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Pinnacle West Capital Corp, et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Friday, 5/8/20, at 8:36am ET · For: 3/31/20 · Accession #: 764622-20-38 · File #s: 1-04473, 1-08962

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 5/08/20  Pinnacle West Capital Corp        10-Q        3/31/20   90:14M
          Arizona Public Service Co

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.86M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     71K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    391K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 6: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 7: EX-31.4     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
25: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     88K 
56: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    118K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
83: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     58K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
35: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     35K 
                Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
24: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    251K 
55: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     35K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
82: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    141K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
34: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     87K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
26: R9          Consolidation and Nature of Operations              HTML     52K 
19: R10         Revenue                                             HTML     59K 
47: R11         Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters                HTML     52K 
77: R12         Regulatory Matters                                  HTML    305K 
68: R13         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     60K 
20: R14         Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest         HTML     39K 
                Entities                                                         
48: R15         Derivative Accounting                               HTML    141K 
78: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     85K 
69: R17         Other Income and Other Expense                      HTML     65K 
18: R18         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     42K 
49: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    228K 
79: R20         Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and   HTML    117K 
                Other Special Use Funds                                          
53: R21         New Accounting Standards                            HTML     29K 
27: R22         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss     HTML     89K 
36: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML     35K 
80: R24         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     35K 
54: R25         New Accounting Standards (Policies)                 HTML     29K 
28: R26         Consolidation and Nature of Operations (Tables)     HTML     47K 
37: R27         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     52K 
81: R28         Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters (Tables)       HTML     42K 
52: R29         Regulatory Matters (Tables)                         HTML    189K 
66: R30         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     59K 
                (Tables)                                                         
76: R31         Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest         HTML     37K 
                Entities (Tables)                                                
51: R32         Derivative Accounting (Tables)                      HTML    217K 
23: R33         Other Income and Other Expense (Tables)             HTML     64K 
65: R34         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     42K 
75: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    207K 
50: R36         Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and   HTML    116K 
                Other Special Use Funds (Tables)                                 
22: R37         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss     HTML     88K 
                (Tables)                                                         
67: R38         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     34K 
74: R39         Consolidation and Nature of Operations (Details)    HTML     42K 
60: R40         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     44K 
90: R41         Revenue Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Details)   HTML     33K 
39: R42         Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters - Narrative    HTML     93K 
                (Details)                                                        
30: R43         Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters - Estimated    HTML     35K 
                Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (Details)                           
59: R44         Regulatory Matters Regulatory Matters - COVID-19    HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R45         Regulatory Matters - Retail Rate Case Filing        HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R46         Regulatory Matters Regulatory Matters - Capital     HTML     40K 
                Structure and Costs of Capital (Details)                         
29: R47         Regulatory Matters - Cost Recovery Mechanism and    HTML    245K 
                Net Metering (Details)                                           
61: R48         Regulatory Matters - Four Corners and Cholla        HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R49         Regulatory Matters - Schedule of Regulatory Assets  HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R50         Regulatory Matters - Schedule of Regulatory         HTML     76K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
63: R51         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     55K 
                - Schedule of Net Benefit Cost (Details)                         
15: R52         Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits  HTML     34K 
                - Narrative (Details)                                            
43: R53         Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest         HTML     58K 
                Entities - Narrative (Details)                                   
72: R54         Palo Verde Sale Leaseback Variable Interest         HTML     40K 
                Entities - Schedule of VIEs (Details)                            
64: R55         Derivative Accounting - Narrative (Details)         HTML     51K 
16: R56         Derivative Accounting - Schedule of Gross Notional  HTML     30K 
                Amounts Outstanding (Details)                                    
44: R57         Derivative Accounting - Gains and Losses from       HTML     41K 
                Derivative Instruments (Details)                                 
73: R58         Derivative Accounting - Derivative Instruments in   HTML     94K 
                the Balance Sheets (Details)                                     
62: R59         Derivative Accounting - Credit Risk and Credit      HTML     34K 
                Related Contingent Features (Details)                            
32: R60         Commitments and Contingencies - Palo Verde Nuclear  HTML     62K 
                Generating Station and Contractual Obligations                   
                (Details)                                                        
40: R61         Commitments and Contingencies - Superfund-Related   HTML     36K 
                Matters, Southwest Power Outage and Clean Air Act                
                (Details)                                                        
84: R62         Commitments and Contingencies - Environmental       HTML     86K 
                Matters and Financial Assurances (Details)                       
57: R63         Other Income and Other Expense (Details)            HTML     54K 
33: R64         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     51K 
41: R65         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML    115K 
                Measured on a Recurring Basis (Details)                          
85: R66         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Instruments     HTML     30K 
                Not Carried at Fair Value (Details)                              
58: R67         Investments in Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and   HTML    109K 
                Other Special Use Funds (Details)                                
31: R68         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss     HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
42: R69         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     35K 
46: R70         Asset Retirement Obligations - Narrative (Details)  HTML     32K 
17: R71         Asset Retirement Obligations - Roll-Forward         HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
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Filing Submission 0000764622-20-000038 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Pinnacle West Capital Corp, et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Friday, 5/8/20, at 8:36am ET · For: 3/31/20 · Accession #: 764622-20-38 · File #s: 1-04473, 1-08962

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

‘EX-101.PRE’ — XBRL Presentations — pnw-20200331_pre

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

8 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents