Cascade Natural Gas Corporation Announces Fiscal Year 2003 Earnings Guidance.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2002 Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CGC CGC Canine Good Citizen (AKC Dog Title) CGC Commission Géologique du Canada (Geological Survey of Canada) CGC Confédération Générale des Cadres (French labor union) ) announces earnings guidance for fiscal year 2003. The Company expects fiscal year 2003 earnings to be in the range of $1.25 to $1.35, assuming normal weather and continuing recovery of the economies in the communities it serves. Expectations for the year are influenced by increased benefits costs. The Company is aggressively pursuing a comprehensive study of its employee benefits package and plans to make changes to control the cost of its programs while meeting its obligations to employees. Cascade Natural Gas Corporation is a local distribution company providing natural gas service to approximately 200,000 customers in the states of Washington and Oregon. Statements contained in this report that are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future results to differ materially. Such risks and uncertainties with respect to the Company include, among others, its ability to successfully implement internal performance goals, competition from alternative forms of energy, consolidation in the energy industry, performance issues with key natural gas suppliers, the capital-intensive nature of the Company's business, regulatory issues, including the need for adequate and timely rate relief to recover increased capital and operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales resulting from customer growth and to sustain dividend levels, the weather, increasing competition brought on by deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. initiatives at the federal and state regulatory levels, the potential loss of large volume industrial customers due to "bypass" or the shift by such customers to special competitive contracts at lower per unit margins, exposure to environmental cleanup The process of removing solid, liquid, and hazardous wastes, except for unexploded ordnance, resulting from the joint operation of US forces to a condition that approaches the one existing prior to operation as determined by the environmental baseline survey, if one was conducted. requirements, and economic conditions, particularly in the Company's service area. |
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