Energy Transfer Partners Reports Second Quarter Results

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) (“ETP” or the “Partnership”) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2016 was $472 million, a decrease of $367 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2015, primarily due to a $208 million impact from interest rate derivatives, a $118 million decrease in Adjusted EBITDA, and a $50 million impact from income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA for ETP for the three months ended June 30, 2016 totaled $1.37 billion, a decrease of $118 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2015, primarily due to an $85 million impact from LIFO inventory accounting, a $72 million decrease from retail marketing primarily driven by the deconsolidation of those operations, and the absence of a $63 million realized gain from ETP’s midstream segment in the prior period. These Adjusted EBITDA impacts were partially offset by increased earnings from ETP’s liquids transportation and services and intrastate transportation and storage segments of $66 million and $32 million, respectively. Distributable Cash Flow attributable to the partners of ETP, as adjusted, for the three months ended June 30, 2016 totaled $774 million, a decrease of $183 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2015, primarily due to the decrease in Adjusted EBITDA as well as the absence of a current income tax benefit in the prior period, partially offset by lower maintenance capital expenditures and lower interest expense.