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Table of Contents

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 Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2025

 

OR

 

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

 

 

For Transition Period From

to

 

 

Commission File Number 000-26591

 

RGC Resources, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Virginia

54-1909697

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

519 Kimball Ave., N.E., Roanoke, VA

24016

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(540) 777-4427

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

None

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $5 Par Value

RGCO

NASDAQ Global Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the 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.    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 such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

 

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

 

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 the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes      No  ☒

 

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

 

Class

Outstanding at April 30, 2025

Common Stock, $5 Par Value

10,311,593

 

 

 

 

INDEX

 

Page No.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

1

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

3

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

4

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 5
  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 6

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

7

Item 2.

Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

26

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

37

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

38

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

39

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

39

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

39

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

39

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

39

Item 5.

Other Information

39

Item 6.

Exhibits

40

Signatures

41

 ​

 

 

 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 

AFUDC

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction

   

AOCI/AOCL

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

   

ARO

Asset Retirement Obligation

   

ARP

Alternative Revenue Program, regulatory or rate recovery mechanisms approved by the SCC that allow for the adjustment of revenues for certain broad, external factors, or for additional billings if the entity achieves certain performance targets

   

ASC

Accounting Standards Codification

   

ASU

Accounting Standards Update as issued by the FASB

   
ATM At-the-market program whereby a Company can incrementally offer common stock through a broker at prevailing market prices and on an as-needed basis
   

Company

RGC Resources, Inc. or Roanoke Gas Company

   

CPCN

Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

   

DRIP

Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan of RGC Resources, Inc.

   

DTH

Decatherm (a measure of energy used primarily to measure natural gas)

   

EPS

Earnings Per Share

   

ERISA

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

   

FASB

Financial Accounting Standards Board

   

FDIC

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

   
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
   
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States

 

 

 

HDD

Heating degree day, a measurement designed to quantify the demand for energy. It is the number of degrees that a day’s average temperature falls below 65 degrees Fahrenheit

 

ICC

Inventory carrying cost revenue, an SCC approved rate structure that mitigates the impact of financing costs on natural gas inventory

   

IRS

Internal Revenue Service

   

KEYSOP

RGC Resources, Inc. Key Employee Stock Option Plan

   
LDI Liability Driven Investment approach, a strategy which reduces the volatility in the pension plan's funded status and expense by matching the duration of the fixed income investments with the duration of the corresponding pension liabilities
   

LLC

Mountain Valley Pipeline, L.L.C., a joint venture established to design, construct and operate the Mountain Valley Pipeline and MVP Southgate

   

LNG

Liquefied natural gas, the cryogenic liquid form of natural gas. Roanoke Gas operates and maintains a plant capable of producing and storing up to 200,000 DTH of liquefied natural gas

 

MGP

Manufactured gas plant

   

Midstream

RGC Midstream, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resources created to invest in pipeline projects including the MVP and Southgate

   

MVP

Mountain Valley Pipeline, a FERC-regulated natural gas pipeline connecting the EQT Corporation's gathering and transmission system in northern West Virginia to the Transco interstate pipeline in south central Virginia with interconnects to Roanoke Gas’ natural gas distribution system

   

NQDC Plan

RGC Resources, Inc. Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan

   

Normal Weather

The average number of heating degree days over the most recent 30-year period

   

PBGC

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

   

Pension Plan

Defined benefit plan that provides pension benefits to employees hired prior to January 1, 2017 who meet certain years of service criteria

   
PGA Purchased Gas Adjustment, a regulatory mechanism, which adjusts natural gas customer rates to reflect changes in the forecasted cost of gas and actual gas costs
   
Postretirement Plan Defined benefit plan that provides postretirement medical and life insurance benefits to eligible employees hired prior to January 1, 2000 who meet years of service and other criteria
   
R&D Tax Credit Research and development federal tax credit defined under Internal Revenue Code section 41 and the related regulations

 

 

 

Resources

RGC Resources, Inc., parent company of Roanoke Gas and Midstream

   

RGCO

Trading symbol for RGC Resources, Inc. on the NASDAQ Global Stock Market

   
RNG Renewable Natural Gas
   
RNG Rider

Renewable Natural Gas Rider, the rate component as approved by the SCC that is billed monthly to the Company’s customers to recover the costs associated with the investment in RNG facilities and related operating costs 

   
Roanoke Gas Roanoke Gas Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resources
   
ROU Asset Right of Use Asset
   

RSPD

RGC Resources, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan for Outside Directors

   

RSPO

RGC Resources, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan for Officers

   

SAVE

Steps to Advance Virginia's Energy, a regulatory mechanism per Chapter 26 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia that allows natural gas utilities to recover the investment, including related depreciation and expenses and provide return on rate base, in eligible infrastructure replacement projects without the filing of a formal base rate application

   

SAVE Plan

Steps to Advance Virginia's Energy Plan, the Company's approved operational replacement plan and related spending under the SAVE regulatory mechanism

   

SAVE Rider

Steps to Advance Virginia's Energy Plan Rider, the rate component of the SAVE Plan as approved by the SCC that is billed monthly to the Company’s customers to recover the costs associated with eligible infrastructure projects including the related depreciation and expenses and return on rate base of the investment

   

SCC

Virginia State Corporation Commission, the regulatory body with oversight responsibilities of the utility operations of Roanoke Gas

   

SEC

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

   
SOFR Secured Overnight Financing Rate
   

Southgate

Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC’s Southgate project, which is contemplated to extend from the MVP in south central Virginia to North Carolina, of which Midstream owns less than 1%

   

S&P 500 Index

Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index

   

WNA

Weather Normalization Adjustment, an ARP mechanism which adjusts revenues for the effects of weather temperature variations as compared to the 30-year average

   

Some of the terms above may not be included in this filing

 

 

 

 

 

RGC RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

 

  

March 31,

  

September 30,

 
  

2025

  

2024

 

ASSETS

        

CURRENT ASSETS:

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 $2,152,771  $894,185 

Accounts receivable (less allowance for credit losses of $491,112 and $153,347, respectively)

  13,597,500   4,483,739 

Inventories

  1,891,267   1,799,631 

Gas in storage

  1,971,720   8,491,490 

Prepaid income taxes

  524,169   2,362,069 

Regulatory assets

  2,421,022   5,103,910 

Interest rate swaps

  1,008,634   871,026 

Other

  2,210,860   1,066,251 

Total current assets

  25,777,943   25,072,301 

UTILITY PROPERTY:

        

In service

  356,048,003   345,864,008 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

  (96,574,621)  (92,462,376)

In service, net

  259,473,382   253,401,632 

Construction work in progress

  8,087,125   8,639,822 

Utility property, net

  267,560,507   262,041,454 

OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS:

        

Regulatory assets

  4,366,536   4,445,044 

Investment in unconsolidated affiliates

  20,963,192   21,057,222 

Benefit plan assets

  5,378,524   5,416,536 

Deferred income taxes

  843,325   771,746 

Interest rate swaps

  870,764   1,191,526 

Other

  660,496   703,394 

Total other non-current assets

  33,082,837   33,585,468 

TOTAL ASSETS

 $326,421,287  $320,699,223 

 

1

 

 

RGC RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

 

  

March 31,

  

September 30,

 
  

2025

  

2024

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

        

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

        

Current maturities of long-term debt

 $26,600,000  $800,000 

Line-of-credit

     11,166,181 

Dividends payable

  2,139,655   2,050,286 

Accounts payable

  5,991,608   5,429,703 

Customer credit balances

  797,094   1,915,859 

Income taxes payable

  250,625    

Customer deposits

  1,586,123   1,488,113 

Accrued expenses

  3,388,349   4,988,281 

Regulatory liabilities

  4,715,832   834,278 

Other

  19,733   25,729 

Total current liabilities

  45,489,019   28,698,430 

LONG-TERM DEBT:

        

Line-of-credit

  4,164,266    

Notes payable

  111,300,000   136,955,000 

Unamortized debt issuance costs

  (237,644)  (282,092)

Long-term debt, net

  115,226,622   136,672,908 

DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:

        

Asset retirement obligations

  11,365,527   11,142,095 

Regulatory cost of retirement obligations

  15,156,791   14,409,847 

Benefit plan liabilities

  112,987   113,600 

Deferred income taxes

  1,906,230   1,890,562 

Regulatory liabilities

  19,030,685   19,326,567 

Other

  300,203   308,439 

Total deferred credits and other non-current liabilities

  47,872,423   47,191,110 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

        

Common stock, $5 par; authorized 20,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 10,309,885 and 10,249,899 shares, respectively

  51,549,425   51,249,495 

Preferred stock, no par, authorized 5,000,000 shares; no shares issued and outstanding

      

Capital in excess of par value

  48,866,590   47,988,270 

Retained earnings

  16,242,061   7,572,439 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

  1,175,147   1,326,571 

Total stockholders’ equity

  117,833,223   108,136,775 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 $326,421,287  $320,699,223 

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

2

 

 

RGC RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

 

  

Three Months Ended March 31,

  

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

  

2025

  

2024

 

OPERATING REVENUES:

                

Gas utility

 $36,435,936  $32,632,331  $63,699,140  $57,024,185 

Non utility

  26,161   27,045   52,443   54,543 

Total operating revenues

  36,462,097   32,659,376   63,751,583   57,078,728 

OPERATING EXPENSES:

                

Cost of gas - utility

  17,062,153   15,299,390   28,764,862   25,396,406 

Cost of sales - non utility

  5,418   6,704   9,767   11,854 

Operations and maintenance

  5,323,191   5,322,655   10,011,862   9,657,852 

Taxes other than income taxes

  814,625   703,211   1,537,001   1,335,456 

Depreciation and amortization

  2,856,768   2,697,707   5,700,128   5,395,414 

Total operating expenses

  26,062,155   24,029,667   46,023,620   41,796,982 

OPERATING INCOME

  10,399,942   8,629,709   17,727,963   15,281,746 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate

  801,175   1,229,384   1,655,388   2,697,219 

Other income, net

  463,633   89,487   936,969   210,273 

Interest expense

  1,630,275   1,566,613   3,410,205   3,202,886 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

  10,034,475   8,381,967   16,910,115   14,986,352 

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

  2,358,267   1,938,577   3,964,218   3,522,970 

NET INCOME

 $7,676,208  $6,443,390  $12,945,897  $11,463,382 

BASIC EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

 $0.74  $0.63  $1.26  $1.14 

DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

 $0.74  $0.63  $1.26  $1.13 

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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RGC RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

 

  

Three Months Ended March 31,

  

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

  

2025

  

2024

 

NET INCOME

 $7,676,208  $6,443,390  $12,945,897  $11,463,382 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

                

Interest rate swaps

  (366,146)  199,532   (136,011)  (826,188)

Defined benefit plans

  (7,706)  11,893   (15,413)  23,786 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET OF TAX

  (373,852)  211,425   (151,424)  (802,402)

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 $7,302,356  $6,654,815  $12,794,473  $10,660,980 

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

 

  

Six Months Ended March 31, 2025

 
  

Common Stock

  

Capital in Excess of Par Value

  

Retained Earnings

  

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

  

Total Stockholders' Equity

 

Balance - September 30, 2024

 $51,249,495  $47,988,270  $7,572,439  $1,326,571  $108,136,775 

Net income

        5,269,689      5,269,689 

Other comprehensive income

           222,428   222,428 

Cash dividends declared ($0.2075 per share)

        (2,136,620)     (2,136,620)

Net issuance of common stock (14,792 shares)

  73,960   194,857         268,817 

Balance - December 31, 2024

 $51,323,455  $48,183,127  $10,705,508  $1,548,999  $111,761,089 

Net income

        7,676,208      7,676,208 

Other comprehensive loss

           (373,852)  (373,852)

Cash dividends declared ($0.2075 per share)

        (2,139,655)     (2,139,655)

Net issuance of common stock (45,194 shares)

  225,970   683,463         909,433 

Balance - March 31, 2025

 $51,549,425  $48,866,590  $16,242,061  $1,175,147  $117,833,223 

 

 

 

  

Six Months Ended March 31, 2024

 
  

Common Stock

  

Capital in Excess of Par Value

  

Retained Earnings

  

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

  

Total Stockholders' Equity

 

Balance - September 30, 2023

 $50,076,270  $44,430,786  $3,972,280  $2,253,289  $100,732,625 

Net income

        5,019,992      5,019,992 

Other comprehensive loss

           (1,013,827)  (1,013,827)

Cash dividends declared ($0.20 per share)

        (2,032,679)     (2,032,679)

Net issuance of common stock (44,367 shares)

  221,835   616,657         838,492 

Balance - December 31, 2023

 $50,298,105  $45,047,443  $6,959,593  $1,239,462  $103,544,603 

Net income

        6,443,390      6,443,390 

Other comprehensive income

           211,425   211,425 

Cash dividends declared ($0.20 per share)

        (2,036,221)     (2,036,221)

Net issuance of common stock (119,858 shares)

  599,290   1,781,375         2,380,665 

Balance - March 31, 2024

 $50,897,395  $46,828,818  $11,366,762  $1,450,887  $110,543,862 

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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RGC RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

  

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

        

Net income

 $12,945,897  $11,463,382 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

        

Depreciation and amortization

  5,700,128   5,523,841 

Cost of retirement of utility property

  (252,304)  (292,647)

Stock-based compensation

  447,589   470,118 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate

  (1,655,388)  (2,697,219)

Distributions from unconsolidated affiliate

  1,784,582    

Changes in assets and liabilities which provided cash, exclusive of changes and noncash transactions shown separately

  2,864,459   (3,265,473)

Net cash provided by operating activities

  21,834,963   11,202,002 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

        

Additions to utility property

  (10,692,338)  (11,279,097)

Investment in unconsolidated affiliates

  (35,164)  (3,381)

Proceeds from disposal of utility property

  18,696   1,730 

Net cash used in investing activities

  (10,708,806)  (11,280,748)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

        

Proceeds from issuance of unsecured notes

  1,225,000   275,000 

Repayments of notes payable

  (1,080,000)  (1,050,000)

Borrowings under line-of-credit

  26,329,645   25,862,523 

Repayments under line-of-credit

  (33,331,560)  (23,633,915)

Debt issuance expenses

  (2,000)  (33,268)

Proceeds from issuance of stock

  1,178,250   3,176,237 

Cash dividends paid

  (4,186,906)  (4,011,079)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

  (9,867,571)  585,498 

NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

  1,258,586   506,752 

BEGINNING CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

  894,185   1,512,431 

ENDING CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 $2,152,771  $2,019,183 
         

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

        

Cash paid (received) during the period for:

        

Interest

 $3,301,190  $3,101,956 

Income taxes

  2,175,000   (125,000)

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

1.

Basis of Presentation

 

Resources is an energy services company primarily engaged in the sale and distribution of natural gas. The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Resources and its wholly owned subsidiaries: Roanoke Gas and Midstream.

 

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring accruals) necessary to fairly present Resources' financial position as of March 31, 2025, cash flows for the six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations, comprehensive income, and changes in stockholders' equity for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 are not indicative of the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 as quarterly earnings are affected by the highly seasonal nature of the business and weather conditions generally result in greater earnings during the winter months.

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes are presented under the rules and regulations of the SEC. Pursuant to those rules, certain information and note disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted.  Although the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes contained in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2024. The September 30, 2024 consolidated balance sheet was included in the Company’s audited financial statements included in Form 10-K.

 

Midstream has $35.6 million of current maturities of long-term debt due in the 12 months following the filing date of this Form 10-Q.  This amount exceeds the liquidity available to the Company through currently executed agreements and anticipated operating cash flows over this period.  Management expects it will refinance $26.6 million prior to December 31, 2025 and $9 million prior to May 2, 2026. The Company has refinanced this debt in the past and is currently in discussions with lenders concerning refinancing the debt.  Management believes discussions to date have been positive and that MVP's successful operation supports the likelihood of refinancing.  Such refinancing cannot be completed without taking additional actions involving a third party.  As a result, under ASU 2014-15, substantial doubt exists about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. 

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended  September 30, 2024.

 

Certain amounts previously disclosed have been reclassified to conform to current year presentations.

 

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RGC RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Standards

 

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) - Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The new guidance is designed to provide users of financial statements with improved reportable segment disclosures, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses, other segment items and measures of segment profit or loss used by the chief operating decision maker (CODM).  Additionally, the new guidance requires a public entity to provide in interim periods all disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets that are currently required annually, which the Company currently discloses on an interim basis. The new guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024 and interim periods within fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new guidance on its financial statement disclosures, and expects the adoption of this standard will result in expanded disclosures within the segment reporting footnote, specifically regarding the information provided to the CODM and how the CODM uses the information in assessing the performance of each segment. 

 

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The new guidance requires that on an annual basis public business entities disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation table and provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold (items equal to or greater than 5 percent of the amount computed by multiplying pretax income or loss by the applicable statutory rate). The required disclosures will provide more granularity regarding the payment of income taxes to federal, state and foreign entities. The Company does not expect certain requirements of this ASU to have a significant impact to its current disclosures as all of its operations are domestic and reside in two states. Changes to the rate reconciliation table will result in additional disclosure. The new guidance is effective for the Company for annual periods beginning October 1, 2025.

 

In November 2024, the SEC issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. The new guidance requires public business entities to disclose certain additional detail about expenses including, among other items, purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and intangible asset amortization included within each income statement expense line items within continuing operations. The guidance also requires disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses and the Company’s definition of selling expenses. Such disclosures must be made on an annual and interim basis and integrated with existing disclosure requirements in a tabular format in the footnotes to the financial statements. Further, in January 2025, the SEC issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Expense Disaggregation Disclosures: Clarifying the Effective Date, which clarified the effective date of ASU 2024-03. The new guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2027 and interim periods within fiscal year beginning October 1, 2028. The Company is currently assessing the impacts of the new guidance on its financial statement disclosures.

 

Other accounting standards that have been issued by the FASB, SEC or other standard-setting bodies are not currently applicable to the Company or are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

 

2.

Revenue

 

The Company assesses new contracts and identifies related performance obligations for promises to transfer distinct goods or services to the customer.  Revenue is recognized when performance obligations have been satisfied.  In the case of Roanoke Gas, the Company contracts with its customers for the sale and/or delivery of natural gas.

 

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RGC RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

The following tables summarize revenue by customer, product and income statement classification:

 

  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

 
  

Gas utility

  

Non utility

  

Total operating revenues

  

Gas utility

  

Non utility

  

Total operating revenues

 

Natural Gas (Billed and Unbilled):

                        

Residential

 $22,591,822  $  $22,591,822  $18,843,065  $  $18,843,065 

Commercial

  12,210,961      12,210,961   10,398,801      10,398,801 

Transportation and interruptible

  1,476,042      1,476,042   1,358,991      1,358,991 

Other

  153,299   26,161   179,460   190,719   27,045   217,764 

Total contracts with customers

  36,432,124   26,161   36,458,285   30,791,576   27,045   30,818,621 

Alternative revenue programs

  3,812      3,812   1,840,755      1,840,755 

Total operating revenues

 $36,435,936  $26,161  $36,462,097  $32,632,331  $27,045  $32,659,376 

 

  

Six Months Ended March 31, 2025

  

Six Months Ended March 31, 2024

 
  

Gas utility

  

Non utility

  

Total operating revenues

  

Gas utility

  

Non utility

  

Total operating revenues

 

Natural Gas (Billed and Unbilled):

                        

Residential

 $38,413,706  $  $38,413,706  $32,667,707  $  $32,667,707 

Commercial

  21,455,956      21,455,956   18,240,077      18,240,077 

Transportation and interruptible

  2,981,745      2,981,745   2,729,261      2,729,261 

Other

  399,110   52,443   451,553   485,057   54,543   539,600 

Total contracts with customers

  63,250,517   52,443   63,302,960   54,122,102   54,543   54,176,645 

Alternative revenue programs

  448,623      448,623   2,902,083      2,902,083 

Total operating revenues

 $63,699,140  $52,443  $63,751,583  $57,024,185  $54,543  $57,078,728 

 

Gas utility revenues

 

Substantially all of Roanoke Gas' revenues are derived from rates authorized by the SCC through its tariffs. Based on its evaluation, the Company has concluded that these tariff-based revenues fall within the scope of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Tariff rates represent the transaction price. Performance obligations include the procurement and transportation of natural gas through the Company's distribution system to customers. The delivery of natural gas to customers results in the satisfaction of the Company’s respective performance obligations over time.

 

All customers are billed monthly based on consumption as measured by metered usage with payments due 20 days from the rendering of the bill. Revenue is recognized as bills are issued for natural gas that has been delivered or transported. In addition, the Company utilizes the practical expedient that allows an entity to recognize the invoiced amount as revenue, if that amount corresponds to the value received by the customer. Since customers are billed tariff rates, there is no variable consideration in the transaction price.

 

Unbilled revenue is included in residential and commercial revenues in the preceding table. Natural gas consumption is estimated for the period subsequent to the last billed date and up through the last day of the month. Estimated volumes and approved tariff rates are utilized to calculate unbilled revenue. The following month, the unbilled estimate is reversed, the actual usage is billed and a new unbilled estimate is calculated. The Company obtains metered usage for transportation and interruptible customers at the end of each month, thereby eliminating any unbilled consideration for these rate classes.

 

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Other revenues

 

Other revenues primarily consist of miscellaneous fees and charges, utility-related revenues not directly billed to utility customers and billings for non-utility activities. Customers are invoiced monthly based on services provided for these activities. The Company utilizes the practical expedient allowing revenue to be recognized based on invoiced amounts. The transaction price is based on a contractually predetermined rate schedule; therefore, the transaction price represents total value to the customer and no variable price consideration exists.

 

RGC RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Alternative revenue program revenues

 

ARPs, which fall outside the scope of ASC 606, are SCC-approved mechanisms that allow for the adjustment of revenues for certain broad, external factors, or for additional billings if the entity achieves certain performance targets. The Company's ARPs include its WNA, which adjusts revenues for the effects of weather temperature variations as compared to the 30-year average; the SAVE Plan over/under collection mechanism, which adjusts revenues for the differences between SAVE Plan revenues billed to customers and the revenue earned, as calculated based on the timing and extent of infrastructure replacement completed during the period; and the RNG over/under collection mechanism, which adjusts revenues similar to the SAVE Plan, but is calculated based on the timing and costs associated with owning, operating and maintaining the RNG facility. These amounts are ultimately collected from, or returned to, customers through future rate changes as approved by the SCC.

 

Customer accounts receivable and liabilities 

 

Accounts receivable, as reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, includes both billed and unbilled customer revenues, as well as amounts that are not related to customers. The asset and liability balances associated with customers are provided below:

 

  

Current Assets

  

Current Liabilities

 
  

Trade accounts receivable(1)

  

Unbilled revenue(1)

  

Customer credit balances

  

Customer deposits

 

Balance at September 30, 2024

 $3,080,140  $1,294,798  $1,915,859  $1,488,113 

Balance at March 31, 2025

  9,788,091   3,746,623   797,094   1,586,123 

Increase (decrease)

 $6,707,951  $2,451,825  $(1,118,765) $98,010 

(1) Included in accounts receivable in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Amounts shown net of reserve for credit losses. 

 

The Company did not incur any significant costs to obtain contracts during the period. Certain customers elect to pay even amounts monthly, giving rise to assets and liabilities presented in the table above. All amounts clear annually.

 

 

3.

Segment Information

 

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the Company's executive management in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company uses operating income and equity in earnings to assess segment performance.

 

Intersegment transactions are recorded at cost.

 

The reportable segments disclosed herein are defined as follows:

 

Gas Utility - The natural gas segment of the Company generates revenue from its tariff rates and other regulatory mechanisms through which it provides the sale and distribution of natural gas to its residential, commercial and industrial customers.

 

Investment in Affiliates - The investment in affiliates segment reflects the income generated through the activities of the Company's investment in the LLC.

 

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Information related to the Company's segments are provided below:

 

  

Gas Utility

  

Investment in Affiliates

  

Consolidated Total

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

            

Operating revenues

 $36,435,936  $  $36,435,936 

Corporate and other

        26,161 

Total revenues

  36,435,936      36,462,097 

Depreciation and amortization

  2,856,768      2,856,768 

Operating income (loss)

  10,417,419   (38,220)  10,379,199 

Corporate and other

        20,743 

Total operating income (loss)

  10,417,419   (38,220)  10,399,942 

Equity in earnings

     801,175   801,175 

Interest expense

  942,547   687,728   1,630,275 

Income before income taxes

  9,937,983   75,749   10,013,732 

Corporate and other

        20,743 

Total income before income taxes

 $9,937,983  $75,749  $10,034,475 

 

  

Gas Utility

  

Investment in Affiliates

  

Consolidated Total

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

            

Operating revenues

 $32,632,331  $  $32,632,331 

Corporate and other

        27,045 

Total revenues

  32,632,331      32,659,376 

Depreciation and amortization

  2,697,707      2,697,707 

Operating income (loss)

  8,666,010   (55,285)  8,610,725 

Corporate and other

        18,984 

Total operating income (loss)

  8,666,010   (55,285)  8,629,709 

Equity in earnings

     1,229,384   1,229,384 

Interest expense

  911,804   654,809   1,566,613 

Income before income taxes

  7,844,299   518,705   8,363,004 

Corporate and other

        18,963 

Total income before income taxes

 $7,844,299  $518,705  $8,381,967 

 

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Gas Utility

  

Investment in Affiliates

  

Consolidated Total

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2025

            

Operating revenues

 $63,699,140  $  $63,699,140 

Corporate and other

        52,443 

Total revenues

  63,699,140      63,751,583 

Depreciation and amortization

  5,700,128      5,700,128 

Operating income (loss)

  17,758,695   (73,408)  17,685,287 

Corporate and other

        42,676 

Total operating income (loss)

  17,758,695   (73,408)  17,727,963 

Equity in earnings

     1,655,388   1,655,388 

Interest expense

  1,974,956   1,435,249   3,410,205 

Income before income taxes

  16,719,641   147,798   16,867,439 

Corporate and other

        42,676 

Total income before income taxes

 $16,719,641  $147,798  $16,910,115 

 

  

Gas Utility

  

Investment in Affiliates

  

Consolidated Total

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2024

            

Operating revenues

 $57,024,185  $  $57,024,185 

Corporate and other

        54,543 

Total revenues

  57,024,185      57,078,728 

Depreciation and amortization

  5,395,414      5,395,414 

Operating income (loss)

  15,310,308   (68,688)  15,241,620 

Corporate and other

        40,126 

Total operating income (loss)

  15,310,308   (68,688)  15,281,746 

Equity in earnings

     2,697,219   2,697,219 

Interest expense

  1,880,741   1,322,145   3,202,886 

Income before income taxes

  13,640,033   1,306,239   14,946,272 

Corporate and other

        40,080 

Total income before income taxes

 $13,640,033  $1,306,239  $14,986,352 

 

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Gas Utility

  

Investment in Affiliates

  

Consolidated Total

 

As of March 31, 2025:

            

Assets

 $283,632,682  $21,630,325  $305,263,007 

Corporate and other

        21,158,280 

Total assets

  283,632,682   21,630,325   326,421,287 

Gross additions to utility property

  10,692,338      10,692,338 

Gross investment in affiliates

 $  $35,164  $35,164 

 

  

Gas Utility

  

Investment in Affiliates

  

Consolidated Total

 

As of September 30, 2024:

            

Assets

 $280,508,989  $21,324,361  $301,833,350 

Corporate and other

        18,865,873 

Total assets

  280,508,989   21,324,361   320,699,223 

Gross additions to utility property

  22,094,406      22,094,406 

Gross investment in affiliates

 $  $18,258  $18,258 

 

 

4.

Rates and Regulatory Matters

 

The SCC exercises regulatory authority over the natural gas operations of Roanoke Gas.  Such regulation encompasses terms, conditions and rates to be charged to customers for natural gas service, safety standards, service extension and depreciation.

 

In response to continued inflationary pressures, Roanoke Gas filed a general rate application with the SCC on February 2, 2024 seeking to increase its annual non-gas base rates by $4.33 million and its permitted return on equity from 9.44% to 10.35% reflecting its higher cost of capital, including higher interest expense.  The SCC permitted the Company to implement its new rates on an interim basis for customer billings on or after July 1, 2024, subject to refund.  On October 16, 2024, the Company reached a settlement with the SCC staff on all outstanding issues in the case. Under the terms of the settlement, the Company agreed to an annual incremental revenue requirement increase of $4.08 million based on a return on equity of 9.90%.  On April 10, 2025, the SCC issued a final order approving the settlement agreement in its entirety.  The Company has recorded a provision for customer refund, including interest, associated with billings for the difference between the interim rates and the settlement rates. The Company expects to complete the customer refund process during the third fiscal quarter.

 

On June 28, 2024, Roanoke Gas filed for approval of an updated annual SAVE Rider rate to become effective October 1, 2024.  The proposed SAVE rate is based on an estimated $9.13 million of SAVE eligible investment during fiscal 2025 and a revenue requirement of $1.53 million that reflects the cost of capital in the 2024 rate case.  The Commission approved the Company’s updated SAVE Rider on September 24, 2024, which contained a lower revenue requirement of $1.39 million, largely attributable to SCC staff’s reliance on the overall cost of capital approved in the 2022 rate case.  The difference in the revenue requirements will be trued-up in subsequent SAVE Rider updates to the overall cost of capital now that the 2024 rate case is final.

 

On May 30, 2024, Roanoke Gas filed for an RNG Rider update to become effective October 1, 2024.  The revenue requirement associated with the proposed RNG Rider is $1.56 million, offset by the sale of environmental credits in the amount of $1.11 million, as well as credits for the over-recovery of costs during the prior year of approximately $35,000, resulting in a net revenue requirement of approximately $415,000.  The Commission approved the Company’s updated RNG Rider on September 4, 2024, which contained a lower net revenue requirement of approximately $356,000, largely attributable to SCC Staff’s reliance on the overall cost of capital approved in the 2022 rate case.  The difference in the revenue requirements will be trued-up in subsequent RNG Rider updates at the overall cost of capital now that the 2024 rate case is final.

 

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5.

Other Investments

 

Midstream owns a less than 1% equity investment in the LLC that owns and operates the MVP.  The Company accounts for its interest in the LLC under the equity method of accounting given the LLC maintains specific ownership accounts for each investor, and also considering the Company's rights under the LLC management agreement.  The Company has been using the equity method since the inception of its investment in fiscal 2016.  Following receipt of authorization from the FERC, the MVP entered commercial operation on June 14, 2024 and became available for interruptible or short-term firm transportation service.  On July 1, 2024, the MVP commenced long-term firm capacity obligations.  Midstream is also a less than 1% investor, accounted for under the cost method, in Southgate, which is in the design and permitting phase.  Completion of the Southgate project is targeted for 2028.

 

While under construction, AFUDC provided the majority of the income recognized by Midstream.  The amount of AFUDC recognized during the prior year was included in the equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate in the tables below.  AFUDC ceased in June 2024 when the pipeline went into commercial operation.

 

The Company participates in the earnings of the LLC proportionate to its level of investment.  With the MVP now in operation, the Company recognizes its share of earnings from the LLC, favorably adjusted for a basis difference between the Company's capital account and its carrying value that arose when the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment of its investment in 2022.  This basis difference amortization is a favorable non-cash adjustment to income over the operational life of the MVP, which is 40 years.  The Company's share of earnings from the LLC and the basis difference amortization are presented under equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate on the condensed consolidated statements of income.  The Company received two quarterly cash distributions totaling approximately $1.8 million from the LLC during the first half of fiscal 2025 and expects future quarterly distributions to be of a similar magnitude to those received to date.

 

Midstream assesses the value of its investment in the LLC on at least a quarterly basis, and no impairment indicators were identified in fiscal 2025 or 2024.

 

Investment balances of MVP and Southgate, as of March 31, 2025 and  September 30, 2024, are reflected in the table below:

 

Balance Sheet location:

 

March 31, 2025

  

September 30, 2024

 

Other Assets:

        

MVP

 $20,819,153  $20,948,347 

Southgate

  144,039   108,875 

Investment in unconsolidated affiliates

 $20,963,192  $21,057,222 

 

The change in the investment in unconsolidated affiliates is provided below:

 

  

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

 

Cash investment

 $35,164  $3,381 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate

  1,655,388   2,697,219 

Distribution from unconsolidated affiliate

  (1,784,582)   

Change in investment in unconsolidated affiliates

 $(94,030) $2,700,600 

 

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Summary unaudited financial statements of MVP are presented below. Southgate financial statements, which are accounted for under the cost method, are not included.

 

  

Income Statements

 
  

Three Months Ended March 31,

  

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

  

2025

  

2024

 

Revenue

 $144,610,866  $  $284,668,826  $ 

Operating expenses

  (76,360,453)     (146,337,662)   

AFUDC

  39,057   146,538,660   65,535   305,100,801 

Other income, net

  1,526,125   3,236,493   3,377,185   5,900,062 

Net income

 $69,815,595  $149,775,153  $141,773,884  $311,000,863 

 

  

Balance Sheets

 
  

March 31, 2025

  

September 30, 2024

 

Assets:

        

Current assets

 $229,740,457  $263,966,727 

Construction work in progress

  302,321   1,568,267 

Property, plant and equipment, net

  9,486,837,781   9,522,815,742 

Other assets

  11,900,719   13,732,299 

Total assets

 $9,728,781,278  $9,802,083,035 
         

Liabilities and Equity:

        

Current liabilities

 $94,781,771  $168,645,751 

Noncurrent liabilities

  2,011,116   68,965 

Capital

  9,631,988,391   9,633,368,319 

Total liabilities and equity

 $9,728,781,278  $9,802,083,035 

  

 

6.

Line of Credit

 

The Company had been operating with an unsecured Revolving Note in the principal amount of $25 million that it renewed annually in March.  On March 31, 2025, Roanoke Gas amended its Revolving Note to increase the principal amount to $30 million and extend the maturity date to March 31, 2027.  The Revolving Note's variable interest rate is based upon Term SOFR plus 125 basis points and provides for multiple tier borrowing limits to accommodate seasonal borrowing demands.  Other key terms and requirements of the Revolving Note were retained.  The Company's total available borrowing limits during the term of the Revolving Note range from $20 million to $30 million.  As of March 31, 2025, the Company had an outstanding balance of $4,164,266 under the Revolving Note.

 

 

7.

Long-Term Debt

 

On March 6, 2024, Midstream entered into the Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement and related Promissory Notes on the non-revolving credit facility.  The Sixth Amendment revised the interest rate from Term SOFR plus 2.00% to Term SOFR plus 2.00% subject to adjustment to Term SOFR plus 1.75% and Term SOFR plus 1.55% upon meeting certain milestones.  The Sixth Amendment also consolidated the Promissory Notes to one Promissory Note with one lender, increased the available non-revolving credit facility to $25 million, and extended the maturity date to December 31, 2025.  All other terms and requirements remained unchanged.

 

On May 2, 2024, Midstream established a new $9 million revolving credit facility. The interest rate on the borrowings under the facility is Daily Simple SOFR plus 2.215%; the arrangement included a 0.40% upfront fee and 0.125% unused line fee.  The facility matures on May 2, 2026. 

 

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On May 29, 2024, Midstream paid in full the $9 million note payable that was set to mature June 1, 2024 with proceeds from the new credit facility.

 

On March 6, 2024, Midstream amended and restated its $8 million Term Note. The amendment suspended quarterly principal payments beginning April 1, 2024 through January 1, 2025.  Principal payments began again on April 1, 2025.  All other terms and requirements of the Term Note were retained. The interest rate swap related to the $8 million Term Note was not amended on March 6, 2024.

 

Long-term debt consists of the following:

 

  

March 31, 2025

  

September 30, 2024

 
  

Principal

  

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs

  

Principal

  

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs

 

Roanoke Gas:

                

Unsecured senior note payable at 4.26%, due September 18, 2034

 $30,500,000  $91,714  $30,500,000  $96,541 

Unsecured term note payable at 3.58%, due October 2, 2027

  8,000,000   12,040   8,000,000   14,448 

Unsecured term note payable at 4.41%, due March 28, 2031

  10,000,000   18,795   10,000,000   20,362 

Unsecured term note payable at 3.60%, due December 6, 2029

  10,000,000   16,733   10,000,000   18,494 

Unsecured term note payable at 30-day SOFR plus 1.20%, due August 20, 2026 (swap rate at 2.00%)

  15,000,000      15,000,000    

Unsecured term note payable at Term SOFR plus 1.00%, due October 1, 2028 (swap rate at 2.49%)

  10,000,000   25,567   10,000,000   27,044 

Midstream:

                

Unsecured term note payable at Term SOFR plus 1.55%, due December 31, 2025

  25,000,000   19,379   24,855,000   32,299 

Unsecured term note payable at Daily Simple SOFR plus 1.26448%, due January 1, 2028 (swap rate at 3.24%)

  14,000,000   3,009   14,000,000   4,213 

Unsecured term note payable at Daily Simple SOFR plus 1.26448%, due January 1, 2028 with quarterly principal installments of $400,000 that began April 1, 2023, were suspended April 1, 2024, and resumed April 1, 2025 (swap rate at 2.443% on designated principal)

  6,400,000   18,054   6,400,000   21,406 

Revolving credit facility at Daily Simple SOFR plus 2.215%, due May 2, 2026

  9,000,000   32,353   9,000,000   47,285 

Total long-term debt

  137,900,000   237,644   137,755,000   282,092 

Less: current maturities of long-term debt

  (26,600,000)     (800,000)   

Total long-term debt, net current maturities

 $111,300,000  $237,644  $136,955,000  $282,092 

 

Debt issuance costs are amortized over the life of the related debt. As of March 31, 2025 and  September 30, 2024, the Company also had an unamortized loss on the early retirement of debt of $1,084,778 and $1,141,872, respectively, which has been deferred as a regulatory asset and is being amortized over a 20-year period.

 

All debt agreements set forth certain representations, warranties and covenants to which the Company is subject, including financial covenants that limit consolidated long-term indebtedness to not more than 65% of total capitalization.  All of the debt agreements provide for Priority Indebtedness (defined in the debt agreements) to not exceed 15% of consolidated total assets.  The $15 million and $10 million notes, as well as the line-of-credit, have an interest coverage ratio requirement of not less than 1.5 to 1, which excludes the effect of the non-cash impairments on the LLC investments up to the total investment as of December 31, 2021, as revised by the Seventh Amendment to the Credit Agreement.  The $9 million revolving line of credit facility also has an interest coverage ratio requirement of not less than 1.5 to 1.  The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants as of  March 31, 2025 and September 30, 2024

 

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8.

Derivatives and Hedging

 

The Company’s hedging and derivative policy allows management to enter into derivatives for the purpose of managing the commodity and financial market risks of its business operations, including the price of natural gas and the cost of borrowed funds.  This policy specifically prohibits the use of derivatives for speculative purposes.

 

The Company has four interest rate swaps associated with certain of its variable rate debt as of March 31, 2025.  Roanoke Gas has two variable-rate term notes in the amounts of $15 million and $10 million, with corresponding swap agreements to effectively convert the variable interest rates into fixed rates of 2.00% and 2.49%, respectively.  Midstream has two swap agreements corresponding to the variable-rate term notes with original principal amounts of $14 million and $8 million.  The swap agreement pertaining to the $14 million note effectively converts the variable interest rate into a fixed rate of 3.24%.  The swap agreement pertaining to the $8 million note remains in place and was concurrently re-designated to hedge an applicable portion of the note, taking into account the temporary suspension of amortization described in Note 7, and converts that portion of the note to a fixed rate of 2.443%.  The swaps qualify as cash flow hedges with changes in fair value reported in other comprehensive income.  No portion of the swaps were deemed ineffective during the periods presented.

 

The fair value of the current and non-current portions of the interest rate swaps are reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets under the caption interest rate swaps.  The table in Note 11 reflects the effect on income and other comprehensive income of the Company's cash flow hedges.

 

 

9.

Fair Value Measurements

 

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, established a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes each input to the valuation method used to measure fair value of financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are measured and reported on a fair value basis into one of the following three levels:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices in Level 1 that are either for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

 

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date, which require the Company to develop its own assumptions.

 

The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). All fair value disclosures are categorized within one of the three categories in the hierarchy based on the lowest level that is significant to the valuation.

 

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The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as required by existing guidance and the fair value measurements by level within the fair value hierarchy:

 

  

Fair Value Measurements - March 31, 2025

 
      

Quoted

  

Significant

     
      

Prices

  

Other

  

Significant

 
      

in Active

  

Observable

  

Unobservable

 
  

Fair

  

Markets

  

Inputs

  

Inputs

 
  

Value

  

(Level 1)

  

(Level 2)

  

(Level 3)

 

Assets:

                

Interest rate swaps

 $1,879,398  $  $1,879,398  $ 

Total

 $1,879,398  $  $1,879,398  $ 
                 

Liabilities:

                

Natural gas purchases

 $92,716  $  $92,716  $ 

Total

 $92,716  $  $92,716  $ 

 

  

Fair Value Measurements - September 30, 2024

 
      

Quoted

  

Significant

     
      

Prices

  

Other

  

Significant

 
      

in Active

  

Observable

  

Unobservable

 
  

Fair

  

Markets

  

Inputs

  

Inputs

 
  

Value

  

(Level 1)

  

(Level 2)

  

(Level 3)

 

Assets:

                

Interest rate swaps

 $2,062,551  $  $2,062,551  $ 

Total

 $2,062,551  $  $2,062,551  $ 
                 

Liabilities:

                

Natural gas purchases

 $761,020  $  $761,020  $ 

Total

 $761,020  $  $761,020  $ 

 

The fair value of the interest rate swaps are determined by using the counterparty's proprietary models that can include observable quoted market interest rates and interest rate futures as well as certain assumptions regarding past, present and future market conditions.

 

Under one of the asset management contracts, a timing difference can exist between the payment for natural gas purchases and the actual receipt of such purchases.  Payments are made based on a predetermined monthly volume with the price based on weighted average first of the month index prices corresponding to the month of the scheduled payment.  At March 31, 2025 and September 30, 2024, the Company had recorded in accounts payable the estimated fair value of the liability valued at the corresponding first of month index prices for which the liability is expected to be settled.

 

The Company’s nonfinancial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis consist of its AROs.  The AROs are measured at fair value at initial recognition based on expected future cash flows required to settle the obligation. 

 

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, borrowings under line-of-credit, accounts payable, customer credit balances and customer deposits is a reasonable estimate of fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments.  In addition, the carrying amount of the variable rate line-of-credit is a reasonable approximation of its fair value.

 

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The following table summarizes the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are not adjusted to fair value in the financial statements:

 

  

Fair Value Measurements - March 31, 2025

 
      

Quoted

  

Significant

     
      

Prices

  

Other

  

Significant

 
      

in Active

  

Observable

  

Unobservable

 
  

Carrying

  

Markets

  

Inputs

  

Inputs

 
  

Value

  

(Level 1)

  

(Level 2)

  

(Level 3)

 

Liabilities:

                

Current maturities of long-term debt

 $26,600,000  $  $  $26,713,928 

Notes payable

  111,300,000         108,724,095 

Total

 $137,900,000  $  $  $135,438,023 

 

  

Fair Value Measurements - September 30, 2024

 
      

Quoted

  

Significant

     
      

Prices

  

Other

  

Significant

 
      

in Active

  

Observable

  

Unobservable

 
  

Carrying

  

Markets

  

Inputs

  

Inputs

 
  

Value

  

(Level 1)

  

(Level 2)

  

(Level 3)

 

Liabilities:

                

Current maturities of long-term debt

 $800,000  $  $  $800,000 

Notes payable

  136,955,000         135,471,275 

Total

 $137,755,000  $  $  $136,271,275 

 

The fair value of long-term debt is estimated by discounting the future cash flows of the fixed rate debt based on the underlying Treasury rate or other Treasury instruments with a corresponding maturity period and estimated credit spread extrapolated based on market conditions since the issuance of the debt.

 

ASC 825, Financial Instruments, requires disclosures regarding concentrations of credit risk from financial instruments.  Cash equivalents are investments in high-grade, short-term securities (original maturity less than three months), placed with financially sound institutions.  Accounts receivable are from a diverse group of customers including individuals and small and large companies in various industries.  No individual customer amounted to more than 5% of total accounts receivable at  March 31, 2025 and  September 30, 2024.  The Company maintains certain credit standards with its customers and requires a customer deposit if warranted.

 

 

10.

Earnings Per Share

 

Basic EPS for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was calculated by dividing net income by the weighted-average common shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted EPS was calculated by dividing net income by the weighted-average common shares outstanding during the period plus potential dilutive common shares.  Potential dilutive common shares are calculated in accordance with the treasury stock method, which assumes that proceeds from the exercise of all options are used to repurchase common stock at market value. The number of shares remaining after the proceeds are exhausted represents the potentially dilutive effect of the securities. The computation of diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 excludes potentially dilutive shares of 2,203 and 2,712 respectively, and 2,160 and 3,175, respectively, for the six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, because to include them would be antidilutive for the periods. However, these shares could potentially dilute EPS in the future.

 

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A reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share is presented below:

 

  

Three Months Ended March 31,

  

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

  

2025

  

2024

 

Net income

 $7,676,208  $6,443,390  $12,945,897  $11,463,382 

Weighted-average common shares

  10,304,222   10,170,595   10,281,725   10,099,533 

Effect of dilutive securities:

                

Options to purchase common stock

  4,146   3,411   4,214   2,751 

Diluted average common shares

  10,308,368   10,174,006   10,285,939   10,102,284 

Earnings per share of common stock:

                

Basic

 $0.74  $0.63  $1.26  $1.14 

Diluted

 $0.74  $0.63  $1.26  $1.13 

 

 

11.

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

A summary of other comprehensive income and loss is provided below:

 

      Tax    
  

Before-Tax

  

(Expense)

  

Net-of-Tax

 
  

Amount

  

or Benefit

  

Amount

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

            

Interest rate swaps:

            

Unrealized losses

 $(165,869) $42,695  $(123,174)

Transfer of realized gains to interest expense

  (327,190)  84,218   (242,972)

Net interest rate swaps

  (493,059)  126,913   (366,146)

Defined benefit plans:

            

Amortization of net actuarial gains

  (10,377)  2,671   (7,706)

Other comprehensive loss

 $(503,436) $129,584  $(373,852)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

            

Interest rate swaps:

            

Unrealized gains

 $802,399  $(206,537) $595,862 

Transfer of realized gains to interest expense

  (533,706)  137,376   (396,330)

Net interest rate swaps

  268,693   (69,161)  199,532 

Defined benefit plans:

            

Amortization of net actuarial losses

  16,015   (4,122)  11,893 

Other comprehensive income

 $284,708  $(73,283) $211,425 

 

20

 
      

Tax

     
  

Before-Tax

  

(Expense)

  

Net-of-Tax

 
  

Amount

  

or Benefit

  

Amount

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2025

            

Interest rate swaps:

            

Unrealized gains

 $528,308  $(135,986) $392,322 

Transfer of realized gains to interest expense

  (711,463)  183,130   (528,333)

Net interest rate swaps

  (183,155)  47,144   (136,011)

Defined benefit plans:

            

Amortization of net actuarial gains

  (20,755)  5,342   (15,413)

Other comprehensive loss

 $(203,910) $52,486  $(151,424)

Six Months Ended March 31, 2024

            

Interest rate swaps:

            

Unrealized losses

 $(33,672) $8,668  $(25,004)

Transfer of realized gains to interest expense

  (1,078,889)  277,705   (801,184)

Net interest rate swaps

  (1,112,561)  286,373   (826,188)

Defined benefit plans:

            

Amortization of net actuarial losses

  32,030   (8,244)  23,786 

Other comprehensive loss

 $(1,080,531) $278,129  $(802,402)

 

The amortization of actuarial gains and losses, reflected in the preceding table, relate to the unregulated operations of the Company.  Actuarial gains and losses attributable to the regulated operations are included as a regulatory asset.  See Note 13 for a schedule of regulatory assets.  The amortization of actual gains and losses is recognized as a component of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit costs under other income, net in the condensed consolidated statements of income.

 

Reconciliation of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

 

          

Accumulated

 
          

Other

 
  

Interest Rate

  

Defined Benefit

  

Comprehensive

 
  

Swaps

  

Plans

  

Income (Loss)

 

Balance at September 30, 2024

 $1,531,649  $(205,078) $1,326,571 

Other comprehensive loss

  (136,011)  (15,413)  (151,424)

Balance at March 31, 2025

 $1,395,638  $(220,491) $1,175,147 

 

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12.

Income Taxes

 

The effective tax rates for the three-month and six-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 reflected in the table below are less than the combined federal and state statutory rate of 25.74%.  The reduction to the effective tax rates is due to additional tax deductions from the amortization of excess deferred taxes and amortization of RNG tax credits deferred as a regulatory liability.  

 

  

Three Months Ended March 31,

  

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

  

2025

  

2024

 

Effective tax rate

  23.5%  23.1%  23.4%  23.5%

 

ASC 740 provides for the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recognized in the financial statements.  The Company has a reserve recorded for unrecognized tax benefits of $273,936 as of  March 31, 2025 and  September 30, 2024 related to tax positions taken in the Company's prior tax returns. The Company has evaluated its tax positions for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and determined no additional reserve for unrecognized tax benefits was necessary.  A reconciliation of the Company's unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

 

Balance at September 30, 2024

 $273,936 

Increase resulting from prior period tax positions

   

Balance at March 31, 2025

 $273,936 

 

The Company’s policy is to classify interest associated with uncertain tax positions as interest expense in the financial statements. Tax penalties, if any, are netted against other income.

 

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return and state income tax returns in Virginia and West Virginia, and thus subject to examinations by federal and state tax authorities.  The IRS is currently examining the Company's 2018 and 2019 amended federal tax returns.  The focus of the examination relates to research and development credits, and the final results of the examination have not been presented to the Company as of the date of this Form 10-Q.  The Company believes its income tax assets and liabilities are fairly stated as of March 31, 2025 and September 30, 2024; however, these assets and liabilities could be adjusted as a result of this examination.  The Company's amended federal returns for fiscal 2018 and 2019 remain open related to the examination.  Aside from these exceptions, the federal returns and the state returns for Virginia and West Virginia for the tax years ended prior to September 30, 2021 are no longer subject to examination.

 

 

13.

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

 

The Company’s regulated operations follow the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC 980, Regulated Operations.  A regulated company may defer costs that have been or are expected to be recovered from customers in a period different from the period in which the costs would ordinarily be charged to expense by an unregulated enterprise.  When this situation occurs, costs are deferred as assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet (regulatory assets) and amortized into expense over periods when such amounts are reflected in customer rates.  Additionally, regulators can impose liabilities upon a regulated company for amounts previously collected from customers and for current collection in customer rates of costs that are expected to be incurred in the future (regulatory liabilities).  In the event the provisions of ASC 980 no longer apply to any or all regulatory assets or liabilities, the Company would write off such amounts and include the effects in the condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income in the period which ASC 980 no longer applied.

 

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Regulatory assets included in the Company’s accompanying balance sheets are as follows: 

 

  

March 31, 2025

  

September 30, 2024

 

Assets:

        

Current Assets:

        

Regulatory assets:

        

Accrued WNA revenues

 $1,392,831  $919,375 

Under-recovery of gas costs

     2,690,247 

Under-recovery of RNG revenues

  959,373   1,331,064 

Under-recovery of SAVE Plan revenues

  34,663   107,678 

Accrued pension

  21,393   42,785 

Other deferred expenses

  12,762   12,761 

Total current

  2,421,022   5,103,910 

Other Non-Current Assets:

        

Regulatory assets:

        

Premium on early retirement of debt

  1,084,778   1,141,872 

Accrued pension

  2,998,881   2,998,881 

Other deferred expenses

  282,877   304,291 

Total non-current

  4,366,536   4,445,044 
         

Total regulatory assets

 $6,787,558  $9,548,954 

 

Regulatory liabilities included in the Company’s accompanying balance sheets are as follows: 

 

  

March 31, 2025

  

September 30, 2024

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

        

Current Liabilities:

        

Regulatory liabilities:

        

Over-recovery of gas costs

 $3,104,759  $ 

Rate refund

  35,877   37,500 

Deferred income taxes

  591,764   591,764 

Supplier refunds

  896,204   30,556 

Other deferred liabilities

  87,228   174,458 

Total current

  4,715,832   834,278 

Deferred Credits and Other Non-Current Liabilities:

        

Regulatory cost of retirement obligations

  15,156,791   14,409,847 

Regulatory liabilities:

        

Deferred income taxes

  15,172,214   15,468,096 

Deferred postretirement medical

  3,858,471   3,858,471 

Total non-current

  34,187,476   33,736,414 
         

Total regulatory liabilities

 $38,903,308  $34,570,692 

 

As of March 31, 2025 and September 30, 2024, the Company had regulatory assets in the amount of $6,787,558 and $9,548,954, respectively, on which the Company did not earn a return during the recovery period.

 

 

14.

Commitments and Contingencies

 

Roanoke Gas currently holds the only franchises and/or CPCNs to distribute natural gas in its service area.  These franchises generally extend for multi-year periods and are renewable by the municipalities, including exclusive franchises in the cities of Roanoke and Salem and the Town of Vinton, Virginia.  All three franchises are set to expire December 31, 2035.

 

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Due to the nature of the natural gas distribution business, the Company has entered into agreements with both suppliers and pipelines for natural gas commodity purchases, storage capacity and pipeline delivery capacity.  Through March 31, 2025, the Company utilized two asset managers to assist in optimizing the use of its transportation, storage rights and gas supply in order to provide a secure and reliable source of natural gas to its customers. Those services were consolidated to one asset manager as of April 1, 2025. The Company also has storage and pipeline capacity contracts to store and deliver natural gas to the Company’s distribution system.  Roanoke Gas is currently served directly by three primary pipelines that deliver all of the natural gas supplied to the Company’s distribution system.  Depending on weather conditions and the level of customer demand, failure of one of these transmission pipelines could have a major adverse impact on the Company's ability to deliver natural gas to its customers and its results of operations.  With the MVP now in service, there is an enhanced reliability in the system to meet the Company's increasing distribution demand for natural gas.

 

 

15.

Employee Benefit Plans

 

The Company has both a pension plan and a postretirement plan.  The pension plan covers the Company’s employees hired before January 1, 2017 and provides a retirement benefit based on years of service and employee compensation.  The postretirement plan, covering employees hired before January 1, 2000, provides certain health care and supplemental life insurance benefits to retired employees who meet specific age and service requirements.  Net pension plan and postretirement plan expense is detailed as follows:

 

  

Three Months Ended March 31,

  

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

  

2025

  

2024

 

Components of net periodic pension cost:

                

Service cost

 $96,858  $81,066  $193,716  $162,132 

Interest cost

  352,602   367,206   705,204   734,412 

Expected return on plan assets

  (375,976)  (294,958)  (751,952)  (589,916)

Recognized loss

  14,857   79,132   29,714   158,264 

Net periodic pension cost

 $88,341  $232,446  $176,682  $464,892 

 

  

Three Months Ended March 31,

  

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2025

  

2024

  

2025

  

2024

 

Components of postretirement benefit cost:

                

Service cost

 $1,095  $7,599  $2,190  $15,198 

Interest cost

  126,856   153,369   253,712   306,738 

Expected return on plan assets

  (182,430)  (133,311)  (364,860)  (266,622)

Recognized gain

  (58,153)  (10,149)  (116,306)  (20,298)

Net postretirement benefit cost

 $(112,632) $17,508  $(225,264) $35,016 

 

The components of net periodic benefit cost, excluding the service cost component, are included in other income, net in the condensed consolidated statements of income.  Service cost is included in operations and maintenance expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income.

 

No funding contributions were made to the pension plan or postretirement plan for the periods presented in the tables above.  The Company is not currently planning to make any funding contributions to either plan for the remainder of fiscal 2025. 

 

 

16.

Leases

 

The Company has four leases for certain assets including office space and land classified as operating leases with original terms ranging from 3 to 20 years.  The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception of the agreement based on the terms and conditions in the contract.  The operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized at the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date.  As most of the leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an estimate of its secured incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of future payments.  The incremental borrowing rate is determined by management aided by inquiries of a third party.

 

Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement.  The Company made an accounting policy election that payments under agreements with an initial term of 12 months or less will not be included on the condensed consolidated balance sheet but will be recognized when paid in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

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The operating lease ROU assets are reflected in other non-current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.  The current operating lease liabilities and non-current lease liabilities are included in other current liabilities and deferred credits and other non-current liabilities, respectively, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.  The expense components of the Company’s operating leases are included under operations and maintenance expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income and were less than $50,000 for each period presented.

 

Other information related to leases were as follows:

 

   Three Months Ended March 31, 
  

2025

  

2024

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:

        

Cash paid on operating leases

 $11,000  $5,500 

Right of use obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations

  N/A   N/A 

Weighted-average remaining term (in years)

  17.3   17.4 

Weighted-average discount rate

  5.65%  5.65%
     
   Six Months Ended March 31, 
  2025  2024 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:

        

Cash paid on operating leases

 $16,500  $12,266 

Right of use obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations

  N/A   N/A 

Weighted-average remaining term (in years)

  17.3   17.4 

Weighted-average discount rate

  5.65%  5.65%

 

On March 31, 2025, the future minimum rental payments under non-cancelable operating leases by fiscal year were as follows:

 

2025

 $37,730 

2026

  30,038 

2027

  30,038 

2028

  26,400 

2029

  26,400 

Thereafter

  343,200 

Total minimum lease payments

  493,806 

Less imputed interest

  (173,870)

Total

 $319,936 

 

 

17.

Subsequent Events

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued.  There were no items not otherwise disclosed which would have materially impacted the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This report contains forward-looking statements that relate to future transactions, events or expectations. In addition, Resources may announce or publish forward-looking statements relating to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business prospects, investments, inflation, rate making, technological developments, new products, research and development activities, operational impacts and similar matters. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and information available at the time of such statements and are believed to be reasonable and are made in good faith. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. In order to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors could cause the Company’s actual results and experience to differ
materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the Company’s forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance, development and results of the Company’s business include, but are not limited to, those set forth in the following discussion and within Item 1A “Risk Factors” in the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  These factors are difficult to predict and many are beyond the Company’s control. Accordingly, while the Company believes its forward-looking statements to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will approximate actual experience or that the expectations derived from them will be realized. When used in the Company’s documents or news releases, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “predict,” “target,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “potential,” “forecast,” “budget,” “assume,” “indicate” or similar words or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “can,” “could,” “may,” or “might” are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

 

Forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current expectations only as of the date they are made.  The Company assumes no duty to update these statements should expectations change or actual results differ from current expectations except as required by applicable laws and regulations.

 

The three-month and six-month earnings presented herein should not be considered as reflective of the Company’s consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.  The total revenues and margins realized during the first six months reflect higher billings due to the weather-sensitive nature of the natural gas business.

 

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Overview

 

Resources is an energy services company primarily engaged in the regulated sale and distribution of natural gas to approximately 63,700 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Roanoke, Virginia and surrounding localities through its Roanoke Gas subsidiary.  Midstream, a wholly owned subsidiary of Resources, is a less than 1% investor in both the MVP and Southgate.  The utility operations of Roanoke Gas are regulated by the SCC, which oversees the terms, conditions and rates charged to customers for natural gas service, safety standards, extension of service and depreciation.  The Company is also subject to regulation from the United States Department of Transportation in regard to the construction, operation, maintenance, safety and integrity of its transmission and distribution pipelines.  FERC regulates the prices for the transportation and delivery of natural gas to the Company’s distribution system and underground storage services.  In addition, the Company is subject to other regulations which are not necessarily industry specific. 

 

Nearly all of the Company’s revenues are derived from the sale and delivery of natural gas to Roanoke Gas customers based on rates and fees authorized by the SCC.  These rates are designed to provide the Company with the opportunity to recover its gas and non-gas expenses and to earn a reasonable rate of return for shareholders based on normal weather.  These rates are determined based on various rate applications filed with the SCC.  Generally, investments related to extending service to new customers are recovered through the additional revenues generated by the non-gas base rates in place at that time.  The investment in replacing and upgrading existing non-SAVE infrastructure, as well as recovering increases in non-gas expenses due to inflationary pressures, regulatory requirements or operational needs, are generally not recoverable until a formal rate application is filed to include the additional investment and higher costs, and new non-gas base rates are approved.

 

On February 2, 2024, primarily in response to continued inflationary pressures, Roanoke Gas filed for an annual non-gas base rate increase of $4.33 million.  The filing also reflected an increase in the Company's authorized return on equity from 9.44% to 10.35%.  The new interim non-gas base rates went into effect for customer billings on or after July 1, 2024, subject to refund.  On October 16, 2024, the Company reached a settlement with the SCC staff on all outstanding issues in the case.  Under the terms of the settlement, the Company agreed to an annual incremental revenue requirement increase of $4.08 million based on a return on equity of 9.90%.  On April 10, 2025, the SCC issued a final order approving the settlement in its entirety.  The order also directed Roanoke Gas to refund the excess revenues collected during the time the interim rates were in effect with interest.  The refund to customers, which was accrued in fiscal 2024 and reflected in regulatory liabilities, is expected to be completed during the Company's third quarter of fiscal 2025.

 

As the Company’s business is seasonal in nature, volatility in winter weather and the commodity price of natural gas can impact the effectiveness of the Company’s rates in recovering its costs and providing a reasonable return for its shareholders.  In order to mitigate the effect of weather variations and other factors not provided for in the Company's base rates, Roanoke Gas has certain approved rate mechanisms in place that help provide stability in earnings, adjust for volatility in the price of natural gas and provide a return on qualified infrastructure investment.  These mechanisms include the SAVE Rider, WNA, ICC, RNG Rider and PGA.

 

The SAVE Plan and Rider provides the Company with a mechanism through which it recovers costs related to qualified SAVE infrastructure investments on a prospective basis, until a rate application is filed incorporating these investments in non-gas base rates.  Roanoke Gas filed and received approval from the SCC for an updated annual SAVE Rider rate which became effective October 1, 2024.  As a result of the updated SAVE Rider, SAVE Plan revenues increased by approximately $283,000 and $555,000, respectively, for the three-month and six-month periods ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same periods last year when the recovery of all prior SAVE Plan investment was incorporated into the non-gas base rates that were effective January 1, 2023.  The updated SAVE Rider is expected to result in approximately $1,389,000 of annualized SAVE-related revenues during fiscal 2025.  Additional information regarding the SAVE Plan and Rider is provided under the Regulatory section below.

 

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The WNA mechanism reduces the volatility in earnings due to the variability in temperatures during the heating season.  The WNA is based on the most recent 30-year temperature average and provides the Company with a level of earnings protection when weather is warmer than normal and provides its customers with price protection when weather is colder than normal.  The WNA allows the Company to recover from its customers the lost margin (excluding gas costs) from warmer-than-normal weather and correspondingly requires the Company to refund the excess margin earned for colder-than-normal weather.  The WNA mechanism used by the Company is based on a linear regression model that determines the value of a single heating degree day and thereby estimates the revenue adjustment based on weather variance from normal.  Any billings or refunds related to the WNA are completed following each WNA year, which extends for the 12-month period from April to March.  For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company reduced revenues by approximately $27,000 under the WNA model for weather that was in line with normal compared to accruing approximately $1,694,000 in additional revenues for weather that was 18% warmer than normal for the corresponding period last year.  For the six months ended March 31, 2025, the Company accrued approximately $473,000 in additional revenues for weather that was 2% warmer than normal compared to approximately $2,868,000 in additional revenues for weather that was 17% warmer than normal for the corresponding period last year.  The WNA balance for the 12-month period ended March 31, 2025 was approximately $1,393,000, which will be collected from customers during the third quarter of fiscal 2025.

 

The Company has an approved rate structure to mitigate the impact of the financing costs of its natural gas inventory.  Under this rate structure, Roanoke Gas recognizes revenue by applying the ICC factor, based on the Company’s weighted-average cost of capital, including interest rates on short-term and long-term debt, and the Company’s authorized return on equity, to the average cost of natural gas inventory during the period.  Total ICC revenues decreased by approximately $48,000 and $101,000 for the three-month and six-month periods ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding periods last year, due to lower natural gas commodity prices during the 2024 summer storage injection season resulting in a lower average cost of natural gas in storage.  Accordingly, fiscal 2025 ICC revenues are expected to continue to remain below last year's levels.

 

In March 2023, Roanoke Gas began operating the RNG facility, through a cooperative agreement with the Western Virginia Water Authority, to produce commercial quality RNG for delivery into its distribution system.  Roanoke Gas is allowed to recover the costs associated with the investment in RNG facilities and the related operating costs through an RNG Rider added to customer bills.  Customers receive the benefit of environmental credits generated through the production of RNG.  Roanoke Gas recognized approximately $429,000 and $817,000 in RNG revenue for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 compared to approximately $517,000 and $818,000 for the corresponding periods in the prior year.

 

The cost of natural gas, which is a pass-through cost, is independent of the Company's non-gas rates.  Accordingly, the Company's approved billing rates include a component designed to allow for the recovery of the cost of natural gas used by its customers.  This rate component, referred to as the PGA, allows the Company to pass along to its customers increases and decreases in natural gas costs through a quarterly filing, or more frequent if necessary, once SCC staff approval is received.  As actual costs will differ from the projections used in establishing the PGA rate, the Company will either over-recover or under-recover its actual gas costs during the period.  The difference between actual costs incurred and costs recovered through the application of the PGA is recorded as a regulatory asset or liability.  At the end of the annual deferral period, the balance is amortized over a succeeding 12-month period through the ensuing non-gas rate component.

 

Results of Operations

 

The analysis on the results of operations is based on the consolidated operations of the Company, which is primarily associated with the utility segment.  Additional segment analysis is provided when Midstream's investment in affiliates represents a significant component of the comparison.

 

The Company's operating revenues are affected by the cost of natural gas, as reflected in the condensed consolidated statements of income under cost of gas - utility.  The cost of natural gas, which includes commodity price, transportation, storage, injection and withdrawal fees, with any increase or decrease offset by a correlating change in revenue through the PGA, is passed through to customers at cost.  Accordingly, management believes that gross utility margin, a non-GAAP financial measure defined as utility revenues less cost of gas, is a useful and relevant measure to analyze financial performance.  The term gross utility margin is not intended to represent or replace gross margin, the most comparable GAAP financial measure, as an indicator of operating performance and is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.  A reconciliation between gross utility margin and gross margin is presented under the Gross Utility Margin section below.  The following results of operations analyses will reference gross utility margin.

 

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2025:

 

Net income increased by $1,232,818 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period last year, primarily due to the implementation of higher non-gas base rates effective July 1, 2024, slightly offset by lower equity earnings from the MVP as the project transitioned from construction to in service.

 

The tables below reflect operating revenues, volume activity and heating degree days.

 

  Three Months Ended March 31,   Increase / (Decrease)        
   

2025

   

2024

       

Percentage

 

Operating Revenues

                               

Gas utility

  $ 36,435,936     $ 32,632,331     $ 3,803,605       12 %

Non utility

    26,161       27,045       (884 )     (3 )%

Total operating revenues

  $ 36,462,097     $ 32,659,376     $ 3,802,721       12 %

Delivered Volumes

                               

Regulated natural gas (DTH)

                               

Residential and commercial

    3,361,037       2,863,796       497,241       17 %

Transportation and interruptible

    1,163,021       912,540       250,481       27 %

Total delivered volumes

    4,524,058       3,776,336       747,722       20 %

HDD

    2,025       1,680       345       21 %

 

Total operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period last year, increased by approximately 12% primarily due to the implementation of a non-gas base rate increase, along with higher delivered volumes, gas costs and SAVE revenues, slightly offset by a decrease in WNA revenue.  The non-gas base rate increase implemented in 2024 was the main contributing factor to an approximate $3.6 million increase in non-gas volumetric revenues. In addition, total heating degree days increased by 21% from the same period last year, resulting in a 17% increase in the weather-sensitive residential and commercial volumes, while transportation and interruptible volumes increased 27% primarily driven by business activity of a single, multi-fuel customer during the quarter.  The Company expects this customer's usage to remain elevated in the near term, although much of this volume has a lower margin contribution.  Total gas costs also increased over the prior period primarily due to pipeline capacity charges increasing over $800,000 as a result of higher rates and additional capacity.  The Company has been notified that capacity charges from other suppliers, which do not impact margin, will increase meaningfully in the coming months, subject to refund, as these suppliers undergo rate-making through FERC.  While the Company is unable to predict the ultimate outcome, these costs and potential refunds will be passed through to customers.  SAVE Plan revenues increased as Roanoke Gas continues to invest in qualified SAVE infrastructure projects, resulting in approximately $283,000 more revenue compared to the same period in the prior year.  WNA revenues declined approximately $1,721,000 from the corresponding period last year as weather was in line with the 30-year normal during the current period compared to 18% warmer than normal during the prior period. 

 

  Three Months Ended March 31,   Increase        
   

2025

   

2024

       

Percentage

 

Gross Utility Margin

                               

Gas utility revenues

  $ 36,435,936     $ 32,632,331     $ 3,803,605       12 %

Cost of gas - utility

    17,062,153       15,299,390       1,762,763       12 %

Gross utility margin

  $ 19,373,783     $ 17,332,941     $ 2,040,842       12 %

 

 

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Gross utility margin increased over the same period last year primarily as a result of the implementation of new non-gas base rates and increases in SAVE revenues and delivered volumes, offset by the reduction in WNA.  As discussed in the Overview section, the WNA model adjusts for the impact of variability of temperatures during the heating season.  The WNA model calculates what the corresponding volumes would be if temperatures were equivalent to the 30-year normal during each period and adjusts for the difference in margin from normal.  In applying the WNA model to both the current and prior years, the WNA adjusted volumes would have been nearly the same between periods and the increase in volumetric margin net of the WNA reflects the impact of the non-gas rate increase and the increased usage by the single multi-fuel customer. The changes in the components of gas utility margin are summarized below:

 

      Three Months Ended March 31,       Increase/  
   

2025

   

2024

   

(Decrease)

 

Customer base charge

  $ 4,118,891     $ 4,078,571     $ 40,320  

ICC

    101,758       149,391       (47,633 )

SAVE Plan

    350,192       67,630       282,562  

Volumetric

    14,349,462       10,784,349       3,565,113  

WNA

    (26,990 )     1,694,495       (1,721,485 )

RNG

    428,930       517,178       (88,248 )

Other revenues

    51,540       41,327       10,213  

Total

  $ 19,373,783     $ 17,332,941     $ 2,040,842  

 

The tables below provide a reconciliation between gross utility margin and gross margin:

 

   

Gas Utility

   

Investment in Affiliates

   

Consolidated Total

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

                       

Operating revenues

                       

Gas utility

  $ 36,435,936     $     $ 36,435,936  

Non utility

    26,161             26,161  

Total operating revenues

    36,462,097             36,462,097  

Cost of sales

                       

Cost of gas - utility

    (17,062,153 )           (17,062,153 )

Cost of sales - non utility

    (5,418 )           (5,418 )

Depreciation and amortization

    (2,856,768 )           (2,856,768 )

Operations and maintenance

    (5,285,738 )     (37,453 )     (5,323,191 )

Total cost of sales

    (25,210,077 )     (37,453 )     (25,247,530 )

Gross margin (GAAP)

    11,252,020       (37,453 )     11,214,567  

Corporate and other, net

    (20,743 )           (20,743 )

Depreciation and amortization

    2,856,768             2,856,768  

Operations and maintenance

    5,285,738       37,453       5,323,191  

Gross utility margin (Non-GAAP)

  $ 19,373,783     $     $ 19,373,783  

 

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Investment in Affiliates

   

Consolidated Total

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

                       

Operating revenues

                       

Gas utility

  $ 32,632,331     $     $ 32,632,331  

Non utility

    27,045             27,045  

Total operating revenues

    32,659,376             32,659,376  

Cost of sales

                       

Cost of gas - utility

    (15,299,390 )           (15,299,390 )

Cost of sales - non utility

    (6,704 )           (6,704 )

Depreciation and amortization

    (2,697,707 )           (2,697,707 )

Operations and maintenance

    (5,267,905 )     (53,432 )     (5,321,337 )

Corporate and other

                (1,318 )

Total operations and maintenance

    (5,267,905 )     (53,432 )     (5,322,655 )

Total cost of sales

    (23,271,706 )     (53,432 )     (23,326,456 )

Gross margin (GAAP)

    9,387,670       (53,432 )     9,332,920  

Corporate and other, net

    (20,341 )           (19,023 )

Depreciation and amortization

    2,697,707             2,697,707  

Operations and maintenance

    5,267,905       53,432       5,321,337  

Gross utility margin (Non-GAAP)

  $ 17,332,941     $     $ 17,332,941  

 

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Operations and maintenance expenses remained consistent with the same period last year.  Contracted services increased approximately $109,000 during the quarter primarily due to inflationary pressures, which nearly offset the reduction in personnel costs.  Total capitalized construction overheads declined by approximately $109,000 due to a reduction in direct construction expenditures related to Roanoke Gas capital projects.  Costs associated with the RNG facility decreased approximately $80,000 due to timing differences. 

 

Taxes other than income taxes increased by $111,414, or 16%, due to higher property taxes associated with growth in utility property and increased valuations.

 

Depreciation expense increased by $159,061, or 6%, consistent with an increase in utility property balances.

 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate decreased by $428,209, or 35%.  With the MVP in service, the Company now recognizes its share of operational earnings from the MVP, favorably adjusted for the amortization of a basis difference that arose when the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment of its investment in 2022, which did not fully replace the amount of AFUDC recognized while construction activities were ongoing during the second quarter of fiscal 2024.  See Note 5 of the consolidated financial statements for additional information related to the MVP.

 

Other income, net increased by $374,146 primarily due to an approximate $285,000 decrease in benefit plan costs other than service cost, coupled with an increase of approximately $101,000 in revenue sharing related to the asset management agreements, which are described in more detail in the Asset Management section. 

 

Interest expense increased by $63,662, or 4%, primarily due to higher borrowing levels. Total average debt outstanding during the second quarter of fiscal 2025 increased by 4% from the second quarter of fiscal 2024. Roanoke Gas' interest expense increased by $30,743, or 3%, as total average debt outstanding increased by approximately $3,612,000 associated with net borrowings under the Company's line-of-credit. Midstream's interest expense increased by $32,919, or 5%, as the total average debt outstanding increased by approximately $1,824,000 associated with net borrowings under Midstream's revolving credit facilities.  See Notes 6 and 7 of the consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company's debt.

 

Income tax expense increased by $419,690, or 22%, corresponding to an increase in pre-tax income.  The effective tax rate was 23.5% and 23.1% for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.  The effective tax rate is below the combined statutory state and federal rate due to the amortization of excess deferred taxes and tax credits.

 

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Six Months Ended March 31, 2025:

 

Net income increased by $1,482,515 for the six months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period last year, primarily due to the implementation of higher non-gas base rates and increased natural gas deliveries, partially offset by lower WNA revenues and lower equity earnings from the MVP as the project transitioned from construction to in service, as well as higher interest expense.

 

The tables below reflect operating revenues, volume activity and heating degree days.

 

   

Six Months Ended March 31,

   

Increase/

         
   

2025

   

2024

   

(Decrease)

   

Percentage

 

Operating Revenues

                               

Gas utility

  $ 63,699,140     $ 57,024,185     $ 6,674,955       12 %

Non utility

    52,443       54,543       (2,100 )     (4 )%

Total operating revenues

  $ 63,751,583     $ 57,078,728     $ 6,672,855       12 %

Delivered Volumes

                               

Regulated natural gas (DTH)

                               

Residential and commercial

    5,535,590       4,958,436       577,154       12 %

Transportation and interruptible

    2,483,870       1,838,535       645,335       35 %

Total delivered volumes

    8,019,460       6,796,971       1,222,489       18 %

HDD

    3,391       2,917       474       16 %

 

Total operating revenues for the six months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period last year, increased by approximately 12% primarily due to the implementation of a non-gas base rate increase, along with higher delivered volumes, gas costs and SAVE revenues, partially offset by a decrease in WNA revenue.  The non-gas base rate increase implemented in 2024 was the main contributing factor to an approximate $5.2 million increase in non-gas volumetric revenues. In addition, total heating degree days increased by 16% from the same period last year, resulting in a 12% increase in the weather-sensitive residential and commercial volumes, while transportation and interruptible volumes increased 35% primarily driven by business activity of a single, multi-fuel customer during the period.  Total gas costs also increased over the prior period primarily due to pipeline capacity charges increasing over $1.6 million as a result of higher rates and additional capacity.  As noted in the quarterly comparison above, natural gas demand charges are expected to increase in future quarters.  SAVE Plan revenues increased as Roanoke Gas continues to invest in qualified SAVE infrastructure projects, resulting in approximately $555,000 more revenue compared to the same period in the prior year.  WNA revenues declined approximately $2.4 million from the corresponding period last year as weather was only 2% warmer than normal during the current period compared to 17% warmer than normal during the prior period. 

 

   

Six Months Ended March 31,

               
   

2025

   

2024

   

Increase

   

Percentage

 

Gross Utility Margin

                               

Gas utility revenues

  $ 63,699,140     $ 57,024,185     $ 6,674,955       12 %

Cost of gas - utility

    28,764,862       25,396,406       3,368,456       13 %

Gross utility margin

  $ 34,934,278     $ 31,627,779     $ 3,306,499       10 %

 

Gross utility margin increased over the same period last year primarily as a result of the implementation of new non-gas base rates and increases in SAVE revenues, slightly offset by the reduction in ICC revenues. The WNA adjusted volumetric margin increased by approximately $2.8 million primarily due to the new non-gas base rates and increases in transportation and interruptible volumes.  The SAVE Plan contributed an additional $555,000 to margin, while ICC revenues decreased by approximately $101,000 due to lower cost of gas in storage.

 

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The changes in the components of gas utility margin are summarized below:

 

   

Six Months Ended March 31,

   

Increase/

 
   

2025

   

2024

   

(Decrease)

 

Customer base charge

  $ 8,184,039     $ 8,111,025     $ 73,014  

ICC

    291,665       392,721       (101,056 )

SAVE Plan

    644,191       88,817       555,374  

Volumetric

    24,416,549       19,257,716       5,158,833  

WNA

    473,456       2,867,622       (2,394,166 )

RNG

    816,933       817,543       (610 )

Other revenues

    107,445       92,335       15,110  

Total

  $ 34,934,278     $ 31,627,779     $ 3,306,499  

 

The tables below provide a reconciliation between gross utility margin and gross margin:

 

   

Gas Utility

   

Investment in Affiliates

   

Consolidated Total

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2025

                       

Operating revenues

                       

Gas utility

  $ 63,699,140     $     $ 63,699,140  

Non utility

    52,443             52,443  

Total operating revenues

    63,751,583             63,751,583  

Cost of sales

                       

Cost of gas - utility

    (28,764,862 )           (28,764,862 )

Cost of sales - non utility

    (9,767 )           (9,767 )

Depreciation and amortization

    (5,700,128 )           (5,700,128 )

Operations and maintenance

    (9,939,694 )     (72,168 )     (10,011,862 )

Total cost of sales

    (44,414,451 )     (72,168 )     (44,486,619 )

Gross margin (GAAP)

    19,337,132       (72,168 )     19,264,964  

Corporate and other, net

    (42,676 )           (42,676 )

Depreciation and amortization

    5,700,128             5,700,128  

Operations and maintenance

    9,939,694       72,168       10,011,862  

Gross utility margin (Non-GAAP)

  $ 34,934,278     $     $ 34,934,278  

 

   

Gas Utility

   

Investment in Affiliates

   

Consolidated Total

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2024

                       

Operating revenues

                       

Gas utility

  $ 57,024,185     $     $ 57,024,185  

Non utility

    54,543             54,543  

Total operating revenues

    57,078,728             57,078,728  

Cost of sales

                       

Cost of gas - utility

    (25,396,406 )           (25,396,406 )

Cost of sales - non utility

    (11,854 )           (11,854 )

Depreciation and amortization

    (5,395,414 )           (5,395,414 )

Operations and maintenance

    (9,589,152 )     (66,212 )     (9,655,364 )

Corporate and other

                (2,488 )

Total operations and maintenance

    (9,589,152 )     (66,212 )     (9,657,852 )

Total cost of sales

    (40,392,826 )     (66,212 )     (40,461,526 )

Gross margin (GAAP)

    16,685,902       (66,212 )     16,617,202  

Corporate and other, net

    (42,689 )           (40,201 )

Depreciation and amortization

    5,395,414             5,395,414  

Operations and maintenance

    9,589,152       66,212       9,655,364  

Gross utility margin (Non-GAAP)

  $ 31,627,779     $     $ 31,627,779  

 

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Operations and maintenance expenses increased by $354,010, or 4%, from the same period last year primarily due to inflationary effects on personnel costs and professional services, and lower capitalized overheads.  Personnel costs increased by approximately $62,000 due to increased staffing and the inflationary impact on salaries and benefits.  Contracted services increased by approximately $55,000 also due to inflationary pressures.  Total capitalized overheads declined by approximately $120,000 due to a reduction in direct construction expenditures related to Roanoke Gas capital projects compared to the same period last year and lower overheads capitalized as part of LNG due to timing of production.  Increased corporate insurance premiums and bad debt expense associated with the higher accounts receivable balances accounted for much of the remaining cost increase.

 

Taxes other than income taxes increased by $201,545, or 15%, primarily due to higher property taxes associated with growth in utility property and increased valuations.

 

Depreciation expense increased by $304,714, or 6%, consistent with an increase in utility property balances.

 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate decreased by $1,041,831, or 39%.  With the MVP in service, the Company now recognizes its share of operational earnings from the MVP, favorably adjusted for the amortization of a basis difference that arose when the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment of its investment in 2022.  These in-service earnings did not fully replace the amount of AFUDC recognized while construction activities were ongoing during the first half of fiscal 2024.  See Note 5 of the consolidated financial statements for additional information related to the MVP.

 

Other income, net increased by $726,696 primarily due to an approximate $565,000 decrease in benefit plan costs other than service cost, coupled with an increase of approximately $203,000 in revenue sharing related to the asset management agreements, which are described in more detail in the Asset Management section. 

 

Interest expense increased by $207,319, or 6%, primarily due to higher borrowing levels, along with higher interest rates on the Company's variable-rate debt.  Total average debt outstanding during the first half of fiscal 2025 increased by 5% from the first half of fiscal 2024.   The weighted-average interest rate on total debt increased from 4.29% during the first six months of fiscal 2024 to 4.40% during the first six months of fiscal 2025. The increase in the weighted-average interest rate was associated with Midstream's credit facilities. 

 

Roanoke Gas' interest expense increased by $94,215, or 5%, as total average debt outstanding increased by approximately $5,025,000, associated with net borrowings under the Company's line-of-credit.  Midstream's interest expense increased by $113,104, or 9%, as the average interest rate on Midstream's total debt increased from 4.95% to 5.22% related to higher interest rates on the variable-rate credit facilities that were refinanced in fiscal 2024, coupled with an approximate $1,541,000 increase in total average debt outstanding during the period.  See Notes 6 and 7 of the consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company's debt.

 

Income tax expense increased by $441,248, or 13%, corresponding to an increase in pre-tax income.  The effective tax rate was 23.4% and 23.5% for the six-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.  The effective tax rate is below the combined statutory state and federal rate due to the amortization of excess deferred taxes and tax credits.

 

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The consolidated financial statements of Resources are prepared in accordance with GAAP.  The amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements are affected by accounting policies, estimates and assumptions that are necessary to comply with generally accepted accounting principles.  Estimates used in the financial statements are derived from prior experience, statistical analysis and management judgments.  Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates and assumptions.

 

There have been no significant changes to the critical accounting policies as reflected in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2024.

 

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Asset Management

 

Roanoke Gas uses third-party asset managers to oversee its pipeline transportation, storage rights and gas supply inventories and deliveries in order to provide a secure and reliable source of natural gas to its customers.  In return for utilizing the excess capacities of the transportation and storage rights, the asset managers pay Roanoke Gas a monthly utilization fee.  In accordance with an SCC order issued in 2018, a portion of the utilization fee is retained by the Company with the balance passed through to customers through reduced gas costs.  Prior to the MVP being placed in service, Roanoke Gas utilized one asset manager.  With the MVP now in service, Roanoke Gas had a second asset management agreement for the utilization of its MVP capacity.  On March 26, 2025, the Company entered into a new arrangement with one manager, which replaced the prior two managers, that was effective April 1, 2025 and is set to expire on March 31, 2028.

 

Equity Investment in Mountain Valley Pipeline

 

The Company has a less than 1% interest in the MVP, which is accounted for as an equity investment, and a less than 1% interest in the Southgate pipeline, which is contemplated to interconnect with the MVP and accounted for under the cost method.

 

From inception through May 2024, earnings from the LLC were primarily attributable to AFUDC income. With the MVP in operation, the Company recognizes its share of earnings from the LLC, favorably adjusted for a basis difference between the Company's proportional share of assets and its carrying value that arose when the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment of its investment in 2022.  This basis difference amortization is a favorable non-cash adjustment over the operational life of the MVP, or 40 years. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded equity in earnings of consolidated affiliate of approximately $801,000 and $1.7 million, respectively, compared to $1.2 million and $2.7 million for the same periods in 2024, with the 2024 amounts being derived from AFUDC.  Midstream has received quarterly cash distributions of its share from the LLC of approximately $1.8 million during the first half of fiscal 2025 which was a return on its invested capital.  Future quarterly distributions are expected to be of a similar magnitude.  The Company is using this cash to pay interest and other expenditures related to Midstream. 

 

Midstream fully borrowed $25 million under a non-revolving credit facility, which matures in December 2025, as well as $9 million under a separate revolving credit facility, which matures in May 2026.  Quarterly amortization payments that were suspended on one of Midstream's promissory notes resumed in April 2025 with $1.6 million due over the next 12 months.  The Company is actively discussing refinancing options for its line of credit obligations due in fiscal 2026.  See Note 7 for more information on all borrowings related to Midstream.

 

Regulatory

 

See Note 4 of the condensed consolidated financial statements for discussion on Regulatory matters.

 

Capital Resources and Liquidity

 

Due to the capital-intensive nature of the utility business, as well as the impact of weather variability, the Company’s primary capital needs are the funding of its capital projects, the seasonal funding of its natural gas inventories and accounts receivables, debt service and payments of dividends to shareholders.  The Company anticipates funding these items through its operating cash flows, credit availability under short-term and long-term debt agreements and proceeds from the sale of its common stock.

 

Cash and cash equivalents increased by $1,258,586 for the six-month period ended March 31, 2025 compared to an increase of $506,752 for the six-month period ended March 31, 2024. The following table summarizes the sources and uses of cash:

 

   

Six Months Ended March 31,

 

Cash Flow Summary

 

2025

   

2024

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $ 21,834,963     $ 11,202,002  

Net cash used in investing activities

    (10,708,806 )     (11,280,748 )

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

    (9,867,571 )     585,498  

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

  $ 1,258,586     $ 506,752  

 

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Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities:

 

The seasonal nature of the natural gas business causes operating cash flows to fluctuate significantly during the year as well as from year-to-year.  Factors, including weather, energy prices, natural gas storage levels and customer collections, contribute to working capital levels and related cash flows.  Generally, operating cash flows are positive during the second and third fiscal quarters as a combination of earnings, declining storage gas levels and collections on customer accounts contribute to higher cash inflows.  During the first and fourth fiscal quarters, operating cash flows generally decrease due to increases in natural gas storage levels and rising customer receivable balances.

 

Cash flows from operating activities for the six months ended March 31, 2025 increased by $10,632,961 compared to the same period last year. The table below summarizes the significant components of operating cash flows:

 

    Six Months Ended March 31,     Increase/  

Cash Flow From Operating Activities:

 

2025

   

2024

   

(Decrease)

 

Net income

  $ 12,945,897     $ 11,463,382     $ 1,482,515  

Non-cash adjustments:

                       

Depreciation

    5,700,128       5,523,841       176,287  

Equity in earnings

    (1,655,388 )     (2,697,219 )     1,041,831  

Distribution from unconsolidated affiliate

    1,784,582             1,784,582  

Changes in working capital and regulatory assets and liabilities:

                       

Accounts receivable

    (9,451,526 )     (5,584,720 )     (3,866,806 )

Change in over collection of gas costs

    5,795,006       2,163,473       3,631,533  

Accounts payable

    1,120,486       (133,623 )     1,254,109  

Supplier refunds

    865,648       (202,381 )     1,068,029  

Change in accrued RNG revenues

    371,691       (791,407 )     1,163,098  

Change in accrued WNA revenues

    (473,456 )     (2,867,622 )     2,394,166  

Other

    4,831,895       4,328,278       503,617  

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $ 21,834,963     $ 11,202,002     $ 10,632,961  

 

The increase in operating cash flows is primarily due to higher net income and the cash distribution received from the LLC, along with direct impacts from weather and increased gas costs.  During the first half of fiscal 2025, the Company received approximately $1,785,000 in quarterly cash distributions of its share from the LLC, which was has been accounted for as a return on its invested capital.  In addition, colder weather and increased gas costs compared to the same period last year resulted in higher accounts receivable and accounts payable balances.  Pipeline and storage capacity charges during the first half of 2025 increased over $1,000,000 from the same period in the prior year.  Additionally, total commodity costs increased from $3.60 per DTH in the first half of fiscal 2024 to $3.70 per DTH in the first half of fiscal 2025.  WNA revenues for the first six months of fiscal 2025 declined by approximately $2.4 million from the same period last year corresponding to a 16% increase in the number of heating degree days between periods.  This decline in WNA receivable contributed $2.4 million in additional operating cash.  In December 2024, the Company received an approximate $890,000 supplier refund, resulting from a FERC rate case settlement, from one of the interstate pipelines that supply the Company with natural gas. 

 

Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities:

 

Investing activities primarily consist of expenditures related to Roanoke Gas' utility property, which includes replacing aging natural gas pipe with new plastic or coated steel pipe, improvements to the LNG plant and gas distribution system facilities and expansion of its natural gas system to meet new customer demand.  The Company is continuing its focus on SAVE infrastructure replacement projects, including the replacement of pre-1973 first generation plastic pipe.  New customer demand for natural gas continues to be steady and therefore extending the natural gas distribution system within its service territory is also a priority.  Roanoke Gas' total capital expenditures for the six-month period ended March 31, 2025 were approximately $10.7 million compared to $11.3 million during the same period last year.  Total fiscal 2025 capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $22 million.  Midstream continues to be invested in the LLC; however, the Company did not make capital contributions in 2024 under a prior agreement with the LLC's managing partner.  Accordingly, Midstream's ownership percentage declined during the remaining construction period of the project.  Now that the MVP is in service, Midstream will incur periodic, future capital investment related to ongoing MVP operations requirements and system improvements.  Midstream has and will continue to make capital investments in Southgate.  The targeted timing for completion of the Southgate project is 2028.

 

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Cash Flows Provided by Financing Activities:

 

Financing activities generally consist of borrowings and repayments under credit agreements, issuance of common stock and the payment of dividends.  Net cash flows used in financing activities were approximately $9.9 million for the six months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $585,000 million in net cash flows provided by financing activities for the same period last year.  The $10.5 million decrease in financing cash flows is primarily attributable to net payments of $7.0 million under Roanoke Gas' line-of-credit during the first six months of fiscal 2025 compared to net borrowings of $2.2 million in the same period last year.  Roanoke Gas' net payments were slightly offset by a net increase of $630,000 in Midstream's debt.  During the first half of fiscal 2025, Midstream borrowed a net $145,000 compared to repaying $775,000 during the same period in the prior year.  Notes 6 and 7 provide details on the Company's line-of-credit and borrowing activity.

 

In addition, Resources issued a total of 59,986 shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds of approximately $1.2 million. No shares were issued through the ATM program during the first half of fiscal 2025.  During the same period last year, Resources issued 164,225 shares for approximately $3.2 million, including 85,501 shares through the ATM program for approximately $1.7 million, net of fees.

 

Management regularly evaluates the Company’s liquidity through a review of its available financing resources and its cash flows.  Resources maintains the ability to raise equity capital through its ATM program, private placement or other public offerings.  Management believes Roanoke Gas has access to sufficient financing resources to meet its cash requirements for the next year, including the line of credit and the two private shelf facilities.  Roanoke Gas may also adjust capital spending, as necessary, if such a need would arise.

 

With the MVP now in service, Midstream's future cash requirements will relate to regular monthly operating expenses, debt service and capital contributions.  The Company received two quarterly cash distributions from MVP totaling approximately $1.8 million during the first six months of fiscal 2025, and going forward should receive similar distributions quarterly to those received to date.  Midstream's total debt service over the succeeding 12 months includes $35.6 million to retire maturing debt.  With MVP operational and cash distributions being made to the partners, the Company is exploring longer-term options that may include additional debt amortization and considerations of the Company's share of MVP's capital expenditures.  Management has successfully renegotiated Midstream's obligations several times in recent years and believes that it will be able to resolve these obligations before they mature.  Conversations to date have been positive.

 

As of March 31, 2025, Resources' long-term capitalization ratio was 45% equity and 55% debt.

 

ITEM 3 – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not applicable.

 

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ITEM 4 – CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures 

 

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to be effective in providing reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in reports under the Exchange Act are identified, recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Through March 31, 2025, the Company has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of March 31, 2025.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Management routinely reviews the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and makes changes, as necessary, to enhance the effectiveness of the internal controls.  There were no control changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

On April 1, 2025, the Company implemented a new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system, which replaced the existing ERP system, to improve the efficiency of certain financial and related transactional processes; this system did not replace the system of record for revenue transactions with customers.  In connection with this implementation, the Company is enhancing processes and procedures which will result in changes to our internal control over financial reporting to align with the upgraded system functionality. While the Company expects this implementation to either strengthen or have minimal impact to existing internal controls, we will continue to evaluate and monitor our internal control over financial reporting as processes and procedures are finalized with the implementation. 

 

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

 

Because of the inherent limitations in an effective internal control system, any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that it will prevent or detect all misstatements, due to error or fraud, from occurring in the consolidated financial statements. Additionally, management is required to use judgment in evaluating controls and procedures.

 

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Part II – Other Information

 

ITEM 1 – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

None.

 

ITEM 1A – RISK FACTORS

 

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Resources' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2024.

 

ITEM 2 – UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

None.

 

ITEM 3 – DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4 – MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5 – OTHER INFORMATION

 

None. 

 

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ITEM 6 – EXHIBITS

 

Number

  

Description

10.1   Natural Gas Asset Management Agreement by and between Roanoke Gas Company and DTE Energy Trading, Inc. effective as of April 1, 2025 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K as filed March 31, 2025).
10.2   Guaranty Agreement by RGC Resources, Inc. in favor of DTE Energy Trading, Inc. effective April 1, 2025 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 on Form 8-K as filed March 31, 2025).
10.3   Amended and Restated Promissory Note in the principal amount of $30,000,000 by Roanoke Gas Company with Pinnacle Bank, dated March 31, 2025 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 on Form 8-K as filed March 31, 2025).
10.4   Second Amendment to Loan Agreement by Roanoke Gas Company with Pinnacle Bank, dated March 31, 2025 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 on Form 8-K as filed March 31, 2025).

31.1

 

Rule 13a–14(a)/15d–14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer

31.2

 

Rule 13a–14(a)/15d–14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer

32.1*

 

Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer

32.2*

 

Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer

101.INS

 

Inline 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   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

*

These certifications are being furnished solely to accompany this quarterly report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

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RGC RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

   

RGC Resources, Inc.

     

Date: May 7, 2025

By:

/s/ Timothy J. Mulvaney

   

Timothy J. Mulvaney

   

Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

   

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

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