CLAIM #23545 · EXC (EXC) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Feb 12, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2029
“Our annualized rate base growth of 7.9% over the next four years reflects an increase from the prior year plan, with a projected addition of nearly $23 billion in rate base from 2025 to 2029.”
Jeanne Jones · CFO
How to check this claim
Look at: Total company rate base, as disclosed by management (2025 base year vs 2029)
It came true if: 2029 rate base approximately equal to 2025 rate base plus $23 billion (or annualized growth rate approximately 7.9% over the period); treat as a hit if reported cumulative rate base addition 2025-2029 is >= $20 billion
Where: Company investor presentations / earnings call disclosures on rate base and capital plan (10-K supplementary disclosures)
In context
“y transformation in our jurisdiction: increased demand for high voltage investments and capacity expansion to support large load growth, evolving generation supply, and the reliability and resiliency needs of grid customers to withstand increasingly volatile weather. Jeanne M. Jones: In fact, a majority of the additional transmission relates to continued Jeanne M. Jones: system performance and capacity expansion across our platform, supporting incremental data center load in addition to the gradual replacement of an aging network. Our plan also includes an additional year of investment of our two largest transmission projects, Brandon Shores and Tri County, going into service in 2028 through 2030, along with the early spend of the MISO Tranche 2.1 project, which goes into service in 2034. Our annualized rate base growth of 7.9% over the next four years reflects an increase from the prior year plan, with a projected addition of nearly $23 billion in rate base from 2025 to 2029. Having executed within 2% of our capital plan since 2023, we are confident we will execute this next stage of growth, driving progress towards economic and energy goals and always prioritizing our customer needs in everything that we do. Moving to slide 11, our size and scale, award-winning reliability, and expertise in owning and operating 765 kV lines uniquely position us to capitalize on additional transmission opportunities that enable us to grow our transmission rate base CAGR by over 15% from 2025 through the end of the guidance period. Coupled with our strength in execution, we now have line of sight to an additional $12 billion to $17 billion transmission opportunities over the next decade that strengthen and lengthen our plan, of which over 60% includes projects associated with o”
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SEC filings for EXC ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q4 earnings call.