Jerome Nichols | Director, Investor Relations |
Linn Evans | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Rich Kinzley | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Michael Weinstein | Credit Suisse |
Julien Dumoulin-Smith | Bank of America |
Chris Turnure | JPMorgan |
Andrew Weisel | Scotia Howard-Weil |
Vedula Murti | Avon Capital |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Black Hills Corporation First Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Brian 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. Jerome Nichols, Director of Investor Relations of Black Hills Corporation.