Energy Transfer Partners Reports Fourth Quarter Results

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2016. For the three months ended December 31, 2016 Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (“ETP” or the “Partnership”) reported a net loss of $362 million, a decrease of $383 million compared to net income of $21 million for the same period last year, primarily due to non-cash impairments of $813 million recorded in the current period. Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended December 31, 2016 totaled $1.43 billion, an increase of $73 million over the same period last year. Distributable Cash Flow attributable to the partners of ETP, as adjusted, for the three months ended December 31, 2016 totaled $796 million, a decrease of $83 million compared to the same period last year, primarily due to a current tax benefit that was recorded in the prior year. Excluding the impact of the change in current tax benefit between periods, Distributable Cash Flow attributable to the partners of ETP, as adjusted, increased approximately $100 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2015.