Alan Hodnik | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Robert Adams | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Steven Morris | Controller and Chief Accounting Officer |
Paul Ridzon | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
Christopher Ellinghaus | Williams Capital Research |
Elizabeth Guynn | Mizuho Securities (NYSE:USA), Inc. |
Good day, and welcome to the ALLETE First Quarter 2018 financial results call. Today's call is being recorded. Certain statements contained in this conference call are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements, such as terms defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because such statements can include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited, to those discussed in the filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.