Gale Klappa | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Scott Lauber | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Greg Gordon | Evercore ISI |
Julien Dumoulin-Smith | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Michael Weinstein | Credit Suisse Securities |
Steven Fleishman | Wolfe Research, LLC |
Praful Mehta | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Shahriar Pourreza | Guggenheim Securities LLC |
Jonathan Arnold | Deutsche Bank |
Paul Ridzon | KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. |
Andrew Levi | ExodusPoint Capital Management LP |
Vedula Murti | Avon Capital |
Good afternoon, and welcome to WEC Energy Group’s Conference Call for Second Quarter 2018 Results. This call is being recorded for rebroadcast and all participants are in a listen-only mode at this time.
Before the conference call begins, I remind you that all statements in the presentation, other than historical facts, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that are subject to change at any time. Such statements are based on management’s expectation at the time that they are made.
In addition to the assumptions and other factors referred to in connection with the statements, factors described in WEC Energy Group’s latest Form 10-K and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated.