MGE Energy's Earnings Return to Historical Levels.MADISON, Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. . -- MGE Mge Mycoplasma Genitalium MGE Minneapolis Grain Exchange MGE Madison Gas and Electric Company MGE Mobile Genetic Elements MGE Maintenance Ground Equipment MGE Microstation Graphics Environment MGE Modern Gun Effectiveness Model MGE Modular Gis Environment Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:MGEE) earnings for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006, returned to historical levels. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006, MGE Energy reported earnings of 1.53 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. , compared to 1.15 cents per share in 2005, and 1.53 cents per share for the same period in 2004. Results for 2005 were adversely impacted by the natural disasters in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east . These disasters and the related damage to the energy infrastructure resulted in abnormally high fuel and purchased power costs, and ultimately, lower 2005 earnings. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, electric fuel costs decreased $7.8 million and $11.7 million over the same periods in 2005 as a result of a decrease in fuel costs and a decrease in internal generation. During 2006, the per-unit cost of fuel significantly decreased from the high cost of fuel experienced in 2005. Purchased power expense decreased $0.9 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2006, and increased $0.9 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006. As a result of decreases in electric fuel costs from those costs included in MGE's latest rate order, an interim fuel credit of $0.00454 per kWh was approved by the PSCW PSCW Public Service Commission of Wisconsin PSCW Politieke Sociale en Culturele Wetenschappen (Political, Social, and Cultural Sciences) , and a subject-to-refund provision was implemented. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, a $6.5 million and $16.5 million reduction to other electric revenues was recorded to account for the effects of this refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid. 2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies . For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, operations and maintenance expenses increased $2.2 million and $5.6 million primarily due to increases in general and administrative expenses. MGE Energy is a public utility holding company. Its principal subsidiary, Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), generates and distributes electricity to nearly 136,000 customers in Dane County and purchases and distributes natural gas to more than 137,000 customers in seven south-central and western Wisconsin Wisconsin, state, United States Wisconsin (wĭskŏn`sən, –sĭn), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bounded by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, from which it is divided by the Menominee counties. MGE has served the Madison area since 1896. [TABLE OMITTED] |
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