million,upfrom295.5 million in Q4 2022[22] - Adjusted Net Earnings for Q4 2023 were 115.5million,comparedto97.6 million in Q4 2022[24] - Adjusted Funds from Operations for Q4 2023 were 198.9million,upfrom191.9 million in Q4 2022[26] - Dividends per common share decreased by 40% to 0.1085inQ4[4]RegulatedServicesGroupPerformance−RegulatedServicesGroupDivisionalOperatingProfitincreasedby11238.3 million in Q4[4] - Regulated Services Group revenue decreased by 11% to 564.9millioninQ4[4]−RegulatedelectricitydistributionrevenueforQ42023was297.0 million, down from 325.8millioninQ42022[28]−RegulatedgasdistributionrevenueforQ42023was167.4 million, down from 221.8millioninQ42022[28]−RegulatedwaterreclamationanddistributionrevenueforQ42023was100.5 million, up from 89.0millioninQ42022[28]−DivisionalOperatingProfitfortheRegulatedServicesGroupinQ42023was238.3 million, up from 214.4millioninQ42022[28]RenewableEnergyGroupPerformance−RenewableEnergyGroupplacedinservice453MWofnewwindandsolargenerationin2023[6]−RenewableEnergyGrouprevenuedeclinedby782.1 million in Q4[4] - Revenue from Hydro decreased to 9.0millioninQ42023from13.1 million in Q4 2022, a decline of 31.3%[30] - Wind energy revenue dropped to 59.4millioninQ42023from64.5 million in Q4 2022, a decrease of 7.9%[30] - Solar energy revenue increased to 6.6millioninQ42023from2.8 million in Q4 2022, a growth of 135.7%[30] - Total Non-Regulated Energy Sales fell to 82.1millioninQ42023from88.6 million in Q4 2022, a decrease of 7.3%[30] - Net Energy Sales decreased to 78.1millioninQ42023from83.2 million in Q4 2022, a decline of 6.1%[30] - Total Net Revenue dropped to 86.0millioninQ42023from91.1 million in Q4 2022, a decrease of 5.6%[30] - Operating expenses decreased to 30.5millioninQ42023from31.7 million in Q4 2022, a reduction of 3.8%[30] - Dividend, interest, equity and other income increased to 32.8millioninQ42023from21.6 million in Q4 2022, a growth of 51.9%[30] - HLBV income decreased to 19.3millioninQ42023from20.5 million in Q4 2022, a decline of 5.9%[30] - Divisional Operating Profit rose to 107.6millioninQ42023from101.5 million in Q4 2022, an increase of 6.0%[30] Debt and Income - Long-term Debt increased by 13% to 8,516.0million[4]−HLBVincomeforQ42023was16.8 million, compared to 2.2millioninQ42022[28]UtilitySales−NetUtilitySalesforQ42023were403.3 million, compared to $392.8 million in Q4 2022[28]