ONE Gas Inc
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 20, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 20, 2025
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from __________ to __________.
Commission file number 001-36108
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Oklahoma | 46-3561936 | |
|---|---|---|
| (State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| 15 East Fifth Street | ||
| Tulsa, | OK | 74103 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code(918) 947-7000
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of exchange on which registered |
|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | OGS | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☒
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 (§ 232.405 of this chapter) 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 the 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 has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐ No ☒
The aggregate market value of the equity securities held by nonaffiliates based on the closing trade price of the registrant on June 30, 2024, was $3.5 billion.
On February 14, 2025, we had 59,877,552 shares of common stock outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
Portions of the definitive proxy statement to be delivered to shareholders in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 22, 2025, are incorporated by reference in Part III.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Part I. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Item 1. | Business | 7 |
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 13 |
| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 17 |
| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | 17 |
| Item 2. | Properties | 19 |
| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 19 |
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 19 |
| Part II. | ||
| Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchasesof Equity Securities | 20 |
| Item 6. | [Reserved] | 21 |
| Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 21 |
| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 34 |
| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 36 |
| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 73 |
| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 73 |
| Item 9B. | Other Information | 73 |
| Item 9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 73 |
| Part III. | ||
| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 73 |
| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 74 |
| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related StockholderMatters | 74 |
| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 75 |
| Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 75 |
| Part IV. | ||
| Item 15. | Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules | 76 |
| Signatures | 82 | |
As used in this Annual Report, references to “we,” “our,” “us” or the “Company” refer to ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, and its predecessors and subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
The statements in this Annual Report that are not historical information, including statements concerning plans and objectives of management for future operations, economic performance or related assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include words such as “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “should,” “goal,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “could,” “may,” “continue,” “might,” “potential,” “scheduled,” “likely” and other words and terms of similar meaning. Although we believe that our expectations regarding future events are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that such expectations and assumptions will be achieved. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are described under Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, and Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation, Forward-Looking Statements, in this Annual Report.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
We make available, free of charge, on our website (www.onegas.com) our Annual Reports, Quarterly Reports, Current Reports on Form 8-K, amendments to those reports filed or furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and reports of holdings of our securities filed by our officers and directors under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Such materials are available as soon as reasonably practicable after filing such material electronically or otherwise furnishing it to the SEC, which also makes these materials available on its website (www.sec.gov). Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Corporate Governance Guidelines, Certificate of Incorporation, bylaws, the written charters of our Audit Committee, Executive Compensation Committee, and Corporate Governance Committee and our Sustainability Report are also available on our website, and copies of these documents are available upon request.
In addition to filings with the SEC and materials posted on our website, we also use social media platforms as channels of information distribution to reach investors and other stakeholders. Information contained on our website and posted on or disseminated through our social media accounts is not incorporated by reference into this report.
| AAO | Accounting Authority Order |
|---|---|
| ADIT | Accumulated deferred income taxes |
| AFUDC | Allowance for funds used during construction |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ASC | Accounting Standards Codification |
| ASU | Accounting Standards Update |
| Bcf | Billion cubic feet |
| CAA | Federal Clean Air Act, as amended |
| CFTC | Commodities Futures Trading Commission |
| CNG | Compressed natural gas |
| Code | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
| CODM | Chief operating decision maker |
| COSO | Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission |
| DART | Days Away, Restricted or Transferred Incident Rate; calculated by multiplying the total number of recordable injuries and illnesses, or one or more restricted days that resulted in an employee transferring to a different job within the company by 200,000, and then dividing that number by the total number of hours worked by all employees |
| DHS | United States Department of Homeland Security |
| DOT | United States Department of Transportation |
| Dth | Dekatherm |
| ECP | The ONE Gas, Inc. Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan (2018) |
| EDIT | Excess deferred income taxes resulting from a change in enacted tax rates |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPS | Earnings per share |
| ER | Emissions Reduction; measured by the reduction of MTCO2e emissions through planned vintage main replacements and service line replacements. |
| ERT | Emergency Response Time; calculated as the time between the creation of an emergency order and the arrival of a first company responder to the scene expressed as the percentage of emergency orders with a response time of 30 minutes or less |
| ESPP | The ONE Gas, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
| Exchange Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
| FASB | Financial Accounting Standards Board |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| GAAP | Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America |
| GRIP | Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program |
| GSRS | Gas System Reliability Surcharge |
| HDD | Heating degree day is a measure designed to reflect the demand for energy needed for heating based on the extent to which the daily average temperature falls below a reference temperature for which no heating is required, usually 65 degrees Fahrenheit |
| IRS | United States Internal Revenue Service |
| IT | Information Technology |
| KCC | Kansas Corporation Commission |
| KDHE | Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
| KGSS-I | Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. |
| LDC | Local distribution company |
| MGP | Manufactured gas plant |
| Mcf | Thousand cubic feet |
| MMcf | Million cubic feet |
| Moody’s | Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. |
| MTCO2e | Metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| OCC | Oklahoma Corporation Commission |
| ONE Gas | ONE Gas, Inc. |
| ONE Gas Credit Agreement | ONE Gas’ $1.35 billion revolving credit agreement, as amended |
|---|---|
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PBRC | Performance-Based Rate Change |
| PCAOB | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board |
| PHMSA | United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
| PIPES Act | Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2020 |
| PVIR | Preventable Vehicle Incident Rate; calculated by multiplying the number of total preventable vehicle incidents by 1,000,000 and then dividing that number by the total number of business use miles driven |
| Quarterly Report(s) | Quarterly Report(s) on Form 10-Q |
| RNG | Renewable natural gas |
| ROE | Return on equity calculated consistent with utility ratemaking principles in each jurisdiction in which we operate |
| RRC | Railroad Commission of Texas |
| S&P | Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Securities Act | Securities Act of 1933, as amended |
| Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds | Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, Tranche A |
| Securitized Utility Tariff Property | Securitized Utility Tariff Property as defined in the financing order issued by the KCC in August 2022 |
| Senior Notes | ONE Gas’ registered unsecured notes consisting of $550 million of 5.10 percent senior notes due April 2029, $300 million of 2.00 percent senior notes due May 2030, $300 million of 4.25 percent senior notes due September 2032, $600 million of 4.658 percent senior notes due February 2044 and $400 million of 4.50 percent senior notes due November 2048 |
| TCEQ | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
| TNG Corporation | Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corporation |
| TRIR | Total Recordable Incident Rate; calculated by multiplying the number of recordable cases by 200,000, and then dividing that number by the number of hours worked by all employees |
| TSA | United States Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration |
| WNA | Weather normalization adjustment(s) |
| XBRL | eXtensible Business Reporting Language |
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