CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO
10-Q, 1994-05-16
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                             UNITED STATES
                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D. C.  20549


                                FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

     [ X ]     QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
               OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               For the quarterly period ended March 31, 1994      
   

                                   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 1-3382

                     CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                     ______________________________
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          North Carolina                  56-0165465
_________________________________________________________________
(State or other jurisdiction of       (I.R.S. Employer           
incorporation or organization)        Identification No.) 

   411 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1748
_________________________________________________________________
              (Address of principal executive offices)
                             (Zip Code)

                            919-546-6111
                  _________________________________
           (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

_________________________________________________________________
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed   
                           since last report)

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  X .  No    .

             APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's
classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Common Stock (Without Par Value) shares outstanding at April 30,
1994:    160,736,522


                     PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.   Financial Statements
______________________________

     Reference is made to the attached Appendix containing the
Interim Financial Statements for the periods ended March 31, 1994. 
The amounts are unaudited but, in the opinion of management,
reflect all adjustments necessary to fairly present the Company's
financial position and results of operations for the interim
periods.

Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial       
          Condition and Results of Operations
___________________________________________________________


                        Results of Operations
        For the Three and Twelve Months Ended March 31, 1994,
    As Compared With the Corresponding Periods One Year Earlier
  ______________________________________________________________

     Operating Revenues and Expense:  Revenues increased for the
three and twelve months ended March 31, 1994, reflecting higher
energy sales due primarily to increased usage. For the three month
period, energy sales did not increase proportionately with revenues
due to higher demand-related charges.
  
     A portion of the decrease in the deferred fuel credit for the
twelve months ended March 31, 1994, reflects settlement agreements
reached with the Company's regulators in the North Carolina and
South Carolina jurisdictions in July and September 1993,
respectively. As part of these settlements, the Company agreed to
forgo recovery of a total of $41.1 million of deferred fuel expense
related to the Brunswick Plant outage.  Excluding the effect of
these settlements, the remaining $47 million decrease in the
deferred fuel credit was primarily due to lower fuel costs
associated with an increase in the use of nuclear generation.  

     Purchased power increased for the three and twelve months
ended March 31, 1994, due to increased purchases from Duke Power
Company (Duke) and North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency
(Power Agency). The increased purchases from Duke of $16.5 million
and $39.7 million for the three and twelve months, respectively,
are due primarily to an agreement under which the Company began
purchasing 400 megawatts of generating capacity in July 1993.  The
increased purchases from Power Agency of $11.6 million and $27.3
million for the three and twelve months, respectively, are due
primarily to the increased buyback provisions of the Company's
April 1993 agreement with Power Agency.   

     Other operating expenses increased for the twelve months ended
March 31, 1994, as a result of the recognition of increased expense
for postretirement benefits other than pensions due to new
accounting requirements effective in 1993 and as a result of
adjustments made in 1992 that decreased expense in the prior
period.

     Maintenance expense decreased in the three and twelve months
ended March 31, 1994, due to a decrease in costs associated with
the Brunswick Plant of approximately $19 million and $44 million,
respectively.  In the prior periods, significant costs were
incurred at the Brunswick Plant as a result of the Plant's
extended outage.  The remaining fluctuation for the current twelve
month period is attributable to a decrease in expense due to the
capitalization of costs associated with plant modifications as
compared to the prior period.

     The change in Harris Plant deferred costs for the twelve
months ended March 31, 1994, is primarily due to an adjustment made
in the prior period in order to better match these costs with the
associated revenue recovery.  This adjustment decreased prior
period operating expenses by $13.4 million, net of tax. 
Adjustments  related to a 1993 settlement between the Company and
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC) primarily
account for the remaining increase for the twelve month period.

     Other Income:  The increase in the income tax credit for the
three months ended March 31, 1994, is partially attributable to the
adoption of a new accounting standard applicable to the Company's
leveraged employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).  See 
New Accounting Standard.
_______________________

     The increase in Harris Plant carrying costs for the twelve
months ended March 31, 1994, is primarily related to the 1993
settlement between the Company and NCEMC.

     The Harris Plant disallowance - Power Agency line item
reflects a write-off recorded as a result of the 1993 settlement
with Power Agency. The write-off represents a portion of the
Company's Harris Plant costs that will not be recoverable through
sales of supplemental power to Power Agency.

     The decrease in interest income and other income for the
three month period ended March 31, 1994, is primarily due to the
new ESOP accounting standard.  See New Accounting Standard.
                                   _______________________

     Interest Charges:  Interest charges on long-term debt
decreased for the three and twelve months ended March 31, 1994,
primarily due to long-term debt refinancings that allowed the
Company to take advantage of lower interest rates.


            Material Changes in Capital Resources and Liquidity
                 From December 31, 1993, to March 31, 1994
                 and From March 31 1993, to March 31, 1994
 ______________________________________________________________

     During the three and twelve months ended March 31, 1994, the
Company issued long-term debt totaling $150 million and $487.3
million, respectively.  These issuances of debt, debt issued in
March 1993 and internally generated funds financed the retirement
or redemption of long-term debt totaling $94.8 million and
$786.9 million, respectively. 

     The Company uses short-term financing in the form of
commercial paper backed by revolving credit agreements to provide
flexibility in the timing and amounts of long-term financing.  At
March 31, 1994, these revolving credit agreements amounted to
$208.1 million.  A portion of the facilities totaling $23.1 million
expired on April 30, 1994.  The Company intends to renew or replace
these facilities in the second quarter of 1994.  At March 31, 1994,
the Company had $6.7 million in commercial paper outstanding.

     The Company's First Mortgage Bonds are currently rated "A2" by
Moody's Investors Service, "A" by Standard & Poors and "A+" by Duff
& Phelps.  Standard & Poors and Moody's Investors Service have
rated the Company's commercial paper "A-1" and "P-1", respectively.

     The Company's capital structure at March 31, 1994, was 50.06%
common stock equity, 47.24% long-term debt and 2.7% preferred
stock. 
       

                    New Accounting Standard
                    _______________________

     In January 1994, the Company implemented Statement of Position
(SOP) 93-6, "Employers' Accounting for Stock Ownership Plans," on
a prospective basis. This SOP requires the following changes in
accounting for the Company's leveraged employee stock ownership
plan: 1) ESOP shares that have not been committed to be released
are no longer considered outstanding for the determination of
earnings per common share; 2) dividends on unallocated ESOP shares
are no longer recognized for financial statement purposes; 3)
all tax benefits of ESOP dividends are now recorded directly to
non-operating income tax expense, whereas previously a portion of
the tax benefits was recorded directly to retained earnings; 4)
interest income related to the qualified ESOP loan is no longer
recognized; and 5) the difference between the acquisition and
allocation prices of ESOP shares, which was previously recorded as
other income, net, is now recorded directly to common
stock. In addition, ESOP loan transactions between the Company and
the Stock Purchase-Savings Plan Trustee are no longer reflected in
the Statements of Cash Flows.  The implementation of SOP 93-6
resulted in an increase in earnings per common share of
approximately $.01 for the three months ended March 31, 1994.

               
                            Competition
                            ___________

     In February 1994, the Company entered into a contract with 
E. I. duPont de Nemours (duPont), its largest industrial customer,
that will enable the Company to retain the electrical load it now
serves at duPont's three plants in the Company's North Carolina
service area.  The parties also signed an agreement regarding the
two duPont plants the Company serves in South Carolina.  The
agreements provide for the payment by duPont of a lower
co-generation deferral rate for electricity in exchange for a
seven-year commitment by duPont to purchase its electricity
requirements from the Company.  The annual reduction in revenues is
not material to the results of operations of the Company.


                        PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

         Legal aspects of certain matters are set forth in Item 5 
         below.


Item 2.  Changes in Securities               )
                                             )
                                             )        
Item 3.  Defaults upon Senior Securities     )    Not applicable
                                             )    for the quarter
                                             )    ended March 31,
                                             )    1994.
                                             )
                                             )
Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote     )
         of Security Holders                 )


Item 5.  Other Information


     1.   (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 10-K, Generating
          Capability, paragraph 4, page 5.)  With regard to the     
          Walters Hydroelectric Plant relicensing proceeding      
          (Project Nos. 432-004 and 2748-000), on March 21, 1994  
          the Administrative Law Judge certified the settlement   
          agreement regarding various environmental issues to the 
          Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its     
          decision.  Additionally, by order dated April 19, 1994, 
          the FERC approved the Power Coordination Agreement (PCA) 
          and the Interchange Agreement (IA) entered into by the  
          Company and North Carolina Electric Membership          
          Corporation (NCEMC), and filed with the FERC on
          September 17, 1993, provided the parties agreed to      
          certain modifications.  The FERC also stated that unless 
          the parties agreed to the modifications by May 4, 1994, 
          the FERC would reject the PCA, the IA, and the settlement
          agreement that resolves the Walters relicensing         
          proceeding, and certain issues related to NCEMC's
          objections to the Company's purchase power contract with 
          Duke Power Company (Duke) and NCEMC's interest in       
          transferring base load capacity from its ownership in   
          Duke's Catawba Nuclear Station (Docket Nos. 
          ER 89-106-000, EL 91-55-000 and ER 92-199-000).  By     
          letter dated May 4, 1994, the parties notified the
          FERC that they had reached an agreement, subject to     
          approval by NCEMC's Board of Directors, which allows them
          to accept the FERC's modifications, and still implement 
          the intent of the PCA. On May 11, 1994, the parties     
          notified the FERC that they had obtained the approval of 
          NCEMC's Board of Directors, and filed with the FERC the 
          First Amendment to the PCA which implements the
          changes necessary to accept the FERC's modifications.  

     2.   (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 Form
          10-K, Competition and Franchises, paragraph 1.b., page  
          7.)  In February 1994, the Company entered into a      
          contract with E. I. duPont de Nemours (duPont), its     
          largest industrial customer, that will enable the Company
          to retain the electrical load it now serves at duPont's 
          three plants in the Company's North Carolina service a  
          area.  The parties also signed an agreement regarding the
          two duPont plants the Company serves in South Carolina. 
          The agreements provide for the payment by duPont of a   
          lower co-generation deferral rate for electricity in    
          exchange for a seven-year commitment by duPont to       
          purchase its electricity requirements from the Company. 
          The annual reduction in revenues is not material to the 
          results of operations of the Company.  The agreements   
          were approved by the South Carolina Public Service      
          Commission on April 14, 1994 and by the North Carolina  
          Utilities Commission (NCUC) on April 26, 1994.  In a    
          related matter, the North Carolina Public Staff, which
          represents the using and consuming public in matters    
          before the NCUC, filed a petition with the NCUC         
          requesting that interim guidelines be established for   
          consideration of any future special rate requests and   
          that a generic proceeding be instituted to address the  
          issues raised by such rate reductions.  The Company
          cannot predict the outcome of these matters.

     3.   (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 Form 10-K,
Financing Program, paragraph 3, page 9.)  External financings in
1994 consist of the following:

           -  The issuance on January 19, 1994, of $150 million   
              principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5 7/8%    
              Series due January 15, 2004, for net proceeds of
              approximately $148 million.  The proceeds from the  
              issuance were used to reduce the outstanding balance 
              of commercial paper and other short-term debt, to   
              redeem outstanding long-term debt and for other     
              general corporate purposes.

          -   The issuance on May 12, 1994, of $72.6 million      
              principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Pollution 
              Control Series L, Wake County Pollution Control
              Revenue Refunding Bonds (Carolina Power & Light     
              Company Project) Series 1994A due May 1, 2024 and 
              $50 million principal amount of First Mortgage
              Bonds, Pollution Control Series M, Wake County      
              Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Carolina 
              Power & Light Company Project) Series 1994B due May 
              1, 2024, for a total net proceeds of $122.6 million. 
              The proceeds will be used for the proposed redemption
              on June 15, 1994 of $122.6 million First Mortgage   
              Bonds, Pollution Control Series G, Wake County      
              Pollution Control Revenue Bonds Series 1984A due June
              15, 2014, at 100% of the principal amount of such   
              bonds plus accrued interest to the date of          
              redemption.

         4.  (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 Form 10-K,  
             Financing Program, paragraph 4, page 10.)  Redemptions 
             and retirements in 1994 consist of the following:

             -  The redemption on March 24, 1994, of $17.5 million 
                principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/2%  
                Series due October 1, 2007, at 100.25% of the
                principal amount of such bonds plus accrued       
                interest to the date of redemption.

             -  The redemption on March 24, 1994, of $77.4 million 
                principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/8%  
                Series, due November 1, 2003, at 100.61% of the
                principal amount of such bonds plus accrued       
                interest to the date of redemption.

             -  The retirement on April 15, 1994, of $50 million  
                principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5.85%   
                Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series B, which
                matured on that date.

         5.     (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 Form 10-K,
                Retail Rate Matters, page 13.)  The NCUC has opened
                two additional dockets.  The first docket will    
                address the proper interpretation of North Carolina 
                General Statute Section 62-140(c) which involves  
                the offer or payment of consideration by a public 
                utility to secure the installation or adoption of 
                the use of the utility's services.  The second    
                docket will further explore the issue of what     
                factors the NCUC should consider when evaluating  
                the reasonableness of proposed Demand Side        
                Management programs.  The Company cannot predict  
                the outcome of these matters.

         6.     (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 Form 10-K, 
                 Environmental Matters, paragraph 3.c., page 17). 
                 With regard to the Elliot's Auto Parts superfund 
                 site located in Benton, Arkansas, the Elliot's   
                 Auto Parts Potentially Responsible Party (PRP)   
                 Committee has completed remedial activities at the
                 site and will soon submit a final report to the  
                 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Once the 
                 Elliot's Auto Parts PRP Committee receives final 
                 approval from the EPA for its final report, the  
                 Company has agreed to (i) pay $90,000 to the     
                 Elliot's Auto Parts PRP Committee towards the $2.7
                 million previously expended to remediate the site;
                 (ii) pay 3.4% toward any future expense incurred 
                 in connection with the site; and (iii) execute an
                 Administrative Order on Consent with the EPA.    
                 Although the Company cannot predict the
                 outcome of this matter, it does not anticipate   
                 that costs associated with this site will be     
                 material to the results of operations of the     
                 Company.

         7.      (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 Form    
                 10-K, Environmental Matters, paragraph 3.f,
                 page 18.)  With regard to the Macon-Dockery      
                 superfund site located near Cordova, North
                 Carolina, on April 13, 1994, Crown Cork & Seal   
                 Company, Inc. and Clark Equipment Co. filed
                 a motion to add the Company as a defendant in an 
                 ongoing lawsuit that was filed in the United
                 States District Court for the Middle District of 
                 North Carolina in Greensboro, North Carolina
                 (Civil Action No. 3:92CV00744) on December 4,    
                 1992.  The lawsuit seeks to recover costs
                 incurred in undertaking the Remedial Investigation
                 Feasibility Study and the Remedial Design
                 for the site.  No ruling has been made on this   
                 motion.  The Company cannot predict the
                 outcome of this matter.

         8.      (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 Form    
                 10-K, Nuclear Matters, paragraph 8.e., page 24.) 
                 The Company recently received a letter from the  
                 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regarding an 
                 apparent violation of NRC requirements related to 
						           inattention to licensed duties which was identified 
                 at the Company's H. B. Robinson Plant.  An      
                 enforcement conference between the Company and the 
                 NRC to discuss this apparent violation has been  
                 scheduled for May 16, 1994.  The Company cannot  
                 predict the outcome of  this matter.

         9.      (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 Form    
                 10-K, Other Matters, page 27.)  On April 20,
                 1994, the Company filed a Complaint with the FERC 
                 (Docket No. EL-94-62-000 and QF85-102-005) and in 
                 the United States District Court for the Eastern 
                 District of North Carolina in Raleigh, North     
                 Carolina (Civil Action No. 5:94-CV-285-DI)       
                 claiming that the rate the Company pays for power 
                 it purchases from Stone Container Corporation    
                 (Stone Container) is invalid. The Company entered 
                 into a twenty-year purchase power agreement with 
                 Stone Container in 1984, and in 1987 began       
                 receiving power from a cogeneration facility     
                 operated by Stone Container in Florence, South   
                 Carolina.  It is the Company's position that when 
                 Stone Container elected to sell the facility's   
                 gross output under a "buy all/sell all" option in 
                 1991, the facility lost its status as a "qualified
                 facility" under the Public Utility Regulatory    
                 Policies Act and became a public utility.  As a  
                 result, the contract rate the Company pays for   
                 power purchased from the facility is no longer   
                 valid and a just and reasonable rate should be   
                 established by the FERC under the Federal Power  
                 Act.  The Company will continue to purchase      
                 electricity from Stone Container at the current  
                 contract rate pending the outcome of this        
                 litigation.  The Company cannot predict the      
                 outcome of this matter.

         10.     (Reference is made to the Company's 1993 Form    
                 10-K, Other Matters, page 27.)  On April 28,
                 1994, the Company filed a Complaint against the  
                 U.S. Government in the United States District
                 Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina 
                 in Raleigh, North Carolina (Civil Action No.     
                 5:94-CV-313-BR3) seeking a refund of approximately 
	                $188 million representing tax and interest related to
                 depreciation deductions the Internal Revenue
                 Service (IRS) previously disallowed for the years 
                 1986 and 1987 on the Company's Harris Plant,
                 a nuclear facility located in Wake County, North 
                 Carolina.  The Company maintains that under
                 applicable laws and regulations the Harris
                 Plant was ready and available for operation in 1 
                 1986.  The IRS has previously denied some of
                 the depreciation deductions on the Company's tax 
                 returns for the years in question on the ground  
                 that in its view the plant was not placed in     
                 service until 1987.  The Company cannot
                 predict the outcome of this matter.


Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
__________________________________________

         (a)      Exhibits

                  None.

         (b)      Reports on Form 8-K filed during or with respect
to the quarter:



    Date of Report
(Earliest Event Reported)  Date of Signature    Items Reported
________________________________________________________________


January 19, 1994           January 19, 1994     Item 7. Financial 
                                                Statements, Pro   
                                                Forma Financial   
                                                Information and   
                                                Exhibits





                                  SIGNATURES


          Pursuant to requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                    CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 
                                                                  
                                            (Registrant)


                         By:  Charles D. Barham, Jr.              
                              Executive Vice President 


                         By:  Paul S. Bradshaw                    
                              Vice President and Controller       
                              (and Principal Accounting Officer)


Date:    May 16, 1994

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<CAPTION>
                                                 Carolina Power & Light Company
                                          (ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA)


                                                   INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                               (NOT AUDITED BY INDEPENDENT AUDITORS)

                                                          MARCH 31, 1994

   <S>                                                              <C>         <C>        <C>          <C>                         
   STATEMENTS  OF  INCOME
   (In thousands                                                      Three Months Ended       Twelve Months Ended
   except per share amounts)                                                March 31                March 31
                                                                        1994       1993        1994         1993
                                                                        ----       ----        ----         ----


   Operating Revenues...............................................$ 744,461   $707,485   $2,932,358   $2,816,036
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------


   Operating Expenses
     Operation - fuel for generation................................  129,912    126,619      527,659      545,111
                 deferred fuel cost (credit), net...................   (2,251)    (1,257)      26,370      (61,887)
                 purchased power....................................  111,541     77,702      401,931      342,781
                 other..............................................  130,804    115,588      513,549      443,703
     Maintenance....................................................   46,959     63,534      218,874      273,785
     Depreciation and amortization..................................  105,057    103,281      415,422      401,663
     Taxes other than on income.....................................   35,436     33,902      144,404      132,349
     Income tax expense.............................................   57,498     51,786      195,029      199,993
     Harris Plant deferred costs, net...............................    6,478      6,207       27,846        4,755
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------
           Total Operating Expenses.................................  621,434    577,362    2,471,084    2,282,253
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------
   Operating Income.................................................  123,027    130,123      461,274      533,783
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------
   Other Income (Expense)
     Allowance for equity funds used during construction............    2,263      1,665        9,597        8,186
     Income tax credit (expense) (Note 2)...........................    3,583       (902)       4,093       (5,068)
     Harris Plant carrying costs....................................    2,563      2,596       27,111       11,361
     Harris Plant disallowance - Power Agency.......................        -          -      (20,645)           -
     Interest income (Note 2).......................................    1,294      7,736       29,753       26,112
     Other income, net (Note 2).....................................    6,490     11,557       37,399       38,548
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------
           Total Other Income.......................................   16,193     22,652       87,308       79,139
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------
   Income Before Interest Charges...................................  139,220    152,775      548,582      612,922
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------
   Interest Charges
     Long-term debt.................................................   47,376     54,222      198,336      219,720
     Other interest charges.........................................    4,251      5,649       15,022       17,808
     Allowance for borrowed funds used
       during construction..........................................   (1,231)    (1,094)      (6,098)      (3,999)
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------
            Net Interest Charges....................................   50,396     58,777      207,260      233,529
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------
   Net Income.......................................................   88,824     93,998      341,322      379,393
   Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements............................   (2,402)    (2,402)      (9,609)     (11,679)
   Tax Benefit of ESOP Dividends....................................        -          -            -       10,656
                                                                      --------   --------   ----------   ----------
   Earnings for Common Stock........................................$  86,422   $ 91,596   $  331,713   $  378,370
                                                                      ========   ========   ==========   ==========
   Average Common Shares Outstanding (Note 2).......................  150,820    160,737      158,291      160,737
   Earnings per Common Share (Note 2)...............................$    0.57   $   0.57   $     2.10   $     2.35
   Dividends Declared per Common Share..............................$   0.425   $  0.410   $    1.670   $    1.610

   ---------------------
   See Supplemental Data and Notes to Financial Statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


    Carolina Power & Light Company
    BALANCE SHEETS                                                       March 31              December 31
    (In thousands)                                                 1994            1993            1993
                                                                   ----            ----            ----

                             ASSETS
    <S>                                                      <C>              <C>             <C>                     
    Electric Utility Plant
      Electric utility plant in service......................$   8,881,884    $  8,675,584    $  8,789,518
      Accumulated depreciation...............................   (2,974,558)     (2,704,077)     (2,897,832)
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
             Electric utility plant in service, net..........    5,907,326       5,971,507       5,891,686
      Held for future use....................................       13,195          13,284          13,300
      Construction work in progress..........................      260,887         206,766         309,713
      Nuclear fuel, net of amortization......................      211,702         217,114         217,488
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
             Total Electric Utility Plant, Net...............    6,393,110       6,408,671       6,432,187
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------

    Current Assets
      Cash and cash equivalents..............................       33,444         169,602          23,607
      Accounts receivable....................................      292,473         310,702         321,309
      Fuel...................................................       69,595          94,902          62,029
      Materials and supplies.................................      119,238         110,667         111,052
      Deferred fuel cost.....................................       12,078          38,448           9,827
      Prepayments............................................       46,308          47,762          46,869
      Other current assets...................................       16,437          19,283          18,591
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
             Total Current Assets............................      589,573         791,366         593,284
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------

    Deferred Debits and Other Assets
      Income taxes recoverable
       through future rates..................................      382,224         378,185         385,515
      Abandonment costs......................................      106,450         194,338         125,361
      Harris Plant deferred costs............................      140,484         140,081         144,399
      Unamortized debt expense...............................       63,260          49,281          63,898
      Miscellaneous other property and investments...........      276,424         151,488         264,165
      Other assets and deferred debits.......................      188,821         157,194         185,209
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
             Total Deferred Debits and Other Assets..........    1,157,663       1,070,567       1,168,547
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
                Total Assets.................................$   8,140,346    $  8,270,604    $  8,194,018
                                                               ============    ============    ============
                 CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

    Capitalization
      Common stock equity....................................$   2,664,101    $  2,570,533    $  2,632,116
      Preferred stock - redemption not required..............      143,801         143,801         143,801
      Long-term debt, net....................................    2,514,047       2,716,709       2,584,903
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
             Total Capitalization............................    5,321,949       5,431,043       5,360,820
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
    Current Liabilities
      Current portion of long-term debt......................      287,630         396,800         162,630
      Notes payable (principally commercial paper)...........        6,700               -          76,000
      Accounts payable.......................................      166,025         159,266         293,093
      Taxes accrued..........................................       95,132          67,171          20,913
      Interest accrued.......................................       51,206          62,991          54,770
      Dividends declared (Note 2)............................       70,022          70,706          74,111
      Other current liabilities..............................       69,369          75,383          67,510
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
             Total Current Liabilities.......................      746,084         832,317         749,027
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
    Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities
      Accumulated deferred income taxes......................    1,574,761       1,511,270       1,585,490
      Accumulated deferred investment tax credits............      260,704         273,501         263,588
      Other liabilities and deferred credits.................      236,848         222,473         235,093
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
             Total Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities....    2,072,313       2,007,244       2,084,171
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
    Commitments and Contingencies (Note 3)

                Total Capitalization and Liabilities.........$   8,140,346    $  8,270,604    $  8,194,018
                                                               ============    ============    ============

    SCHEDULES OF COMMON STOCK EQUITY
    (In thousands)
      Common stock...........................................$   1,624,114    $  1,622,277    $  1,622,277
      Unearned ESOP common stock.............................     (214,908)       (232,498)       (220,725)
      Capital stock issuance expense.........................         (790)           (334)           (790)
      Retained earnings......................................    1,255,685       1,181,088       1,231,354
                                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
             Total Common Stock Equity.......................$   2,664,101    $  2,570,533    $  2,632,116
                                                               ============    ============    ============

    ---------------------
    See Supplemental Data and Notes to Financial Statements.
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<CAPTION>
Carolina Power & Light Company
STATEMENTS  OF  CASH  FLOWS
(In thousands)                                                  Three Months Ended      Twelve Months Ended
                                                                    March 31                March 31
                                                                1994        1993        1994        1993
                                                                ----        ----        ----        ----
<S>                                                         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>            
Operating Activities
  Net income............................................... $   88,824  $   93,998  $  341,322  $  379,393
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
   provided by operating activities
    Depreciation and amortization..........................    123,641     112,929     470,806     428,983
    Harris Plant deferred costs............................      3,915       3,611         736      (6,606)
    Harris Plant disallowance - Power Agency...............          -           -      20,645           -
    Deferred income taxes..................................     (8,821)      9,825      52,706     102,316
    Investment tax credit adjustments......................     (2,884)     (2,894)    (12,797)    (11,086)
    Allowance for equity funds used during construction....     (2,263)     (1,665)     (9,597)     (8,186)
    Deferred fuel cost (credit)............................     (2,251)     (1,257)     26,370     (61,887)
    Uncollectible accounts expense.........................        818         805       4,955       3,759
    Net (increase) decrease in receivables, inventories
      and prepaid expenses.................................    (23,901)    (34,643)     (2,003)    (90,627)
    Net increase (decrease) in payables and accrued
      expenses.............................................      7,157     (50,843)     (4,013)      2,989
    Miscellaneous..........................................     16,705      19,468       8,120     (31,182)
                                                               -------     -------     -------     -------
     Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities.............    200,940     149,334     897,250     707,866
                                                              ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------
Investing Activities
  Gross property additions.................................    (72,313)    (81,611)   (331,824)   (283,201)
  Nuclear fuel additions...................................    (15,391)     (5,930)    (57,462)    (58,341)
  Contributions to external decommissioning trust..........     (6,328)     (3,667)    (23,539)    (14,756)
  Contributions to retiree benefit trusts..................    (16,000)          -     (19,750)     (6,667)
  Loan transactions with SPSP Trustee, net (Note 2)........          -       1,365      19,769      29,505
  Allowance for equity funds used during construction......      2,263       1,665       9,597       8,186
                                                               -------     -------     -------     -------
     Net Cash Used in Investing Activities.................   (107,769)    (88,178)   (403,209)   (325,274)
                                                               -------     -------     -------     -------
Financing Activities
  Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt.................    147,986     295,251     434,765     844,628
  Net decrease in pollution control bond escrow............          -         327       1,800       9,116
  Net increase (decrease) in short-term notes
    payable (maturity less than 90 days)...................    (69,300)    (46,800)      6,700    (112,200)
  Retirement of long-term debt.............................    (95,623)    (82,851)   (803,148)   (560,152)
  Retirement of preferred stock............................          -           -           -    (134,625)
  Dividends paid on common stock (Note 2)..................    (63,986)    (65,902)   (260,833)   (256,375)
  Dividends paid on preferred stock........................     (2,411)     (2,402)     (9,483)    (16,849)
                                                               -------     -------     -------     -------
     Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities...    (83,334)     97,623    (630,199)   (226,457)
                                                              ---------   ---------    -------     -------
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents.......      9,837     158,779    (136,158)    156,135

Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of the Period.......     23,607      10,823     169,602      13,467
                                                               -------     -------     -------     -------
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of the Period............. $   33,444  $  169,602  $   33,444  $  169,602
                                                               =======     =======     =======     =======
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information
  Cash paid during the period - interest................... $   52,247  $   55,897  $  215,151  $  226,148
                                income taxes...............      2,050        (288)    115,861      94,943

______________________
See Supplemental Data and Notes to Financial Statements.

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<CAPTION>


Carolina Power & Light Company
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                             Three Months Ended         Twelve Months Ended
                                                   March 31                   March 31
                                               1994        1993          1994          1993
                                               ----        ----          ----          ----
<S>                                        <C>          <C>         <C>            <C>                
Operating Revenues (in thousands)
  Residential............................. $ 262,373    $ 248,368   $   957,702    $  893,645
  Commercial..............................   143,797      136,642       600,128       566,962
  Industrial..............................   166,860      161,456       749,420       719,134
  Government and municipal................    19,516       18,669        79,463        76,753
  Wholesale - standard rate schedules.....   101,198       91,350       363,769       361,704
  Power Agency contract requirements......    35,947       38,983       131,223       154,408
  Other utilities.........................     4,070        2,734        12,567         4,623
  Miscellaneous revenue...................    10,700        9,283        38,086        38,807
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
        Total Operating Revenues.......... $ 744,461    $ 707,485   $ 2,932,358    $2,816,036
                                            =========    =========    ==========    ==========
Energy Sales (millions of kWh)
  Residential.............................     3,343        3,163        11,577        10,805
  Commercial..............................     2,051        1,908         8,692         8,103
  Industrial..............................     3,117        3,010        13,663        13,114
  Government and municipal................       306          297         1,257         1,216
  Wholesale - standard rate schedules.....     1,700        1,724         6,898         6,545
  Power Agency contract requirements......       647          960         3,193         3,763
  Other utilities.........................       118          105           340           177
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
        Total Energy Sales................    11,282       11,167        45,620        43,723
                                            =========    =========    ==========    ==========
Energy Supply (millions of kWh)
  Generated - coal........................     6,096        6,473        25,430        27,690
              nuclear.....................     3,383        3,138        13,937         9,219
              hydro.......................       304          346           741         1,009
              combustion turbines.........        39            6           116            62
  Purchased...............................     1,957        1,638         7,430         7,554
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
        Total Energy Supply
          (Company Share).................    11,779       11,601        47,654        45,534
                                            =========    =========    ==========    ==========
Detail of Income Taxes (in thousands)
 Included in Operating Expenses
  Income tax expense - current............ $  70,243    $  46,985   $   161,881    $  120,427
  Income tax expense - deferred...........    (9,861)       7,695        44,751        90,652
  Income tax expense - investment
    tax credit adjustments................    (2,884)      (2,894)      (11,603)      (11,086)
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
        Subtotal..........................    57,498       51,786       195,029       199,993
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
 Harris Plant deferred costs - deferred...         -            -            -          4,046
 Harris Plant deferred costs -
   investment tax credit adjustments......       (74)         (45)          188          (150)
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
        Subtotal..........................       (74)         (45)          188         3,896
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
  Total Included in Operating Expenses....    57,424       51,741       195,217       203,889
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
 Included in Other Income
  Income tax expense (credit) - current...    (4,623)      (1,228)      (10,854)       (6,596)
  Income tax expense (credit) - deferred       1,040        2,130         7,955        11,664
  Income tax expense (credit) -
   investment tax credit adjustments......         -            -        (1,194)            -
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
        Subtotal..........................    (3,583)         902        (4,093)        5,068

  Harris Plant carrying costs - deferred..         -             -            -         1,601
  Other income, net - deferred............         -             -            -            53
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
        Total Included in Other Income....    (3,583)         902        (4,093)        6,722
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
  Included in Interest Charges
    Allowance for borrowed funds used
     during construction - deferred.......         -             -            -         1,837
                                            ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
            Total Income Tax Expense...... $  53,841    $  52,643   $   191,124    $  212,448
                                            =========    =========    ==========    ==========

<CAPTION>
FINANCIAL STATISTICS                                 March 31, 1994               March 31, 1993
                                                  Actual     Pro Forma        Actual      Pro Forma
                                                              (Note 2)                     (Note 2)

<S>                                             <C>             <C>        <C>             <C>               
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges........         3.28          3.46         3.31          3.50
Return on average common stock equity.....        12.97%        11.93%       15.14%        13.80%
Book value per common share (Note 2)......      $ 17.65           N/A      $ 17.44           N/A
Capitalization ratios
    Common stock equity...................        50.06%        54.09%       47.33%        51.64%
    Preferred stock - redemption
     not required.........................         2.70          2.70         2.65          2.65
    Long-term debt, net...................        47.24         43.21        50.02         45.71
                                                 --------     --------     --------      --------
            Total.........................       100.00%       100.00%      100.00%       100.00%
                                                 =======      ========     ========      ========
- - --------------------------
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Carolina Power & Light Company
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


1.   Except as described in Note 2 below, these interim financial
     statements are prepared in conformity with the accounting
     principles reflected in the financial statements included in
     the Company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders and the 1993
     Annual Report on Form 10-K. These are interim financial
     statements, and because of temperature variations between
     seasons of the year and the timing of outages of electric
     generating units, especially nuclear-fueled units, the amounts
     reported in the Statements of Income for periods of less than
     twelve months are not necessarily indicative of amounts
     expected for the year.
   
     Certain amounts for 1993 have been reclassified to conform to
     the 1994 presentation.

2.   In January 1994, the Company implemented Statement of Position
     (SOP) 93-6, "Employers' Accounting for Employee Stock
     Ownership Plans," on a prospective basis. This SOP requires
     the following changes in accounting for the Company's
     leveraged employee stock ownership plan (ESOP): 1) ESOP shares
     that have not been committed to be released are no longer
     considered outstanding for the determination of earnings per
     common share; 2) dividends on unallocated ESOP shares are no
     longer recognized for financial statement purposes; 3) all tax
     benefits of ESOP dividends are now recorded to non-operating
     income tax expense, whereas previously a portion of the tax
     benefits was recorded directly to retained earnings; 4)
     interest income related to the qualified ESOP loan is no
     longer recognized; and 5) the difference between the
     acquisition and allocation prices of ESOP shares, which was
     previously recorded as other income, net, is now recorded
     directly to common stock. In addition, ESOP loan transactions 
     between the Company and the Stock Purchase-Savings Plan (SPSP)
     Trustee are no longer reflected in the Statements of Cash
     Flows.

     The implementation of SOP 93-6 resulted in an increase in
     earnings per common share of approximately $.01 for the first
     quarter of 1994. 

     Selected pro forma statistics, which eliminate the significant
     capital structure-related impacts of the ESOP feature of the
     SPSP, are included in Financial Statistics.

3.   Contingencies existing as of the date of these statements are
     described below. No significant changes have occurred since
     December 31, 1993, with respect to the commitments discussed
     in Note 9 of the financial statements included in the
     Company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders.

     a)   In the Company's retail jurisdictions, provisions for
          nuclear decommissioning costs are approved by the North 
          Carolina Utilities Commission and the South Carolina
          Public Service Commission and are based on site-specific 
          estimates that included the costs for removal of all
          radioactive and other structures at the site. In the
          wholesale jurisdiction, the provisions for nuclear
          decommissioning cost are based on amounts agreed upon in
          applicable rate settlements. Accumulated decommissioning
          cost provisions, which are included in accumulated
          depreciation, were $230.2 million at March 31, 1994, and
          $193.8 million at March 31, 1993, and include amounts
          funded internally and amounts funded in an external
          decommissioning trust. Based on current earnings and
          inflation rate assumptions, provisions for nuclear
          decommissioning costs are currently adequate to provide
          for decommissioning of the Company's nuclear facilities.

          The Company's most recent site-specific estimates of
          decommissioning costs were developed in 1993 and are
          based on prompt dismantlement decommissioning, which
          reflects the cost of removal of all radioactive and other
          structures currently at the site. These estimates, in
          1993 dollars, are $257.7 million for Robinson Unit No. 2,
          $284.3 million for the Harris Plant, $235.4 million for
          Brunswick Unit No. 1 and $221.4 million for Brunswick
          Unit No. 2.  These estimates are subject to change based
          on a variety of factors including, but not limited to,
          inflation, changes in technology applicable to nuclear
          decommissioning, and changes in federal, state or local
          regulations. The cost estimates exclude the portion
          attributable to North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power
          Agency, which holds an undivided ownership interest in
          certain of the Company's generating facilities.    

     b)   There are several manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites to
          which the Company and certain entities that were later  
          merged into the Company may have had some connection. In
          this regard, the Company is participating in the North  
          Carolina MGP Group (Group), a group of entities alleged
          to be former owners or operators of MGP sites. The  
          Group was formed in response to an initiative launched by
          the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health  
          and Natural Resources, Division of Solid Waste Management
          (DSWM), to encourage the voluntary assessment and,  
          where necessary, the remediation of MGP sites. The Group
          and DSWM have entered into a Memorandum of  Understanding
          relative to the establishment of a uniform program and
          framework for addressing MGP sites for which DSWM has
          contended that members of the Group have potential
          responsibility. It is anticipated that the  investigation
          and remediation of specific MGP sites will be addressed
          pursuant to one or more Administrative Orders on Consent
          between DSWM and individual potentially responsible
          parties. In addition, a current owner of property that
          was the site of one MGP site owned by Tidewater Power
          Company, which merged into the Company in 1952, and the
          Company have entered into an agreement to share the cost
          of investigation and remediation of this site. Due to the
          lack of information with respect to the operation of MGP
          sites and the uncertainty concerning questions of 
          liability and potential environmental harm, the extent
          and cost of required remedial action, if any, and the
          extent to which liability may be asserted against the
          Company or against others are not currently determinable.
          The Company cannot predict the outcome of these matters
          or the extent to which other former MGP sites may become
          the subject of inquiry.
   





   PAUL S. BRADSHAW
   Vice President and Controller



   RALEIGH, N.C. 27602
   April 20, 1994



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