RALEIGH, N.C. — Losses at Progress Energy jumped to $193 million, or 75 cents per share, in the second quarter, the Raleigh-based company said Wednesday.
That’s a sharp increase from $47 million, or 19 cents a share, for the same quarter in 2006.
Progress attributed much of the latest losses to the sale of a merchant energy subsidiary.
Progress (NYSE: PGN) did reiterate its guidance for 2007 of earnings between $2.70 and $2.90 per share.
Shares closed up more than 3 percent at $47.91 in trading Wednesday.
Earnings on its core business did climb to 59 cents per share from 47 cents per share in 2006. Core earnings exclude coal and synthetic fuels operations.
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