Alan Hodnik | Chairman and CEO |
Bethany Owen | President |
Robert Adams | SVP and CFO |
Steven Morris | VP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer |
Chris Ellinghaus | Williams Capital |
Elizabeth Guynn | Mizuho |
Good day, and welcome to the ALLETE Fourth Quarter 2018 Financial Results Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. Certain statements contained in this conference call that are not descriptions of historical fact are forward-looking statements, such as terms defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because such statements can involve 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.