Gale Klappa | Executive Chairman |
Scott Lauber | President & Chief Executive Officer |
Xia Liu | Chief Financial Officer |
Shar Pourreza | Guggenheim Partners |
Julien Dumoulin-Smith | Bank of America |
Rich Sunderland | JP Morgan |
Neil Carlson | Wells Fargo Securities |
Durgesh Chopra | Evercore ISI |
Michael Sullivan | Wolfe Research |
Andrew Weisel | Scotiabank |
Michael Lapides | Goldman Sachs |
Paul Patterson | Glenrock Associates |
Good afternoon, and welcome to WEC Energy Group’s conference call for Fourth Quarter and Year End 2021 results. This call is being recorded for rebroadcast and all participants are in a listen-only mode at this time.
Before the conference begins, I’ll 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 expectations at the time 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.