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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004

 

OR

 

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

 

 

Commission file number 333-103749

 

 

MAINE & MARITIMES CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

ME

30-0155348

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

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

 

 

 

 

209 STATE STREET, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE

04769

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:    (207) 760-2499

 

 

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.         x YES     o NO

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act of 1934).          o YES     x NO

 

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the close of the period covered by this report.  

 

Common Stock, $7.00 par value - 1,635,429 shares

 

 

 

Glossary of Terms

 

 

 

AFUDC

Allowances for the cost of equity and borrowed funds used during construction

 

 

AMEX

American Stock Exchange

 

 

APBO

Accumulated Pension Benefit Obligation

 

 

ARP

Alternative Rate Plan

 

 

CES

Competitive Energy Supplier

 

 

CMLTD

Current Maturities Long-Term Debt

 

 

CMP

Central Maine Power Company

 

 

DOE

Department of Energy

 

 

EA

Energy Atlantic, LLC

 

 

EPS

Earnings Per Share

 

 

FAME

Finance Authority of Maine

 

 

FAS

Financial Accounting Standards

 

 

FASB

Financial Accounting Standards Board

 

 

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 

 

FIN

FASB Interpretation Number

 

 

ISFSI

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

 

 

ISO

Independent System Operator

 

 

ISO-NE

Independent System Operator - New England

 

 

LIBOR

London InterBank Offering Rate

 

 

LOC

Letter of Credit

 

 

M&R

Morris and Richard Consulting Engineers Limited

 

 

MAM

Maine & Maritimes Corporation

 

 

MAMES

Maine & Maritimes Energy Services Company

 

 

The Maricor Group, Canada

The Maricor Group, Canada Ltd.

 

 

ME&

NB Maine & New Brunswick Electrical Power Company, Limited

 

 

MEPCO

Maine Electric Power Company, Inc.

 

 

MPS

Maine Public Service Company

 

 

MPUC

Maine Public Utilities Commission

 

 

MPUFB

Maine Public Utility Financing Bank

 

 

MW

Megawatt

 

 

MWH

Megawatt hour

 

 

NMISA

Northern Maine Independent System Administrator

 

 

NOI

Notice of Inquiry

 

 

NPCC

Northeastern Power Coordinating Council

 

 

NRC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

 

 

NUG

Non-Utility Generator

 

 

OATT

Open Access Transmission Tariff

 

 

PBR'S

Performance Based Rates

 

 

PCB

Poly Chlorinated Bi-phenol

 

 

PPA

Power Purchase Agreement

 

 

PURPA

Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act

 

 

QF

Qualifying Facility

 

 

RES

RES Engineering, Inc.

 

 

ROCE

Return on Capital Employed

 

 

RTO

Regional Transmission Organization

 

 

SAM

Strategic Asset Management

 

 

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

 

 

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

 

 

SFAS

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards

 

 

SOS

Standard Offer Service

 

 

T&D

Transmission and Distribution

 

 

TRRP

Transmission Rate Recognition Proposal

 

 

VEBA

Voluntary Employee Benefit Association

 

 

VERP

Voluntary Employee Retirement Program

 

 

WPS-PDI

WPS - Power Development, Inc.

 

 

WS

Wheelabrator-Sherman

 

 

 

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PART 1. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

         See the following exhibits: Maine & Maritimes Corporation ("MAM" or the "Company") and Subsidiaries Consolidated Financial Statements, including (1) an unaudited statement of consolidated operations for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2004, and for the corresponding periods of the preceding year; (2) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2004; (3) an audited consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2003, the end of Maine & Maritimes Corporation's preceding fiscal year; (4) an unaudited statement of consolidated cash flows for the period January 1 (beginning of the fiscal year)through September 30, 2004, and for the corresponding period of the preceding year; and (5) an unaudited statement of consolidated common shareholders’ equity for the period January 1 (beginning of the fiscal year) through September 30, 2004.

 

         In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries at September 30, 2004, and December 31, 2003; the results of their operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003; and their cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, and 2003.

 

         MAM is the parent holding company for the following wholly-owned subsidiaries: (1) Maine Public Service Company ("MPS") and its wholly-owned subsidiary Maine & New Brunswick Electrical Power Company, Ltd ("ME & NB"); (2) Energy Atlantic, LLC ("EA"); (3) The Maricor Group and its wholly-owned subsidiaries RES Engineering Inc. ("RES") and The Maricor Group, Canada Ltd. ("The Maricor Group Canada"), formerly Maricor Ltd and (4) Maricor Properties Ltd ("Maricor Properties") and its wholly-owned subsidiary Mecel Properties Ltd ("Mecel"). The Maricor Group, formerly known as Maine and Maritimes Energy Services ("MAMES") dba " The Maricor Group," changed its corporate name on July 23, 2004.

 

General descriptions of these companies are as follows:

 

·        MPS is a regulated electric transmission and distribution utility serving  all of Aroostook County and a portion of Penobscot County in northern Maine.

 

·        ME&NB, is an inactive Canadian subsidiary of MPS, which formerly owned MPS's Canadian electric generation assets.

 

·        EA is a licensed, but currently inactive, Competitive Energy Supplier ("CES") of retail electricity and formerly served the northern and southern regions of the state of Maine.

 

·        The Maricor Group is an asset development, mechanical and electrical engineering, energy efficiency and lifecycle asset management services firm focused on sustainability within markets primarily consisting of the New England region of the United States and the eastern Canadian provinces, particularly Atlantic Canada.

 

·        RES is a subsidiary of The Maricor Group with offices in Hudson and Boston, Massachusetts offering The Maricor Group's services primarily within New England, particularly the State of Massachusetts and Greater Boston area.

 

·        The Maricor Group Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of The Maricor Group offering its parent company's defined services primarily within the eastern Canadian provinces, particularly Atlantic Canada.

 

·        Maricor Properties Ltd is a Canadian real estate development and investment company focused primarily on sustainable development emphasizing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria for public infrastructure facilities, urban historic redevelopment projects, multi-family and office commercial urban development and redevelopment projects, and multi-family coastal leisure residential projects primarily within Atlantic Canada. Maricor Properties Ltd was organized on June 1, 2004 in Nova Scotia, Canada.

 

·        Mecel Properties Limited is a Canadian subsidiary of Maricor Properties Ltd and currently owns the office building housing the Nova Scotia operating division (the M&R Division) of The Maricor Group Canada.

 

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MAINE & MARITIMES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Statements of Consolidated Operations

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in Thousands Except Per Share Amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regulated

$    7,215 

 

$    6,823 

 

$   24,305 

 

$   22,725 

Unregulated

1,284 

 

 

2,199 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenues

8,499 

 

6,823 

 

26,504 

 

22,725 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regulated Operation & Maintenance

3,502 

 

2,823 

 

10,081 

 

8,717 

Unregulated Operation & Maintenance

1,702 

 

222 

 

3,390 

 

803 

Depreciation

673 

 

662 

 

1,963