David Soderquist | Investor Relations |
David Emery | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Rich Kinzley | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Michael Weinstein | Credit Suisse |
Julien Dumoulin Smith | BofA Merrill Lynch |
Lasan Johong | Auvila Research Consulting |
Andrew Weisel | Scotia Howard Weil |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Black Hills Corporation Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Daniel, and I will be your coordinator for today. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes. I would now like to turn the presentation over to Mr. David Soderquist, Investor Relations Analyst of Black Hills Corporation.